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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]
Invasion literature (also the invasion novel or the future war genre [1]) is a literary genre that was popular in the period between 1871 and the First World War (1914–1918).
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.
"New music" is a similar but slightly more expansive umbrella term [6] referring to a pop music and cultural phenomenon in the US tied to the Second British Invasion. [7] [8] The term was popularized by the music industry and American journalists during the 1980s to describe emerging movements such as new pop and New Romanticism. [9]
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.
The following is a list of bands and artists that were involved with the British Invasion music phenomenon that occurred between 1964 and 1966 in the United States. (Artists shown in boldface are Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.) The Animals [1] [2] The Beatles [3] [4]
British groups in this vein, including the Libertines, Razorlight, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys and Bloc Party, [94] were viewed by some as a "second wave" of Britpop". [66] These bands have been seen as looking less to music of the 1960s and more to 1970s–1980s punk, new wave, [ 95 ] and post-punk, while still being influenced by Britpop ...