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