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Biggest 80s Entertainment Icons
Posted on 6/22/17 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 6/22/17 at 8:44 pm
Off the top of my head it's basically a battle between:
Eddie Murphy, Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Mike Tyson...and prossibly Arnold
Eddie Murphy, Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Mike Tyson...and prossibly Arnold
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 8:45 pm
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Posted on 6/22/17 at 8:59 pm to Jack Ruby
Top drawing film stars by year:
1980
#3 Clint Eastwood
1981
#2 Clint Eastwood
1982
#2 Clint Eastwood
1983
#1 Clint Eastwood
1984
#1 Clint Eastwood
1985
#3 Clint Eastwood
Six years in the Top 5; only Eddie Murphy ties him with 6 Top 5 in the 80's and both had one #7.
1980
#3 Clint Eastwood
1981
#2 Clint Eastwood
1982
#2 Clint Eastwood
1983
#1 Clint Eastwood
1984
#1 Clint Eastwood
1985
#3 Clint Eastwood
Six years in the Top 5; only Eddie Murphy ties him with 6 Top 5 in the 80's and both had one #7.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:04 pm to Jack Ruby
It has to be Michael Jackson if you're counting all entertainment.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:05 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Don Johnson
Bruce Willis
Chevy Chase
Tom Cruise
Bruce Willis
Chevy Chase
Tom Cruise
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:11 pm to Jack Ruby
No battle. Michael Jackson wins.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:13 pm to Jack Ruby
Guns N Roses deserves to be mentioned.
George Michael was huge for a bit in the 80's also.
George Michael was huge for a bit in the 80's also.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:20 pm to weagle99
Stallone was pretty big in the 80's also.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:24 pm to Jack Ruby
Wait...
I just realized you included Mike Tyson?
So, sports icons are fair game...
And no Jordan? I'm sorry but while Air Jordans were taking off, nobody was listening to Bad (at least in America) - I know Europe liked Michael forever but he peaked after Thriller (and admittedly, every car you hopped in was playing Thriller) but don't forget, Jackson had become a young people joke by the time of Bad.
The kids who grew up with Thriller moved on. You used to laugh at people for liking Michael Jackson circa 1986. There were so many new acts and better music as 80's evolved...Jackson was seen as antiquated early 80's and of course, we all knew he was a weirdo.
I just realized you included Mike Tyson?
So, sports icons are fair game...
And no Jordan? I'm sorry but while Air Jordans were taking off, nobody was listening to Bad (at least in America) - I know Europe liked Michael forever but he peaked after Thriller (and admittedly, every car you hopped in was playing Thriller) but don't forget, Jackson had become a young people joke by the time of Bad.
The kids who grew up with Thriller moved on. You used to laugh at people for liking Michael Jackson circa 1986. There were so many new acts and better music as 80's evolved...Jackson was seen as antiquated early 80's and of course, we all knew he was a weirdo.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:31 pm to Jack Ruby
Michael Jackson and 2nd place is not even close.
Thriller is still the worlds best selling album with 65 million copies sold.
In 2016 The King of Pop earned $825 million pretax landing him the No. 1 spot on the list of highest-paid dead celebrities.
Thriller is still the worlds best selling album with 65 million copies sold.
In 2016 The King of Pop earned $825 million pretax landing him the No. 1 spot on the list of highest-paid dead celebrities.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:42 pm to Jack Ruby
Michael Jackson and it ain't even close...
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:47 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
You are insane. Bad was pretty well received. He started falling off a little on the next album with Black or White.
Mr T was an 80's icon too.
Mr T was an 80's icon too.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 9:59 pm to indianswim
I was around back then and it was for certain Michael Jackson. Thriller was the Tsar Bomba of albums. We knew he was *eccentric*. We didn't know he was a total weirdo pederast. That wasn't known by the general public until the '90s.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:00 pm to indianswim
No it wasn't. At least no one my age thought Jackson was cool except Euros.
As mentioned before: GNR came on the scene, Bon Jovi was still huge, Van Halen, U2 came in 88.
Jackson didn't dominate the entire 80's - it was Thriller in the early 80's and I remember, yes he dominated that.
Michael Jackson at school was considered a sort of a joke after Thriller (they played his video on some Thursday night on NBC or something for the premiere and everyone you talked to the next day at school was laughing about it)...and that was the generation deciding the music and who is cool in the late 80's and it wasn't Jackson.
But you go to Europe in 1990 and people are asking you: "you like Michael Jackson?" And you're like, what?
As mentioned before: GNR came on the scene, Bon Jovi was still huge, Van Halen, U2 came in 88.
Jackson didn't dominate the entire 80's - it was Thriller in the early 80's and I remember, yes he dominated that.
Michael Jackson at school was considered a sort of a joke after Thriller (they played his video on some Thursday night on NBC or something for the premiere and everyone you talked to the next day at school was laughing about it)...and that was the generation deciding the music and who is cool in the late 80's and it wasn't Jackson.
But you go to Europe in 1990 and people are asking you: "you like Michael Jackson?" And you're like, what?
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Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:00 pm to indianswim
I agree with mizzoubuckeye. By the time Bad was released, a lot of people,except for eastern bloc countries, thought he was wacko Jacko by then states side. Oh and that freak Corey Feldman liked to imitate him.
I'd say Madonna was just as big on pop culture as him in the 80's.
I'd say Madonna was just as big on pop culture as him in the 80's.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 10:06 pm
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:04 pm to Jack Ruby
Madonna also needs to be mentioned and could be Top 5.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:09 pm to Lacour
I believe when people think 80's these days they only focus on the early part of the decade. Late 80's was different and gets glossed over.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:11 pm to Lacour
A almost said the Hulkster but anytime I mention wrestling I get bombarded with downvotes
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:
As mentioned before: GNR came on the scene, Bon Jovi was still huge, Van Halen, U2 came in 88.
Bruce Springsteen and Dire Straits had better selling albums in the 80s than the artists in the quote.
Bad and Dangerous are the 11th and 16th best selling albums of all time. Jackson had three of the top 16 best selling albums of all time in a 10 year span starting in 1982. I'm no Jackson fan but globally he owned the 80s.
This post was edited on 6/22/17 at 10:20 pm
Posted on 6/22/17 at 10:31 pm to weadjust
Total album sales don't paint the big picture. The body Guard soundtrack is like 3 or 4 on the list of all time albums. I think Madonna had bigger impact if you think about style, fashion, music, movies for a longer period. I think people appeciated Prince for longer. After thriller, Michael Jackson was not cool and became a mockery to a lot of people except in Eastern European countries. Oxygen tank, elephant man bones.
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