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The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the new wave music genre during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s. The list does not include acts associated with the resurgences and revivals of the genre that have occurred from the 1990s onward.
Many British pop bands dominated the American charts in the early 1980s. Their popularity was helped by exposure on MTV, these bands included the Human League, Culture Club, Duran Duran, Wham!, also George Michael as a solo artist, Fine Young Cannibals, Rick Astley and Terence Trent D'Arby.
The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986. The chart was not called "mainstream" until 1996. The term "tracks" was used to distinguish itself from singles charts (such as the Billboard Hot 100) as songs played on rock radio were not always ...
Olivia Newton-John's song "Physical" was the Billboard Hot 100's longest running number one of the decade.. Reflecting on changes in the music industry during the 1980s, Robert Christgau later wrote in Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s (1990):
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The Call (band) Carabao (band) Carrapicho; Carte de Séjour; Ceramic Hello; Certain General; Chamber Opera Theater of New York; Channel 3 (band) Ché-Shizu; The Chesterfield Musketeers Showband; The Chills; The Church (band) Cleveland Chamber Symphony; HaClique; Collage (American band) Colne Valley Youth Orchestra; Condemned 84; Cook da Books ...
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.
The Dirt Band: 73 "One Fine Day" Carole King: 74 "Dim All the Lights" Donna Summer: 75 "You May Be Right" Billy Joel: 76 "Should've Never Let You Go" Neil & Dara Sedaka 77 "Pilot of the Airwaves" Charlie Dore: 78 "Hurt So Bad" Linda Ronstadt: 79 "Off the Wall" Michael Jackson: 80 "I Pledge My Love" Peaches & Herb: 81 "The Long Run" Eagles: 82 ...