00:00How are you enjoying Australia so far?
00:01I'm awesome, I love it.
00:02I love y'all accents, I'm trying to get it down.
00:05Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the American musical act
00:09who found even more love and chart success abroad.
00:12I'm so excited, it's my third day on top of the download charts, number one in UK.
00:2010. Scissor Sisters
00:21Born at the turn of the century in the clubs and cabarets of New York City,
00:25Scissor Sisters first found fame with a disco cover of a Pink Floyd classic.
00:30Their audacity paid off.
00:32Their cover of Comfortably Numb earned plenty of play on the European dance charts.
00:41With their dance-focused, avant-garde and brash style,
00:45Scissor Sisters' sense of theatricality and glam rock throwback
00:49was much more aligned with a European audience's sense of camp and fun.
00:58They stormed the UK charts,
01:00and their debut album became one of the country's best-selling albums of the decade.
01:05Despite this, they remain a cult success in the United States.
01:149. Kings of Leon
01:16Though their music has been described as southern rock,
01:19the Folliwill family band first found major chart success in the UK and Ireland.
01:24Years before Use Somebody was storming the American charts,
01:28Kings of Leon found success abroad with their early albums.
01:31Did I kill you somebody?
01:38Someone like you?
01:39Their mixture of gospel-infused rocks and 90s grunge was celebrated on an international level.
01:46In America, their acclaimed albums seem to face criticism
01:49for purportedly selling out their original sound.
01:52She's got your, your pistol,
01:56Marley's angle's gonna change your mind.
01:59Kings of Leon haven't had a charting single in the US since 2010,
02:02but they routinely appear on charts in Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.
02:07You're in trouble.
02:10We're getting a whooping.
02:12You are going,
02:12but hey, she didn't need to hear it.
02:14It's a huge success.
02:15It's number one.
02:15That's right.
02:16Take that, Betty Ann Murphy.
02:17Number 8. Meatloaf
02:19When I die,
02:21I know
02:23that everything I've ever done
02:25has been
02:26full out.
02:28Known for his sincere,
02:29melodramatic,
02:30and even downright operatic style of rock music,
02:33Meatloaf was not radio-friendly in the least.
02:36Part of that might have to do with his
02:38Bad Out of Hell collaborator,
02:39composer Jim Steinman,
02:41who would write 10-minute rock opuses
02:43that defied the standard pop radio template.
02:46Bad out of hell,
02:47I'll be gone
02:48when I'm going home.
02:49Instead,
02:50it was his live performances
02:52that made Meatloaf a rock star.
02:53His exuberant,
02:55exaggerated,
02:55and highly theatrical style
02:57found much more adoration in Europe and Australia
03:00than the US.
03:06He toured extensively in the 1980s
03:09to save him and his family
03:10from financial ruin,
03:11building up a loyal international audience.
03:33The world-famous saxophonist's smooth sound
03:37didn't please everyone.
03:39Fellow jazz musicians,
03:40for example,
03:41are very skeptical of Kenny G's highly polished music
03:45and bid for mass appeal.
03:46I don't think there's an artist
03:47that wouldn't want more sales.
03:49It's just that you have to know
03:51that you're not compromising
03:52the integrity of your art
03:53to get the sales,
03:54which I don't do.
03:55I play my music.
03:56While his American audience
03:58has faded since his debut in the 1980s,
04:01his skills have won him adulation
04:03from crowds in Asia and Europe.
04:05Perhaps that speaks to a larger respect
04:07and demand for solo instrumentalists abroad.
04:17In China specifically,
04:19Kenny G's music has made a lasting impact
04:21on the culture.
04:22Many businesses in the country
04:24play his original composition
04:25going home
04:26to signal the end of business hours.
04:37Crafting her persona
04:38and honing her talents
04:40among the house music culture
04:41of New York in the 1980s and 90s,
04:44Anastasia's distinctive husky voice
04:46made her an anomaly.
04:47Her first single,
04:48I'm Outta Love,
04:49was a massive success
04:51seemingly everywhere
04:52but the United States.
05:01But it perhaps
05:02wasn't just a simple matter of taste.
05:05Anastasia surmises
05:06that industry politics
05:07got her blacklisted from the radio.
05:10It doesn't sound that far-fetched
05:11when you consider
05:12how massive her success was abroad.
05:21Her U.S. sales were so low
05:23that she didn't even bother
05:24releasing her self-titled
05:25third album in America.
05:27Meanwhile,
05:28that same album hit number one
05:30on 13 international charts
05:31and broke the top 10
05:33in a few more.
05:34They're still playing my music.
05:35They actually like my music still.
05:37So I do feel like
05:39there is a part of me
05:40inside that goes,
05:42well done,
05:42yeah, yeah.
05:43Number 5.
05:44Nina Simone
05:45Singer, songwriter,
05:47and activist
05:47Nina Simone's sound
05:49and point of view
05:49are steeped in her experiences
05:51as a black woman
05:52growing up in the American South.
05:54Too slow.
05:55Why don't they feel it?
05:57Why don't they see it?
05:58I don't know.
06:00Simone fled America
06:01mainly to avoid charges
06:03for tax evasion
06:04as she had stopped paying taxes
06:06in protest of the Vietnam War.
06:08Mistreatment by the music industry
06:10and still pervasive racism
06:11kept her from returning.
