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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
Not really. Robbie Williams is irrelevant in the US and he signed an $80 million deal in the early 2000s (comparable to MJ, Madonna, Janet's deals).
Speaking of Shakira, she sold over 10m albums in Latin America alone with her first two albums.
And you have acts like Stromae, Take That, Emeli Sande, who are huge now without big US support.
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Shakira never exploded until Whenever, Wherever & Hips Don't Lie. Of course other artists can have success in their own region, but having success in the States (from American artists) is the most important.
Record label's make most of their money when the artist is big in the country they are from, not from other places since it's more expensive to ship albums and promote overseas.
If Usher sold 1 million copies of his album in the US, and Britney sold 1 million copies of her album in Europe, the 1 million in the US would be more impressive & give the record label what they want: Money.
