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* Music/SergeGainsbourg: Still going strong in the 1980s.
* Music/GeorgeHarrison
* Music/BobMarley: Released his last album, died in 1981.
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** HardcorePunk
** PostPunk
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** Music/{{Graceland}} (1985).
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* AlternativeRock: Otherwise known as college or modern rock back in the early days, alternative in this era was more a conglomeration of disparate left field styles (i. e. jangle pop, synthpop, post-punk, noise rock, hardcore, early alternative metal, etc.), all of which nonetheless served as an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin alternative]] to the homogeny of mainstream rock and top 40 radio. Steadily became more popular as more bands scored major airplay and started joining major labels as the decade came to a close, helping set the stage for the genre's mainstream success the following decade..
* Creator/{{MTV}} debuted and had a huge influence on the popularity of acts during this decade.
* HairMetal
* ItaloDisco
* ThrashMetal
* The rise of NewWaveMusic and its offshoot sub-genres like New Romanticism.
* GenreMotif/HipHop's golden age starts late in this decade (circa 88).
* There was a huge wave of synth heavy R&B acts during the early to mid 80's. Usually called Synth Funk, Post-Disco, Electro Funk (or Boogie), or "New Wave R&B". Most of the time R&B would overlap with those aforementioned genres. Especially artists from TheSeventies who were trying to stay relevant in the early 80's like The Whispers, and Cameo who all started out as either Funk, or Soul.
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* Music/TwoLiveCrew
* Music/TenThousandManiacs
* Music/{{ABC}}
* Music/PaulaAbdul
* Music/{{Accept}}
* Music/BryanAdams
* Music/{{Aerosmith}}: Had a resurge in popularity after Run-DMC's "Walk This Way" cover became a hit.
* Music/AFlockOfSeagulls: Best known for their late 1982 hit "I Ran."
* Afrika Bambaataa
* Music/{{a-ha}}: This Norwegian pop group had a number one hit in 1985 with "Take On Me" thanks to its partially-animated music video becoming an MTV hit. They remained popular everywhere but the US.
* Creator/MariaConchitaAlonso: (Her first record came out in 1979, but she had many successful Spanish-language records in the 1980s.)
* Music/{{Alphaville}}: A group best remembered in the U.S. for their two minor hits "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young."
* Al B. Sure!: One of the most popular singers of the new jack swing movement. He scored only one pop hit, 1988's "Nite and Day"
* Music/LaurieAnderson
* Music/{{Annihilator}}
* Music/{{Anthrax}}
* Music/RicardoArjona
* Art Of Noise: Collaborated with Tom Jones and advertising mascot Max Headroom for two top 40 hits.
* Music/{{Asia}}
* Music/TheAssociates: Popular PostPunk/New Wave band in the UK.
* Music/RickAstley
* Music/TheB52s: Although they formed in 1976 and released their first album in 1979, the Eighties were their most successful decade by far. In the late 1980s, their music finally crossed over to mainstream radio.
* Music/BadBrains
* Music/BadReligion
* Anita Baker: A female R&B singer whose ballads became quite popular.
* Music/{{Bananarama}}: A British girl group who had a series of hits in the mid-80's including "Cruel Summer" and a cover of the 1970 hit "Venus."
* Music/TheBangles: One of the first all-female rock bands to have major commercial success, having many top 10 hits throughout the latter half of the decade.
* Music/BarenakedLadies: Released their first indie tapes in 1988-1989.
* Music/{{Bauhaus}}: An influential late 1970s band, continued releasing new material until their 1983 breakup. They considered founders of GothRock.
* Music/BeastieBoys: Widely considered to be pioneers of the rap-rock movement, they were solely responsible for breaking the color barrier of rap.
* Music/BeatHappening: Influential in the indie pop sub-genre of AlternativeRock.
* Music/PatBenatar: A famous female rock musician of the decade.
* Music/BigBlack
* Big Daddy Kane: Although he never scored a hit until 1991, his work in the 1980s is still just as important.
* Music/{{Bjork}}: Rose to fame as the lead singer of a band, "The Sugarcubes".
* Music/BlackFlag
* Music/{{Blondie}}: Female-fronted rock band who first gained traction in 1979 but continued their momentum through the early '80s.
* Music/BoltThrower
* Music/BonJovi: The band that launched the pop-metal movement in the '80s.
* Music/DavidBowie: ''Vital'' to TheSeventies but in this decade had the biggest-selling album of his career with ''Let's Dance''.
