Top 10 Countries With the Best Musicians

The Top Ten
1 United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly shortened to United Kingdom, UK or Britain is a Sovereign State located of the Northwestern coast of Europe. It is a Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy currently lead by Monarch Queen Elizabeth II and its current prime minister is Boris Johnson. The UK is a Unitary State consisting of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is currently a member state of the European Union, but as of 2016 has start the withdrawal process, and is set to leave the Union in October 2019. ...read more.

America might have its share of revolutionary bands, and canada may have its fair share of overrated pop, but the UK is were everything started. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, Queen, and many other bands literally started the majority of music genres, and they all came from the UK. Radiohead, and Pink Floyd both practically recreated Alternative Rock, and the very Genres that are Metal, Hard rock, and Rock would not exist without the Rolling Stones The Beatles, and Led Zepplin. America might have Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, and Bob Dylan, but UK is the very basis of practically every genre of music. They influenced music from the beginning of the 1900s, and continue to influence it today. Face it people, without the UK We would just be without certain genres, we would simply be without music.

Who else. For a country so small to influence the world to such a degree. The UK consistently outperforms and leaves a footprint many times greater than its size. Many of the greatest bands of all time, pioneers, and musical influences have come from here. It seems their international and outside perspective on the world uniquely allows them to feed back outside influences: the greats, Beatles, Led Zepp, Rolling stones, etc... took what already existed and was buried and made it into their own flavour. Even today, the UK outperforms any country in nurturing their musical talents and success.

If you take the UK and US out of the global music equation you have nothing. The UK lead the way with America close behind and the world left in their dust. The culture that we have brought is unmeasurable to all who listen to the songs that have given inspiration to this generation of musicians who have who hell of a challenge trying to match up to their predecessors. An impossible task in my opinion.

I mean who was it that managed to combine rock and opera together making it so amazing that no one can even compare? Oh yeah; Queen! Who just happen to come from the UK alongside The Beatles and The Rolling Stones who are still accounted as the best bands in the world even though they have stopped composing. No one can compete.

2 United States of America The United States of America, or the U.S.A. for short, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, 48 of them are contiguous states. There are two other states, Alaska and Hawaii, which are north and south of the contiguous states, respectively. The United States declared its independence from the British Empire in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence. They won their independence in 1783 with the Treaty of Paris. Its capital, Washington D.C. (District of Columbia) is defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings including the iconic ones that house the federal government's 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. Though it has no official language, English and ...read more.

Everyone here hates my favorite genre of music so much that is pathetic because it is clearly what the world listens to. I'm not even going to name the genre, its obvious. I have no problem with people hating one of my life's passions and an integral part of what gets me by in life, but how dare you suggest that it is not even music.

Elvis
Chuck Berry
The Beach Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Michael Jackson
Metallica
Megadeth
Aerosmith
Marvin Gaye
Earth, Wind, & Fire
The Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Santana
John Denver
Johnny Cash
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Dylan
Guns N‘ Roses
Van Halen
Billy Joel
War
Sam Cooke
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Boston
The Allman Brothers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tom Petty
Bruce Springsteen
Toto
The Doobie Brothers
The Eagles
Bob Jovi
Motley Crue
Prince
Journey
Roy Orbison
Frank Sinatra
Neil Diamond
Aretha Franklin
Leonard Cohen
The Doors
Merle Haggard
Kiss
ZZ Top
Bob Seger
John Mellencamp
Willie Nelson
Heart
Steve Miller
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Weezer
The Temptations
Waylon Jennings

The list goes on forever.

How about we use the music from today, not 40 to 50 years ago,
Even though the U. S music is trash, every where I go I here it and its like, where is everyone Else's music at. I'm a journalist so it's my job to know theses things.

Whitney Huston, Mary J. Blige, Johnny Cash, Billy Joel, Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, Guns N Roses, Steve Wonder, Fantasia Barrino, Aretha Franklin, Barbara Streisand and many, many, many more amazing voices!

