Second British Invasion

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cultural movement historical event in popular music music phenomenon

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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Label	Occurrences
Second British Invasion canonical	2
second British Invasion	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ historical event in popular music ⓘ music phenomenon ⓘ
follows	British Invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Second British Music Invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableArtist	A Flock of Seagulls NERFINISHED ⓘ A-ha NERFINISHED ⓘ ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ Adam and the Ants NERFINISHED ⓘ Big Country NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Idol NERFINISHED ⓘ Culture Club NERFINISHED ⓘ Def Leppard NERFINISHED ⓘ Depeche Mode NERFINISHED ⓘ Duran Duran NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurythmics NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ Soft Cell NERFINISHED ⓘ Spandau Ballet NERFINISHED ⓘ Tears for Fears NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fixx NERFINISHED ⓘ The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ The Police NERFINISHED ⓘ The Psychedelic Furs NERFINISHED ⓘ Thompson Twins NERFINISHED ⓘ Wham! NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrigin	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ music videos ⓘ
isRelatedTo	New Romantic movement NERFINISHED ⓘ first British Invasion of the 1960s NERFINISHED ⓘ post-punk movement ⓘ synth-pop boom ⓘ

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New Romantic movement → relatedTo → Second British Invasion ⓘ

New Wave → associatedMovement → Second British Invasion ⓘ

this entity surface form: second British Invasion

Duran Duran → movement → Second British Invasion ⓘ