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* Speak to just about any Australian, and they'll have reactions ranging from mild suprise to outright incredulousness that [[Rolf Harris]] is hugely popular in the UK.
** He has lived and worked in the UK for years though, it's not like his success there has only been coincidental.
* Swedish [http://www.lenamaria.com Lena-Maria Klingvall], an armless elite athlete and a Christian singer, is far more famous in [https://web.archive.org/web/20101001002416/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/svenska-lena-maria-en-japansk-storstjarna-1.719297 Japan than in her home country].
* California-based rap label [[Official Bizness]] isn't really well known in the US, even in their hometown. However, they have a large following in Japan, and most of their mixtapes released there usually sell several thousand more copies than they do here.
* Before becoming the comedy force that he is today, [[Ricky Gervais]] fronted the electropop band Seona Dancing in the early 80's. After they had supposedly dwindled into obscurity, one of their singles "More to Lose" took on a life of its own as a supposed teen anthem in the Philippines.