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The 200 Best Musicians of the 1980s – No Fluff List

As usual, there a few ways to determine who was the best performer / band. The way that we chose was to add up the sales of all the albums that a group released in the 1980s. To mix it up a little, we included rock, R&B, country and rap performers.

If you want to see a more comprehensive list with pictures and additional details you can go here –> PART 1 – #200 – #151 , PART 2 – #150 – # 101 , PART 3 – #100 – #51, PART 4 – #50 – #1 .

#200 – Dokken

#199 – Bee Gees

#198 – Deep Purple

#197 – Ronnie Milsap

#196 – Jackson Browne

#195 – Credence Clearwater Revival

#194 – The Who

#193 – Earth Wind and Fire

#192 – The Jackson 5

#191 – N.W.A.

#190 – Midnight Oil

#189 – USA for Africa

#188 – The Blues Brothers

#187 – Kansas

#186 – Isley Brothers

#185 -ABBA

#184 – Roy Orbison

#183 – Belinda Carlisle

#182 – Melissa Etheridge

#181 – DZ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

#180 – Sheena Easton

#179 – Bad Company

#178 – Blondie

#177 – Fine Young Cannibals

#176 – Taylor Dayne

#175 – Traveling Wilburys

#174 – Supertramp

#173 – Boston

#172 – Kate Bush

#171 – 38 Special

#170 – Diana Ross

#169 – The B-52s

#168 – George Benson

#167 – Oak Ridge Boys

#166 – LL Cool J

#165 – Jennifer Rush

#164 – Bruce Hornsby

#163 – Styx

#162 – Gloria Estefan

#161 – Barry Manilow

#160 – Kylie Minogue

#159 – Lisa Stansfield

#158 – Robert Palmer

#157 – Dwight Yoakam

#156 – Dan Fogelberg

#155 – Bette Midler

#154 – The Pointer Sisters

#153 – The Bangles

#152 – Yoko Ono

#151 – Rick Springfield

#150 – Amy Grant

#149 – Run DMC

#148 – The Pretenders

#147 – George Winston

#146 – Bonnie Raitt

#145 – Robert Plant

#144 – Debbie Gibson

#143 – New Edition

#142 – Simple Minds

#141 – REM

#140 – Alan Parsons

#139 – Marvin Gaye

#138 – Lynyrd Skynyrd

#137 – Skid Row

#136 – Charlie Daniels Band

#135 – Tom Petty#134 – Asia

#133 – Tiffany

#132 – Yes

#131 – Chris Rea

#130 – Billy Squier

#129 – Kool and the Gang

#128 – Depeche Mode

#127 – Cinderella

#126 – John Lennon

#125 – Simon and Garfunkel

#124 – Olivia Newton-John

#123 – Elvis Presley

#122 – Rick Astley

#121 – Toto

#120 – Judas Priest

#119 – Quiet Riot

#118 – Billy Ocean

#117 – Miami Sound Machine

#116 – Europe

#115 – UB40

#114 – Milli Vanilli

#113 – Talking Heads

#112 – KISS

#111 – Jimmy Buffet

#110 – The Cure

#109 – The Judds

#108 – Billy Idol

#107 – Peter Gabriel

#106 – Richard Marx

#105 – Anita Baker

#104 – Stevie Ray Vaughan

#103 – The Beatles

#102 – Anne Murray

#101 – Bobby Brown

#100 – Stevie Nicks

#99 – Eurythmics

#98 – Sting

#97 – Simply Red

#96 – Stevie Wonder

#95 – Don Henley

#94 – Roxette

#93 – Garth Brooks

#92 – Michael Bolton

#91 – Scorpions

#90 – Paul McCartney

#89 – Reba McEntire

#88 – Pet Shop Boys

#87 – Air Supply

#86 – Poison

#85 – Luther Vandross

#84 – Chris De Burgh

#83 – Enya

#82 – Men at Work

#81 – Iron Maiden

#80 – Bob Seger

#79 – Hank Williams Jr.

#78 – Heart

#77 – Beastie Boys

#76 – Hall & Oates

#75 – Foreigner

#74 – Linda Ronstadt

#73 – Manheim Steamroller

#72 – Loverboy

#71 – Randy Travis

#70 – The Doors

#69 – Pat Benetar

#68 – Tears for Fears

#67 – Rush

#66 – Rod Stewart

#65 – David Bowie

#64 -Terence Trent D’Arby

#63 – Wham!#62 – The Cars

#61 – Willie Nelson

#60 – Duran Duran

#59 – Elton John

#58 – Pink Floyd

#57 – Kenny G

#56 – Eric Clapton

#55 – Neil Diamond

#54 – Huey Lewis & the News

#53 – Chicago

#52 – Andrew Lloyd Weber

#51 – A-Ha

#50 – Whitesnake

#49 – Eagles

#48 – Tina Turner

#47 – Paula Abdul

#46 – Cher

#45 – Bryan Adams

#44 – The Rolling Stones

#43 – Paul Simon

#42 – Steve Winwood

#41 – Sade

#40 – INXS

#39 – Julio Iglesias

#38 – Genesis

#37 – George Strait

#36 – Ozzy Osbourne

#35 – Cyndi Lauper

#34 – Motley Crue

#33 – ZZ Top

#32 – John Mellencamp

#31 – New Kids on the Block

#30 – Culture Club

#29 – Tracy Chapman

#28 – George Michael

#27- Janet Jackson

#26 – Aerosmith

#25 – REO Speedwagon

#24 – Lionel Richie

#23 – Bob Marley and the Wailers

#22 – Fleetwood Mac

#21 – Kenny Rogers

#20 – Van Halen

#19 – Alabama

#18 – Metallica

#17 – The Police

#16 – Barbra Streisand

#15 – Guns N’ Roses

#14 – Bon Jovi

#13 – Def Leppard

#12 – Prince

#11 – Whitney Houston

#10 – Dire Straits

#9 – Queen

#8 – Billy Joel

#7 – Bruce Springsteen

#6 – Journey

#5 – Phil Collins

#4 – U2

#3 – AC/DC

#2 – Madonna

#1 – Michael Jackson