History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / Music

** In addition, C.C. Catch has also gained a substancial fanbase in Eastern Europe, similarly to other Eurodisco artists such as Music/ModernTalking (Dieter Bohlen, one half of the duo, was also Catch's songwriter and producer).

** In addition, C.C. Catch has also gained a substancial fanbase in Eastern Europe, similarly to other Eurodisco artists such as Music/ModernTalking (Dieter Bohlen,one half of the duo, was also Catch's songwriter and producer).

** In addition, C.C. Catch has also gained a substancial fanbase in Eastern Europe, similarly to other Eurodisco artists such as Music/ModernTalking (It's worth noting that Dieter Bohlen,one half of the duo, was also Catch's songwriter and producer).

* Music/TomWaits has a song titled "Big in Japan" reflecting this trope. Alphaville has one too, but it's [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant not about]] ''[[{{Pun}} that]]'' kind of "big".

* Music/MyChemicalRomance was, early on, more popular in the UK and other parts of Europe. Why? Well, British people love [[Music/TheSmiths dark humor]], and because their first album had better distribution ''across the Atlantic'' than in their own home country.
** They downloaded the songs off [[ItsASmallNetAfterAll the intranet.]]
*** "They were singin' the words in English, they didn't even SPEAK English! They were clappin' all the way to "Honey". 'Hey, Hey, Hey!'"
*** "They thought we were a soccer team!"

* British singer Limahl, and his former band [=Kajagoogoo=] to an extent, is hugely popular in central Europe, especially Germany and Austria. His third solo album ''Love Is Blind'' was released on a German label and was only available outside of central Europe and Japan as an import, and he's a common performer on retro music showcase TV shows. It helps that he sang the theme to one of the most famous German-produced films of all time, ''Film/TheNeverEndingStory'' (the title song managed to make it to #2 in West Germany, Austria and Italy -- compared to a #4 peak in the UK and a #17 peak on the Hot 100 in the US -- in spite of it not being in the German-language version of the film, which traded Music/GiorgioMoroder's synthesizer-heavy score pieces with additional pieces by Klaus Doldinger, the film's other composer).

* {{Music/Italo Brothers}}' song "Stamp on the Ground" had quite some Scandinavian success, especially in Norway where it turned into the "russ" song of 2009.

* {{Music/Italo Brothers}}' song "Stamp on the Ground" had quite the Scandinavian success.

* Afrikaans musician Kurt Darren has a fair amount of his songs covered ([[TranslatedCoverVersion translated]]), mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands, with as much of a fanbase in those countries.

* British grunge band Bush were more popular in the US based on album sales; their singles charted higher in their native country only due to the differing natures between the American and British singles charts at the time.

* Zig-zagged with Music/BelindaCarlisle. As frontwoman of Music/TheGoGos, she struggled to find much of an audience in the UK, despite touring with Music/{{Madness}} and Music/TheSpecials early on. Upon the release of her second solo album ''Heaven on Earth'', however, she became quite a bit more popular in Britain than in her native US, where she scored a few top 40 hits before disappearing at the start of the 1990s. In the UK, by contrast, not only did all her albums except her 1986 debut sell better than in the US, she continued to thrive on the pop charts until the late '90s, when she rejoined The Go-Go's.

* A Japanese emo-punk band, Uplift Spice, (now known as The Mus Mus) isn't too terribly popular (if Oricon charts are to go by) in their home country. In France though, they are big, ''really'' big. They had a lot of airtime on the channel Nolife, which broadcast J-music and anime. Thanks to that, they did a lot of concerts in France and nearly every video on YouTube is filled by French-language comments. One song in particular, "Kanojo", is usually ripped straight out of Nolife recordings. Another of their songs, "Omegarhythm", is particularly popular with American fans, thanks to an [[https://youtu.be/TQ6QlmqBPlM?si=fP6J7RyrjS6ga2NY animation]] by Benedique, involving the character Kobeni Higashiyama from ''Manga/ChainsawMan''.

* A Japanese emo-punk band, Uplift Spice, isn't too terribly popular (if Oricon charts are to go by) in their home country. In France though, they are big, ''really'' big. They had a lot of airtime on the channel Nolife, which broadcast J-music and anime. Thanks to that, they did a lot of concerts in France and nearly every video on YouTube is filled by French-language comments. One song in particular, "Kanojo", is usually ripped straight out of Nolife recordings.

