I was exploring the internet the other night when I came across a website that showed the Top 200 artists of the 80’s based on # of weeks on the Hot 100 chart and the # of hits they had on the chart. I found the list to be extremely interesting and at times surprising at what did or didn’t make the list. The website was www.rateyourmusic.com or you can check out the list at this link.
When you go through the list, there will be no surprise at the artist at the top of the list. It is everyone you would think it would be such as Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Hall & Oates, and Billy Joel (I won’t give you their ranking). But what I found most interesting was that throughout the list I saw Genesis and most of its members or former members.
Genesis was huge in the 80’s and so was Phil Collins which is no surprise. Mike Rutherford had a side project during the 80’s called Mike & the Mechanics that also had numerous hits during the 80’s. And let’s not forget a former member of Genesis, Peter Gabriel. His resurgence in the 80’s was also quite significant. Tony Banks was the only member of the band I didn’t see having a hit on the Hot 100 list outside of Genesis.
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Maxwell – black SUMMERS’ night – (Columbia)
Fates Warning – Theories of Flight – (Inside Out Music)
Pet Shop Boys – Twenty-Something (EP) – (X2 Records)
Bat for Lashes – The Bride – (Warner Bros.)
Magic! – Primary Colours – (Sony Music Entertainment)
2 Loud 2 Old Music 