User:03md/Chart debuts 1980s

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Year Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries in debut year
Debuts in 1980
1980 The Beat 3 "Tears of a Clown"/"Ranking Full Stop" 6 "Hands Off...She's Mine" (9), "Mirror in the Bathroom" (4)
Syreeta 1 "With You I'm Born Again" 2
The Nolans 2 "I'm In the Mood for Dancing" 3 "Gotta Pull Myself Together" (9)
Styx 1 "Babe" 6
Joe Jackson 1 "It's Different for Girls" 5
Keith Michell 1 "Captain Beaky"/"Wilfred the Weasel" 5
Jon and Vangelis 1 "I Hear You Now" 8
The Whispers 1 "And the Beat Goes On" 2
Ramones 1 "Baby, I Love You" 8
Marti Webb 1 "Take That Look Off Your Face" 3
Fern Kinney 1 "Together We Are Beautiful" 1
Captain & Tennille 1 "Do That to Me One More Time" 7
The Vapors 1 "Turning Japanese" 3
Liquid Gold 2 "Dance Yourself Dizzy" 2 "Substitute" (8)
Martha and the Muffins 1 "Echo Beach" 10
The Brothers Johnson 1 "Stomp!" 6
The Lambrettas 1 "Poison Ivy" 7
UB40 3 "King"/"Food for Thought" 4 "My Way of Thinking"/"I Think It's Going to Rain" (6), "The Earth Dies Screaming"/"Dream a Lie" (10)
Dexys Midnight Runners 2 "Geno" 1 "There, There, My Dear" (7)
Sky 1 "Toccata" 5
Bobby Thurston 1 "Check Out the Groove" 10
Johnny Logan 1 "What's Another Year" 1
Rodney Franklin 1 "The Groove" 7
Motörhead 1 The Golden Years (EP) 8
The Undertones 1 "My Perfect Cousin" 9
Narada Michael Walden 1 "I Shoulda Loved Ya" 8
The Mash 1 "Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)" 1
Lipps Inc. 1 "Funkytown" 2
Donny Hathaway 1 "Back Together Again" 3
Crown Heights Affair 1 "You Gave Me Love" 10
The Korgis 1 "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" 5
Teena Marie 1 "Behind the Groove" 6
Splodgenessabounds 1 "Simon Templer"/"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please" 7
Stacy Lattisaw 1 "Jump to the Beat" 3
Sheena Easton 2 "9 to 5" 3 "Modern Girl" (8)
The Gap Band 1 "Oops Upside Your Head" 6
George Benson 2 "Give Me the Night" 7 "Love X Love" (10)
Tom Browne 1 "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" 10
Kelly Marie 1 "Feels Like I'm in Love" 1
The Piranhas 1 "Tom Hark" 6
Hazel O'Connor 1 "Eighth Day" 5
Randy Crawford 1 "One Day I'll Fly Away" 2
Ottawan 1 "D.I.S.C.O." 2
Black Slate 1 "Amigo" 9
Sweet People 1 "Et Les Oiseaux Chantaient (And the Birds Were Singing)" 4
Matchbox 1 "When You Ask About Love" 4
Bad Manners 1 "Special Brew" 3
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1 "Enola Gay" 8
Adam and the Ants 2 "Dog Eat Dog" 4 "Antmusic" (2)
Dennis Waterman 1 "I Could Be So Good for You" 3
Stephanie Mills 1 "Never Knew Love Like This Before" 4
Spandau Ballet 1 "To Cut a Long Story Short" 5
Eddy Grant 1 "Do You Feel My Love" 8
St Winifred's School Choir 1 "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" 1
Jona Lewie 1 "Stop the Cavalry" 2
Stray Cats 1 "Runaway Boys" 9
Harlem Community Center Choir 1 "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" 1
Debuts in 1981
1981 Chas & Dave 2 "Rabbit" 8 "Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are on Their Way to Wembley)" (5)
The Look 1 "I Am the Beat" 6
Yarbrough and Peoples 1 "Don't Stop the Music" 7
Ultravox 2 "Vienna" 2 "All Stood Still" (8)
Visage 1 "Fade to Grey" 8
Joe Dolce Music Theatre 1 "Shaddap You Face" 1
Fred Wedlock 1 "The Oldest Swinger in Town" 6
Girlschool 1 "St. Valentine's Day Massacre (EP)" 5
Headgirl 1
Coast to Coast 1 "(Do) The Hucklebuck" 5
Freeez 1 "Southern Freeez" 8
Kim Wilde 2 "Kids in America" 2 "Chequered Love" (4)
The Teardrop Explodes 1 "Reward" 6
