Kim Wilde

After starting out with a string of new wave hits in the '80s, Kim Wilde has proven to be equally adept at delivering high-quality dance pop and adult contemporary ballads. Those early singles were enduring classics like "Kids in America" and "Chequered Love," imbued with whip-smart toughness and new wave attitude, a position that gradually softened as she tackled more mainstream fare like her 1986 cover of the Supremes' "You Keep Me Hanging On." Later records like 2021's conceptual Here Come the Aliens and 2025's Closer see her return to the more daring approach of her early ...