What's the best artist your country has every produced?

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No American band comes close to them.

>>72918174
So, if Aliens looked at the US, and tried to find our best music, you think they'd zoom onto the Beach Boys?

>>72918145
I hate how the word 'artist' has totally lost it's meaning. Ten years ago people just called these pop stars 'singers' or 'performers'. I think it's since the start of these awful shows like 'The Voice' and popstars using the word people have started calling them 'artists' I'm sorry but Elvis wasn't an artist. He was a singer, a performer. He is also completely overrated. It's just so embedded into people's minds how he's the 'king' but he's really no different from Justin Bieber or any other pop star to be honest.

>>72918174
>>72918256
they absolutely wouldn't

>>72918256
yep

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>>72918145
A lot of iconic artists have been Welsh, it's not my country but I think it's pretty cool.

>>72918145
>factoring in sales and popularity when judging the quality of a musician

kill yourself

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>>72918145

>>72918545
>implying your super rare awesome space rock band is /actually/ good.

Anon, were talking about globally. Nation wide. Sure, your hipster band may be good, but they obviously aren't good enough to be recognizable by literally everyone.

>>72918383
>I hate how the word 'artist' has totally lost it's meaning. Ten years ago people just called these pop stars 'singers' or 'performers'. I think it's since the start of these awful shows like 'The Voice' and popstars using the word people have started calling them 'artists' I'm sorry but The Beatles weren't artists. They were singers, and performers. They are also completely overrated. It's just so embedded into people's minds how they're 'groundbreaking' but they're really no different from Justin Bieber or any other pop star to be honest.

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Probably Rush for Canada. I don't know if any other artist really made as much of a influence

>>72919033
>Justin Bieber

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probably this

>>72919033
Neil Young's definitely had a much larger influence

>>72919033
neil young?

>>72918664
Not him, but again, your fallback argument is just popularity. If you think that's the only thing that matters when trying to judge a quality of the band, you won't get many genuine answers. As you already didn't - The Beach Boys, The Beatles.