Toyah 3 "Four from Toyah (EP)" 4 "I Want to Be Free" (8), "Thunder in the Mountains" (4)
Tony Capstick 1 "The Sheffield Grinder"/"Capstick Comes Home" 3
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band 1
Bucks Fizz 2 "Making Your Mind Up" 1 "The Land of Make Believe" (1)
Landscape 1 "Einstein a Go-Go" 5
Linx 1 "Intuition" 7
Ennio Morricone 1 "Chi Mai" 2
Starsound 2 "Stars on 45" 2 "Stars on 45 (Vol. 2)" (2)
REO Speedwagon 1 "Keep On Loving You" 7
Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup Final Squad 1 "Ossie's Dream (Spurs Are on Their Way to Wembley)" 5
Kim Carnes 1 "Bette Davis Eyes" 1
Champaign 1 "How 'Bout Us" 5
Kate Robbins 1 "More Than in Love" 2
Beyond 1
Red Sovine 1 "Teddy Bear" 4
Elaine Paige 1 "Memory" 6
Imagination 1 "Body Talk" 4
Tom Tom Club 1 "Wordy Rappinghood" 7
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1 "Hooked on Classics" 2
Tight Fit 1 "Back to the Sixties" 4
Duran Duran 1 "Girls on Film" 5
The Human League 3 "Love Action (I Believe in Love)" 3 "Don't You Want Me" (1), "Open Your Heart" (6)
Aneka 1 "Japanese Boy" 1
Soft Cell 2 "Tainted Love" 1 "Bedsitter" (4)
The Tweets 1 "The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance)" 2
The Pointer Sisters 1 "Slow Hand" 10
Godley and Creme 2 "Under Your Thumb" 3 "Under Your Thumb" (7)
Dave Stewart 1 "It's My Party" 1
Barbara Gaskin 1
Depeche Mode 1 "Just Can't Get Enough" 8
Laurie Anderson 1 "O Superman" 2
Altered Images 1 "Happy Birthday" 2
Julio Iglesias 1 "Begin the Beguine (Volver a Empezar)" 1
Haircut One Hundred 1 "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" 4
Modern Romance 1 "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" 10
Debuts in 1982
1982 Kraftwerk 1 "The Model"/"Computer Love" 1
Foreigner 1 "Waiting for a Girl Like You" 8
Meat Loaf 1 "Dead Ringer for Love" 5
Christopher Cross 1 "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" 7
Mobiles 1 "Drowning in Berlin" 9
XTC 1 "Senses Working Overtime" 10
The J. Geils Band 1 "Centerfold" 3
Hall & Oates 2 "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" 8 "Maneater" (6)
Fun Boy Three 2 "It Ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" 4 "Really Saying Something" (5)
Bananarama 3 "Really Saying Something" (5), "Shy Boy" (4)
Toni Basil 1 "Mickey" 2
Iron Maiden 1 "Run to the Hills" 7
Goombay Dance Band 1 "Seven Tears" 1
Bow Wow Wow 2 "Go Wild in the Country" 7 "I Want Candy" (9)
ABC 3 "Poison Arrow" 6 "All of My Heart" (5), "The Look of Love" (4)
Associates 1 "Party Fears Two" 9
Japan 2 "Ghosts" 5 "I Second That Emotion" (9)
Pigbag 1 "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag" 3
Bardo 1 "One Step Further" 2
Shakatak 1 "Night Birds" 9
Shalamar 3 "I Can Make You Feel Good" 7 "A Night to Remember", "There It Is" (5)
England World Cup Squad (1982) 1 "This Time (We'll Get It Right)" 2
Ph.D. 1 "I Won't Let You Down" 3
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 1 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" 4
Nicole 1 "Ein bißchen Frieden" 1
Scotland National Football Team 1 "We Have a Dream" 5
Yazoo 2 "Only You" 2 "Don't Go" (3)
Patrice Rushen 1 "Forget Me Nots" 8
Junior 1 "Mama Used to Say" 7
Charlene 1 "I've Never Been to Me" 1
Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1 "I'm a Wonderful Thing, Baby" 4 "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" (2), "Stool Pigeon" (7)
Captain Sensible 1 "Happy Talk" 1
Steve Miller Band 1 "Abracadabra" 2
Irene Cara 1 "Fame" 1
Trio 1 "Da Da Da" 2
Natasha 1 "Iko Iko" 10
Survivor 1 "Eye of the Tiger" 1
Boys Town Gang 1 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" 4
