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But currently, we still have high class talent that does well across the world, not all of the following are to my taste of course, but are still very popular:
Sam Smith, Disclosure, Sub Focus, One Direction, The 1975, Jake Bugg, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal, Cheryl Cole, Jess Glyne, Ed Sheeran, Coldplay, Clean Bandit, Bastille, Calvin Harris, Duke Dumont, Example, Gorgon City, Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, etc
Didn't recently Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith both take no.1 and no2. respectively in the US top charts IIRC?
I am not saying we are clearly the best or anything.. but we certainly compete at the top
by Irlinite
I would guess American music, and pop culture in general is more well known across the world than British ones. I doubt many of those British artists listed are that well known, some are of course. And not all American ones are known either, but overall American music is getting more exposure than others.
The only artists Americans have hear of is
-Disclosure...(maybe)
-Coldplay
-Ed Sheeran
-One Direction
-Arctic Monkey's
-Sam Smith
-Calvin Harris
Disclosure: Almost unknown here, except for that song with Sam Smith.
Coldplay: Among the most successful bands since early 2000's, I don't know how big they are globally. But they are very successful.
One Directions: Pretty big, biggest boy band currently.
Arctic Monkeys: Very little dent in America, doubt they are very global worldwide.
Sam Smith: He is still new, doing really well both sides. Don't know about the world. Remains to be seen.
Calvin Harris:Big music producer, but not a super star in that sense.
In China, US pop musicians are fairly bankable and lots of young people know all about them. Lady Gaga is quite popular. Not as much the case with UK pop musicians.
Historically its been a game of constant change as to who's more popular, and aside from hip hop, which is inextricably African-American, most pop music from either nation has a fairly low amount of specific culture to it... For example, what is so distinctly British about One Direction, and what's so inextricably American about Lady Gaga?
The more real instrumentation that's involved, the greater the cultural retention, I find. Mumford and Sons and Jake Bugg sound British; Vampire Weekend sounds American. Last decade, Interpol and Franz Ferdinand were similarly-positioned, fashionable, poppy rock bands, but Interpol sounded distinctly American and FF sounded quite English (the band was formed in Glasgow, but by English art students).
I noticed in America they were only on NOW 50 while we are on NOW 89
Those started in the UK sooner than the US and they never gained the same popularity... Now people just do digital downloads of individual tracks, too, so its less popular.
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