The appeal of British and American pop music cross many language barriers, since English is a language that is practiced worldwide, through a number of processes of convergence. For example, music, television, film, and radio. This has given the UK and America a strong global presence, and has improved the income of the pop genre in the music industry.
Here is a map illustrating areas around the world, which have a dominant pop music presence.
Michael Jackson’s hit ‘You Rock My World’ created a worldwide pop craze, and topped charts from Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Amsterdam, America, Britain, Norway, Sweden and New Zealand.
On the other hand, ‘O Janna Raaz’ was Bollywood’s 2008 most successful pop song, winning a number of music and video awards however, it was only recognised in a few Hindi speaking countries in Asia, revealing a large language barrier for the Bollywood pop music industry. This also results in the restriction of production in Bollywood pop, since most videos are produced and consumed in Asia.
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