Vengaboys - based in Holland but the members from Brazil, Hungary, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela

 

Rui da Silva - Portugal, lest we forget

 

 

 

Austria: Falco

 

 

And DJ Otzi. <_<

 

Switzerland: Shakedown, DJ Bobo and Robert Miles.

Iceland: besides Bjork, there are Gus Gus and Sigur Rós.

Russia: tATu, PPK

 

Lenny Martinez from Outlandish ("Guantanamo", "Aicha") is from Honduras.

 

And isn't Akon from Senegal?

Top 10 for Alexander Rybak born in Belarus. :kink:

Weren't The Cheeky Girls Romanian?

 

1) Cliff Richard was born in India

 

2) Engelbert Humperdinck was born in India

 

3) Freddie Mercury, (Queen), was born in Zanzibar - an Island off the East African Coast

 

4) apl.de.ap, (Black Eyed Peas), was born in the Philippines

 

And DJ Otzi. <_>

 

Switzerland: Shakedown, DJ Bobo and Robert Miles.

Iceland: besides Bjork, there are Gus Gus and Sigur Rós.

Russia: tATu, PPK

 

Lenny Martinez from Outlandish ("Guantanamo", "Aicha") is from Honduras.

 

And isn't Akon from Senegal?

Several of those acts, such as Gus Gus and Sigur Ros, haven't had a top ten single

Austria: Falco

Barbados: Livvi Franc (noticing her hit 'Now I'm that bitch')

Colombia: Shakira

Denmark: Natasha Thomas (#54 with Skin Deep)

Netherlands: Shocking Blue, 2 Unlimited (Belgium/Netherlands), Vengaboys (one of them from Trinidad&Tobago)

Philippines: Hitmanbreakoftheye (sorry xD) and Billy Crawford

Israel: Abi & Esther Ofarim (#1 Cinderella Rockafella)

Jamaica: Sean Kingston, Patra & Bob Marley

Romania: Akcent, Michael Cretu as part of Enigma and producer of Sandra

 

Pitbull is Cuban-Mexican heritage.

 

Since when did Akcent make the charts?

 

Haddaway was from Trinidad & Tobago

Since when did Akcent make the charts?

 

Haddaway was from Trinidad & Tobago

"Kylie" wasn't a hit here? :o I'm shocked there...

Edited December 15, 200915 yr by Dick Cummings

I dont think Denmark, Netherlands or Belgium constitute as "unusual" nationalities, considering there have been plenty of acts from those countries to score a hit in the UK.

I dont think Denmark, Netherlands or Belgium constitute as "unusual" nationalities, considering there have been plenty of acts from those countries to score a hit in the UK.

I can only call out 1 Belgian artist, 5 Dutch artists and 2 Danish...

I can only call out 1 Belgian artist

 

Ian Van Dahl, Milk Inc., Jessie, Dee Dee, etc - the Flemish cornered the eurodance market at the start of the decade!

Several of those acts, such as Gus Gus and Sigur Ros, haven't had a top ten single

 

I was thinking top 40 or even top 75.

Belgian: Technotronic, Milk Inc, Lasgo, Ian Van Dahl, Dee Dee, Vengaboys, Kira, Jessy, etc...

Dutch: Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, System F, Armin Van Buuren, DJ Jean, Esmee Denters, Vengaboys, Alice Deejay, 2 Unlimited, etc...

Danish: Aqua, Cartoons, Alphabeat, Medina, SOAP, Safri Duo, Infernal, Toy Box, Junior Senior, etc...

Was just thinking who that group was on B*Witched's "I Shall Be There" -Ladysmith Black Mambazo are South African and have had 3 top 40 hits and two singles that just missed the top 40.

 

Chart History:

1995 47 World In Union '95 (Ladysmith Black Mambazo featuring PJ Powers)

1995 15 Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Ladysmith Black Mambazo featuring China Black)

1997 33 Inkanyezi Nezazi

1999 42 Ain't No Sunshine

1999 13 I Shall Be There (B*Witched featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

I can only call out 1 Belgian artist, 5 Dutch artists and 2 Danish...

 

Plastic Bertrand is also Belgian. He made the top ten with Ca Plane Pour Moi in 1978.

 

Was just thinking who that group was on B*Witched's "I Shall Be There" -Ladysmith Black Mambazo are South African and have had 3 top 40 hits and two singles that just missed the top 40.

 

Chart History:

1995 47 World In Union '95 (Ladysmith Black Mambazo featuring PJ Powers)

1995 15 Swing Low Sweet Chariot (Ladysmith Black Mambazo featuring China Black)

1997 33 Inkanyezi Nezazi

1999 42 Ain't No Sunshine

1999 13 I Shall Be There (B*Witched featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

 

LBM also appeared on Paul Simon's Graceland album. They didn't appear on any of the hit singles but the album did make number one.

But I'm sure that her mother has already a British citizenship as well as him, so in my eyes he's considered to be British! ;)

 

he's definitly 50% Lebanese...when he came to Beirut to make a concert back in 2008, he said he considers Lebanon home and he said he only emigrated beause of the war back in the early 80's....

Shakira is also 50% lebanese, she comes here twice very year to her hometown Zahle....

Hmmm... personally I'd call any of the following nationalities totally normal, as far as having a big UK hit is concerned:

 

UK

USA

Ireland

Canada

Australia

NZ

France

Germany

Belgium

Netherlands

Sweden

Italy?

Spain?

Portugal?

 

not sure what to classify those last three. I'd say 'unusual' is Mexico, Scandinavia apart from Sweden, eastern and central Europe, Central and South America, the Carribbean islands, Asia, Africa or the Pacific island nations.

Edited December 15, 200915 yr by BrayFish

Ricky Martin from Puerto Rico.

 

Annabella Lwin (frontwoman of Bow Wow Wow) from Burma/Myanmar.

 

Kyu Sakamoto from Japan (not that many hitmaking artists are from there).

 

And several sources consider Keith Potger of The Seekers to be Sri Lankan - however apart from being born in Colombo, he is Australian.

Zig & Zag were from the planet Zog! :)

Maybe not counting as unusual countries but what about:

 

Norway - Aha

Brazil - Morris Albert

New Zealand - Split Enz

Argentina - Waldo de los Rios