Against a backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain with riots, record unemployment and a conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, Duran Duran released Rio, the follow-up to their self-titled début album. This optimistic and celebratory recording became one of the most acclaimed and enduring albums of the 1980s. And while the band had tasted success with their first album, it was Rio that would catapult them to global stardom, an album that would ultimately sell in excess of 10 million copies worldwide, the cornerstone in the career of a ground-breaking band who would go on to sell 85 million albums and counting.