For generations, the force of power ballads has been on full display. These songs have launched careers ... In 1988, they finally joined the party. Needing a commercial comeback, the band enlisted ...

You'll find Alan Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton, Kacey Musgraves and more on this list.

One of the more underrated bands of the 1980s, Tesla, which is still going strong today, hit it big (reaching No. 10 on the Hot 100) with this ballad from 1989's The Great Radio Controversy. T hat ...