* Music/BoyMeetsGirl: Band who scored one big late 1988 hit with "Waiting For A Star To Fall"
* Music/TheBuggles: Best known for "Video Killed the Radio Star," the song that introduced the world to MTV in 1981.
* Music/KateBush (in the US, at least)
* Music/{{Cameo}}: Debuted in 1974, had their most famous hit "Word Up!" in 1986.
* Music/CamperVanBeethoven
* Music/CaptainBeefheart: Released one album in 1982 and quit the music business for good that same year.
* Music/NickCave
* Music/CelticFrost
* Music/CheapTrick: Although more known for their late '70s power-pop work, their commercial peak was actually in 1988.
* Music/{{Cher}}: Released some of her greatest hits between 1987 and 1989.
* Music/{{Chicago}} - Former jazz-rock band who continued their shift into an Adult Contemporary act in the '80s.
* Music/TheChurch: Popular Australian rock band who had a surprise American hit with 1988's "Under the Milky Way."
* Music/TheClash: 1970s band, continued enjoying success to 1982.
* Music/CocteauTwins
* Music/PhilCollins: Arguably the biggest white male pop star of the 1980s.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTY1aFB71KY Cook Da' Books]]
* Music/AliceCooper: Released several new hits from 1986 to 1989.
* Corey Hart: Canadian singer best remembered for his 1984 hit "Sunglasses at Night," and less so for his 1985 song "Never Surrender."
* Music/{{Coroner}}
* Music/CrowdedHouse: Their first two albums. The band's two big American hits came in 1987.
* Music/TheCult: Probably the premier non-{{Hair|Metal}} HardRock band of the decade.
* Music/CultureClub: Pop-rock band led by the flamboyant Boy George.
* Music/TheCure: New-wave/goth band who had some college rock radio hits before hitting it big with "Love Song" in 1989.
* Music/CyndiLauper: Pre-Madonna pop star who was also a vital figure in the professional wrestling industry.
* Music/DangerDanger
* [[Creator/WillSmith DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince]]: Will Smith's rap group before he became known as an actor.
* Music/DeadKennedys
* Music/TheDeadMilkmen
* Music/{{Debarge}}: Family group who had a string of pop and R&B hits in the mid-80s.
* Music/DefLeppard: One of few British groups in the hair-metal movement, and by far the most successful.
* Music/DepecheMode: Synth-pop pioneers who had a few crossover hits in the late 80s and early 90s.
* Music/{{Devo}}: Pioneering college-rock band who scored one top 20 hit with 1980's "Whip It."
* Music/DinosaurJr
* Music/DireStraits: Despite a massive hit in 1979, they largely fell off the radar until 1985 brought them a #1 hit and further success.
* Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles
* Doug E Fresh
* Music/{{Dokken}}
* Music/DschinghisKhan
* Music/DuranDuran: The most popular British group of the 1980s.
* Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten: Formed in 1980.
* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra: Released their last hit albums in 1980 and 1981.
* Music/ElioELeStorieTese: Italy's answer to Music/FrankZappa.
* Music/{{EPMD}}[[note]]Debut album released in 1988.[[/note]]
* Music/{{Erasure}}: Synth-pop band who had a pair of big hits in 1987.
* Music/EricBAndRakim
* Music/GloriaEstefan: Latin-pop singer who had success in the English world throughout most of the late 1980s.
* Music/{{Europe}}: Swedish metal band who performed the rock anthem "The Final Countdown" and the less-remembered ballad "Carrie."
* Music/{{Eurythmics}}: Synth pop duo fronted by female vocalist Annie Lennox.
* Music/ExodusBand
* Exposé, and other ''Freestyle'' artists.
* Music/FaithNoMore: An influential AlternativeMetal band.
* Music/{{Falco}}: Popular singer in Austria who scored a worldwide hit in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus."
* Music/TheFall: 1970s band, continued enjoying success throughout the decade.
* The Fat Boys: Novelty rap group who scored a few Top 40 hits in the late '80s.
* Music/FelaKuti
* Music/{{Fishbone}}
* Music/{{Foreigner}}: Top arena-rock band of the late '70s who took a softer approach in the next decade.
* Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood - Pop band who had a huge debut album and worldwide hit with "Relax" but quickly fell off the map afterwards.
* Full Force
* Funk Four + 1
* Music/PeterGabriel: Former Genesis singer who has had lesser compared to Phil Collins but still good success on his own.
