@LOLA

I accept your point, but I disagree.......

The majority of artists on the u.k charts are not only american or canadian!!!!!!!
The european club scene is huge right now and work the charts like no other, its only POPULAR american artists that have an impact... As 4 Canadian... the only active artists are 'Michael buble and Justin Bieber' - and Celine Dion if she ever returns, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......

I agree that north american music has made a great amount of impact, but lets look at Mariah Carey - her ONLY u.k number 1 was without you (number one for 4 weeks in January 1994) thats it!!! She's been trying to break the U.K market for years and actually have a decent mount of success her but, even now, has NOT succeded! And its funny, she has 18 us number ones! Obviously the us may be the pinnacle of an artists (music) exposure (such as the Grammy's, AMA's etc...) but SERIOUSLY mosts artists WOULD ACTUALLY CARE DEEEEEEEPLY if they could not break the EUROPEAN, SOUTH-EAST ASIAN (Japan, malaysia) MARKET or OCEANIC MARKET (Australia, New-Zealand) and ESPECIALLY THE UNITED KINGDOM!!!

And European music IS NOT mediocre, where do you the sound from Rihanna's 'only girl (in the world' comes from? or Beyonce's 'Sweet dreams' and Far east movements 'Like a G6' even?

ALL STRONG ELEMENTS OF EURO-POP AND DANCE!!!!!!! YES, LOOK ON EACH AND GO TO GOOGLE, YOU WILL SEE IT THERE!!!