Synth Pop continued to dominate and Howard Jones, Tears For Fears, The Human League, Heaven 17 and Simple Minds all enjoyed a hit packed year, alongside Electro-Dance smashes from Freeez, Malcolm McLaren, Rock Steady Crew, Laura Branigan. the follow-up to debut album 'Definitely Maybe', is Oasis's biggest-selling album with 22 million copies sold worldwide. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. On February 4th 1977, after a year of recording through hedonism, scandal and relationship break-ups the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac released their eleventh studio album, Rumours. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Some of the most enduring tracks include Toto's 'Africa', UB40's 'Red Red Wine' and Luther Vandross's 'Never Too Much'. NOW Yearbook 1983’: 43 songs that reflect the charts in the year that ‘NOW’ began… and celebrates the musical diversity of the era – from huge hits that are still played on the radio today, alongside lesser compiled but equally cherished tracks. NOW Yearbook’ presents a stellar selection of 1983’s biggest and best hits… huge chart hits from the year, alongside enduring and well-loved classics.In the past 14 months, we’ve presented the first 5 ‘NOW – YEARBOOK’ releases that have, along with their ‘extras’, celebrated the diversity, creative brilliance and pop magic of the singles charts between 1980 and 1984.

A large number of established artists also scored their biggest ever hits in 1983; Bonnie Tyler produced a global smash with ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’, Billy Joel’s ‘Uptown Girl’ introduced his biggest selling album in the U.

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