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In the 1980s and '90s, a push to lower the legal blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for getting behind the wheel took the country by storm. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was formed in 1980 ...
Bill Anderson, singer who is still a major songwriter of new hits; Liz Anderson, as famous for her songwriting as her singing; mother of Lynn Anderson; Lynn Anderson, a California blonde who became a major country star in the 70s; helped by regular exposure on national television, was one of the first female artists to achieve major crossover success.
Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks). Madonna ranked as the most successful female artist of the 1980s, with 7 songs and 15 weeks atop the chart.
Adeva (born Patricia Daniels) is an American singer. She had a string of successful house and R&B hits in the late 1980s to early 1990s, including "Warning!", "I Thank You" and "Respect" (all three of which reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart).
Regarded as having shaped the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. [111] Legacy: 10 February 1992 Generation Terrorists: Manic Street Preachers: Glam rock; hard rock; punk rock; glam punk; glam metal; alternative rock [112] Columbia: NME's "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time": #461 [41] Uncut's "The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s ...
Queen, which had expanded its music to experimental and crossover genres in the early 1980s, returned to guitar-driven hard rock with The Miracle in 1989. Additionally, a few women managed to achieve stardom in the 1980s hard rock scene, including: Pat Benatar , Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart , and former Runaways members Joan Jett and Lita Ford .
Pages in category "American women pop singers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 975 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rosetta Reitz (1924–2008) was an American jazz historian and feminist who established a record label producing 18 albums of the music of the early women of jazz and the blues. [173] The vast majority of major musicologists and music historians have been men. Nevertheless, some women musicologists have reached the top ranks of the profession.