The Kids from "Fame" 2 "Hi Fidelity" 5 "Starmaker" (3)
Valerie Landsburg 1
Toto Coelo 1 "I Eat Cannibals (Part 1)" 8
Rockers Revenge 1 "Walking on Sunshine" 4
Donnie Calvin 1
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five 1 "The Message" 8
David Christie 1 "Saddle Up" 9
Musical Youth 1 "Pass the Dutchie" 1
Fat Larry's Band 1 "Zoom" 2
Evelyn King 1 "Love Come Down" 7
Culture Club 2 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" 1 "Time (Clock of the Heart)" (3)
Mari Wilson 1 "Just What I Always Wanted" 8
Pinkees 1 "Danger Games" 8
Tears for Fears 1 "Mad World" 3
Barry Manilow 1 "I Wanna Do It With You" 8
Clannad 1 "Theme from Harry's Game" 5
Wham! 1 "Young Guns (Go for It!)" 3
Blancmange 1 "Living on the Ceiling" 7
Renée and Renato 1 "Save Your Love" 1
A Flock of Seagulls 1 "Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)" 10
Debuts in 1983
1983 Keith Harris and Orville 1 "Orville's Song" 4
Men at Work 1 "Down Under" 1
Wah! 1 "The Story of the Blues" 3
Malcolm McLaren 2 "Buffalo Gals" 9 "Double Dutch" (3)
The World's Famous Supreme Team 1
The Maisonettes 1 "Heartache Avenue" 7
Kajagoogoo 3 "Too Shy" 1 "Ooh to Be Ah" (7), "Big Apple" (8)
The Belle Stars 1 "Sing of the Times" 3
Laura Branigan 1 "Gloria" 6
Echo & the Bunnymen 1 "The Cutter" 8
U2 1 "New Year's Day" 10
Jennifer Warnes 1 "Up Where We Belong" 7
Toto 1 "Africa" 3
Eurythmics 4 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" 2 "Love Is a Stranger" (6), "Who's That Girl?" (3), "Right by Your Side" (10)
Thompson Twins 2 "Love On Your Side" 9 "We Are Detective" (7)
Forrest 1 "Rock the Boat" 4
The Style Council 2 "Speak Like a Child" 4 "Long Hot Summer"/"Paris Match" (3)
Orange Juice 1 "Rip It Up" 8
JoBoxers 2 "Boxerbeat" 3 "Just Got Lucky" (7)
Tracey Ullman 3 "Breakaway" 4 "They Don't Know" (2), "Move Over Darling" (8)
Kenny Everett 1 "Snot Rap" 9
F.R. David 1 "Words" 2
Big Country 2 "Fields of Fire (400 Miles)" 10 "Chance" (9)
Tracie 1 "The House That Jack Built" 9
London Philharmonic Orchestra 1 "True Love Ways" 8
Heaven 17 2 "Temptation" 2 "Come Live with Me" (5)
Galaxy featuring Phil Fearon 1 "Dancing Tight" 4
New Edition 1 "Candy Girl" 1
Booker Newberry III 1 "Love Town" 6
Flash and the Pan 1 "Waiting for a Train" 7
Paul Young 3 "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" 1 "Come Back and Stay" (4), "Love of the Common People" (2)
The Funk Masters 1 "It's Over" 8
Gary Byrd and the GB Experience 1 "The Crown" 6
Herbie Hancock 1 "Rockit" 8
David Grant 1 "Watching You, Watching Me" 10
Peabo Bryson 1 "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" 2
Level 42 1 "The Sun Goes Down (Living It Up)" 10
Ryan Paris 1 "Dolce Vita" 5
New Order 1 "Blue Monday" 9
Howard Jones 1 "New Song" 3
Rock Steady Crew 1 "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew" 6
Black Lace 1 "Superman (Gioca Jouer)" 9
Billy Joel 1 "Uptown Girl" 1
Men Without Hats 1 "The Safety Dance" 6
The Cure 1 "The Love Cats" 7
The Assembly 1 "Never Never" 4
Marilyn 1 "Calling Your Name" 4
The Flying Pickets 1 "Only You" 1
Debuts in 1984
1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood 3 "Relax" 1 "Two Tribes" (1), "The Power of Love" (1)
Joe Fagin 1 "That's Livin' Alright" 3
Cyndi Lauper 2 "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" 2 "Time After Time" (3)
China Crisis 1 "Wishful Thinking" 9
Matthew Wilder 1 "Break My Stride" 4
Fiction Factory 1 "(Feels Like) Heaven" 6
Madonna 2 "Holiday" 6 "Like a Virgin" (3)
Juan Martín 1 "Love Theme From "The Thorn Birds" " 10
