Queen began their 1980s career with '' The Game '' . It featured the singles " Crazy Little Thing Called Love " and " Another One Bites the Dust " , both of which reached number one in the US . After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles , Michael Jackson suggested to Mercury backstage that " Another One Bites the Dust " be released as a single , and in October 1980 it spent three weeks at number one . The album topped the '' Billboard '' 200 for five weeks , and sold over four million copies in the US . It was also the first appearance of a synthesiser on a Queen album . Heretofore , their albums featured a distinctive " No Synthesisers ! " sleeve note . The note is widely assumed to reflect an anti-synth , pro- " hard " - rock stance by the band , but was later revealed by producer Roy Thomas Baker to be an attempt to clarify that those albums ' multi-layered solos were created with guitars , not synths , as record company executives kept assuming at the time . In September 1980 , Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden . In 1980 , Queen also released the soundtrack they had recorded for '' Flash Gordon '' . At the 1981 American Music Awards in January , " Another One Bites the Dust " won the award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single , and Queen were nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band , Duo , or Group
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American Music Awards of 1981
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