Aussies Before Americans Tune Into Pop Music Acts

Nuite Koha of the Herald Sun profiled the Australian music market’s ability recently to foreshadow who would later end up big in the U.S. charts. Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, and the country’s own Kylie Minogue are cited as examples. Australia has a unique radio music market that prompted Tom Findlay of the UK-based dance outfit Groove Armada to say, “In Australia, you get to hear the whole gamut of music. Having a music policy that is not segregated or factionalized can only be a good thing. It means you know what’s going on across the board.”