Nena 1 "99 Red Balloons" 1
Nik Kershaw 3 "Wouldn't It Be Good" 4 "I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (2), "The Riddle" (3)
Rockwell 1 "Somebody's Watching Me" 6
Break Machine 2 "Street Dance" 3 "Break Dance Party" (9)
Van Halen 1 "Jump" 7
Michael Hartley 1 "The Music of Torvill and Dean (EP)" 9
The Michael Reed Orchestra 1
The Weather Girls 1 "It's Raining Men" 2
Sade 1 "Your Love Is King" 6
Rufus 1 "Ain't Nobody" 8
Chaka Khan 2 "I Feel for You" (7)
Scritti Politti 1 "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" 10
Hazell Dean 2 "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" 6 "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" (4)
Evelyn Thomas 1 "High Energy" 5
The Smiths 1 "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" 10
Bronski Beat 2 "Smalltown Boy" 3 "Why?" (6)
Ollie & Jerry 1 "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" 5
neil 1 "Hole in My Shoe" 2
Prince 2 "When Doves Cry" 4 "Purple Rain" (8)
The Bluebells 1 "Young at Heart" 8
Alison Moyet 2 "Love Resurrection" 10 "All Cried Out" (8)
Trevor Walters 1 "Stuck on You" 9
Miami Sound Machine 1 "Dr. Beat" 6
Ray Parker Jr. 1 "Ghostbusters" 2
Alphaville 1 "Big in Japan" 8
The Revolution 1 "Purple Rain" 8
Giorgio Moroder 1 "Together in Electric Dreams" 3
John Waite 1 "Missing You" 9
Julian Lennon 1 "Too Late for Goodbyes 6
Jim Diamond 1 "I Should Have Known Better" 1
ZZ Top 1 "Gimme All Your Lovin'" 10
The Frog Chorus 1 "We All Stand Together" 3
Band Aid 1 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 1
Jody Watley
Toy Dolls 1 "Nellie the Elephant" 4
Debuts in 1985
1985 Strawberry Switchblade 1 "Since Yesterday" 5
King 2 "Love & Pride" 2 "Alone Without You" (8)
Russ Abbot 1 "Atmosphere" 7
Ashford & Simpson 1 "Solid" 3
Bruce Springsteen 4 "Dancing in the Dark" 4 "We Are the World" (1), "I'm on Fire"/"Born in the U.S.A." (5), "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"/"My Hometown" (9)
Art of Noise 1 "Close (to the Edit)" 8
Kirsty MacColl 1 "A New England" 7
Dead or Alive 1 "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" 1
Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy 1 "Kiss Me" 4
Philip Bailey 1 "Easy Lover" 1
Go West 1 "We Close Our Eyes" 5
Paul Miles-Kingston 1 "Pie Jesu" 3
USA for Africa 1 "We Are the World" 1
Al Jarreau 1
Bette Midler 1
Bill Gibson 1
Chris Hayes 1
Dan Aykroyd 1
Huey Lewis 1
James Ingram 1
Jeffrey Osborne 1
Johnny Colla 1
Mario Cipollina 1
Sean Hopper 1
Sheila E. 1
Steve Perry 1
Waylon Jennings 1
Willie Nelson 1
Phyllis Nelson 1 "Move Closer" 1
Jaki Graham 2 "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" 5 "Round and Around" (9)
Simple Minds 1 "Don't You (Forget About Me)" 7
Paul Hardcastle 2 "19" 1
DeBarge 1 "Rhythm of the Night" 4
Steve Arrington 1 "Feel So Real" 5
Jimmy Nail 1 "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" 3
Marillion 2 "Kayleigh" 2 "Lavender" (5)
Katrina and the Waves 1 "Walking on Sunshine" 8
The Crowd 1 "You'll Never Walk Alone" 1
Bernie Winters 1
Bruce Forsyth 1
Chris Robinson 1
Colin Blunstone 1
Dave Lee Travis 1
David Shilling 1
Ed Stewart 1
Eddie Hardin 1
The Foxes 1
Gary Holton 1
Gerard Kenny 1
Graham Dene 1
Hank Hancocks 1
Jess Conrad 1
John Conteh 1
John Otway 1
John Verity 1
Karen Clark 1
Keith Chegwin 1
Kin Kelly 1
Nigel Holton 1
Pete Spencer 1
Peter Cook 1
Robert Heaton 1
Rose-Marie 1
Tim Healy 1
Tim Hinkley 1
Zak Starkey 1
Animotion 1 "Obsession" 5
Mai Tai 2 "History" 8 "Body and Soul" (9)
Harold Faltermeyer 1 "Axel F" 2
Denise LaSalle 1 "My Toot Toot" 6
Fine Young Cannibals 1 "Johnny Come Home" 8