06:13This time,
06:14they were more than happy
06:15to see me.
06:16They hadn't seen me so long
06:18they thought I was dead.
06:19But you wouldn't go back
06:21and live there?
06:22No way.
06:23Her singular vision
06:24and independent spirit
06:25were completely at odds
06:27with the way
06:27the American music industry
06:29branded its artists.
06:30Instead,
06:31she sustained her legacy
06:33performing at jazz clubs,
06:34music halls,
06:35festivals and festivals
06:36outside the U.S.
06:434. Pink
06:45With American music
06:46having trended away
06:47from more rock-influenced sounds,
06:49Pink's success
06:50has grown in international markets.
06:52Now that I'm doing trapeze
06:54and the silks
06:56and bungees
06:57and everything else,
06:58I honestly don't know
07:00where we're going to go
07:01from here
07:01and stay alive.
07:04Pink's American career
07:05is an unqualified success
07:07in itself.
07:08Unlike many other artists
07:09on this list,
07:10she's had an incredible run
07:12of singles and albums
07:13in her home country.
07:14But her jam-packed arena tours,
07:16which see her employing
07:17her impressive acrobatic skills,
07:19are especially big in Australia.
07:21I'm having more fun
07:23and now that we are done,
07:25I'm going to show you tonight.
07:28Despite her American upbringing,
07:31her fans down under
07:32have latched onto her music
07:33and dynamic performance style
07:35in a way no other market has.
07:38This phenomenon is so pronounced
07:40it's actually being covered
07:41by Australian media.
07:42So it all started in Australia.
07:44It all started.
07:44I think it did, yeah,
07:45because that was where
07:46I spent the most time,
07:48so I had the most days off.
07:50And I just fell in love.
07:53Number 3, Kelly Rowland.
08:02Once Destiny's Child disbanded
08:04and embarked on their own careers,
08:06their solo efforts
08:07weren't always looked at
08:08in the same way.
08:10Kelly Rowland has had
08:11some moderate success in America.
08:13But in Europe, New Zealand,
08:14and Australia,
08:15Rowland's singles and albums
08:16have frequently landed her
08:18in the top 10.
08:19Several of these successful singles
08:20never even charted in the U.S.
08:23Rowland's blending of dance pop
08:25and R&B made her an icon
08:26in the dance scene.
08:34Her contributions to the music industry
08:37continued on TV.
08:38As a judge on The X Factor UK,
08:40she was responsible for assembling
08:42the young music group
08:43that would become Little Mix.
08:45She should be here.
08:46And she should be here.
08:48That is strong, vocally.
08:50Really?
08:50Abso-freaking-lutely.
08:51It's about being the next generation
08:53and discovering something new.
08:55Number 2, Nicole Scherzinger.
08:57The former Pussycat Doll's popularity
08:59in Europe is twofold.
09:01The Brits embraced
09:02Nicole Scherzinger's dance pop sound
09:04as a solo artist
09:05way more than Americans did.
09:12Her spot on the judges panel
09:14of The X Factor UK
09:15only further raised her profile there.
09:18Her current stardom
09:19as a Tony-winning leading lady
09:20of musical theatre
09:21didn't start on Broadway either.
09:23You've been performing live.
09:24Do you want me to hit you?
09:25Go on, yes, do.
09:26Oh, harder.
09:27Somebody has.
09:28No, I...
09:29My first performance...
09:30You did X Factor on Saturday.
09:31Thank you, Father.
09:32My first performance was X Factor.
09:34Exactly.
09:34In 2015, Scherzinger made her transition
09:37to major professional stage work
09:39in London's West End
09:40with the support and patronage
09:42of world-renowned composer
09:44Andrew Lloyd Webber.
09:45There, she made her debut
09:46in the award-winning role
09:48in Sunset Boulevard
09:49before crossing the pond to Broadway.
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10:14Number 1, Tina Turner
10:17After her contentious marriage
10:19and divorce from husband
10:20and collaborator Ike Turner,
10:22Tina Turner was forced
10:23to rebuild her entire career
10:25and star profile.
10:26And I promised him
10:27that I would never leave him.
10:28And I actually stayed
10:29because of that promise.
10:31But then it got to the point
10:32where it became really bad.
10:34Really bad.
10:35So, it's time to go.
10:38But even during that marriage,
10:40the couple's
10:40River Deep Mountain High
10:41was way more successful
10:43in Europe,
10:44reaching number 3
10:45in the UK.
10:51Tina credited her European fans
10:54for her miraculous comeback
10:55in the early 80s
10:56off the success
10:57of the album
10:58Private Dancer.
10:59She spoke candidly
11:00about how her fame
11:01on the continent
11:02was surprisingly larger
11:03than it ever was in America,
11:05rivaling that of Madonna's
11:06or the Rolling Stones.
11:08It's one of the reasons
11:09she lived in Switzerland
11:10for the last 30 years
11:11of her life
11:12with husband and record
11:13executive Erwin Bach.
11:15I had no idea
11:16that you were such
11:16a huge star in Europe.
11:19Yeah, no one in America
11:20knows that.
11:22I mean, people are always
11:23shocked when I explain.
11:24People say,
11:24when are you going to go to Vegas?
11:26I was there already.
11:28Which of these artists
11:29were you shocked
11:30to see on this list?
11:31Tell us in the comments.
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