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Is Metal More Popular In Scandinavia than Pop?
I’ve noticed that in Scandinavia (especially Norway and Finland), metal bands are very successful, being chosen to represent them in eurovision and topping the charts. Is metal even more popular than pop music there? Or is it at least much more popular than in most other countries?
E.g. Lordi and Apocalytica represented Finland in eurovision, and as far as I know Lordi have topped the Finnish charts with both their albums and singles, something which never happens where I live in the UK.
The Norwegians and their Black Metal….
There is a strong metal culture in scandinavia, but pop is also very popular. Maybe the lack of an urban music scene means that “white boy” styles like metal seem to be more dominant as the rap is very watered down and there’s almost no R&B type native to Scandinavia.
I guess having Radio one dominating the music output in the UK, and it’s focus on Rap, R&B, pop and so on does tend to lead most people down that path. Rock and Metal are not mainstream because the Radio one play lists keep them out.
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