Second British Invasion

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The Second British Invasion was a wave of predominantly British pop and rock acts that gained massive popularity in the United States in the early to mid-1980s, driven largely by MTV and visually oriented synth-pop and New Wave styles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural movement ⓘ
historical event in popular music ⓘ
music phenomenon ⓘ
follows British Invasion ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Second British Music Invasion ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cross-Atlantic chart success ⓘ
emphasis on image and fashion ⓘ
heavy rotation on MTV ⓘ
synthesizer-based sound ⓘ
visually oriented acts ⓘ
hasCulturalContext expansion of MTV in the United States ⓘ
rise of cable television ⓘ
hasGenre New Romantic ⓘ
New Wave ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasImpact greater importance of music videos in promotion ⓘ
increased British presence on US charts ⓘ
shift toward visually marketable pop stars ⓘ
hasMainLocation United States ⓘ
hasNotableArtist A Flock of Seagulls ⓘ
A-ha ⓘ
ABC ⓘ
Adam and the Ants ⓘ
Big Country ⓘ
Billy Idol ⓘ
Culture Club ⓘ
Def Leppard ⓘ
Depeche Mode ⓘ
Duran Duran ⓘ
Eurythmics ⓘ
Howard Jones ⓘ
Simple Minds ⓘ
Soft Cell ⓘ
Spandau Ballet ⓘ
Tears for Fears ⓘ
The Fixx ⓘ
The Human League ⓘ
The Police ⓘ
The Psychedelic Furs ⓘ
Thompson Twins ⓘ
Wham! ⓘ
hasOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
hasPeakPeriod 1982 ⓘ
1983 ⓘ
1984 ⓘ
hasTemporalLocation early 1980s ⓘ
mid 1980s ⓘ
influences American pop music ⓘ
American rock music ⓘ
fashion in the 1980s ⓘ
music video aesthetics ⓘ
isDrivenBy MTV ⓘ
music videos ⓘ
isRelatedTo New Romantic movement ⓘ
first British Invasion of the 1960s ⓘ
linked to: British Invasion

post-punk movement ⓘ
synth-pop boom ⓘ

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New Romantic movement → relatedTo → Second British Invasion ⓘ
New Wave → associatedMovement → second British Invasion ⓘ
linked to: Second British Invasion
Duran Duran → movement → Second British Invasion ⓘ
Second British Invasion → hasAlternativeName → Second British Music Invasion ⓘ
linked to: Second British Invasion
New Moon on Monday → hasCulturalContext → Second British Invasion ⓘ
Hungry Like the Wolf → associatedWithMovement → Second British Invasion ⓘ