1980 in British music McLean's cover of Roy Orbison's "Crying". The Ska and Mod revivals reached their peak this year, with strong chart showings by The Jam, The Specials and Madness. 1970s favourites ABBA and Blondie both had their last years as chart heavyweights, clocking up 5 No.1 singles between them. David Bowie scored his second No.1 this year, while the death of John Lennon at the end of the year gave him his first chart topper (and would dominate the early months of 1981). Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a No.1 album, and The Police finished the year
Kylie (album) a female artist of the 1980s by a female artist. Eventually, in 1989, Minogue became the youngest singer ever in UK music history to have a number one album, and held that record until Canadian recording artist Avril Lavigne's album "Let Go" was released in 2002. In Minogue's native Australia, the album entered at number two, where it eventually peaked for three consecutive weeks, and stayed in the top 50 for a total of twenty-nine weeks. In New Zealand, the album remains Minogue's longest and only number one album. The album debuted at number ten, and eventually peaked at number