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(#1) Depeche Mode
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Electronic rock, Electronica, Dark wave, Post-punk
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(#2) The Cure
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#3) Tears for Fears
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Sophisti-pop, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-punk
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(#4) Talking Heads
- New Wave, Rock music, Punk funk, Art punk, Pop music, Dance-rock, Experimental rock, Pop rock, Punk rock, Art rock, Progressive rock, Indie rock, Post-punk, Funk
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(#5) New Order
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Electronic dance music, Hi-NRG, House music, Electronic rock, Electronica, Techno, Madchester, Alternative dance, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#6) Duran Duran
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Electronic music, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Alternative rock, New Romanticism, Funk rock, Post-punk
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(#7) Blondie
- Hip hop music, Pop punk, New Wave, Classic rock, Disco, Rock music, Dance-rock, Pop rock, Power pop, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#8) Echo & the Bunnymen
- New Wave, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#9) The Psychedelic Furs
- New Wave, Rock music, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#10) The Police
- New Wave, 2 Tone, Ska punk, Ska, Rock music, Reggae, Pop rock, Punk rock, Reggae fusion, Post-punk
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(#11) Siouxsie & the Banshees
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Alternative rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#12) INXS
- New Wave, Rock music, Dance-rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-punk
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(#13) The Human League
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Dance-pop, Avant-garde music, Avant-garde
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(#14) Pet Shop Boys
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Electronic music, Alternative dance, House music, Electronic dance music, Dance music, Eurodance
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(#15) The Cars
- Bubblegum pop, Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Garage rock, Pop rock, Power pop, Alternative rock, Art rock, Punk rock, Hard rock, Post-punk
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(#16) The B-52's
- New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Rockabilly, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Surf music, Post-punk
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(#17) A Flock of Seagulls
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Synth rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, New Romanticism, Post-punk
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(#18) Eurythmics
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Dance-rock, Electronic music, Rhythm and blues, Pop rock, New Romanticism, Post-punk
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(#19) Billy Idol
- New Wave, Rock music, Dance-rock, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Post-grunge, Glam rock, Punk rock, Hard rock, Post-punk
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(#20) Devo
- Synthpunk, New Wave, Synthpop, Rock music, Dance-punk, Electronic music, Protopunk, Electronic rock, Art punk, Techno, Punk rock, Art rock, Post-punk
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(#21) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Electronic music, Alternative dance, Experimental music, New Romanticism, Post-punk
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(#22) Thompson Twins
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Dance music
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(#23) XTC
- Indie pop, New Wave, Psychedelic pop, Neo-psychedelia, Alternative rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock
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(#24) Erasure
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Alternative dance, Dance music, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Eurodance, Electronica
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(#25) Oingo Boingo
- Synthpop, New Wave, Gothic rock, Ska punk, Ska, Rock music, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Jazz, Geek rock, Art punk, Post-punk
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(#26) Adam and The Ants
- New Wave, Gothic rock, Glam punk, New Romanticism, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#27) The Go-Go's
- Pop punk, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Teen pop, Pop rock, Power pop, Punk rock
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(#28) A-ha
- Adult album alternative, Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Pop rock, Britpop, Alternative rock, New Romanticism, Post-rock
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(#29) The Fixx
- Synthpop, New Wave, Rock music, Electronic music, Synth rock, Pop rock, Progressive rock
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(#30) The Pretenders
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(#31) Elvis Costello
- New Wave, Rock music, Pub rock, Punk rock, Country, Hard rock, 20th-century classical music, Post-punk
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(#32) Peter Gabriel
- New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Experimental rock, World music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Funk rock, Hard rock
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(#33) Culture Club
- Blue-eyed soul, Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Electronic music, Reggae, Rhythm and blues, Soft rock, Soul music, New Romanticism
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(#34) Yazoo
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Dance music
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(#35) Simple Minds
- New Wave, Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock, New Romanticism, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#36) Gary Numan
- Synthpop, New Wave, Rock music, Industrial rock, Electronic music, Dark wave, Gothic rock, Post-industrial music, Experimental rock, Industrial music, Experimental music, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#37) ABC
- Synthpop, New Wave, Disco, Pop music, Rock music, Sophisti-pop, Pop rock, New Romanticism, Post-punk
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(#38) Berlin
- Synthpop, New Wave, Rock music, Industrial rock, Dance music, Pop rock, Post-punk
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(#39) The The
- Soundtrack, New Wave, Spoken word, Rock music, Alternative rock, Post-punk
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(#40) Soft Cell
- Synthpop, New Wave, New Romanticism, Post-punk, Techno
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(#41) Talk Talk
- Synthpop, New Wave, Electronic music, Jazz, New Romanticism, Progressive rock, Post-rock, Art rock, Indie rock
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(#42) Squeeze
- New Wave, Rock music, Pop rock, Power pop, Post-punk
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(#43) The Church
- Jangle pop, New Wave, Rock music, Neo-psychedelia, Dream pop, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-punk
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(#44) Madness
- New Wave, 2 Tone, Pop music, Ska punk, Ska, Reggae, Rock and roll, Jazz
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(#45) Crowded House
- New Wave, Rock music, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock
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(#46) Joe Jackson
- New Wave, Pop music, Ska, Sophisti-pop, Classical music, Smooth jazz, Power pop, Jazz, Punk rock
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(#47) Spandau Ballet
- Blue-eyed soul, Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Sophisti-pop, Electronic music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Soul music, New Romanticism, Funk
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(#48) Ultravox
- Synthpop, New Wave, Rock music, Electronic music, New Romanticism, Glam rock, Art rock, Punk rock, Post-punk
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(#49) Modern English
- New Wave, New Romanticism, Post-punk
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(#50) Howard Jones
- Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Dance-pop, Pop rock
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New wave is a music genre that encompasses numerous pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. After MTV was launched in 1981, the network promoted new wave acts heavily on the channel, many people think of new wave songs when they think of the 1980s. There are many famous new wave bands, such as The Cure, Depeche Mode, Fears for Fears, etc.
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