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Music
- Bruce Spingsteen & Prince had big
albums selling in excess of 10
million copies each
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Run DMC, the first rap group to
have a certified gold album
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The First Video Music Awards were
held at Radio City Music Hall
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Introduction of noise-free compact discs, the vinyl record begins a
steep decline
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Purple Rain spends 20
weeks atop the album charts
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1983 - Thriller dominated album
sales
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The first metal album to make it
to #1 was released by Quiet Riot
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Twisted Sister enjoyed similar
success.
1983
Grammy Winners
Record of the Year Beat it
--
Michael Jackson
Song of the Year Every Breath You Take
-- Sting
Best Album Thriller
-- Michael Jackson
Pop
Male Vocalist Michael Jackson
-- Thriller
Pop
Female Vocalist Irene Cara
-- What a Feeling
New artist
Culture Club
Pop Group
The Police -- Every Breath You Take
Rock Male vocalist Michael Jackson
-- Beat It
Rock Female vocalist Pat Benatar
-- Love Is a Battlefield
Rock Group
The Police -- Synchonicity
1984
Grammy Winners
Record
of the Year What's Love Got To
Do With It -- Tina Turner
Song of the Year What's Love Got To Do With It
Best Album Can't Slow Down
-- Lionel Richie
Pop
Male Vocalist Phil Collins
-- Against All Odds: Take A Look
At Me Now
Pop
Female Vocalist Tina Turner -- What's Love Got To Do With It
Pop Group
The Pointer Sisters -- Jump (For My Love)New artist
Cyndi Lauper
Rock Male Vocalist Bruce Springsteen
-- Dancing in the Dark
Rock Female Vocalist Tina Turner --
Better Be Good to Me
Rock Group
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
Other
Songs
BILLIE JEAN, Michael
Jackson
DOWN UNDER, Men At Work
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART, Bonnie Tyler
MANEATER, Daryl Hall and John Oates
BABY COME
TO ME, Patti Austin & James Ingram
MANIAC, Michael Sembello
SWEET DREAMS (Are Made Of This), The Eurythmics
WHEN DOVES CRY, Prince and the Revolution
SAY, SAY, SAY,
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson
FOOTLOOSE, Kenny Loggins
JUMP, Van Halen
HELLO,
Lionel Richie
OWNER OF A LONELY HEART, Yes
GHOSTBUSTERS, Ray Parker Jr.
KARMA CHAMELEON, Culture Club
Other
Albums
Van Halen, 1984
Madonna, Like A Virgin
The Cars, Heartbeat City
Tina Turner, Private Dancer
Billy Joel - An Innocent Man
Culture Club - Colour By Number
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Duran Duran - Seven Ragged Tiger
Elton John - Too Low For Zero
Elvis Costello, Attractions - Punch The Clock
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Genesis
Huey Lewis and the News - Sports
John Cougar - Uh Huh
Journey - Frontiers
Men At Work - Cargo
Paul McCartney - Pipes of Peace
Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
R.E.M. - Murmur
Rick Springfield - Living in Oz
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood
Styx - Kilroy was Here
Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
U2 - War
UB40 - Labour of Love
Violent Femmes
Yes - 90125
ZZ Top - Eliminator
Bangles - All Over the Place
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Billy Ocean - Suddenly
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Legend: The Best Of
Bon Jovi
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Chicago - 17
Culture Club - Waking Up
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Big Bam Boom
David Bowie - Tonight
Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
Elton John - Breaking Hearts
Glenn Frey - The Allnighter
Jacksons - Victory
Footloose (Soundtrack)
Ghostbusters (Soundtrack)
Go-Gos - Talk Show
INXS - The Swing
Laura Branigan - Self Control
Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Pretenders - Learning to Crawl
Ratt - Out Of The Cellar
R.E.M. - Reckoning
Rick Springfield - Hard To Hold (Soundtrack)
Scorpions - Love At First Sting
Sheena Easton - Private Heaven
Sheila E. - Glamorous Life
Steve Perry - Street Talk
Stevie Wonder - The Woman in Red (Soundtrack)
Streets Of Fire (Soundtrack)
Thompson Twins - Into The Gap
.38 Special - Tour de Force
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Wham! - Make It Big
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