I think a lot of Americans operate under the assumption that because we receive comparatively negligible exposure to pop culture from other countries (and the UK would be the greatest source of however much that is) then that must also be the case for like every other country/region in the world with relation to our culture.
I was going to say that this seems kind of counter-intuitive to the type of ethnocentrism where Americans would assumes familiarity with everything about our culture (cuz "who doesn't know ____?"), but I guess it really is just another angle of it where you assume that the way things are in your culture is the same as it is for cultures most everywhere else, too. .
The UK has always had a thriving music scene, but we still have 50% of the charts dominated by US artists.
Brandy is non existent, why is this even a convo? Kool Aid has to be trolling. By his rules, there are at least 10,000 artists that would qualify as global iconic legends.
Being able to put on a small show while not being able to sell albums nor singles does not make one global.
All those people in a 3rd world country in Africa. What a poor local flop with no legacy.
Y'all do the absolute most. One doesn't need to sell a million copies of their album in order to be big in a country, and even if they did; Brandy has in 1998 with her iconic sophomore album: Never Say Never
