Daniel Merriweather and the heroes abroad brigade

Big in Japan is a time-honoured rock joke, but lots of artists are still famous abroad and unknown at home – why?It's every unknown musician's dream: after plugging away for years, you finally hit the big time, and then some. Your album sells 200,000 copies; not only does your single spend five weeks at No 1, but it is adopted as the theme tune for a primetime TV show. In fact, it's predicted that you'll be the biggest-selling artist of 2009. You even start a minor fashion trend as fans c...

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