# 22
Singles Artist of the Year
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Fame" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds01.jpg) 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
available for download at Amazon.mp3
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Fame."
![September](../graphics/september.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Out Here On My Own" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds05.jpg) 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
available for download at Amazon.mp3
![1981...](../graphics/1981.gif)
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Fame soundtrack](../artists-f/pix/fame.jpg) Irene was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and Best Vocal Performance - Female ("Fame").
![1982...](../graphics/1982.gif)
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Anyone Can See" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds06.jpg) 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
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
# 11
Singles Artist of the Year (# 1
Female Artist of the Year)
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Flashdance... What A Feeling" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds02.jpg) 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
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Flashdance... What A
Feeling."
![June](../graphics/june.gif)
Irene hit #1 for 5 weeks with "Flashdance... What A
Feeling."
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Why Me?" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds03.jpg) 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
![December](../graphics/december.gif)
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
![January](../graphics/january.gif)
![Irene Cara - "The Dream (Hold On To Your Dream)" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds07.jpg) 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
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![February](../graphics/february.gif)
![Flashdance soundtrack](../artists-f/pix/flashdance.jpg) 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").
![April](../graphics/april.gif)
![Irene Cara - "Breakdance" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds04.jpg) 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
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![May](../graphics/may.gif)
Irene hit the Top 10 with "Breakdance."
![August](../graphics/august.gif)
![Irene Cara - "You Were Made For Me" (Single)](pix/irenecara_cds08.jpg) 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
available for download at iTunes and Amazon.mp3
![October](../graphics/october.gif)
VH1: 100
Greatest Dance Songs included "Flashdance... What A
Feeling"
at # 67.
# 164 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
![2022...](../graphics/2022.jpg)
November 25: Irene died at the age
of 63 at her home in Florida.
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