Pat Benatar (born
Patricia Mae Andrzejewski; January 10, 1953) is a four-time
Grammy Award-winning
American singer best known for her
mezzo-soprano vocal range and establishing herself as one of rock's top vocalists and one of music's top-selling female artists with hit songs such as "
Love Is a Battlefield", "
Hit Me with Your Best Shot", "
We Belong" and "
Heartbreaker".
Benatar is one of the top-selling female artists of all-time, and one of the 1980s Top Platinum Album Recipients,
[RIAA Celebrates 50 Years Of Gold Records] according to the
Recording Industry Association of America with two RIAA-certified Multi-Platinum albums and five RIAA-certified Platinum albums, plus three RIAA-certified Gold albums and 19 Top 40 singles to her credit.
In addition, Benatar is the first female artist featured on MTV, and her music video "You Better Run" is the second video aired by the network following its debut with
The Buggles' "
Video Killed the Radio Star".
[You Better Run music video]