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Pat Benatar (original name Patricia Mae Andrzejewski10 January 1953) is an American singer who scored several hits in the 1980s. Benatar was admired by her powerful voice combined with its short length.

Pat Benatar, who was born in BrooklynNew York, originally studied opera-music. In 1971 , she married Dennis t. Benatar, making them the last name got with which they became famous. In 1977 her singing talent was discovered during a talent show in a New York club.

She divorced Benatar and later married the guitarist of her band, Neil Giraldo. They had two daughters.

In the 1980s, she scored some big hits, of which Love is a battlefield is the most famous. This number was from 1983 in Netherlands a number 1-hit. Between 1980 and1983 , she won four years running a Grammy Award for best female rockact. Later, she was still four times nominated for this category.

Benatar was later in her music career around an awareness-raising campaign spokesman hearing problems of the Energizer batteries manufacturer.

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Discography[Edit][]

Albums[Edit][]

Album (s) with any charts in the

the Dutch Album Top 100

Date of

appear

Date of

entry

Highest

position

Number Of

weeks

Comments
Precious Time 08-08-1981 24 7
Live From Earth 18-02-1984 2 16
Tropico 24-11-1984 26 9
True Love 04-05-1991 54 10

Singles[Edit][]

Single (s) with any charts in the

the Dutch Top 40

Date of

appear

Date of

entry

Highest

position

Number Of

weeks

Comments
I Need A Lover 08-03-1980 31 4
Love Is A Battlefield 11-02-1984 1 (4wk) 14
We Belong 17-10-1984 10 9
Invincible 05-10-1985 18 6
True Love 25-05-1991 13 6 Alarm Drive

Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]

Number (s) with markings

in the Radio 2 Top 2000

' 99 ' 00 ' 01 ' 02 ' 03 ' 04 ' 05 ' 06 ' 07 ' 08 ' 09 ' 10 ' 11 ' 12 ' 13
Love Is A Battlefield 429 392 853 871 951 893 1071 1227 1240 1060 1111 1035 962 1118 1182
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