* Music/{{Galaxie 500}}: An influential DreamPop band.
* Creator/LeifGarrett: (Although he reached his peak in the late [[TheSeventies Seventies]], he released two albums in 1980 and 1981, and was still touring and acting at this time)
* Music/TheJGeilsBand: Rock band who's biggest hit, "Centerfold" came out in 1982.
* Music/{{Genesis}}: Completed their transition from a moderately successful progressive rock band led by PeterGabriel to a massively successful pop group led by PhilCollins (both men also become stars in their own right during this period, Collins much more than Gabriel).
* Music/GinBlossoms
* Music/TheGoGos: The first all-female rock group to have major American success.
* Music/TheGooGooDolls
* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
* Music/GreenDay
* Green River
* Music/GuidedByVoices
* Music/GunsNRoses: One of the most popular rock bands of all time and massively successful in the late 1980s.
* Music/{{GWAR}}: Formed in 1984, first album released in 1988.
* Music/HerbieHancock became popular around this time.
* Music/HappyMondays
* Music/JeffHealey: Blind blues-rock singer whose 1989 ballad "Angel Eyes" was a top 5 hit.
* Music/{{Helloween}}
* Music/WhitneyHouston: The biggest African-American female vocalist of the decade.
* Human League: One of the first synth-rock acts to have American success.
* [[Music/HuskerDu Hüsker Dü]]
* Music/IceT
* Music/BillyIdol: Punk-rock singer who found his way into the pop world.
* Music/{{INXS}}: First album released in 1980. American success started in 1986.
* Music/IronMaiden
* Music/JanetJackson: The only Jackson to escape Michael's shadow.
* Music/MichaelJackson: "The King of Pop" and the most successful musician of the decade.
** ''Music/{{Thriller}}''
* Music/JanesAddiction
* Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain: An influential NoisePop band.
* Music/TheJesusLizard: Formed and released their first album in this decade.
* The Jets
* Jo Boxers
* Music/BillyJoel: Started in TheSixties, became a successful solo artist in TheSeventies, and enjoyed sustained popularity in this decade.
* Music/EltonJohn: Though he started in TheSeventies, he had a CareerResurrection in this decade, becoming a big Creator/{{MTV}} star from 1983 on.
* Jody Watley
* Music/{{Journey}}
* Music/{{KISS}}
** ''Music/MusicFromTheElder''
* Music/KRSOne: The first Boogie Down productions album came out in 1987.
* Music/{{Kreator}}
* Keith Sweat
* Music/KillingJoke. Formed in 1978, debut album in 1980.
* Music/TheKinks: A BritishInvasion band from TheSixties that was still going strong.
* Music/{{Klymaxx}}
* Music/LLCoolJ
* Music/JohnLennon: Released his last major hit in late 1980.
* Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews
* Music/{{Live}}: Formed under the name "Public Affection" and released their debut album in this decade.
* Music/LivingColour: Debuted in 1988.
* Music/{{Loudness}}
* Music/LuciferLusciousViolenoue
* Music/{{Madonna}}
* Mary Jane Girls
* Music/RichardMarx
* Music/SeikoMatsuda
* Music/LoreenaMcKennitt
* Music/{{Megadeth}}
* Melvins
* Men At Work
* Menudo
* Music/MenWithoutHats
* Music/MetalChurch
* Music/{{Metallica}}
* Music/{{Merzbow}}
* Music/{{Microdisney}}
* Music/MilliVanilli
* Music/{{Ministry}}
* Music/KylieMinogue
* Music/MinorThreat: Formed in 1980.
* Music/TheMinutemen
* Music/TheMisfits
* Music/MissingPersons
* Music/MissionOfBurma: Formed in 1979, but released all of their original material between 1980 and 1982.
* Modern English
* Music/MotleyCrue
* Music/{{Mudhoney}}: An influential {{Grunge}} band.
* Music/MyBloodyValentine: Popularized the {{Shoegazing}} subgenre.
* Music/NapalmDeath
* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock
* Music/NewEdition
* Music/NewOrder
* Music/NineInchNails
* Music/{{Nirvana}}
* Music/MojoNixon
* Nu Shooz
* Music/GaryNuman
* Music/{{NWA}}
* Music/TheOffspring
* Music/YukikoOkada
* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark
* Music/OzzyOsbourne: His solo career took off in 1980, with a hit album.
