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Black Music Month: 20 Most Beautiful Singers of the '80s

We have to suppress giggles when we hear teens proclaim that there's never been a hotter Black singer than Beyonce, or Rihanna, or Keri Hilson. They're undoubtedly stunning, but today's music divas stand on the shoulders of gorgeous '80s glamazons like Whitney, Sade, Jody Watley and Miss Jackson (if you're nasty)! These brazen beauties dictated makeup and hair trends during the boldest style decade of the century. In honor of Black Music Month, we're saluting the twenty most beautiful songstresses of the Eighties.Did we leave someone out? Let us know in the comments section!
The 20 Most Beautiful Singers of the '80s
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By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020
We have to suppress giggles when we hear teens proclaim that there’s never been a hotter Black singer than Beyonce, or Rihanna, or Keri Hilson. They’re undoubtedly stunning, but today’s music divas stand on the shoulders of gorgeous ’80s glamazons like Whitney, Sade, Jody Watley and Miss Jackson (if you’re nasty)! These brazen beauties dictated makeup and hair trends during the boldest style decade of the century. In honor of Black Music Month, we’re saluting the twenty most beautiful songstresses of the Eighties.

Did we leave someone out? Let us know in the comments section!