  Idol hit the Top 40 with "Hot In The City."
from the LP Billy
Idol
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 31 - 27 - 25 - 23 - 21 - 19 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 139
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
 Idol hit the Top 40 with "White Wedding."
from the LP Billy
Idol
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 28 - 26 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 184
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
 # 27
Singles Artist of the Year
 Idol hit the Top 40 with "Eyes Without A Face."
from the LP Rebel
Yell
ARC chart run: 38 - 31 - 21 - 17 - 12 - 10 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 8 - 11 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 45
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Idol hit the Top 10 with "Eyes Without A Face."
Idol hit the
Top 40 with "Flesh For Fantasy."
 from the LP Rebel
Yell
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 27 - 23 - 20 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 167
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
The video for
"Dancing With Myself" was nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Direction, Best Special Effects, and Best Art Direction, and the video for
"Eyes Without A Face" was nominated
for Best Editing and Best Cinematography.
 Idol hit the
Top 40 with "Catch My Fall."
from the LP Rebel
Yell
ARC chart run: 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 245
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
Idol was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Rebel Yell").
 # 84
Singles Artist of the Year
Idol hit the Top 40 with "To Be A Lover."
Idol hit the Top 10 with "To Be A Lover."
 # 19
Singles Artist of the Year
Idol was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("To Be A Lover").
Idol hit the Top 40 with "Don't Need A Gun."
Idol hit the Top 40 with "Sweet Sixteen."
Idol hit the
Top 40 with "Mony Mony."
Idol hit the Top 10 with "Mony Mony."
Idol hit #1 for a week with "Mony Mony."
 # 35
Singles Artist of the Year
 Idol hit the Top 40 and Top 10 with "Cradle Of Love."
from the LP Charmed
Life
ARC chart run: 30 - 24 - 19 - 15 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 13 - 22 - 27 - 34 - off
available for download at Amazon.mp3
Idol hit #1 for a week with "Cradle Of Love."
The video for
"Cradle Of Love" won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Video from a Film and was nominated for Best Male Video and Best Special Effects.
 Idol hit the Top 40 with "L.A. Woman."
Idol was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance -
Male
("Cradle Of Love").
The video for "Shock To The
System" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Editing.
Rolling
Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "White Wedding" at # 77.
 MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made included
"Cradle Of Love" at # 86.
VH1: 100
Greatest Videos included "White Wedding" at # 55.
 VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists included Idol at # 55.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 80's included "White Wedding" at # 53.
 The CD/DVD The
Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself (Billboard peak: # 73) was released.
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