Eros is coming: pop music. (Eros Ramazzotti is becoming a major European pop star as non-English language music grows in popularity across the continent)

Economist (US), The, February, 1998

EUROPEAN pop music shares the same pigeonhole in most people's minds as British cooking and American law and order. The world, however, is turning upside down. New York's murder rate has collapsed, London's restaurants are fBeted across the globe, and European pop music is coming into its own. Across non-English-speaking Europe, the dominance of British and American stars is being eroded. Consumers are buying more local music; pan-European stars are emerging; and some are even selling in America.

The Latin Americans and Africans have always listened to their own music; the Asians like a mixture of local and imported; but, the occasional Iglesias aside, English-speaking stars have dominated Europe since pop was born. Now, however, Europe's consumers can no longer...

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