3 Austria Austria was Celtic (Hallstadt) then as Noricum, part of the Roman Empire, Alaric, who took over Rome, studied at a monastery near Vienna. In the Middle Ages, the Holy Roman Emperors moved to Vienna, then Austria became separate. Medieval documents from Eastern Europe as far as West Ukraine were often ...read more.
4 Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of 338,455 square kilometres (130,678 sq mi) with a population of 5.5 million. Helsinki is the capital and... read more

Nightwish is the only Finish band I know of.

Poets of the fall!

5 Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It is situated in the western Pacific Ocean and consists of around 7,641 islands that are broadly categorized under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ...read more.

Festivals in Philippines seem to be less about drug distribution and more about the music compared to the UK.

Just Charice, Lea Salonga, Sarah Geronimo, Arnel Pineda and any others. They can beat all of them.

Invented Karaoke! Enough said.

Some of my favorite singers are Ariel Rivera, Rey Valera, Darren Espanto, Iñigo Pascual and his father Piolo Pascual, Raymond Lauchengco, Martin Nievera, Gary Valenciano, Rico J. Puno, Imelda Papin, Sharon Cuneta, Daryl Ong, Charice (now Jake Zyrus), Victor Wood, April Boy, Erik Santos and Angeline Quinto.

6 Canada Canada is a country in North America that is next to the United States, and it's the 2nd largest country in the world by area (size is 9.985 million km²). This country has 10 provinces, and 3 territories. Canada became a dominion on July 1, 1867. Its 10 provinces are: Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, ...read more.

Yeah there's those people... And more importantly there's Our Lady Peace, Nickelback, Alexisonfire/City And Colour, The Tragically Hip, 3 Days Grace, Theory Of A Deadman, Matthew Good, Rush, Finger Eleven, Billy Talent, The Guess Who, Sam Roberts, Sum 41, Big Wreck/Thornley, but who cares where they're from?!

Jeff Healey and Frank Marino two of the greatest guitarist that existed.

You missed Bryan Adams

7 Iceland Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its surrounding areas) is home to over 65% of the population. Iceland is the only part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge that ...read more.
8 India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country (with over 1.2 billion people), and the most populous democracy in the world. Its capital is New Delhi. Some other major cities are Mumbai, Chennai, and Ahemdabad. ...read more.

There is no other country in the world is as talented as indians in music... I think India would be in the top because united kingdom, USA and others' singing style is like- wave your head and make a chorus, and it will be a music! They think so but the real is that music is a rhythm through which feelings are expressed and Indian music have done it... Indian music has no craziness like UK, USA and others but have the power of expressing real feelings...

If any superstar musician, band artist or singer can sing the Indian classical, Karnataki Sangeet, Dhrupads, bhatiali, vaoiya and many other Indian traditional music then I will never comment in this matter!

The above mentioned singing styles are the toughest of all types off singing! Michael Jackson, Enrique, Akon they will become speechless if they listen or try to sing this types of singing style...

But It was proved that Indians can easily sing the western music... It is not so tough but very easy!

Indian musicians can easily do what Uk:UsA:Canada :Phillipines @and the musicians of any other country can do.. But it would be difficult for them. To catch the Indian Music. So Indian Musicians deseves the first place.

India is the best. India make a music is heart touching music and I love Indian music and I love

I love both India and South Korea when it comes to Music.. Soulful

9 Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign and unitary monarchy in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the island Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. Oslo is the capital of Norway. Norwegian is the official language of Norway.

Norway makes really great music. Its musicians are really talented and not to mention their lovely accent makes their songs even more pleasant to hear.

Country very known for black metal.

10 Germany Germany was formally united in 1871 under the initiative of Bismarck with King Wilhelm of Prussia as emperor. The previous 'Holy Roman Empire', basically a continuation of the empire of Charlemagne/Karl der Grosse was dissolved in 1806. ...read more.

Germany is ranked 17th?
Jesus guys, what would be music without Beethoven, Haydn, Mendlesohn, Schubert, Bach and many others? I accept the UK and US they had and have a lot of impressive musicians, but the Phillipines? Are you kidding me?

India and Philippines are just higher because of the bots, other than that most of their music is terrible, but Germany has great music Rammstein is one of my favorite band.

Rammstein, Helloween, Blind Guardian, Edguy, Doro, just to name a few.

