Who is your favorite non asian Singer/band?

asd2314

Jul 15, 2017 06:19 am

ADELE
she makes my tears sweat

soojungstrash

Jul 15, 2017 07:27 pm

TAYLOR SWIFT

Jelena

Jul 15, 2017 08:58 pm

I've always listened to everything, except for some Tuc-Tuc-Tuc-Tuc...electronic music whit no words end tones are repeated indefinitely.... But my greatest respect and love for all time have gone whit
David Bowie
Lou Reed
Prince
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bands-
AC-DC
Led Zeppelin
Queen
Depeche Mode
I love-adore some songs of some singer-bands, but not all like Peter Murphy or Bauhaus, Sisters of Merc, HIM, Billy Idol,Misfits, ANL, Joy Division and many more it shud be sorted by the genre from folk-pop-ska all sorts of rock-classics...Im like jubox Most people are shocked by my playlist...
In the scrapers I always wrote Punk-HC-Oi!
Peter and the test tube babies
The Adicts
Buzzcocks
Stiff Little Fingers
Vice Squad
The Business
Cro-mags...
Man, what kind of question... I really admire how some responds with one or a few names only!

soojungstrash

Jul 15, 2017 09:11 pm

drake

pamn

Jul 18, 2017 03:08 pm

Amy Winehouse, Cage The Elephant, Meg Myers, Taylor Swift, The Kooks

Juday

Jul 18, 2017 03:38 pm

Bruno Mars

Alekwang

Jul 21, 2017 10:59 pm

Ed Sheeran, the only non asia singer I listen to lol

kurage

Jul 22, 2017 09:09 am

Against The Current.. Not so popular but all their songs are lit

krishtal

Jul 23, 2017 03:27 am

alessia cara

crimewave

Jul 23, 2017 02:22 pm

The Maine, PVRIS, ADTR, Crystal Castles (hence my username)

Wo Ai Ni

Aug 30, 2017 12:47 pm

Band/ little mix
singers: Whitney Huston, Janet Jackson, Tevin Campbell

Safae

Aug 30, 2017 01:46 pm

i have a lot of favorite singers but this is my all time favorite my playlist is full of their songs:

Singer:
Douzi he's my number 1 ;)
Samira said
Michael Jackson
Adele
Zouhair Bahaoui
Nancy ajram
Elissa
Eminem
Dizzy DROS
saida charaf
Amr Diab
saad lamjarred
...
Band:
Fnair
The5
One Direction

Anna

Dec 20, 2017 08:17 pm

Yeona:
When I didn't know about asian music I used to listen to Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Evanescence, and many more. In present I still listen to non asian music but not like in the past. Now that I discovered Kpop I don't understand why they have so few views on Youtube. Maybe in whole world there isn't many fans but still South Korea is a big country. They don't listen to their own music? :-/

Believe it or not, most Koreans don't listen to idol music. It's like in most countries, they know of the bigger more popular and longer in the market artists. And pop isn't for all unfortunately. I for one can testify that even my own mother doesn't even like the newer, yet popular, artists in our own country. She likes classical and blues which is not uncommon but even so she doesn't know the younger artists.

Knavery

Dec 21, 2017 01:24 am

Anna:
Believe it or not, most Koreans don't listen to idol music. It's like in most countries, they know of the bigger more popular and longer in the market artists. And pop isn't for all unfortunately. I for one can testify that even my own mother doesn't even like the newer, yet popular, artists in our own country. She likes classical and blues which is not uncommon but even so she doesn't know the younger artists.

I agree with you that not all Koreans listen to idol music but it's clear that in Asia boy/girl groups are incredibly popular especially when compared to Western countries.

The #1 selling album of all time is a boy band. Out of the top 10 selling albums of all time - 1 is a solo act (IU). If you really want to quibble 1 of the other acts is 2 guys so maybe not quite a "group". If you want to focus solely on physical sales of all time which should mean older people will be represented better - the #1 album is still a boy band. The top 3 spots - 2 are boy bands, 1 is a solo artist. If we look at the top 10 - the majority is still boy & girl idol groups.

Lets compare to the US physical album sales of all time: The top 10 is rock bands and solo artists. Top 20? Same thing. Top 30? Same. Top 40? Still no idol groups. Top 50? Finally at #41 we get the Backstreet Boys. 1 in 50. If we look at the top selling album per year to shorten history - we have to go back to 2000 with NSync to have an idol group land top selling album. Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls each had a top selling album in the late 90s as well. If we look at sales within the last ~5-7 years, One Direction might crack the top 20 with one of its albums.

Ultimately I don't really listen to idol groups, maybe I'll give it a go one day but for now I have enough music that I enjoy so I haven't felt the urge to give it a chance.

As for singers - Asaf Avidan comes to mind. I like the sound of his voice especially in One Day.

If you're into a stronger, heavier rock the lead singer of Skindred has a really interesting and good voice (I don't want to say metal because then metal fans get upset and say 'no it's not metal').

Melody Gardot for a more classical jazz sound.

I just picked ones few have probably heard of because I'm sure in 19 pages the big names have all been mentioned.