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BIRTHDAY: November 30, 1955
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 0

 
RECENT TIMELINE

1982...

June
Billy Idol - "Hot In The City" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) 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

1983...

June
Billy Idol - "White Wedding" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) 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

1984...# 27 Singles Artist of the Year

May
Billy Idol - "Eyes Without A Face" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) 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

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the
Top 10 with "Eyes Without A Face."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "
Flesh For Fantasy."
Billy Idol - "Flesh For Fantasy" (Single)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
button.gif (123 bytes) 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.

December
Billy Idol - "Catch My Fall" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) 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

1985...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Rebel Yell").

1986...# 84 Singles Artist of the Year

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "
To Be A Lover."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the
Top 10 with "To Be A Lover."

1987...# 19 Singles Artist of the Year

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("To Be A Lover").
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "
Don't Need A Gun."

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "
Sweet Sixteen."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "
Mony Mony."

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the
Top 10 with "Mony Mony."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit
#1 for a week with "Mony Mony."

1990...# 35 Singles Artist of the Year

June
Billy Idol - "Cradle Of Love" (Single)button.gif (123 bytes) 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

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit
#1 for a week with "Cradle Of Love."

September
button.gif (123 bytes) 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.

October
Billy Idol - Greatest Hitsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Idol hit the Top 40 with "L.A. Woman."

1991...

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Idol was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance - Male ("Cradle Of Love").

1993...

September
button.gif (123 bytes) The video for "Shock To The System" was nominated for 2
MTV Video Music Awards for Best Special Effects and Best Editing.

October
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Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos" included "White Wedding" at # 77.

1999...

Billy Idol - The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself (CD/DVD)button.gif (123 bytes) MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made included "Cradle Of Love" at # 86.

2001...

May
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VH1: 100 Greatest Videos included "White Wedding" at # 55.

2002...

September
Billy Idol - 'Vital Idol: Revitalized'button.gif (123 bytes) VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists included Idol at # 55.

2006..

October
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VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's included "White Wedding" at # 53.

2008..

June
Billy Idol - 'The Roadside' (EP)button.gif (123 bytes) The CD/DVD The Very Best Of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself (Billboard peak: # 73) was released.

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