* Music/GabriellaCilmi is very succesful and well liked in the UK compared to her lukewarm loving from her home country Australia.

* Josh Ritter had a huge following in Ireland too several albums ahead of his brekthrough with "The Historical Conquest of".

* Another young American R&B performer, Dawin, has experienced similar fame in the Philippines for his song "Dessert", which only peaked at #68 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, but is one of late-2015 to 2016's most-played songs in the Philippines. Like the aforementioned "God Gave Me You" and "Twerk it Like Miley", a lot has to do with its use on ''Eat Bulaga'''s Kalye-Serye.

* They might not be as wildly popular as Music/FifthHarmony in their homeland, but sister group Music/{{Cimorelli}} is largely loved outside the US, despite most of their output being occasional covers on Youtube or 4-track digital [=EPs=] of their original songs. They have already played live in select parts of Europe, select cities in South America and The Philippines, but South America, Europe and some parts of Asia in particular love these girls a lot more or equal to 5H, especially if local magazines, music video channels and radio stations are to be concerned. In America, however, they only get 1 page in any teen magazine every once in a while, and their songs "Made in America" and "That Girl Should Be Me" are their only songs to get airplay on Radio Disney. Recent things brought out by the sisters might change their US status though.

* The Russian band Music/{{tatu}} is very popular in South America and Japan. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWWLps36GpA Heck, somebody even parodied them in a Japanese TV show!]]
* Scottish pop-rock band Texas are quite popular in France.

* German progressive bands of the 60s and 70s, known abroad as "Krautrock", didn't find much success in their homeland, but groups like Kraftwerk, Can, Faust, and Neu! have had a profound influence on alternative music in the Anglo-American sphere, as musician Julian Cope, author of Krautrocksmapler, put it "Krautrock is a subjective British phenomenon". It was British music journalists who coined the term. Most famously, the German music scene had a major influence on David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Brian Eno, as they recorded together in West Berlin in the late 70s, a period that produced Bowie's Berlin Trilogy and Iggy Pop's The Idiot and Lust for Life, while Brian Eno frequently collaborated with German duo Cluster. Kratwerk's music has found major success in the UK and US, topping the UK charts with "The Model" and basically being singlehandedly responsible for UK synthpop, while in the US they've had influence on early hip-hop, as "Trans-Europe Express" was sampled in Afrika Bambaataa's classic single "Planet Rock", while also influencing American electronic genres like techno and house. However, the average German is largely unaware of the genre, despite its overseas influence. American and British avant grade and psychedelic music, particularly Music/TheVelvetUnderground, Music/FrankZappa, and Music/PinkFloyd, exerted heavy influence on krautrock in turn.

* Music/{{Evanescence}} was massive everywhere in the early 2000s, but continues to be popular in Japan long after their peak. This is largely due to [[FaceOfTheBand Amy Lee]]'s use of ElegantGothicLolita clothing. When the band announced that their three-year-long hiatus was over, Ozzfest Japan would be their first performance since 2012.

* British pop singer-songwriter Marlon Roudette is very popular in Germany, where he had two number one singles in comparison to none in his native country.

* Music/TinaTurner was a legend all around the world, but she was incredibly popular in Australia. She starred as Aunty Entity in the third ''Film/MadMax'' film, ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'', and her 1973 song "Nutbush City Limits" holds a special place in the Australian people's hearts. In the 70's, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IpqOn-XsXk line dance]] was developed based on the song and it has become a staple of Australian culture. Kids are taught the Nutbush at school and it's regularly played at wedding receptions and other social functions across the country, not unlike the Electric Slide in the US. Many Aussies have joked that learning and demonstrating the Nutbush should be required for immigrants seeking Australian citizenship, because that's how much the song and dance have become ingrained in the culture. After her death in 2023, [[https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/07/07/exp-nutbush-record-tina-turner-070701aseg2-cnni-world.cnn nearly 6 thousand Australians held a mass dance to the song in her honor]] at the Australian music festival, the Big Red Bash.

** Turner also had a bigger fanbase in Europe than in her home country of the U.S. and relinquished her citizenship to move t Switzerland later in her life. She herself stated in a [[https://www.npr.org/2023/05/27/1178610630/the-legacy-of-tina-turner-the-queen-of-rock-n-roll 1997 interview]] that she was "as big as Music/{{Madonna}}" in Europe.