July 22, 200619 yr Author #04 LIONEL RICHIE / COMMODORES 572.5 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdcwwYvWi0.swf TRULY video (1982) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDZcqBgCS74.swf HELLO video (1984) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yGc8ZULQP4.swf SAY YOU, SAY ME video (1985) Motown's Lionel Richie left the Commodores in the early 1980s to become a huge MOR soul solo star in the 1980s thanks to his first three albums. (Incidentally I have not included the Commodores post Lionel Richie hit - Nightshift in the points total.) 1980s debut 1980 (Best Year 1984 = 178 Pts)
July 22, 200619 yr Author #03 MICHAEL JACKSON / JACKSONS 715.5 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP_2B6Cozzo.swf BILLIE JEAN live at Motown 25 video (1983) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-IlviV8Ao.swf THRILLER full length video (1983) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTtp7oUNGCw.swf SMOOTH CRIMINAL video (1988) What can be said about the (former - now Robbie's claimed it) "King Of Pop" except he was brilliant in the 1980s. Remember him this way...... 1980s debut 1980 (Best Year 1983 = 259 Pts)
July 22, 200619 yr Author #02 GEORGE MICHAEL / WHAM! 800 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n7Aiic3AgM.swf WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO video (1984 Wham!) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNNHl8HK90o.swf CARELESS WHISPER video (1984 solo) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XesXjkDLImg.swf FAITH video (1987 solo) George Michael split from Andrew Ridgeley in 1986 to launch a hugely successful solo career, a decade before an incident in a LA toilet changed his profile for good! Debut 1982 (Best Year 1985 = 165 Pts)
July 22, 200619 yr Author #01 MADONNA 932 Pts [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wliVZdbnIjo.swf HOLIDAY (TOTP performance 1983) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4dSIyoEt20.swf LIKE A VIRGIN (MTV Awards live 1984) [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J17VkyiZm4.swf LA ISLA BONITA (Who's That Girl Tour - Live in Tokyo 1987) The Queen of Pop arrived on the charts in 1983 & within 18 months it was clear that Madonna was going to push the envelop in a variety of musical & visual ways, which she has maintained to date. It was not until the commercial suicide of the American Life video that US radio stations stopped playing her material, although she remains the biggest female star in the rest of the World. Debut 1984 (Best Year 1985 = 304 Pts)
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