There’s a lot of musicians who are huge in Europe, but not in the US. Robbie Williams, Anastacia, most of Eurodance,… What musicians are the other way round?

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      3 hours ago

      It’s hard to imagine stoner bands not doing well in Europe. Maybe it’s just because they’d start heading across the pond, get distracted, and turn around?

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    9 hours ago

    Jimmy Buffett

    • Released over 30 albums since the early 1970s, of which nine were multi-platinum
    • Worth over $500m when he died in 2023
    • To the best of my knowledge, never even on the radar in the UK or Europe.

    I grew up in the UK in the 80s & 90s, which seems to be the period he was really becoming huge in the US, and I had never heard of him until he died a couple of years ago.

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    8 hours ago

    I had never heard of the (frankly horrible) band “Train” until recently.

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    9 hours ago

    I think the U.S. exports a fair amount of media and personalities involved in it, while other countries don’t necessarily do as much. RRR or Ne Zha 2 might have been box office monsters in India or China (respectively) but not nearly as much here, while Avengers and the like do absolute numbers the world over. Kpop has started to gain international appeal (e.g. BTS) but thats about it.

    I think a fair amount of country likely doesn’t escape the states. Or at least I haven’t heard of a big chunk of folks rockin out to Shania Twain or whatev.

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    5 hours ago

    michaelwithab

    Hussein55

    Justus Justekuchen

    All of them rap and have a common history. After they split up (either they didn’t have a name or I forgot) each went their own way. Hussein doesn’t sing anymore though, he owns a small studio where he helps new people.

    I don’t listen much anymore, as my taste in music has just changed over time and their style (michael and justus) has changed quite a bit. Also I made them up. Sorry 🫠