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

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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