New pop is a British-centric pop music movement consisting of ambitious, DIY-minded artists who achieved commercial success in the early 1980s, aided by platforms like MTV. Rooted in the post-punk mov
Producer and New Musical Express writer Paul Morley (left), a pivotal figure in new pop
Duran Duran (pictured in 1983) were one of the earliest British New Pop groups to achieve mainstream success in the summer of 1982. Their second studio album Rio is credited with helping kickstart the second British Invasion, spending eleven weeks within the top ten of the Billboard 200 in 1983.