Opus 1 "Live Is Life" 6
Trans-X 1 "Living on Video" 9
Billy Idol 2 "White Wedding" 6 "Rebel Yell" (6)
Princess 1 "Say I'm Your Number One" 7
Baltimora 1 "Tarzan Boy" 3
Red Box 1 "Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)" 3
Jennifer Rush 1 "The Power of Love" 1
Colonel Abrams 1 "Trapped" 3
John Parr 1 "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" 6
A-ha 1 "Take On Me" 2
Jan Hammer 1 "Miami Vice Theme" 5
Arcadia 1 "Election Day" 7
Feargal Sharkey 1 "A Good Heart" 1
Far Corporation 1 "Stairway to Heaven" 8
Talking Heads 1 "Road to Nowhere" 6
Whitney Houston 1 "Saving All My Love for You" 1
Dee C. Lee 1 "See the Day" 3
Marilyn Martin 1 "Separate Lives" 4
Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew 1 "The Show" 7
Pet Shop Boys 1 "West End Girls" 1
Aled Jones 1 "Walking in the Air" 5
Debuts in 1986
1986 Cherrelle 1 "Saturday Love" 6
Alexander O'Neal 1
Sophia George 1 "Girlie Girlie" 7
Mr. Mister 1 "Broken Wings" 4
Full Force 1 "Alice, I Want You Just for Me" 9
Nana Mouskouri 1 "Only Love" 2
Five Star 4 "System Addict" 3 "Can't Wait Another Minute" (7), "Find the Time" (7), "Rain or Shine" (2)
James Brown 1 "Living in America" 5
Su Pollard 1 "Starting Together" 2
The Damned 1 "Eloise" 3
Double 1 "The Captain of Her Heart" 8
The Bangles 2 "Manic Monday" 2 "Walk Like an Egyptian" (3)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik 1 "Love Missile F1-11" 3
Whistle 1 "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin'" 7
Huey Lewis and the News 1 "The Power of Love"/"Do You Believe in Love" 9
The Young Ones 1 "Living Doll" 1
Samantha Fox 2 "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" 3 "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" (10)
Falco 2 "Rock Me Amadeus" 1 "Vienna Calling" (10)
Atlantic Starr 1 "Secret Lovers" 10
Janet Jackson 2 "What Have You Done for Me Lately" 3 "When I Think of You" (10)
Grange Hill Cast 1 "Just Say No" 5
Patti LaBelle 1 "On My Own" 2
Michael McDonald 1
Spitting Image 1 "The Chicken Song" 1
Doctor and the Medics 1 "Spirit in the Sky" 1
The Matchroom Mob 1 "Snooker Loopy" 6
Dennis Taylor 1
Steve Davis 1
Terry Griffiths 1
Tony Meo 1
Willie Thorne 1
Simply Red 1 "Holding Back the Years" 2
Robert Palmer 2 "Addicted to Love" 5 "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (9)
Nu Shooz 1 "I Can't Wait" 2
Amazulu 1 "Too Good to Be Forgotten" 5
The Housemartins 2 "Happy Hour" 3 "Caravan of Love" (1)
Owen Paul 1 "My Favourite Waste of Time" 3
Sly Fox 1 "Let's Go All the Way" 3
Chris de Burgh 1 "The Lady in Red" 1
Stan Ridgway 1 "Camouflage" 4
Hollywood Beyond 1 "What's the Colour of Money?" 7
Sinitta 1 "So Macho"/"Cruising" 2
Boris Gardiner 1 "I Wanna Wake Up with You" 1
Anita Dobson 1 "Anyone Can Fall in Love" 4
The Simon May Orchestra 1
Gwen Guthrie 1 "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent " 5
It Bites 1 "Calling All the Heroes" 6
Modern Talking 1 "Brother Louie" 4
The Communards 2 "Don't Leave Me This Way" 1 "So Cold the Night" (8)
Jermaine Stewart 1 "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" 2
MC Miker G & DJ Sven 1 "Holiday Rap" 6
Cutting Crew 1 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" 4
Cameo 1 "Word Up!" 3
Run–D.M.C. 1 "Walk This Way" 8
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk 1 "Love Can't Turn Around" 10
Darryl Pandy 1
Nick Berry 1 "Every Loser Wins" 1
Midnight Star 1 "Midas Touch" 8
Berlin 1 "Take My Breath Away" 1
Mel and Kim 1 "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" 3
Swing Out Sister 1 "Breakout" 4
Europe 1 "The Final Countdown" 1
