Acclaimed Music - The Top 100 Artists of the 80s

The Top 100 Artists of the 80s


1 Prince
2 The Smiths
3 Bruce Springsteen
4 U2
5 R.E.M.
6 Public Enemy
7 Elvis Costello
8 Talking Heads
9 Michael Jackson
10 Tom Waits
11 Pixies
12 Hüsker Dü
13 Joy Division
14 New Order
15 The Jesus and Mary Chain
16 The Police
17 Peter Gabriel
18 Madonna
19 Run DMC
20 Sonic Youth
21 Beastie Boys
22 Pretenders
23 The Stone Roses
24 Guns 'n' Roses
25 Grandmaster Flash
26 The Cure
27 De La Soul
28 Paul Simon
29 The Human League
30 Echo and the Bunnymen
31 Eric B. & Rakim
32 The Replacements
33 Dexy's Midnight Runners
34 AC/DC
35 Kate Bush
36 The Jam
37 ABC
38 The Clash
39 X
40 Nick Cave
41 David Bowie
42 Lou Reed
43 The Pogues
44 Prefab Sprout
45 Eurythmics
46 Marvin Gaye
47 N.W.A.
48 Motörhead
49 The Specials
50 Metallica
51 Soul II Soul
52 Van Morrison
53 Richard and Linda Thompson
54 Tracy Chapman
55 Culture Club
56 Donald Fagen
57 Frankie Goes to Hollywood
58 Boogie Down Productions
59 Neil Young
60 Tina Turner
61 Def Leppard
62 XTC
63 Cyndi Lauper
64 The Waterboys
65 Soft Cell
66 Van Halen
67 Roxy Music
68 Janet Jackson
69 Pet Shop Boys
70 The The
71 The Rolling Stones
72 The Neville Brothers
73 Laurie Anderson
74 Brian Eno
75 Fine Young Cannibals
76 Lloyd Cole and The Commotions
77 John Hiatt
78 Leonard Cohen
79 The Dead Kennedys
80 Minutemen
81 Midnight Oil
82 Dire Straits
83 Dinosaur Jr.
84 The Fall
85 Talk Talk
86 Anita Baker
87 Squeeze
88 The Feelies
89 Tom Petty
90 LL Cool J
91 Sam Cooke
92 Simple Minds
93 Jane's Addiction
94 Cameo
95 Violent Femmes
96 Grace Jones
97 The Blue Nile
98 Neneh Cherry
99 Los Lobos
100 Black Uhuru