The former American Idol judge's track, "Opposites Attract," was officially released as a single in November 1989, as part of her 1988 debut album, Forever Your Girl, with Feb. 10, 1990, initially ...

Straight Up' is one of the biggest pop music hits of the 1980s, but Paula Abdul shared why the song almost didn't get made.

Abdul recalled her record label presidents "laughing at me and looking at me like I'm the craziest person in the freaking world" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 36 years ago today, a classic pop tune by Paula Abdul sat in the No. 1 spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Last year, Abdul ...