* Paul Hardcastle
* Music/PetShopBoys
* Music/TomPetty
* Music/PinkFloyd: Was fairly successful in various lineups featuring Music/RogerWaters from 1980-83, but had a CareerResurrection in 1987 when David Gilmour took control of the group.
** Music/RogerWaters
* Music/ThePixies
* Music/ThePogues
* Music/{{Poison}}
* Music/ThePolice: Even though they formed in [[TheSeventies 1977]].
* Music/PopWillEatItself
* Music/PrimalScream: Band formed in 1982, debut album in 1987.
* Music/{{Primus}}: Band formed in this decade.
* Music/{{Prince}} and all his associates.
* Music/PublicEnemy
* Music/PublicImageLtd: A 1970s band, continued enjoying success throughout this decade.
* Quarterflash
* Music/{{Queen}}: Although they FIRST became prominent in the mid-Seventies.
* Music/QueenLatifah: Debuted in 1989.
* Music/{{Queensryche}}: Debuted in 1983.
* Music/QuietRiot: Formed in 1975, had their biggest success in the early 1980s.
* Music/{{REM}}: Formed and achieved cult hit status in this decade.
* Music/{{Ratt}}
* Ready For The World
* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers
* Music/TheReplacements
* The Romantics
* Music/LindaRonstadt
* Music/DavidLeeRoth
* Music/{{Roxette}}
* Music/RunDMC
* Music/{{Rush}}: Recording career started in the 1960s, but they reached the peak of their popularity early in this decade.
* Music/{{Sade}}
* Salt N Pepa
* Music/JoeSatriani
* Music/PeterSchilling
* Music/{{Scorpions}}
* Music/BobSeger
* Shalamar
* Music/ScrittiPolitti: Formed in 1977, but they became more famous and popular in this decade.
* Music/SimpleMinds: Formed in 1977, had their GloryDays in this decade. Still active now though nearly forgotten.
* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees: A 1970s band continuing to enjoy commercial success through this decade.
* Music/SirMixALot: Debuted in 1988.
* Music/TheSistersOfMercy
* Music/SkidRow
* Music/{{Slayer}}
* Music/{{Slint}}: Formed in 1986, rose to fame in 1991.
* Music/TheSmiths
** Music/{{Morrissey}}: Debut solo album in 1988.
* Music/SonicYouth
* Soul II Soul
* Music/{{Soundgarden}}
* Spandau Ballet
* Music/BruceSpringsteen
* Music/{{Squeeze}}
* Music/BillySquier: Started in the late 1960s, released his solo debut ''The Tale of the Tape'' in 1980.
* Music/RodStewart: Continued enjoying commercial success throughout the decade.
* Music/StockAitkenWaterman
* Music/TheStoneRoses
* Music/{{Stryper}}
* Music/{{Styx}}
** ''Music/KilroyWasHere''
* Music/DonnaSummer: Continued releasing a number of hit songs throughout the decade.
* Music/{{Supertramp}}
* Music/MatthewSweet
* The System
* Music/TalkTalk
* Music/TalkingHeads: Another band from TheSeventies that made its commercial breakthrough in this decade.
* Taylor Dayne
* Music/TearsForFears
* Music/{{Testament}}
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants
* Tiffany
* Music/{{TNT}}
* Tommy Tutone ([[OneHitWonder 867-5309]])
* Music/TomTomClub
* Music/TooShort
* Music/TheTragicallyHip
* Music/TwistedSister
* Music/{{U2}}
* Music/VanHalen
* Music/LutherVandross
* Music/ViolentFemmes
* Music/WallOfVoodoo
* Music/{{Warrant}}
* Music/WasNotWas: Formed in 1979, first album in 1981.
* "Music/WeAreTheWorld"
* Music/{{Ween}}
* Wham!
* Music/{{Whitesnake}}
* Whodini
* Music/{{Wire}}: A 1970s band, released new material from mid of the decade onward. Including a number of hits.
* Music/XJapan: Truly hit their stride in TheNineties, disbanded TurnOfTheMillennium, made comeback in TheNoughties.
* Music/{{XTC}}: A 1970s band with a declining fanbase. Managed to restore themselves to prominence with a highly successful album.
** Music/{{Skylarking}} (1986).
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic
* Music/{{Yazoo}}
* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra: Started in 1978, but had influenced synthpop in the decade.
* Music/{{Yes}}: Gained mainstream success with the poppy ''90125'', source of their only #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
* Music/FrankZappa: While his career started in the 1960s, several of his greatest hits were released in this decade.
