Countries With the Most Popular Music

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 ...read more.

Beatles, Oasis, iron maiden, elo, Elton John, fatboy slim, chemical brothers, the prodigy, queen, dire straights, Duran Duran, small faces, Tom Jones, Amy Winehouse, rolling Stones, David bowie. I could go on and on, literall! But I'll give credit where credit is due, America has done a dam fine job too. As for any other country they don't deserve a mention at all. Apart from one exception, Australia. And they only have one offering to bring to the table with ac/dc. And even then the lead singer was English.
RULE BRITTANIA, BRITTANIA RULES THE AIRWAVES...

Undeniably the best; the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Dire Straights, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, Queen, there really cannot be a debate about this. Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Peace, Wild Beasts, Foals, and I'm sure they're a lot of things I don't listen to, having the selective taste that I do. Sure, I'm sure America produces more music by volume, having 5 times the population and all, but for quality and how influential it is, the UK surely takes the lead.

Sorry but Rihanna is not even American! The Beatles! One direction! Rolling stones! Spice girls! Led Zeppelin! Adele! Take that! Elton John! Tom Jones! Lilly allen! Duffy! Olly Murs! Leona Lewis! Ed sheeran! Cher Lloyd! All huge everywhere including the states! America can keep their rubbish artists, who by the way are all immigrants from other country who left for america, You just can't compete with the uk! And coming from an aussie that's a lot!

Ahh... It's un-debatable. Take, for example the Beatles, the most influential pop-rock group of ALL TIME and STILL WILL ALWAYS BE! I also love Dire Straits, the Gallaghers (Or they might be Irish... )etc. I hate American Artists such as Madonna and Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus... It can clearly be seen by the producers that they don't know anything about music.

2 United States 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.

Guess what folks? Rock N' Roll is an American genre and Britain's top Rock bands like The Beatles and The Stones were influenced by American music. We are the birth place of Motown, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues as well as Rock music. The British took their inspiration from these genres as well as our pioneering artists: Chuck Berry, Elvis, Little Richard, James Brown, etc.

John Lennon said it best: "No Elvis, No Beatles."
'enough said.

I believe the UK was definitely the king back in the 70's and 60's, now it has to be pretty obvious that the U.S. has taken the lead. There are still many strong British artists, but America trumps them at the moment. I think one of the best things we have going for ourselves is diversity. Pop, rap, rock, country, blues...we got it all, and it's all very popular (ever been to a country concert? White people go crazy for that stuff)

Anything the USA puts out, whether it's garbage or a masterpiece, springts to the top of the world charts.
You know what's topping the charts around the world right now?
Stay - Rihanna
Just Give Me A Reason - Pink & Fun.
Thrift Shop - Mackelmore
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
Etc
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You don't have to like the US... By you've got to admit...
American music is pretty damn popular.

Our music has spread to so many parts of the world and inspired a lot of British artist to imitate American artists. Lets Michael Jackson. King of pop. He is known all over the world. Not to mention Eminem who has gotten the attention of a lot of Europeans because they've never heard of a white rapper. US has best music hands down

3 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.

Not only does Canada have many great mainstream artists, but it also has one of the greatest undergrounds and indie rock scenes ever! Everything from the very known Justin Bieber to the completely unknown Stabilo, etc.

Canada
Is where Justin Beiber was born and he is one of the most famous musician in the world. And might end up more popular than MJ was

Some of the good canadian musicians are rush, neil young, three days grace, the guess who, and simple plan.

Canada has popular music.Drake, Half moon Run, Rush, Shania twain, Metric, Celine Dion, Michael Buble, The Tea Party, Alanis Morissette and a lot more.

4 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.

After Psy blew up the internet with "Gangnam Style," I'll see different Kpop songs suggested on youtube. Between Big Bang, Super Junior, 2NE1, etc etc...there is a massive amount of pop music gushing out of South Korea. Unfortunately, nearly any other genre of music in Korea goes unnoticed...which is sad because they have an amazing rock scene (Seo Taiji, N.EX.T, Novasonic, Schizo, Pia, Nell, etc).

Although K-pop music may be not the most popular in the world, I actually think that K-pop is the greatest and their choreography is amazing. It's just great to see how they are all in sync and they can dance & sing at the same time. Not just their music but I love how they are fun in programs or variety shows and they show who they really are.

Korean music is awesome hands down. Nearly every K-pop song has a dance and many singers are just hilarious people

Korean music is so popular in worldwide especially Asia, their music is not only interesting but also catchy!

5 Sweden Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund. At 450,295 square kilometers (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third-largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of 10 million.

Abba, Roxette, Ace of Base, Max Martin, etc.. And Italy is still above? Germany... okay Wagner and so on... but German music should get a minus because of Boney M and that stinking Djingis Khan eurovision song. So Per Capita... I vote Usa, U.K. and then Sweden.

The reason why Sweden is popular its because Pewdiepie is born in these country.

Abba, Zara Larsson, Avicii...all pop music

Loreen abba avicii swedish house mafia roxette europe Teddybears And more.

6 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 the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical rainforests in the north-east, and mountain ranges in the south-east.

They have excellent music. Don't forget that. AC/DC, the BeeGees, INXS, Olivia Newton-John (R.I.P. 1948-2022), Delta Goodrem, Bill Murray, Keith Urban, Lisa Gerrard, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Sia, and so many more. It can't be ignored just because some countries are ranked ahead of it. Yet we can thank Judith Durham (R.I.P. 1943-2022) for making all that a reality. Australia is a great music powerhouse in fact.

