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