* Music/ZZTop
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* AlternativeRock: Otherwise known as college or modern rock back in the early days, alternative in this era was more a conglomeration of disparate left field styles (i. e. jangle pop, synthpop, post-punk, noise rock, hardcore, early alternative metal, etc.), all of which nonetheless served as an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin alternative]] to the homogeny of mainstream rock and top 40 radio. Steadily became more popular as more bands scored major airplay and started joining major labels as the decade came to a close, helping set the stage for the genre's mainstream success the following decade..
* Creator/{{MTV}} debuted and had a huge influence on the popularity of acts during this decade.
* HairMetal
* ItaloDisco
* ThrashMetal
* The rise of NewWaveMusic and its offshoot sub-genres like New Romanticism.
* GenreMotif/HipHop's golden age starts late in this decade (circa 88).
* There was a huge wave of synth heavy R&B acts during the early to mid 80's. Usually called Synth Funk, Post-Disco, Electro Funk (or Boogie), or "New Wave R&B". Most of the time R&B would overlap with those aforementioned genres. Especially artists from TheSeventies who were trying to stay relevant in the early 80's like The Whispers, and Cameo who all started out as either Funk, or Soul.
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[[folder:Musicians]]
* Music/TwoLiveCrew
* Music/TenThousandManiacs
* Music/{{ABC}}
* Music/PaulaAbdul
* Music/{{Accept}}
* Music/BryanAdams
* Music/{{Aerosmith}}: Had a resurge in popularity after Run-DMC's "Walk This Way" cover became a hit.
* Music/AFlockOfSeagulls: Best known for their late 1982 hit "I Ran."
* Afrika Bambaataa
* Music/{{a-ha}}: This Norwegian pop group had a number one hit in 1985 with "Take On Me" thanks to its partially-animated music video becoming an MTV hit. They remained popular everywhere but the US.
* Creator/MariaConchitaAlonso: (Her first record came out in 1979, but she had many successful Spanish-language records in the 1980s.)
* Music/{{Alphaville}}: A group best remembered in the U.S. for their two minor hits "Big in Japan" and "Forever Young."
* Al B. Sure!: One of the most popular singers of the new jack swing movement. He scored only one pop hit, 1988's "Nite and Day"
* Music/LaurieAnderson
* Music/{{Annihilator}}
* Music/{{Anthrax}}
* Music/RicardoArjona
* Art Of Noise: Collaborated with Tom Jones and advertising mascot Max Headroom for two top 40 hits.
* Music/{{Asia}}
* Music/TheAssociates: Popular PostPunk/New Wave band in the UK.
* Music/RickAstley
* Music/TheB52s: Although they formed in 1976 and released their first album in 1979, the Eighties were their most successful decade by far. In the late 1980s, their music finally crossed over to mainstream radio.
* Music/BadBrains
* Music/BadReligion
* Anita Baker: A female R&B singer whose ballads became quite popular.
* Music/{{Bananarama}}: A British girl group who had a series of hits in the mid-80's including "Cruel Summer" and a cover of the 1970 hit "Venus."
* Music/TheBangles: One of the first all-female rock bands to have major commercial success, having many top 10 hits throughout the latter half of the decade.
* Music/BarenakedLadies: Released their first indie tapes in 1988-1989.
* Music/{{Bauhaus}}: An influential late 1970s band, continued releasing new material until their 1983 breakup. They considered founders of GothRock.
* Music/BeastieBoys: Widely considered to be pioneers of the rap-rock movement, they were solely responsible for breaking the color barrier of rap.
* Music/BeatHappening: Influential in the indie pop sub-genre of AlternativeRock.
* Music/PatBenatar: A famous female rock musician of the decade.
* Music/BigBlack
* Big Daddy Kane: Although he never scored a hit until 1991, his work in the 1980s is still just as important.
* Music/{{Bjork}}: Rose to fame as the lead singer of a band, "The Sugarcubes".
* Music/BlackFlag
* Music/{{Blondie}}: Female-fronted rock band who first gained traction in 1979 but continued their momentum through the early '80s.
* Music/BoltThrower
* Music/BonJovi: The band that launched the pop-metal movement in the '80s.
* Music/DavidBowie: ''Vital'' to TheSeventies but in this decade had the biggest-selling album of his career with ''Let's Dance''.
* Music/BoyMeetsGirl: Band who scored one big late 1988 hit with "Waiting For A Star To Fall"
* Music/TheBuggles: Best known for "Video Killed the Radio Star," the song that introduced the world to MTV in 1981.
