Second British Invasion
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The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and new pop artists in the United States. It began in the summer of 1982, peaked in 1983, and continued througho
Chart of Billboard Hot 100 number-ones by British artists, by weeks
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.
Boy George of Culture Club (performing in 2001) was a leading figure in the New Romantic movement which became a major part in the Second British Invasion of the U.S.
Annie Lennox
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Ann Lennox is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band the Tourists, she and fellow musician
Lennox in 2023
The Royal Academy of Music in London, where Lennox abandoned her classical studies in the early 1970s. She became a Fellow of the Academy in 1997 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from its affiliated college, the University of London, in 2017.
Lennox (right) with Dave Stewart as part of Eurythmics in 1985
Lennox in a promotional shoot for Diva, c. 1992