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In the early 1980s hi energy disco had become popular in the gay scene of American cities like New York and San Francisco with acts like Divine, and The Weather Girls. [22] In 1983 in the UK, music magazine Record Mirror championed the gay underground sound and began publishing a weekly Hi-NRG Chart. [23]
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 ...
Sting and his band The Police achieved the best-selling single of 1980 with "Don't Stand So Close to Me", which spent four weeks at number-one. The group had a total of four top 10 entries this year. Barbra Streisand secured her only UK number-one single in October this year with "Woman in Love", which became the year's second best selling single.
During the 1980s, Culture Club had two number ones, including the best-selling single of 1983, "Karma Chameleon". Frontman Boy George would later achieve a solo number one in 1987. George Michael was one of the most successful artists of the 1980s, with three number-one singles as a solo artist and four as part of Wham!.
16 September – Kate Bush becomes the first British female artist to reach number one in the UK album charts. 20 September – Ozzy Osbourne's debut album Blizzard of Ozz is released in the UK. 25 November – ABBA score the last of their nine number-one singles in the UK singles chart with "Super Trouper".
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]
This list of songs or music-related items ... (October 2021) This is a list of notable bands/musicians from England, UK. ... (1970s band) Sweet Dreams (1980s band ...
Date first reached number one Song Artist Label Duration [2]; 24 January "Zerox" Adam and the Ants: Do It: 3 weeks 7 March "Nagasaki Nightmare" Crass: Crass: 2 weeks 21 March "Ceremony" New Order