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
Back to Black making it the UK's second best-selling album of the 21st century behind Adele's "21", as well as the 13th best-selling album in the UK of all time. "Back to Black" debuted at number seven on the "Billboard" 200 in the United States with first-week sales of 51,000 copies, becoming the highest debut entry for an album by a British female solo artist at the time—a record that would be broken by Joss Stone's "Introducing Joss Stone", which debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200 the following week. Following Winehouse's multiple wins at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, the album