* Music/KateBush (in the US, at least)
* Music/{{Cameo}}: Debuted in 1974, had their most famous hit "Word Up!" in 1986.
* Music/CamperVanBeethoven
* Music/CaptainBeefheart: Released one album in 1982 and quit the music business for good that same year.
* Music/NickCave
* Music/CelticFrost
* Music/CheapTrick: Although more known for their late '70s power-pop work, their commercial peak was actually in 1988.
* Music/{{Cher}}: Released some of her greatest hits between 1987 and 1989.
* Music/{{Chicago}} - Former jazz-rock band who continued their shift into an Adult Contemporary act in the '80s.
* Music/TheChurch: Popular Australian rock band who had a surprise American hit with 1988's "Under the Milky Way."
* Music/TheClash: 1970s band, continued enjoying success to 1982.
* Music/CocteauTwins
* Music/PhilCollins: Arguably the biggest white male pop star of the 1980s.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTY1aFB71KY Cook Da' Books]]
* Music/AliceCooper: Released several new hits from 1986 to 1989.
* Corey Hart: Canadian singer best remembered for his 1984 hit "Sunglasses at Night," and less so for his 1985 song "Never Surrender."
* Music/{{Coroner}}
* Music/CrowdedHouse: Their first two albums. The band's two big American hits came in 1987.
* Music/TheCult: Probably the premier non-{{Hair|Metal}} HardRock band of the decade.
* Music/CultureClub: Pop-rock band led by the flamboyant Boy George.
* Music/TheCure: New-wave/goth band who had some college rock radio hits before hitting it big with "Love Song" in 1989.
* Music/CyndiLauper: Pre-Madonna pop star who was also a vital figure in the professional wrestling industry.
* Music/DangerDanger
* [[Creator/WillSmith DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince]]: Will Smith's rap group before he became known as an actor.
* Music/DeadKennedys
* Music/TheDeadMilkmen
* Music/{{Debarge}}: Family group who had a string of pop and R&B hits in the mid-80s.
* Music/DefLeppard: One of few British groups in the hair-metal movement, and by far the most successful.
* Music/DepecheMode: Synth-pop pioneers who had a few crossover hits in the late 80s and early 90s.
* Music/{{Devo}}: Pioneering college-rock band who scored one top 20 hit with 1980's "Whip It."
* Music/DinosaurJr
* Music/DireStraits: Despite a massive hit in 1979, they largely fell off the radar until 1985 brought them a #1 hit and further success.
* Music/DirtyRottenImbeciles
* Doug E Fresh
* Music/{{Dokken}}
* Music/DschinghisKhan
* Music/DuranDuran: The most popular British group of the 1980s.
* Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten: Formed in 1980.
* Music/ElectricLightOrchestra: Released their last hit albums in 1980 and 1981.
* Music/ElioELeStorieTese: Italy's answer to Music/FrankZappa.
* Music/{{EPMD}}[[note]]Debut album released in 1988.[[/note]]
* Music/{{Erasure}}: Synth-pop band who had a pair of big hits in 1987.
* Music/EricBAndRakim
* Music/GloriaEstefan: Latin-pop singer who had success in the English world throughout most of the late 1980s.
* Music/{{Europe}}: Swedish metal band who performed the rock anthem "The Final Countdown" and the less-remembered ballad "Carrie."
* Music/{{Eurythmics}}: Synth pop duo fronted by female vocalist Annie Lennox.
* Music/ExodusBand
* Exposé, and other ''Freestyle'' artists.
* Music/FaithNoMore: An influential AlternativeMetal band.
* Music/{{Falco}}: Popular singer in Austria who scored a worldwide hit in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus."
* Music/TheFall: 1970s band, continued enjoying success throughout the decade.
* The Fat Boys: Novelty rap group who scored a few Top 40 hits in the late '80s.
* Music/FelaKuti
* Music/{{Fishbone}}
* Music/{{Foreigner}}: Top arena-rock band of the late '70s who took a softer approach in the next decade.
* Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood - Pop band who had a huge debut album and worldwide hit with "Relax" but quickly fell off the map afterwards.
* Full Force
* Funk Four + 1
* Music/PeterGabriel: Former Genesis singer who has had lesser compared to Phil Collins but still good success on his own.
* Music/{{Galaxie 500}}: An influential DreamPop band.
