Every European country has its own legendary singers: Alaska in Spain, Mina in Italy, Claude Franēois in France, Marianne Rosenberg in Germany, Amalia Rodrigues in Portugal are big names that cross my mind now. Few English-speaking singers have the same notoriety. In those countries, many people discovered Michael Jackson with "Thriller" or Whitney Houston with "The Bodyguard", not knowing what they have done before. The death of Whitney Houston was big news on TV only the first day. After that, very few tributes were paid to her. But when Johnny Hallyday, Raffaella Carrą or Julio Iglesias will die, it will be a very big deal in all the medias.
In Germany, the 60's are dominated by the Beatles [[11 songs #1) and Freddy Quinn [[10 songs #1) completely unknown outside the German-speaking countries [[one of his biggest hits is "La Paloma", a true classic for German and Austrian people).
In France, in a ranking of sales that covers more than 50 years [[1955-2009), Diana Ross is #596 [[on 601 singers) and the Supremes don't appear. The first English-speaking singers are Michael Jackson [[#9), Madonna [[#10) and the Beatles [[#11).
http://www.infodisc.fr/Artiste_Ventes.php
For Spain:*
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/fery/l...iggest_sellers
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