Bon Jovi 1 "Livin' on a Prayer" 4
Erasure 1 "Sometimes" 2
Nick Kamen 1 "Each Time You Break My Heart" 5
Oran "Juice" Jones 1 "The Rain" 4
Gregory Abbott 1 "Shake You Down" 6
Debuts in 1987
1987 Steve "Silk" Hurley 1 "Jack Your Body" 1
Robbie Nevil 1 "C'est la Vie" 3
Swing Out Sister 1 "Surrender" 7
Iggy Pop 1 "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" 10
Pepsi & Shirlie 3 "Heartache" 2 "Let It Be" (1), "Goodbye Stranger" (9)
Curiosity Killed the Cat 2 "Down to Earth" 3 "Misfit" (7)
Taffy 2 "I Love My Radio" 6 "Let It Be" (1)
Man 2 Man 1 "Male Stripper" 4
Man Parrish
The Blow Monkeys 1 "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way" 7
Michael Crawford 1 "The Music of the Night"/"Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" 7
Mental As Anything 1 "Live It Up" 3
The Jets 1 "Crush on You" 5
Bruce Willis 2 "Respect Yourself" 7 "Under the Boardwalk" (2)
Ferry Aid 1 "Let It Be" 1
Ruby Turner
Club Nouveau 1 "Lean on Me" 3
Terence Trent D'Arby 2 "If You Let Me Stay" 7 "Wishing Well" (4)
The Pogues 2 "The Irish Rover" 8 "Fairytale of New York" (2)
Judy Boucher 1 "Can't Be with You Tonight" 2
Living in a Box 1 "Living in a Box" 5
Starship 1 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" 1
Labi Siffre 1 "(Something Inside) So Strong" 4
The Jesus and Mary Chain 1 "April Skies" 8
Johnny Hates Jazz 1 "Shattered Dreams" 5
Mirage 2 "Jack Mix II/III" 4 "Jack Mix IV" (8)
Wet Wet Wet 2 "Wishing I Was Lucky" 6 "Sweet Little Mystery" (5)
Donna Allen 1 "Serious" 8
The Firm 1 "Star Trekkin'" 1
John Farnham 1 "You're the Voice" 6
Whitesnake 2 "Is This Love" 9 "Here I Go Again" (9)
Black 2 "Sweetest Smile" 8 "Wonderful Life" (8)
Heart 1 "Alone" 3
Los Lobos 1 "La Bamba" 1
Boogie Box High 1 "Jive Talkin'" 7
Freddie McGregor 1 "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" 9
Beastie Boys 1 "She's on It" 10
Siedah Garrett 1 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" 1
Hue and Cry 1 "Labour of Love" 6
Spagna 1 "Call Me" 2
Def Leppard 1 "Animal" 6
Rick Astley 3 "Never Gonna Give You Up" 1 "Whenever You Need Somebody" (3), "When I Fall in Love" (2)
Linda Ronstadt 1 "Somewhere Out There" 8
James Ingram
Pseudo Echo 1 "Funkytown" 8
The Fat Boys 1 "Wipe Out" 2
T'Pau 2 "Heart and Soul" 4 "China in Your Hand" (1)
LeVert 1 "Casanova" 9
M/A/R/R/S 1 "Pump Up the Volume"/"Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" 1
House Master Boyz 1 "House Nation" 8
The Rude Boy of House
Karel Fialka 1 "Hey, Matthew" 9
Abigail Mead 1 "Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instuctor)" 2
Nigel Goulding
LL Cool J 1 "I Need Love" 8
The Sisters of Mercy 1 "This Corrosion" 7
KISS 1 "Crazy Crazy Nights" 4
Steve Walsh 1 "I Found Lovin'" 9
Was (Not Was) 1 "Walk the Dinosaur" 10
Montserrat Caballé 1 "Barcelona" 8
Jennifer Warnes 1 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" 6
The Proclaimers 1 "Letter from America" 3
Mel Smith 1 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" 3
Jellybean 1 "Who Found Who" 10
Elisa Fiorillo
Belinda Carlisle 1 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" 1
Debuts in 1988
1988 Krush 1 "House Arrest" 3
Morris Minor and the Majors 1 "Stutter Rap (No Sleep til Bedtime)" 4
Joyce Sims 1 "Come into My Life" 7
Climie Fisher 2 "Rise to the Occasion" 10 "Love Changes (Everything)" (2)
Tiffany 3 "I Think We're Alone Now" 1 "Could've Been" (4), "I Saw Her Standing There" (8)
Bros 5 "When Will I Be Famous?" 2 "Drop the Boy" (2), "I Owe You Nothing" (1), "I Quit" (4), "Cat Among the Pigeons"/"Silent Night" (2)
