Outside of Jamaica, which country embrace Reggae the most?
 

Is it England, Japan, belgium, Germany, Italy, central and south america or Africa on a whole? I want to know from people from other countries if you hear reggae on the radio and on the music charts regularly other than Sean Paul and shaggy.

Do year hear a Bounty killer or a Beres alongside a Maria Carey or a Kanye or is everything seperated in little groups like in the states..

Assuming your omitting other Caribbean countries like Barbados etc...
I'd say England.

England

Japan and England
Japan only because of the hype around reggae and people like Pete Tosh.

I believe the Japanese are amongst some of the most avid collectors of Northern Soul vinyl. Once these people get into something, they become real enthusiasts.

Those are all hip-hop oriented dancehall artists, so I wouldn't say those countries are embracing reggae b/c of them. I don't know about the others, but I know Japan have a decent dub/reggae scene...kinda crazy if you think about it.

Japan worships almost all sorts of musicians if you go to the right cities and the right clubs.
I've seen Pete tosh twice and it cost a small fortune each time.

What I like is...hip-hop isn't the big thing there. Unlike the Koreans who think they invented hip-hop.

And remember, if it isn't Japanese hardcore, then it isn't punk! REMEMBER THAT. :D

Utada Hikaru and Ayumi Hamsaki are changing that.

And the Koreans have a really good hip hop scene. It's the rappers that annoy me most of the time.
(I love Lee Min Woo. I swear he is the Korean version of Usher only cuter)

England has an awesome reggae scene.

England and New Zealand.

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Hahahahaha.

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Im definetly gunna say Germany..all the people ive met through exchanges into our school loved reggae..i keep in touch with 2 of them and they're alwats talking about the Reggae festivals around

It seems you aren't familiar with the likes of The Herbs, Katchafire and The Black Keys that have been hugely popular not to mention the huge amount of lesser known bands around now and since the 80s. Reggae has a huge following in New Zealand.

Yes I am familiar with those bands. And many many more.

But honestly. Our music scene at this point in time, Consists of Rap/Rock/Emo And Pop.

The only "Reggae" band doing anything at the moment are Fat Freddie's Drop, and they're not really Reggae.

So yes. I do know what I'm talking about.

From what you just posted i'd be inclined to think you don't.

You can be inclined to think whatever you like.

But the simple fact remains is that, in comparison, New Zealand's music scene is Pre-Historic...and the soon-to-be-screened M.T.V wont help it at all.

K? Glad we agree.

England is definitely up there....having spent a bit of time in Brighton, it seemed like there was a reggae/dub/ska band playing every single night, if you cared to go. Although it seems to have an awesome music scene for any genre, really.

In the part of Canada I hail from--B.C, and the kootenays in paricular--reggae and the like are really, really popular, but it could be an isolated thing.

Gentleman and Bob Marley made Raggea really popular here in Germany.
Also Seeed with their Dancehall music influenced by Raggea have to be mentioned.
Bob Marley was also absolutely popular here. Shaggy, Ky-Mani Marley, Dellé, Peter Fox, Jan Delay, Riddim Posse, Nosliv, Ayo are just a few raggae artists, who are German or visited Germany many times.

I'm surprised no one mentioned the US. I would guess Britain has the biggest scene judging from the many ska bands that have come from there, but artists like Marley, Tosh, Black Uhuru have had their own followings in the US. Let's face it; reggae is pretty well global. :)

Has to be the UK based on the Caribbean immigrants that came over in the 60's and 70's

Argentina has a lot of reggae. Some of which is good.

There is a lot on the radio, but generally is the most cheap and commercial one.

I had just posted some here