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Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale
I suppose I should of said "nobody outside of Canada cares about an artist coming from Canada." I did miss on Drake, but all those other examples I doubt few people outside of Canada actually know are Canadian. Bryan Adams, Celine Dion, and Biebs are known as Canadian outside of Canada. But that is really about it, unless everyone I spoke to over four months in England and Germany last winter were a statistical anomaly so big I should sell my kidneys for lottery tickets.
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A lot of people just generally don't much care which country an artist comes from unless it's somehow relevant to their image or music. This isn't specific to Canada, and while people are likely to guess that an artist is likely from the US rather than Canada if you ask them, that's just because that's way more likely.
On a general level I would however say that yes, people are quite aware that plenty of good music comes out of Canada. Sure they might have a hard time naming them specifically, but most people also have a hard time naming Swedish acts, even though everyone knows Sweden is a big music exporter. Just generally speaking, people don't know where most of their music comes from.
From the point of view of fans, where an artist is from is mostly relevant in that it affects 1) how easy it is to see them live, 2) where are they most likely to appear on TV 3) when do they post on social media. So whether an artist being from Canada rather than the US is kind of irrelevant, while an artist being from Europe and not America is relevant.