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Shoegazing bands dominated the British music press at the end of the decade along with the drug-fuelled Madchester scene. Based around The Haçienda, a nightclub in Manchester owned by New Order and Factory Records, Madchester bands such as The Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays mixed acid house dance rhythms with melodic guitar pop. [13]
19 January 1980: 2 450 The Special A.K.A. Too Much Too Young - The Special A.K.A. Live! (EP) [nb 3] 2 Tone: 2 February 1980: 2 451 Kenny Rogers "Coward of the County" United Artists: 16 February 1980: 2 452 Blondie "Atomic" Chrysalis: 1 March 1980: 2 453 Fern Kinney "Together We Are Beautiful" WEA: 15 March 1980: 1 454 The Jam "Going ...
For the first three years of the 1980s the UK Singles Chart was compiled by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) who had been compiling the charts throughout the 1970s. On 8 January 1983 Gallup took over the compilation of the UK music charts and continued to provide the chart data for the next eleven years. The charts were produced from ...
"Hey DJ / I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)" Beatmasters feat. Betty Boo: Rhythm King: 1 week 9 September "Find Out Why" Inspiral Carpets: Cow: 1 week 16 September "Run 2" New Order: Factory: 1 week 23 September "Regina" The Sugarcubes: One Little Indian: 1 week 30 September "Personal Jesus" Depeche Mode: Mute: 1 week 7 October ...
Twenty-eight artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1980. Madness and The Police shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1980 with four hit singles each. Seven artists recorded three singles which reached the top 10 this year: ABBA, The Beat, Blondie, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, The Specials and UB40.
Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a No.1 album, and The Police finished the year as the top selling act. " Brass in Pocket " by The Pretenders became the first number 1 single of the 80s (not counting " Another Brick in the Wall " by Pink Floyd " which was a holdover from 1979).
Dire Straits had three UK number-one albums during the 1980s. Their second, Brothers in Arms, was the biggest-selling album of the decade. The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom; during the 1980s, a total of 184 albums reached number one.
At the beginning of the 1980s, sales of singles and albums in the United Kingdom were compiled on behalf of the British music industry by the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB). This continued until the end of 1982, when the contract to compile the UK charts was won by Gallup, who took over on 4 January 1983, the first working day of 1983. [2]