Beatmasters 1 "Rok Da House" 5
Cookie Crew
Taylor Dayne 2 "Tell It to My Heart" 3 "Prove Your Love" (8)
Debbie Gibson 2 "Shake Your Love" 7 "Foolish Beat" (9)
Kylie Minogue 5 "I Should Be So Lucky" 1 "Got to Be Certain" (2), "The Loco-Motion" (2), "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" (2), "Especially for You" (1)
Jack 'N' Chill 1 "The Jack That House Built" 6
Bomb the Bass 3 "Beat Dis" 2 "Megablast/Don't Make Me Wait" (6), "Say a Little Prayer" (10)
Coldcut 1 "Doctorin' the House" 6
Yazz & The Plastic Population 3 "The Only Way Is Up" (1), "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" (2)
Vanessa Paradis 1 "Joe le Taxi" 3
The Primitives 1 "Crash" 5
Aswad 1 "Don't Turn Around" 1
Taja Sevelle 1 "Love Is Contagious" 7
Eighth Wonder 1 "I'm Not Scared" 7
S-Express 2 "Theme from S-Express" 1 "Superfly Fly" (5)
Natalie Cole 1 "Pink Cadillac" 5
Pebbles 1 "Girlfriend" 8
Danny Wilson 1 "Mary's Prayer" 3
Fairground Attraction 2 "Perfect" 1 "Find My Love" (7)
Harry Enfield 1 "Loadsamoney (Doin' Up the House)" 4
Billy Bragg 1 "She's Leaving Home" 1
Cara Tivey
Liverpool F.C. 1 "Anfield Rap (Red Machine in Full Effect)" 3
Prefab Sprout 1 "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" 7
Aztec Camera 1 "Somewhere in My Heart" 3
L.A. Mix 1 "Check This Out" 6
Mica Paris 1 "My One Temptation" 7
The Timelords 1 "Doctorin' the Tardis" 1
Desireless 1 "Voyage, voyage" 5
Sabrina 1 "Boys (Summertime Love)" 3
Maxi Priest 1 "Wild World" 5
The Pasadenas 1 "Tribute (Right On)" 5
Salt-n-Pepa 2 "Push It"/"Tramp" 2 "Twist and Shout" (4)
Tracy Chapman 1 "Fast Car" 5
Glenn Medeiros 1 "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" 1
Everything but the Girl" 1 "I Don't Want to Talk About It" 3
The Mac Band 1 "Roses Are Red" 8
The McCampbell Brothers
Transvision Vamp 1 "I Want Your Love" 5
B.V.S.M.P. 1 "I Need You" 3
Breathe 1 "Hands to Heaven" 4
Brother Beyond 2 "The Harder I Try" 2 "He Ain't No Competition" (6)
All About Eve 1 "Martha's Harbour" 10
Tanita Tikaram 1 "Good Tradition" 10
Womack & Womack 1 "Teardrops" 3
Yello 1 "The Race" 7
Jason Donovan 2 "Nothing Can Divide Us" 5 "Especially for You" (1)
Inner City 2 "Big Fun" 8 "Good Life" (4)
Bobby McFerrin 1 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 2
Wee Papa Girl Rappers 1 "Wee Rule" 6
D Mob 1 "We Call It Acieed" 3
Gary Haisman
Enya 1 "Orinoco Flow" 1
The Christians 1 "Harvest for the World" 8
Milli Vanilli 1 "Girl You Know It's True" 3
Robin Beck 1 "First Time" 1
Deacon Blue 1 "Real Gone Kid" 8
INXS 1 "Need You Tonight" 2
Maureen 1 "Say a Little Prayer" 10
Angry Anderson 1 "Suddenly" 3
Neneh Cherry 1 "Buffalo Stance" 3
Debuts in 1989
1989
Will to Power 1 "Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" 6
Mike and the Mechanics 1 "The Living Years" 2
Boy Meets Girl 1 "Waiting for a Star to Fall" 9
Roachford 1 "Cuddly Toy" 4
Ten City 1 "That's the Way Love Is" 8
Kym Mazelle 1 "Wait!" 7
Michael Ball 1 "Love Changes Everything" 2
Sam Brown 1 "Stop!" 4
Lananeeneenoonoo 1 "Help!" 3
Texas 1 "I Don't Want a Lover" 6
Paula Abdul 1 "Straight Up" 3
Soul II Soul 3 "Keep on Movin'" 5 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" (1), "Get a Life" (3)
Caron Wheeler 2 "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" (1)
Guns N' Roses 3 "Paradise City" 6 "Sweet Child o' Mine" (6), "Patience" (10)
The Reynolds Girls 1 "I'd Rather Jack" 8
Kon Kan 1 "I Beg Your Pardon" 5
Pat and Mick 1 "I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet" 9
B.B. King 1 "When Love Comes to Town" 6
MC Merlin 1 "Who's in the House?" 8
