She has influenced various other artists and has often been referred to as the “Queen of Pop”.

Madonna
Cyndi Lauper
Gloria Estefan
Kate Bush
They first found commercial success with the release of its third album, Master of Puppets (1986), cited as one of the heaviest metal albums and the band’s best work.

Three Dog Night
Deep Purple
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Metallica
Their final studio album, Synchronicity (1983), was No. 1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy and the US, selling over 8 million copies in the US.

Bee Gees
Black Sabbath
The Police
Whitesnake
The band’s eighth studio album, For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981), was their first album to reach number one in the United States.

Santana
AC/DC
Soft Cell
The Cars
Her 1984 multi-platinum album Private Dancer contained the hit song “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became her first and only No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Aretha Franklin
Tina Turner
Laura Branigan
Tracy Chapman
His second album, Can’t Slow Down (1983), reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and sold over 20 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Luther Vandross
James Brown
Nik Kershaw
Lionel Richie
He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, as well as the seventh-best-selling recording artist and the fourth-best-selling solo artist in the United States, with over 160 million records sold worldwide.

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Pete Townshend
Billy Joel
He achieved massive commercial success in the 1980s starting with his album Let’s Dance (1983).

James Taylor
David Bowie
Howard Jones
Elvis Presley
His first solo single, “Careless Whisper”, reached number one in over 20 countries, including the UK and US.

George Michael
Joe Cocker
Steve Perry
Rick Springfield
Their album “1984” was a commercial success with U.S. sales of 10 million copies and four hit singles; its lead single, “Jump”, was the band’s only U.S. number one single.

The Who
The Bangles
Van Halen
Chicago
She is the only artist to have had seven consecutive number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100, from “Saving All My Love for You” in 1985 to “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” in 1988.

Alanis Morissette
Whitney Houston
Tanya Tucker
Deborah Allen
Their debut album, Appetite for Destruction (1987), reached number one on the Billboard 200 a year after its release.

The Who
KISS
Sonic Youth
Guns N’ Roses
After signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982, she became a pop icon following the release of her third and fourth studio albums Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

Joni Mitchell
Janet Jackson
Diana Ross
Belinda Carlisle
He is best known for his tenure as the drummer and lead singer of the rock band Genesis and for his solo career which began in 1981.

Don Henley
Neil Young
Paul Simon
Phil Collins
His sixth album, Purple Rain (1984), continued critical success for him and was a major commercial success, spending six consecutive months atop the Billboard 200.

Bobby Brown
Steve Winwood
Prince
Billy Ocean
Considered as the “King of Pop”, he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. He popularized complicated dance moves such as the moonwalk.

Lionel Richie
Michael Jackson
Luther Vandross
Ray Charles
During a career that has spanned six decades, he has become known for his poetic, socially conscious lyrics and energetic stage performances. He has been nicknamed “the Boss”.

Bruce Springsteen
Pixies
Kenny Loggins
Robert Palmer
They are regarded as one of the most influential acts in the history of hip hop culture and one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s.

Men at Work
Scorpions
Simply Red
Run-D.M.C.
Their studio album, Pyromania, was released in January 1983, with “Photograph” and “Rock of Ages” both topping the US Rock Tracks chart and reaching the top 20 of the Hot 100.

The Allman Brothers Band
Parliament Funkadelic
Def Leppard
Aerosmith

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