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
First Cut (album) First Cut (album) First Cut is the first video album by Japanese recording artist Mai Kuraki. It was released on DVD and VHS on November 8, 2000 by B-Vision, simultaneously with her single "Reach for the Sky". The video brought a collection of Kuraki's music videos and making videos. The album became the second best-selling video album (DVD) of 2000 in Japan. The album sold over 99,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Oricon weekly video albums chart. It became the highest first-week video album sales by female singers in Japan until Namie Amuro