London Boys 2 "Requiem" 6 "London Nights" (2)
Midnight Oil 1 "Beds Are Burning" 6
Edelweiss 1 "Bring Me Edelweiss" 5
Stock Aitken Waterman 1 "Ferry Cross the Mersey" 1
Roxette 1 "The Look" 7
Lynne Hamilton 1 "On the Inside" 3
The Beautiful South 2 "Song for Whoever" 2 "You Keep It All In" (8)
LRS 1 "It is Time to Get Funky" 9
Sonia 2 "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" 1 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1)
Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 3 "Swing the Mood" 1 "That's What I Like" (1), "Let's Party" (1)
Lil Louis 1 "French Kiss" 2
Martika 2 "Toy Soldiers" 5 "I Feel the Earth Move" (7)
Liza Minnelli 1 "Losing My Mind" 6
Shakespears Sister 1 "You're History" 7
Big Fun 2 "Blame It on the Boogie" 4 "Can't Shake the Feeling" (8)
Black Box 1 "Ride on Time" 1
Betty Boo 1 "Hey DJ! I Can't Dance (To That Music You're Playing)"/"Ska Train" 7
Starlight 1 "Numero Uno" 9
Richard Marx 1 "Right Here Waiting" 2
Damian 1 "The Time Warp" 7
Alyson Williams 1 "I Need Your Lovin'" 8
Technotronic 2 "Pump Up the Jam" 2 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1)
Felly 1
Sydney Youngblood 1 "If Only I Could" 3
Rebel MC 1 "Street Tuff" 3
Double Trouble
Fresh 4 1 "Wishing on a Star" 10
Lizz E
Lisa Stansfield 2 "All Around the World" 1 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1)
Chris Rea 2 "The Road to Hell (Part 2)" 10 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1)
New Kids on the Block 1 "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" 1
Jeff Wayne 1 "The Eve of the War (Ben Liebrand Remix)" 3
Mixmaster 1 "Grand Piano" 9
Kaoma 1 "Lambada" 4
Stone Roses 1 "Fools Gold"/"What the World Is Waiting For" 8
808 State 1 "Pacific State" 10
Andy Stewart 1 "Donald Where's Your Troosers?" 4
Band Aid II 1 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 1
Cathy Dennis
Glen Goldsmith

Solo artist debuts[edit]

Year Artist Number of
top 10s
Charted groups Singles
1980 Peter Gabriel 1 Genesis "Games Without Frontiers" (4)
Mike Berry 1 The Outlaws "The Sunshine of Your Smile" (9)
1981 Lionel Richie 1 Commodores "Endless Love" (7)
Phil Collins 1 Genesis "In the Air Tonight" (1)
Graham Bonnet 1 Rainbow, The Marbles "Night Games" (6)
1982 Adrian Gurvitz 1 The Gun "Classic" (9)
Adam Ant 2 Adam and the Ants "Goody Two Shoes" (1), "Friend or Foe" (9)
Midge Ure 1 Thin Lizzy, Visage "No Regrets" (9)
1983 Phil Everly 1 The Everly Brothers "She Means Nothing to Me" (9)
Tom Robinson 1 Tom Robinson Band "War Baby" (6)
Tina Turner 1 Ike & Tina Turner "Let's Stay Together" (6)
1984 Snowy White Thin Lizzy
Melle Mel Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
George Michael Wham!
Freddie Mercury Queen
Philip Oakey The Human League
Limahl Kajagoogoo
1985 Stephen Duffy Duran Duran, Tin Tin
Philip Bailey Earth Wind and Fire
Marc Almond Soft Cell
Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy
Chrissie Hynde The Pretenders
1986 Steve Harley Cockney Rebel
Phil Fearon Galaxy
Peter Cetera Chicago
Debbie Harry Blondie
Nigel Planer The Young Ones Cast
1987 Bill Medley The Righteous Brothers
1988 Morrissey 2 The Smiths "Suedehead" (5), "Everyday Is Like Sunday" (9)
Gloria Estefan 2 Miami Sound Machine "1-2-3", "Anything for You"
1989 Holly Johnson 3 Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Band Aid "Love Train" (4), "Americanos" (4), "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (1)
Bobby Brown 3 New Edition "My Prerogative" (6), "Every Little Step" (6), "On Our Own" (4)
Gladys Knight 1 Gladys Knight & The Pips "Licence to Kill" (6)