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A subsequent wave of British artists rose to popularity in the early 1980s as British music videos appeared in American media, leading to what is now known as the "Second British Invasion". Another wave of British mainstream prominence in US music charts came in the mid-1990s with the brief success of Spice Girls, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead and ...
The Second British Invasion was a sharp increase in the popularity of British synth-pop and New Pop artists in the United States. [1] [2] [3] It began in the summer of 1982, peaked in 1983, and continued throughout much of the 1980s. MTV began in 1981. Its popularity was the main catalyst for the second British Invasion. [4]
The following is a list of groups and artists associated with the Second British Invasion music phenomenon, that occurred during the early and mid-1980s and was associated with MTV, including new wave music.
In popular usage, the term British Invasion refers to a cultural phenomenon of the early and mid-1960s in which rock and pop music artists from the United Kingdom, such as the Beatles, and other aspects of British culture, such as James Bond, became popular in the United States. The term was applied by 1961 to developments in American auto racing.
British Music Invasion of the U.S. starting in the 1960s, with later invasions in the 1980s (Second British Invasion) and 2000s–2010s (Third British Invasion). Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Second-wave feminism, a period of feminist history lasting approximately from the late 1960s through the 1980s; The Second Wave: A Magazine of The New Feminism; Second European colonization wave, starting in the second half of the 19th century with the New Imperialism period; The deadly second wave of the Spanish flu
The British "New Left" was an intellectually driven movement that attempted to correct the perceived errors of "Old Left" parties in the post–World War II period. The movements began to wind down in the 1970s, when activists either committed themselves to party projects, developed social justice organizations, moved into identity politics or ...
Auxiliary Units, the planned British resistance movement had a German invasion been successful; British anti-invasion preparations of World War II; Cross-Channel guns in the Second World War; Junkers Ju 322 Mammut and Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant, competing Grossraumlastensegler heavy cargo glider designs for an invasion of the UK