 # 22
Singles Artist of the Year
  Irene hit the Top 40 with "Fame."
from the Fame soundtrack
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 22 - 17 - 16 - 14 - 12 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 10 - 20 - 23 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 20
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Fame."
 Irene hit #1 for a week with "Fame."
Irene hit the Top 40 with "Out Here On My Own."
from the Fame soundtrack
ARC chart run: 39 - 32 - 27 - 26 - 23 - 20 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 22 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 111
 Irene was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Vocal Performance - Female ("Fame").
Irene hit the Top 40 with "Anyone Can See."
from the LP Anyone
Can See
 ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 32 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 199
 # 11
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
 Irene hit the Top 40 with "Flashdance... What A
Feeling."
from the Flashdance soundtrack
ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 25 - 17 - 12 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 19 - 24 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 2
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Flashdance... What A
Feeling."
Irene hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Flashdance... What A
Feeling."
 Irene hit the Top 40 with "Why
Me?"
from the LP What
A Feelin'
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 23 - 17 - 13 - 10 - 9 - 14 - 20 - 27 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 99
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Why
Me?"
December 31: Irene topped the Billboard 1983
Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Singles
Artist - Female.
 # 40
Singles Artist of the Year
 Irene was nominated for 2 American Music
Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Female
Artist
and Favorite Pop/Rock
Single
("Flashdance... What A
Feeling").
Irene hit the Top 40 with "The Dream (Hold On To
Your Dream)."
from the LP What
A Feelin'
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 30 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 193
 Irene won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal
Performance ("Flashdance... What A
Feeling")
and Best Album of Original Score Written for
a Motion Picture or a Television Special (for
her contribution to the Flashdance soundtrack) and was
nominated for Record of the Year ("Flashdance... What A
Feeling").
 Irene hit the Top 40 with "Breakdance."
from the LP What
A Feelin'
ARC chart run: 38 - 29 - 25 - 21 - 17 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 7 - 22 - 27 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 80
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Breakdance."
 Irene hit the Top 40 with "You Were Made For Me."
from the LP What
A Feelin'
ARC chart run: 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 236
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs included "Flashdance... What A
Feeling"
at # 67.
# 164 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
November 25: Irene died at the age
of 63 at her home in Florida.
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