Punk, New Wave, Ska, Rap, Synthpop, New Romanticism, Heavy Metal, Indie – the popular music of the 1980s was very diverse. Artists like Michael Jackson, Madonna and Bruce Springsteen represented artistic highlights. Others, such as German Sandra, Italian Sabrina and English Samantha Fox used their feminine attributes to compensate for musical talent. a-ha was the mosr famous Norwegian pop-group of the decade.