Neil Giraldo

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Her first single Heartbreaker was released in 1979; it was an immediate hit along with her debut album In the Heat of the Night, reaching #12 and establishing Benatar as a new force in rock. In 1980, Benatar released her second album, Crimes of Passion, featuring her signature song Hit Me with Your Best Shot which was her first single to break the U.S. Top 10 and eventually sold more than four million copies in the U.S. alone. The album reached U.S. #2 in January 1981 and a month later, Benatar won her first Grammy Award for ‘Best Female Rock Vocal Performance’ of 1980.