The Contenders
11 Ireland Formed in 1916 after the Easter uprising, Ireland is a small country with a population of roughly 5 million.

Such a small place with so many wonderful bands and singers! I believe that the ratio it's the best among all countries.

Flogging Molly are one of Ireland's many Celt acts.

The script! All the way!

12 Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of 7,617,930 square kilometres (2,941,300 sq mi), Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and ...read more.
13 Italy Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana) is a sovereign state and unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe.

Italy covers an area of 301,338 km². With almost 62 million inhabitants, it is the third most populous EU member state. Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, Italy shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, San Marino, and Vatican City. The... read more
14 Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia in the Pacific Ocean. It lies off the eastern coast of the Asia Mainland (east of China, Korea, Russia) and stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and near Taiwan in the southwest. ...read more.

Japanese music can really affect somebody's emotions.

15 South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims ...read more.
16 Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia. Ruled by the Dutch for over 300 years and Japan for 3 years and 6 months, the country gained independence in 1945, or exactly in 17th August 1945. Jakarta is the capital city, located in the island of Java. Major languages ...read more.
17 Netherlands The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in north-western Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces, and borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the ...read more.

Armin van buuren, afrojack, tiesto, many more
U people don't get the term dutch dj

Jeezz that is low... Even though Golden Earring Rocks, DJ's dominate!

Headhunterz, showtek, dj tiesto, afrojack, armin van buuren, golden earring... Just saying

18 Nigeria Nigeria, an African country on the Gulf of Guinea, has many natural landmarks and wildlife reserves. Protected areas such as Cross River National Park and Yankari National Park have waterfalls, dense rainforest, savanna, and rare primate habitats. One of the most recognizable sites is Zuma Rock, a 725m-tall monolith outside the capital of Abuja that’s pictured on the national currency. According to official data, there are more than 520 languages spoken in Nigeria, 9 of which are extinct. The other major languages are Igbo, Urhobo, Hausa, Yoruba, Ibibio, Fulfulde, Edo, Pidgin English, Ijaw, Kanuri, and Tiv.

Nigeria should be consider one of the best most especially in Gospel Song

There are lots of musicians there

Over the last three decades, Nigerian indigenous music has had a staggering impact in the global music style. From the Youruba Juju and Fuji music to the Igbo Highlife to modern Afrobeat(s).
Here are a few singers
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Victor Olaiya, Majek Fashek, Wizkid, Davido, Tu-baba, D'banj, Olamide, Ebenezer Obey and the list goes on

19 Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the Baltic states; and is bordered by Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the south, Russia to the east, Belarus to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Latvia ...read more.
20 Pakistan Pakistan was established in 1947 and is located in South Asia. Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar are other major cities of Pakistan. Urdu and English are official languages of Pakistan. World's second highest peak (K-2) and ninth highest peak (Nanga Parbat) are located in Pakistan.

Type in Pakistani musicians on google and see the music artists that come up, and here we have Pakistan that wasnt even on this list. Pakistan has talent

Music is to be learnt from Pakistan but their musicians own the talent

21 Lithuania Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in Northern Europe.It is one of the Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea to the southeast of Sweden and the east of Denmark, with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad ...read more.
22 Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea, and shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest; it is also bordered by the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively. Tel Aviv is the economic and technological center of the country, while its seat of government is in its proclaimed capital of Jerusalem, although Israeli sovereignty over East Jerusalem is unrecognized internationally.

Sorry to burst your bubble but this so-called country didn't exist more than 70 years ago so forget "2000 years", essentially everything Israel has is slyly claimed from what is actually Palestinian and Arab culture and always will be. Claim all you want, it doesn't make it Israel. But Israel can take liberty of their baby-murdering culture, that's all theirs.

Israel combines Music and Culture from modern day music with music that's more than 2000 years old! Furthermore, many Israeli songs of the 1900s combine the history, emotions, and pleas for peace in the Middle East and really depict the struggles and lifestyles of the formation of Israel.

23 Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a federal republic located in North America. The country is located between the U.S. and Central America, and is known for its Pacific and Gulf of Mexico beaches and its diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles.
24 Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation (RF), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across ...read more.
25 Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers (3,300,000 sq mi) and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, ...read more.
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