New Wave
| Artists | Lyrics | Pop. |
|---|---|---|
| Metric | 131 | 1 |
| Talking Heads | 313 | 2 |
| New Order | 290 | 3 |
| Franz Ferdinand | 142 | 4 |
| The Birthday Massacre | 96 | 5 |
| Duran Duran | 357 | 6 |
| The Police | 126 | 7 |
| Tears for Fears | 165 | 8 |
| Blondie | 437 | 9 |
| Devo | 318 | 10 |
| Talk Talk | 106 | 11 |
| XTC | 405 | 12 |
| The B-52's | 125 | 13 |
| Oingo Boingo | 129 | 14 |
| The Cars | 97 | 15 |
| A-Ha | 186 | 16 |
| Gary Numan | 436 | 17 |
| Dragonette | 46 | 18 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | 177 | 19 |
| Squeeze | 217 | 20 |
| Adam Ant | 175 | 21 |
| Eurythmics | 128 | 22 |
| Men at Work | 47 | 23 |
| The Human League | 179 | 24 |
| Spandau Ballet | 59 | 25 |
| Culture Club | 125 | 26 |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood | 73 | 27 |
| David Byrne | 206 | 28 |
| And One | 204 | 29 |
| The English Beat | 50 | 30 |
| A Flock of Seagulls | 88 | 31 |
| Thomas Dolby | 72 | 32 |
| Berlin | 95 | 33 |
| Aztec Camera | 85 | 34 |
| Ian Dury And The Blockheads | 26 | 35 |
| Nena | 129 | 36 |
| Falco | 88 | 37 |
| Belinda Carlisle | 123 | 38 |
| The Boomtown Rats | 75 | 39 |
| Q Lazzarus | 3 | 40 |
| Men Without Hats | 87 | 41 |
| Sébastien Tellier | 54 | 42 |
| Mr. Mister | 35 | 43 |
| Wang Chung | 58 | 44 |
| The Go-Gos | 74 | 45 |
| The Divinyls | 71 | 46 |
| Cutting Crew | 36 | 47 |
| 'Til Tuesday | 35 | 48 |
| Adam and the Ants | 82 | 49 |
| The Vapors | 31 | 50 |