Artists that are very US specific or had no US sucess?

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One question that often arises is "Which artists had the greatest success in the USA without having hits elsewhere" and "Which artists had the biggest international careers without having success in the USA". Any answer to those two questions raises many issues about the time period, how to assess and so on. From our assessment we have the top USA artists that had no success elsewhere as:

# Artist Year Num Hits
1 Impressions 1965 60
2 Kenny Chesney 2013 64
3 Reba McEntire 2007 47
4 Blake Shelton 2014 38
5 Selena 1995 22
6 Brooks & Dunn 1991 43
7 Alabama 1982 50
8 Merle Haggard 1968 60
9 John Michael Montgomery 1994 27
10 Kidz Bop Kids 2013 43

Here are the ten artists that have the biggest international careers without disturbing the US charts:

# Artist Year Num Hits
1 Status Quo 1986 122
2 Mike Oldfield 1983 77
3 Shakin' Stevens 1982 55
4 The Smurfs 1978 68
5 Erasure 1992 68
6 Scooter 2002 78
7 Pussycat 1976 27
8 Atomic Kitten 2001 24
9 Texas 1999 41
10 Boney M 1978 68

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