Umm AC/DC, they are still pretty popular. Don't believe me? Check out how many people attended their concert in Buenos Aries just a couple years ago.

The Bee Gees, Men at work, And the wiggles are all from Australia

South Korea no5 lol

7 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.

Seriously? How is this country not in the top fifteen at least? The music from here is absolutely amazing! If you don't believe me, take a listen to the band Mayhem, one of the most influential black metal bands in history. Regular Norwegian music is just as good. If we are going on talent Norway undoubtedly takes the lead

Has nobody ever heard Norwegian black metal or just Norwegian music in general? The are obviously and undoubtedly talented in that area, look at the band Mayhem! Norway leads the music scene if we are going on talent.

Norwegian music is way better than Swedish music. Norway needs to be higher than Sweden. People really need to stop overrating Sweden.

The country with amazing "new" artists like Seeb, Kygo, Astrid S and Matoma deserves a higher placement in the list.

8 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.

Some territory was lost after World War 1 and a lot more after World War 2, basically started by Hitler's Nazi dictatorship. Then the Soviets kept their zone - the 'DDR', East Germany, separate with a wall through the middle of Berlin, until 1990 when the country was reunited. ...read more.

Scorpions are form Germany

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

Ireland should be 3rd on the list- they gave the world U2 for cryin out loud. That band is the second biggest band of all time after The Beatles. Thin Lizzy, Sinead O'Connor, The Cranberries, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Enya all enjoyed huge success in America and throughout the World. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York still gets into UK chars some 27 years after its release, a bona fide classic. Pop music from the likes of Boyzone, Westlife, country from Danie O'Donnell, and indie from My Bloody Valentine.

South Korea no 5 ha ha yeah I'm sure

10 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.

If India has started rock music then what is people's problems. Each and every country nowadays produce rock music. India still has song sung with emotions. Just try to explore them. And India should be in top 3.

India is following western music and also copying other music. It has lost it's originality and nowadays INDIAN MUSIC is more of a noise than music no melody at all leftover.

Indian music is outstanding and has several styles! So what is they started rock music. It might have lost some of its fame, but it should definitely be ranked in the top three.

If India would start to make rock music or artist like badshah and other start to sing hip hop in different languages then other countries artist had to sit in home.

The Contenders
11 France France, officially the French Republic, is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European part of France, called metropolitan France, extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. France spans 675,000 km2 (251,000 mi2) and has a total population of 67 million... read more

How about anggun sasmi, the Indonesian born singer. She hits a big fame in France

Daft punk, Phoenix, justice, yelle, madeon, the French ate blessed with electronic artists.

David Guetta is also from France

12 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

Laura Pausini, Zucchero, blind opera singer Andrea Bocelli, Elisa, rock band Verdena.

13 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.

The music is beautiful

14 Jamaica Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 ...read more.

Bob marley is apparently worse than psy and all them other k pop wankers

That's my place man

15 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.

J-pop is simply under-rated.. Mostly because anyone who seems to like anything about Japan gets to be called a weeaboo... Ok, now, I personally love Japanese music, and recommend it to anyone who likes music itself.. P.S. - it's funny how Japan dint make it to d top ten with Korea at 3... (you'll understand dis if u know d Eastern pop music history)...

There are actually many artist well known in Japan but with little appreciation internationally, like:
Sheena ringo, shiro sagisu, miki imai, monoral, the pillows, aco, akira yamaoka, alan, asakawa maki, asobi seksu, claris, midori, number girl, pizzicato five, koyi kondo, etc...
Also, Japan is the second country with more artist after the usa.

J-pop is literally my life.

16 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.

OPM (Original Pilipino Music) are the best songs ever composed and produced. It has more soulful meaning than those upbeat and dancing acts. It delivers emotions and communicate one another with its lyrics and melodies. I love OPM. Philippines has not only have the best singers but the best songs as well.

Everybody knows OPM a lot because it adds drama to each and every song. Upbeat OPM is bothered by certain foreign acts but an OPM songs that can only be sung is purely on top notch!

Original Pinoy Music is the best!

17 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
18 Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in southwestern Europe with parts of territory in the Atlantic Ocean and across the Mediterranean Sea. The largest part of Spain is situated on the Iberian Peninsula; its territory also includes the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands ...read more.

Better than k or j pop

19 Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
20 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 eleven time zones and borders sixteen sovereign nations, the most of any country in the world. It is the ninth-most populous country and the most populous country in Europe, with a population of 145.5 million. The country's capital and largest city is Moscow, the largest city entirely within Europe. Saint Petersburg is Russia's cultural centre and second-largest city. Other major urban areas ...read more.

I tried to get into Russian music but I haven"t found any really good artists yet... Please let me know of any great ones.

It could be better than k or j pop surely it is, id say it is

21 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.
22 Romania Romania is a sovereign state located in Southeastern Europe It borders the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of 238,391 square kilometres and a temperate-continental climate. With over 19 million inhabitants, the country is the seventh-most-populous member state ...read more.
23 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.

Lol nearly all of the djs comes from the Netherlands

24 Iran Iran, also known as Persia, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a sovereign state in Western Asia. The capital city is Teheran and the major city is also Tehran. The country's official language is Persian. ...read more.
25 Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey, is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, ...read more.
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