"Never for Ever Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush. Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first number 1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at number 1. It has since been certified Gold by the BPI. It features the UK Top 20 singles ""Breathing"", ""Army Dreamers"" and ""Babooshka"", the latter being one of Bush's biggest hits. Bush co-produced the album with Jon"
"first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, and the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at no. 1. Bush thanked Harper on the album's cover for ""holding onto the poet in his music"". During a BBC Radio interview by Paul Gambaccini, Bush praised Harper, stating: Of Bush, Harper later said, A decade later, Harper and Bush would again collaborate on his 1990 release ""Once"". Harper's 1982 album ""Work of Heart"" was released on Public Records, a newly formed record label Harper created with Mark Thompson (son of"
"solo artist (13) and most top ten albums by any artist (53). Madonna has the most number one albums (12) by a female artist in the UK, though this includes the ""Evita"" film soundtrack which was a cast recording and not strictly a Madonna album. Adele is the female solo artist with the most weeks at number one, with a total of 37 weeks. Queen's ""Greatest Hits"" is the best-selling album in UK chart history with 6 million copies sold as of February 2014. Previous first-place holder The Beatles' ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" is now in third-place after"
"on the UK Singles Chart. Following the tour Bush then asked him into the studio to play drums and percussion and some backing vocals on the album ""Never Forever"". Released in September 1980, it was Bush's first no.1 album and was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at no 1. Heyman played drums along with the other Tour of Life Band on the B.B.C. T.V. Special ""KATE"" (1979) on which a new song"
"Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another chart topping hit in Switzerland and had a successful career as an Ivor Novello Award-winning composer, actress and television celebrity. Lyndsey Monckton Rubin was born to"
"1980 (song) ""1980"" is the debut solo single by British singer-songwriter Estelle and the first taken from her debut album ""The 18th Day"". In ""1980"", Estelle talks about her childhood; she titled the song ""1980"" for the year she was born. The single reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart and was the highest charting single from her debut album. The song samples Tony Orlando and Dawn's ""Lazy Susan"". It remains one of Estelle's most well-known hits in the UK. The single is also one of her biggest hits in Australia, where ""1980"" peaked inside the top 40 at"
"of her fourth album ""The Dreaming"". ""Never for Ever"" entered the UK Albums Chart on (week-ending) 20 September 1980 at No. 1. It remained there for one week, staying in the top 75 for a total of 23 weeks. The album became Bush's first record to reach the top position on the UK Albums Chart, also making her the first female British solo artist to achieve that status. Technically, ""Never for Ever"" is the first ""studio"" album (i.e. not a greatest hits compilation) by ""any"" solo female artist to reach number 1 in the UK as only Barbra Streisand and"
"kept out by poor sales in Northern Ireland. ABBA have reached the top spot in four ""consecutive"" decades, though this was with the same album (""Gold"") in the 1990s and the 2000s. For solo artists, Elvis Presley has scored UK number-one albums in five different decades (the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2000s and 2010s). In 1993, Cliff Richard became the first male solo artist to score UK number-one albums in four ""consecutive"" decades (the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s). In 2010, Kylie Minogue became the first female solo artist to have UK number-one albums in four consecutive decades (the 1980s, 1990s,"
"important that things are flawed ... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise"", and reiterated her prioritisation of her family life. Kate Bush Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. Bush came to notice in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single ""Wuthering Heights"", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She"
"the UK Singles Chart for two weeks the following month. At 18, Sonia became one of the youngest female British singers to achieve this feat. The single also topped the Irish chart and reached the Top 10 of the US dance chart. Sonia's debut album, ""Everybody Knows"", was released in April 1990. The album peaked at number 7 in the UK, and was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry. All five singles released from the album became top 20 hits in the UK, making Sonia the first British solo female artist to achieve this. Sonia achieved a sixth top"
"she noticed something odd about the sky. As she beheld, there was a huge bright light behind a cloud. She curiously walked down the grass to track the source of the light and what she noticed was that the light was swiftly moving back and forth. She thought about it every day and it gave her the idea for her new album. Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British solo female act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles throughout the decade (including her duets with Junior Giscombe and Mel Smith). A number of artists"
"1980 in British music This is a summary of 1980 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. The 1980s got off to an odd start with a very varied list of artists reaching No. 1 in the singles chart. Kenny Rogers, The Jam and Odyssey were among those vying for the top position. The ""Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums"" stated that the year had a very dated appearance, because of a number of songs reaching No. 1 which had been recorded years previously, such as the ""Theme from M*A*S*H*"" and Don"
"Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith; 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author, DJ and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her debut single ""Kids in America"", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK number two hit with her version of the Supremes' song ""You Keep Me Hangin' On"", which also went on to be a major US hit, topping the charts there in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles"
"was interred with a Humanist funeral at Hendon Cemetery. She is listed on the official Grammy website under ""remembering the music people we lost in 2014–2015"". Lynsey de Paul Lynsey de Paul (born Lynsey Monckton Rubin; 11 June 1948 – 1 October 2014) was an English singer-songwriter. She had chart hits in the UK and Europe in the 1970s, starting with the UK top 10 single ""Sugar Me"", becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number one with a self-written song (in Belgium, Spain and The Netherlands). She represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, scoring another"
"and number-seven, respectively. Collectively, the albums included ten singles, five of which – ""Fight for This Love, ""Promise This"", ""Call My Name"", ""Crazy Stupid Love"" and ""I Don't Care"" – reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart. Cheryl became the first British female solo artist to have five number-one singles in the UK, and held the record for the British female solo artist with the most UK number-one singles until 2018. Nadine Coyle and Nicola Roberts also released solo material. Coyle released her debut album ""Insatiable"" through a partnership with Tesco in November 2010, while Roberts released ""Cinderella's"
"Kate Bush Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer. Bush came to notice in 1978 when, aged 19, she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single ""Wuthering Heights"", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song. She has since released twenty-five UK Top 40 singles, including the top-ten hits ""The Man with the Child in His Eyes"", ""Babooshka"", ""Running Up That Hill"", ""Don't Give Up"" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and ""King of the Mountain"". She has released ten studio"
"""Kylie"" debuted at number two in the UK on 16 July 1988. However, in its seventh week, the album eventually peaked at number one, staying there for four consecutive weeks, and two weeks in November 1988, and was certified six times platinum at the start of 1989. It sold 1.8 million copies in 1988 (eventually sold 2,105,698 copies) and became that year's best selling album. ""Kylie"" was the first album by a female solo artist to exceed sales of two million in the UK, and is the 58th best-selling album of all time. and was the best selling album by"
"nearly half a century, until Whitney Houston had ten albums place in the ""Billboard"" 200 chart at the same time after fans learned of her death. In 1982, ""Memories"" became the UK's best-selling album of the year, the first album by a female performer to achieve it. During March 5–19, 1977, Streisand became the first female singer to have a No. 1 album (""A Star Is Born"") and single (Evergreen (Love Theme from ""A Star Is Born"")) in the same week in the US. Streisand's biggest-selling album, ""Guilty"" (1980), was a collaboration with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and"
"like the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose ""Rumours"" (1977) was the best selling album of the decade. Major British soft rock artists of the 1970s included 10cc, Mungo Jerry and Rod Stewart. A large number of soft rock songs fit into the singer-songwriter classification – that is, songs written and recorded by the same person. Some of the most successful singer-songwriter artists were Cat Stevens, Steve Winwood and Elton John. Kate Bush became the first solo woman to have a self-written song become a number 1 UK single and became a sensation, drawing on art rock, literature, dance and mime. The"
"Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so. Atwell was born in Tunapuna in Trinidad and Tobago. She and her parents lived in Jubilee Street. Her family owned a pharmacy and she trained as a pharmacist herself"
"the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in November 1979. Her follow-up singles failed to chart, so she has the dubious honour of being classified as a one-hit wonder, though this should be viewed in the context that she was successful on the albums chart and had a BBC TV show which was also successful. She placed six albums in the UK Albums Chart between 1974 and 1980, including four that reached the Top 20. Although out of the limelight for a while nursing her sick mother, Martell has now returned to the music industry, and is still touring the"
"albums, all of which reached the UK Top 10, including the UK number-one albums ""Never for Ever"" (1980), ""Hounds of Love"" (1985), and the compilation ""The Whole Story"" (1986). She is the first British solo female artist to top the UK album charts and the first female artist to enter the album chart at number one. Having been writing songs since age 11, she was signed to EMI Records while under professional assistance by David Gilmour, who, along with his associates, curated her 1978 debut album ""The Kick Inside"". Bush slowly gained artistic independence in album production, and she has"