* Creator/LeifGarrett: (Although he reached his peak in the late [[TheSeventies Seventies]], he released two albums in 1980 and 1981, and was still touring and acting at this time)
* Music/TheJGeilsBand: Rock band who's biggest hit, "Centerfold" came out in 1982.
* Music/{{Genesis}}: Completed their transition from a moderately successful progressive rock band led by PeterGabriel to a massively successful pop group led by PhilCollins (both men also become stars in their own right during this period, Collins much more than Gabriel).
* Music/GinBlossoms
* Music/TheGoGos: The first all-female rock group to have major American success.
* Music/TheGooGooDolls
* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5
* Music/GreenDay
* Green River
* Music/GuidedByVoices
* Music/GunsNRoses: One of the most popular rock bands of all time and massively successful in the late 1980s.
* Music/{{GWAR}}: Formed in 1984, first album released in 1988.
* Music/HerbieHancock became popular around this time.
* Music/HappyMondays
* Music/JeffHealey: Blind blues-rock singer whose 1989 ballad "Angel Eyes" was a top 5 hit.
* Music/{{Helloween}}
* Music/WhitneyHouston: The biggest African-American female vocalist of the decade.
* Human League: One of the first synth-rock acts to have American success.
* [[Music/HuskerDu Hüsker Dü]]
* Music/IceT
* Music/BillyIdol: Punk-rock singer who found his way into the pop world.
* Music/{{INXS}}: First album released in 1980. American success started in 1986.
* Music/IronMaiden
* Music/JanetJackson: The only Jackson to escape Michael's shadow.
* Music/MichaelJackson: "The King of Pop" and the most successful musician of the decade.
** ''Music/{{Thriller}}''
* Music/JanesAddiction
* Music/TheJesusAndMaryChain: An influential NoisePop band.
* Music/TheJesusLizard: Formed and released their first album in this decade.
* The Jets
* Jo Boxers
* Music/BillyJoel: Started in TheSixties, became a successful solo artist in TheSeventies, and enjoyed sustained popularity in this decade.
* Music/EltonJohn: Though he started in TheSeventies, he had a CareerResurrection in this decade, becoming a big Creator/{{MTV}} star from 1983 on.
* Jody Watley
* Music/{{Journey}}
* Music/{{KISS}}
** ''Music/MusicFromTheElder''
* Music/KRSOne: The first Boogie Down productions album came out in 1987.
* Music/{{Kreator}}
* Keith Sweat
* Music/KillingJoke. Formed in 1978, debut album in 1980.
* Music/TheKinks: A BritishInvasion band from TheSixties that was still going strong.
* Music/{{Klymaxx}}
* Music/LLCoolJ
* Music/JohnLennon: Released his last major hit in late 1980.
* Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews
* Music/{{Live}}: Formed under the name "Public Affection" and released their debut album in this decade.
* Music/LivingColour: Debuted in 1988.
* Music/{{Loudness}}
* Music/LuciferLusciousViolenoue
* Music/{{Madonna}}
* Mary Jane Girls
* Music/RichardMarx
* Music/SeikoMatsuda
* Music/LoreenaMcKennitt
* Music/{{Megadeth}}
* Melvins
* Men At Work
* Menudo
* Music/MenWithoutHats
* Music/MetalChurch
* Music/{{Metallica}}
* Music/{{Merzbow}}
* Music/{{Microdisney}}
* Music/MilliVanilli
* Music/{{Ministry}}
* Music/KylieMinogue
* Music/MinorThreat: Formed in 1980.
* Music/TheMinutemen
* Music/TheMisfits
* Music/MissingPersons
* Music/MissionOfBurma: Formed in 1979, but released all of their original material between 1980 and 1982.
* Modern English
* Music/MotleyCrue
* Music/{{Mudhoney}}: An influential {{Grunge}} band.
* Music/MyBloodyValentine: Popularized the {{Shoegazing}} subgenre.
* Music/NapalmDeath
* Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock
* Music/NewEdition
* Music/NewOrder
* Music/NineInchNails
* Music/{{Nirvana}}
* Music/MojoNixon
* Nu Shooz
* Music/GaryNuman
* Music/{{NWA}}
* Music/TheOffspring
* Music/YukikoOkada
* Music/OrchestralManoeuvresInTheDark
* Music/OzzyOsbourne: His solo career took off in 1980, with a hit album.
* Paul Hardcastle
* Music/PetShopBoys
* Music/TomPetty
* Music/PinkFloyd: Was fairly successful in various lineups featuring Music/RogerWaters from 1980-83, but had a CareerResurrection in 1987 when David Gilmour took control of the group.
