Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Artists of the 80s

The Top 100 Artists of the 80s


1 Prince
2 The Smiths
3 U2
4 R.E.M.
5 Bruce Springsteen
6 Public Enemy
7 Pixies
8 New Order
9 Talking Heads
10 Michael Jackson
11 Madonna
12 Sonic Youth
13 Elvis Costello
14 The Cure
15 Run-D.M.C.
16 Hüsker Dü
17 Joy Division
18 Beastie Boys
19 The Jesus and Mary Chain
20 Tom Waits
21 Guns 'n' Roses
22 The Stone Roses
23 The Police
24 Grandmaster Flash
25 The Replacements
26 Metallica
27 Peter Gabriel
28 Pretenders
29 Eric B. & Rakim
30 Echo and the Bunnymen
31 N.W.A.
32 The Jam
33 De La Soul
34 AC/DC
35 Dexy's Midnight Runners
36 Nick Cave
37 Pet Shop Boys
38 The Human League
39 The Pogues
40 Paul Simon
41 The Clash
42 Motörhead
43 Kate Bush
44 X
45 XTC
46 Depeche Mode
47 David Bowie
48 The Specials
49 Def Leppard
50 Violent Femmes
51 Dinosaur Jr.
52 ABC
53 Boogie Down Productions
54 Soul II Soul
55 Cyndi Lauper
56 LL Cool J
57 Talk Talk
58 Frankie Goes to Hollywood
59 Tracy Chapman
60 Lou Reed
61 Van Halen
62 The Fall
63 Eurythmics
64 The Dead Kennedys
65 Soft Cell
66 Marvin Gaye
67 Prefab Sprout
68 The The
69 Janet Jackson
70 Billy Bragg
71 The Waterboys
72 The Go-Betweens
73 Slayer
74 Bon Jovi
75 Iron Maiden
76 Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
77 Jane's Addiction
78 Tina Turner
79 Neil Young
80 George Michael
81 Duran Duran
82 Dire Straits
83 John Cougar Mellencamp
84 Black Flag
85 Culture Club
86 Minutemen
87 Simple Minds
88 Bad Brains
89 Laurie Anderson
90 Faith No More
91 Richard and Linda Thompson
92 The Go-Go's
93 The Cult
94 Nine Inch Nails
95 Big Black
96 The Feelies
97 Leonard Cohen
98 The Rolling Stones
99 Roxy Music
100 Midnight Oil