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The video was heavily edited for MTV (Music Television). The album peaked in the UK top twenty at number 3. Later in 1981 the band embarked on their first United States club tour followed by more dates in Germany and the UK. This second tour of Britain coincided with a wave of riots sparked by unemployment and racial tension, including those of [[1981 Moss Side riot|Moss Side]] and [[1981 Toxteth riots|Toxteth]]. The band played Birmingham the day after the [[1981 Handsworth riots|Handsworth riots]]. Duran Duran began to achieve worldwide recognition in 1982. In May they released their second album, ''[[Rio (Duran Duran album)|Rio]]'', which scored four UK Top Twenty singles with "[[My Own Way (song)|My Own Way]]", "[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]", "[[Save a Prayer]]", and the title song "[[Rio (song)|Rio]]". A headlining tour of Australia, Japan, and the US was followed by a stint supporting [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] during that band's final American tour. [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] declared Duran Duran her favourite band, and the band were dubbed "the Fab Five" by the British press, comparing them to [[the Beatles]] whose nickname was the Fab Four.<ref>{{harvnb|Malins|2005|p=118}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=29 March 1984|title=The Charlotte News, 29 March 1984|pages=41|work=The Charlotte News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67020066/the-charlotte-news-29-march-1984/|access-date=6 January 2021|archive-date=7 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107124359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67020066/the-charlotte-news-29-march-1984/|url-status=live}}</ref>

 

 

Now promoted as a dance album, ''Rio'' was re-released in the US in November, and began to climb the American charts six months after its European success. MTV placed "Hungry Like the Wolf" and several other Duran Duran videos into heavy rotation, pushing the single and album into the US top twenty in early 1983. The ballad "Save a Prayer" also did well.<ref>{{harvnb|Denisoff|1986|pp=364–5}}</ref> "The band was a natural for music television," noted ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine. "They may be the first rock group to ride in on a video wave."<ref>{{harvnb|Denisoff|1986|p=365}}</ref> The album ultimately peaked at number 6 in the US and remained on the charts there for 129 weeks. In 2003 ''Rio'' was listed at number 65 in the ''[[NME]]'' 100 Greatest Albums of All Time list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmes_100_best_albums.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202225144/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nmes_100_best_albums.htm|url-status=dead|title=Rocklist.net...NME Writers Lists...|archive-date=2 February 2015|website=Rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=13 October 2019}}</ref>