** Music/RogerWaters
* Music/ThePixies
* Music/ThePogues
* Music/{{Poison}}
* Music/ThePolice: Even though they formed in [[TheSeventies 1977]].
* Music/PopWillEatItself
* Music/PrimalScream: Band formed in 1982, debut album in 1987.
* Music/{{Primus}}: Band formed in this decade.
* Music/{{Prince}} and all his associates.
* Music/PublicEnemy
* Music/PublicImageLtd: A 1970s band, continued enjoying success throughout this decade.
* Quarterflash
* Music/{{Queen}}: Although they FIRST became prominent in the mid-Seventies.
* Music/QueenLatifah: Debuted in 1989.
* Music/{{Queensryche}}: Debuted in 1983.
* Music/QuietRiot: Formed in 1975, had their biggest success in the early 1980s.
* Music/{{REM}}: Formed and achieved cult hit status in this decade.
* Music/{{Ratt}}
* Ready For The World
* Music/RedHotChiliPeppers
* Music/TheReplacements
* The Romantics
* Music/LindaRonstadt
* Music/DavidLeeRoth
* Music/{{Roxette}}
* Music/RunDMC
* Music/{{Rush}}: Recording career started in the 1960s, but they reached the peak of their popularity early in this decade.
* Music/{{Sade}}
* Salt N Pepa
* Music/JoeSatriani
* Music/PeterSchilling
* Music/{{Scorpions}}
* Music/BobSeger
* Shalamar
* Music/ScrittiPolitti: Formed in 1977, but they became more famous and popular in this decade.
* Music/SimpleMinds: Formed in 1977, had their GloryDays in this decade. Still active now though nearly forgotten.
* Music/SiouxsieAndTheBanshees: A 1970s band continuing to enjoy commercial success through this decade.
* Music/SirMixALot: Debuted in 1988.
* Music/TheSistersOfMercy
* Music/SkidRow
* Music/{{Slayer}}
* Music/{{Slint}}: Formed in 1986, rose to fame in 1991.
* Music/TheSmiths
** Music/{{Morrissey}}: Debut solo album in 1988.
* Music/SonicYouth
* Soul II Soul
* Music/{{Soundgarden}}
* Spandau Ballet
* Music/BruceSpringsteen
* Music/{{Squeeze}}
* Music/BillySquier: Started in the late 1960s, released his solo debut ''The Tale of the Tape'' in 1980.
* Music/RodStewart: Continued enjoying commercial success throughout the decade.
* Music/StockAitkenWaterman
* Music/TheStoneRoses
* Music/{{Stryper}}
* Music/{{Styx}}
** ''Music/KilroyWasHere''
* Music/DonnaSummer: Continued releasing a number of hit songs throughout the decade.
* Music/{{Supertramp}}
* Music/MatthewSweet
* The System
* Music/TalkTalk
* Music/TalkingHeads: Another band from TheSeventies that made its commercial breakthrough in this decade.
* Taylor Dayne
* Music/TearsForFears
* Music/{{Testament}}
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants
* Tiffany
* Music/{{TNT}}
* Tommy Tutone ([[OneHitWonder 867-5309]])
* Music/TomTomClub
* Music/TooShort
* Music/TheTragicallyHip
* Music/TwistedSister
* Music/{{U2}}
* Music/VanHalen
* Music/LutherVandross
* Music/ViolentFemmes
* Music/WallOfVoodoo
* Music/{{Warrant}}
* Music/WasNotWas: Formed in 1979, first album in 1981.
* "Music/WeAreTheWorld"
* Music/{{Ween}}
* Wham!
* Music/{{Whitesnake}}
* Whodini
* Music/{{Wire}}: A 1970s band, released new material from mid of the decade onward. Including a number of hits.
* Music/XJapan: Truly hit their stride in TheNineties, disbanded TurnOfTheMillennium, made comeback in TheNoughties.
* Music/{{XTC}}: A 1970s band with a declining fanbase. Managed to restore themselves to prominence with a highly successful album.
** Music/{{Skylarking}} (1986).
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic
* Music/{{Yazoo}}
* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra: Started in 1978, but had influenced synthpop in the decade.
* Music/{{Yes}}: Gained mainstream success with the poppy ''90125'', source of their only #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
* Music/FrankZappa: While his career started in the 1960s, several of his greatest hits were released in this decade.
* Music/ZZTop
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