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To me the kind of music that the people party to tells a lot how hard they party ..
This is where you've gone wrong, because Adele and One Direction have sold more records in the US than they have in the UK, while Lady Gaga and Britney Spears are (/were in the latter case) as big in the UK as as any British artist. Meanwhile Rihanna is from neither the US nor the UK but Barbados, and rather demonstrates that what people listen/party to is not really determined by which artists originate in their country of residence (Barbados only has about 300,000 residents meaning each would have to own several hundred Rihanna records if her sales were to be attributed solely to domestic success).
Also, without wanting to be unkind, I think the fact you've never heard of most of the biggest British bands - Led Zepplin, say - says more about your knowledge of music than it does about their international fame; that particular band, for example, are the 4th biggest selling artist in US history.
This is where you've gone wrong, because Adele and One Direction have sold more records in the US than they have in the UK, while Lady Gaga and Britney Spears are (/were in the latter case) as big in the UK as as any British artist. Meanwhile Rihanna is from neither the US nor the UK but Barbados, and rather demonstrates that what people listen/party to is not really determined by which artists originate in their country of residence (Barbados only has about 300,000 residents meaning each would have to own several hundred Rihanna records if her sales were to be attributed solely to domestic success).
Also, without wanting to be unkind, I think the fact you've never heard of most of the biggest British bands - Led Zepplin, say - says more about your knowledge of music than it does about their international fame; that particular band, for example, are the 4th biggest selling artist in US history.
Isnt that a given ? Comparing the population of US verses population of UK ?
and i dont know how much i alone can represent the situation here.. But really LED Zeppelin isnt big here at all...
All i know after looking info online after the members here keep mentioning them is they were denied entry to SIngapore once..
In a way, i stress i cannot say for all.. But i guess the culture here is they dont care much for aged bands or artiste..
Isnt that a given ? Comparing the population of US verses population of UK ?
and i dont know how much i alone can represent the situation here.. But really LED Zeppelin isnt big here at all...
All i know after looking info online after the members here keep mentioning them is they were denied entry to SIngapore once..
In a way, i stress i cannot say for all.. But i guess the culture here is they dont care much for aged bands or artiste..
Bands like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin are iconic bands and famous the world over. I'm in Australia and Led Zeppelin are one of my favourite bands. They were huge in the US and worldwide. I can't believe you haven't heard of one of the most famous and greatest guitarists of all time Jimmy Page? Bands like Led Zeppelin had a huge influence on later bands like Bon Jovi and Guns N Roses. Singapore is missing a huge chuck of rock history. Led Zep are Rock Gods.
singapore music and movie Have always been heavily influenced by america, much more than england.. Over here the young American acts are the most popular, even if you talk about older AMerican acts like Bon Jovi and Aerosmith, I have to say gone are their heydays...sadly
Not that the British do and have to care , just enlightening those who are not so familiar with Singapore about us.
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