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artists who had success in the early years of MTV

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"Second British Invasion"

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because of the shortage of videos at the beginning of MTV, many groups benefited who may not have otherwise gotten much attention

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because they came from England and because it was part of their usual marketing to prepare a video, they had one available

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Bow Wow Wow

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Adam and the Ants

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A Flock of Seagulls

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Howard Jones

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Thomas Dolby

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ABC

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Duran Duran

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from Birmingham

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combined synthesizer with guitar-heavy New Wave

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music driven by infectious dance beats

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1982 Hungry Like a Wolf

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1984 The Reflex

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Culture Club

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gender ambivalent

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was a guy dressed up like a woman

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but obviously so

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1982 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me

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1983 Karma Chameleon

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Eurythmics

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keyboard, synthesizer by Dave Stewart

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Annie Lennox

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came out of London

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combined

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synth-pop sound

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dance music that is very much dominated by synthesizer sounds and a drum machine

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combined with

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soulful vocals by Annie Lennox

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like 60s and 70s soul

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deep, expressive

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wide ranging and interesting voice

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1983 Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

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had a video that juxtaposed a corporate board room with a farmer field with cows

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ambitious with the use of images and concepts

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1984 Here Comes the Rain Again

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Tears for Fears

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name influenced by primal scream therapy

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Roland Orzibal

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Curt Smith

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serious tracks that had serious lyrics, complicated music, longer tracks

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1985 Songs from the Big Chair

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#1 in the US, #2 in the UK

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

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Shout

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the American music business was gearing up and finding out that these videos could actually sell records

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girl groups

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dance-beat oriented New Wave groups in which the personnel is entirely women

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not just singing, playing drums and base

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The Go-Gos

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Belinda Carlisle

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1981 Beauty and the Beat

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"We Got the Beat"

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were on tour opening for the Police

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it was awkward to be the opening band with a hit that was higher on the charts than the main band

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The Bangles

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Susanna Hoffs on guitar and vocals

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"Different Light" (1986)

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"Manic Monday", #2 hit in UK and the United States

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written by "Christopher", a pen name for Prince

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"Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986)

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Cyndi Lauper

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out of Queens in New York City

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with Janet Jackson, one person who challenged Madonna

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1983 She's So Unusual

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before the Like a Virgin album that Madonna brought out

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"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

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"Time After Time"

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"She Bop"

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there had been a controversy around the Rolling Stones "I can't get no satisfaction"

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"All Through the Night"

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she was on MTV frequently

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1986 True Colors

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"True Colors"

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"Change of Heart"

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Kinky Boots

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Broadway Musical that Cyndi Lauper wrote all the music for

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was just as popular as Madonna in the early-80s

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Janet Jackson doesn't entered a little later

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the Go-Go's and the Bangels

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compared to past decades, many more all-women bands

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argument: when music became visual with MTV, women became more popular since the male audience would rather see a woman sing than a man

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but these women were taking control of their own music and careers

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aren't just the pawns or front-persons in male-dominated businesses