List of British pop musicians of the 1980s in alphabetical order with side notes and additional links:

abc

• ABC
• Adam & the Ants
• Bananarama
• Bianco, Matt
• Boy George
• Bowie, David
• Bow Wow Wow
• Culture Club
• Cure

def

• Daltry, Jo
• Depeche Mode
• Duran Duran
• Erasure
• Eurythmics

ghi

• Heaven 17
• The Human League

jkl

• Jones, Howard
• Kajagoogoo

mno

• Madness
• McLaren, Malcolm
• Marilyn

pqr

• Pet Shop Boys
• Prefab Sprout
• Red Box

stu

• Skrewdriver
• Soft Cell
• Spandau Ballet
• Thompson Twins
• Style Council

vwxyz

• XTC
• Yazoo

More lists by years

• List of British pop musicians of the 1930s
• List of British pop musicians of the 1940s
• List of British pop musicians of the 1950s
• List of British pop musicians of the 1960s
• List of British pop musicians of the 1970s
• List of British pop musicians of the 1990s
• List of British pop musicians of today

See also

• Laser 558 = an offshore pirate radio station that came on the air from off the coast of south-east England playing a format of hot hits . Within months this station revolutionized British radio in much the same way that offshore pirate radio stations of the 1960s had done many years before. Most of the top pop musicians of the 1980s were heard on Laser 558.