Also another person I never want to hear is Cliff Richard.
He's never been very popular in the U.S. Maybe we should be thankful for that.
OTOH (and drifting a bit OT), I can't understand why Kylie Minogue has never really cracked the American market. She's certainly no less talented than a hundred other pop stars, she sings well, she knows how to put on a show, and she has a sweet, charming public persona (unlike a certain American pop artist with whom she's often compared). And she's damn sexy, for a dwarf.
Okay, just had to get that off my chest.