The first studio album from the group, "Beauty and the Beat" (1981), was one of the "cornerstone albums of the U.S. new wave." The album was released on July 8, 1981. It hit #1 on the "Billboard" 200 eight months later on March 6, 1982. The album sold just over two million copies. Singles off the album included "Our Lips are Sealed" (#20) and "We Got the Beat" (#2).