Best dance-pop artists of the 1980s
Cheap drum machines and the first affordable samplers changed who was allowed to make a record. Hip-hop moved from a party you had to be at to a 12-inch you could buy, and MTV made how a song looked part of the argument.
Everyone who released a dance-pop album in the 1980s, ordered by how Riffiter listeners rate their catalog.
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Grace Jones5 albums here4.24.3 avg · 9 ratings
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Thompson Twins2 albums here4.24.5 avg · 4 ratings
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Vanessa Williams1 album here4.24.2 avg · 18 ratings
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Bobby Brown1 album here4.24.3 avg · 6 ratings
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Gloria Estefan2 albums here4.14.1 avg · 12 ratings
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Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark1 album here4.14.1 avg · 17 ratings
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Commodores1 album here4.04.1 avg · 15 ratings
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Kylie Minogue1 album here4.04.0 avg · 63 ratings
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Whitney Houston2 albums here4.04.0 avg · 259 ratings
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Prince1 album here4.04.0 avg · 154 ratings
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Samantha Fox1 album here4.04.0 avg · 3 ratings
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Jody Watley2 albums here4.04.0 avg · 11 ratings
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Neneh Cherry1 album here3.93.9 avg · 4 ratings
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Michael Jackson2 albums here3.93.9 avg · 2,675 ratings
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Madonna4 albums here3.93.9 avg · 288 ratings
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Bronski Beat1 album here3.93.8 avg · 6 ratings
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Pet Shop Boys2 albums here3.93.8 avg · 54 ratings
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Sheena Easton8 albums here3.83.7 avg · 3 ratings
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Paula Abdul1 album here3.83.7 avg · 7 ratings
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Laura Branigan1 album here3.83.7 avg · 12 ratings
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Chaka Khan1 album here3.83.7 avg · 23 ratings
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Soft Cell2 albums here3.73.7 avg · 28 ratings
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Rick Astley2 albums here3.73.3 avg · 3 ratings
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Diana Ross1 album here3.73.7 avg · 48 ratings
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New Kids on the Block2 albums here3.63.4 avg · 7 ratings
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Bananarama4 albums here3.53.1 avg · 5 ratings
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Wham!3 albums here2 ratings
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The Human League4 albums here2 ratings
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Irene Cara1 album here2 ratings
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Gwen Guthrie1 album here2 ratings
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Jane Child1 album here2 ratings
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Boy George1 album here1 rating
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Sheila E.1 album here1 rating
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Exposé2 albums here1 rating
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Falco5 albums here
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The Communards1 album here
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Deniece Williams1 album here
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Milli Vanilli1 album here
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Miami Sound Machine1 album here
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Gary Valenciano1 album here
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Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam1 album here
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Wang Chung3 albums here
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Ready for the World1 album here
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Akina Nakamori2 albums here - 46
Eumir Deodato1 album here
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Deborah Harry1 album here
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Was (Not Was)1 album here
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Maurice Starr2 albums here
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Yuri1 album here
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