Okay. Utada Hikaru came here, made a video for ''You Make Me Want To Be A Man'' released numerous promo remixes as well as 2 CDs and Vinyls and had MTV specials conducted by MTV, not to mention the widespread but loyal Japanese/Asian music fanbase as well as UK secial edition of her ~English~ album..the single reached #227 and the album didn't chart. [2004]

 

In recent times [ie since 2008] Rie fu released an album of both Japanese and English works, and has been promoting as much as possible on an indie label..yet even online suppliers didn't even stock her alabum, it took about a month for my copy to arrive and I pre-ordered it.

I've not heard of any of those people :mellow: Surely promoting is supposed to make you aware of the song in the first place? Even if Daddy Yankee had flopped (which it didn't) I still would've known about it long before it charted. I think someone needs to redefine the word "promote". Releasing a single and a video clearly isn't enough...

b| Not being British or American.

 

That might be true. But then acts from Australia, Canada and Ireland have been huge here. As have acts from Contential Europe as well.

That might be true. But then acts from Australia, Canada and Ireland have been huge here. As have acts from Contential Europe as well.

And a fair few Scandanavian acts.

 

 

And sorry, but that list is rubbish, how can something flop if it was never released in the first place. The Japanese examples are just pretty much what happens with loads ofacts, particulaly small ones on an indie label.

Just to say, take Shakira's La Tortura, people where like, 'It's #1 everywhere except from the Uk blah blah", but I never once saw a promotion over it or a demand for video play here. :lol: England is pretty much a one-speaking-language country. Other countries speak all different types of languages, to why there is more of a variety in their charts.

so i'm guessing daddy yankee is the highest peaking all-in-spanish spanish song of the UK chart history...thats kinda sad..thanx