"experience. I'm still exploring that, I don't know where it's going to lead me."" Laura Marling Laura Beatrice Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. She won the Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards, and was nominated for the same award at the 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Brit Awards. Born in Berkshire in southeast England, Marling joined her older sisters in London at 16, to pursue a career in music. She played with a number of groups, and released her debut album ""Alas, I Cannot Swim"" in 2008. Her"
"of the singles chart. Following in the footsteps of her former colleague, Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé Knowles managed to reach the top of the UK charts with a solo release. After making an appearance in the third ""Austin Powers"" movie, ""Austin Powers in Goldmember"", Beyoncé put herself back in the public eye and then released her debut solo single from the movie, ""Work It Out"" which managed to make No. 7 on the UK singles chart. Her debut album, ""Dangerously in Love"" topped the charts a week before she received her first (third, including her career with Destiny's Child) number one"
"featuring rapper Tinie Tempah which served as the lead single from her fourth studio album ""Only Human"", became Cheryl's fourth number one single on the UK Singles Chart, tying her with Geri Halliwell and Rita Ora as the third British female to achieve four solo number ones. Months later, second single ""I Don't Care"" also debuted at number one. In doing so, Cheryl achieved her ninth number-one single (including those from Girls Aloud), and fifth as a solo artist, therefore becoming the British female artist with the most solo UK number ones, overtaking previous record sharers Halliwell, Ora and Cheryl"
"hit, peaking at no.54 in the UK charts. Me Myself I Me Myself I is an album by Joan Armatrading. Released in 1980, the album was Armatrading's highest ever chart placing both in the UK (no.5) and in the US (no.28). In Australia, the album peaked at no.13. It was certified ""Gold"" in the UK by the BPI in July 1980. The title track became one of her most successful singles, peaking at no.21 over an 11-week stay in the UK charts. It was also used in the soundtrack of an Australian movie of the same title made in 1999."
"solo number one singles in the UK, and she held the record for the British female solo artist with the most UK number-one singles until Jess Glynne overtook her in 2018. ""Only Human"" was released on 10 November and became Cheryl's fourth solo album to debut within the top 10 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was later certified silver in the UK. The album's title track was released as its third and final single in March 2015. The song, which originally peaked at number 70 as an album cut in October 2014, failed to reach the top 100"
"the album track ""Stay By Me"" for which no video was made. Diva (Annie Lennox album) Diva is the debut solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also a success in the US, where it was a top 30 hit and has been certified double platinum. ""Diva"" won Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy"
"as the top selling act. ""Brass in Pocket"" by The Pretenders became the first number 1 single of the 80s (not counting ""Another Brick in the Wall"" by Pink Floyd"" which was a holdover from 1979). The tables below include sales between 31 December 1979 and 31 December 1980: the year-end charts reproduced in the issue of ""Music Week"" dated 27 December 1980 and played on Radio 1 on 4 January 1981 only include sales figures up until 6 December 1980. 1980 in British music This is a summary of 1980 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official"
"Turn to You"", Melanie C achieved her tenth number-one UK single as a songwriter, equalling the record set by former bandmate Geri Halliwell. In addition, it made her the first woman to top the UK charts as part of a quintet, quartet, duo and as a solo artist. With ""Holler"", the Spice Girls' final UK number one, Melanie C became the first female songwriter to write at least 11 UK number-one singles. Melanie C held this record alone until Madonna achieved her eleventh number one with ""Hung Up"" in 2005, and then lost it when Madonna achieved her twelfth number"
"children as soon as possible. On 3 January 1998 she gave birth to Harry Tristan. On 13 January 2000, Rose Elisabeth was born. As of 2008, Kim's brother Marty is a landscape gardener and her sister, Roxanne, is a backing singer for Kylie Minogue. Kim Wilde Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith; 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, author, DJ and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with her debut single ""Kids in America"", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In"
"solidarity, friendship, independence, love, loss of virginity, sex, contraception, the relationship with parents during adolescence, vulnerability and fame. Many of these themes were carried out even during her solo career, but with a more mature writing, intense style and in some songs a more raw and direct language. Added to these were social issues such as homelessness, and introspective themes. Having co-written 11 UK number 1s, more than any other female artist, she remains the only female performer to top the charts as a solo artist, as part of a duo, quartet and quintet. With 12 UK Number 1 singles,"
"Diva (Annie Lennox album) Diva is the debut solo album by the Scottish singer-songwriter Annie Lennox, released in 1992. The album entered the UK album chart at number 1 and has since sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone, being certified quadruple platinum. It was also a success in the US, where it was a top 30 hit and has been certified double platinum. ""Diva"" won Album of the Year at the 1993 Brit Awards, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards the same year. Following the informal dissolution of Eurythmics in 1990,"