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Musical Acts by Country #1

Can you guess the countries where these musicians, groups, and composers came from?
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First submittedJune 18, 2011
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Musician or group
Country
Michael Jackson
United States
The Beatles
United Kingdom
ABBA
Sweden
Kraftwerk
Germany
Shakira
Colombia
AC/DC
Australia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austria
Enrique Iglesias
Spain
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Brazil
U2
Ireland
Rush
Canada
Carlos Santana
Mexico
Björk
Iceland
Ravi Shankar
India
David Guetta
France
Luciano Pavarotti
Italy
Bob Marley
Jamaica
Jean Sibelius
Finland
Flight of the Conchords
New Zealand
Tiësto 
Netherlands
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69 Comments
BobSaget
+4
Level 76
Dec 27, 2013
I think you meant to ask what planet Michael Jackson was from.
Will10
+8
Level 55
Dec 29, 2013
The best planet on earth
beebopaloola
+1
Level 46
Apr 23, 2014
u2 are from the UK. ie Northern Ireland.
jmellor13
+14
Level 68
May 9, 2016
No, they're from Dublin. Perhaps you're thinking of Van Morrison? He's from Belfast.
AlexThirkell
+5
Level 74
Aug 13, 2020
He/she corrected him/herself on the same day. Then you corrected him/her 2 years later...
Eastmountain
+5
Level 72
Oct 21, 2020
And you pointed it out 4 years later
backstreetben
+2
Level 42
Nov 24, 2020
... while you only needed 69 days.
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Dec 8, 2020
And you narrowed further to a bit over a month...
Kaiayeaye
+1
Level 49
Dec 21, 2024
Hi
Csreenchot
+4
Level 99
Dec 21, 2021
And you have visited Bangladesh
beebopaloola
+6
Level 46
Apr 23, 2014
i take it back. u2 are from Dublin ie Ireland. Sorry.
kitshef
+1
Level 88
Apr 28, 2014
Is that really Michael Jackson's picture?
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 54
May 11, 2016
I know; he looks good, right?
markthoma
+4
Level 72
Nov 19, 2020
I thought it was Bjork.
theenforcer22
+4
Level 70
Dec 8, 2023
It is Bjork.
shoogle
+1
Level 28
Jun 2, 2014
Adam Clayton and The Edge were both born in England, so U2 are half English. Anni-Frid Lyngstad is Norweigan, so Abba are 3/4 Swedish.
selah13
+3
Level 44
Jan 9, 2015
they were raised in Ireland, though. The Edge moved there as an infant, and Adam when he was 5. And the band is considered from Ireland
kogatora
+1
Level 96
Jun 24, 2019
if you go by birthplace then ac/dc would be UK as they were born in Scotland. this is actuall by country when they were formed.
theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
Dec 8, 2023
Bands are always off where they were based not born. Nobody claims Cliff Richard is Indian or that Queen were a part Tanzanian band.
Algarve
+2
Level 70
Jan 25, 2015
Never heard about Flight of the Conchords. Ad you could include the Norwegian guys of A-HA.
donkeyoattea
+4
Level 55
Mar 18, 2015
The only eastern country represented is India and there are no African musicians. Disappointing!
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Mar 19, 2015
Suggestions for people to add? Most English-speaking people don't know any non-Western musical acts.
raneman11
+2
Level 68
Jul 30, 2015
Jackie Chan
Milanthro
+14
Level 54
Nov 9, 2015
psy -South Korea, die antwoord - South Africa, Fela Kuti - Nigeria, Rihanna - Barbados, Wyclef Jean - Haiti
DoubleA
+1
Level 53
Nov 23, 2015
+1 for Die Antwoord
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 16, 2016
Many of the suggestions are listed here:

http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/musical-artists-by-country-2

I think Fela Kuti appears on a quiz somewhere. The % guessed is in low single digits

kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
May 7, 2016
I would get Rabeh Sager, Mohammed Abdu, Miriam Fares, and Haifa Wehbe... but only because I lived in Saudi Arabia for six years. Probably never would have heard of them otherwise.
loganite
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Level 93
May 7, 2016
Lang Lang would be a good choice for China. He's quite famous (he even performed "One" with Metallica!) and he was born and raised in China. I also agree Psy would be a good choice for South Korea.
Malbaby
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Level 70
Mar 26, 2017
Lang Lang, Ravi Shankar and Sibelius and Mozart really are in the wrong mix here. They should all be together in a musicians quiz, same for Pavarotti he really fits great voices not pop music.
Sifhraven
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Level 76
Jan 31, 2019
Well the indian was one of the few I ve never heard of. That one and the bottom two though they atleast seem slightly familiar
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
Jan 31, 2019
Erica badou (dont know how to write it)
theenforcer22
+1
Level 70
Dec 8, 2023
It's Erykah Badu. She's American who they've already got covered in this quiz. This suggests you've heard a name and just decided the person must be African. It's not even her real name.
CardinalSin
+1
Level 82
Dec 12, 2020
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Ravi Shankar, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Geordy
+1
Level 70
Sep 29, 2023
To add an African country, you could add Youssou N'Dour for Senegal. His song 7 Seconds is known all around the world.
timshorts
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Level 61
Mar 13, 2026
and "The Lion" because it was used in a world cup long ago - oddly as a backdrop to a Cameroon montage.
AmericanIdiot
+2
Level 18
Jul 12, 2015
I'm proud I got Jean Sibelius. I only got it because we played Finlandia in orchestra this year, and we did the version by him. Interesting how the song was written, then used for the national anthem later.
sinihipsukka
+1
Level 79
Oct 1, 2015
Umm... Finlandia is not the national anthem of Finland. It's Maamme (Our Land).
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
May 7, 2016
I had to guess on him.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
May 7, 2016
Tiesto I only got because of the dots.
DiscoBayGolfer
+1
Level 80
May 7, 2016
I don't even know how to add those damn things. I immediately saw them, thought of Motley Crue and then thought of LA...
Arp2600
+2
Level 89
May 7, 2016
But there are no umlauts in Dutch...
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 86
Jun 21, 2025
There are plenty. In Dutch plural ends mostly in -s, and -en.

When a word ends with -ie the plural form can end with -iën.

Or when there are repeating vowels (twee, means two) in plural would be tweeen without an -ë and can be pronounced wrong. So it is written as tweeën, after the second -e you restart pronouncing the -e.

sillie
+2
Level 75
May 8, 2016
There are dots over certain e's.
NoutButBuckets
+1
Level 55
Aug 17, 2020
Diaeresis (or tréma) and umlauts are not the same thing.
Freestatebear
+1
Level 88
May 10, 2016
The "version" by him?? Since he wrote the piece, do you mean the original orchestral score (as opposed to the "hymn" part at the end?
macie22austria
+1
Level 43
May 7, 2016
Maybe you could use Falco instead of Mozart for Austria? Since Mozart was a classical composer and all the other acts are more or less modern music.
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 93
May 7, 2016
Define "modern music."
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
May 9, 2016
I think the OP is referring to pop music -- vocals, verse/chorus structure, songs generally running from 2:00-7:00 in length, active in the last 60 years.

Although Jean Sibelius is a classical composer as well

brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
May 10, 2016
Jean Sibelius, though a "classical" composer in the loosest sense, is fairly modern. He lived until 1957.
macie22austria
+1
Level 43
May 10, 2016
Thank you, jmellor, that is exactly what i meant :)
LadyMary
+1
Level 37
May 7, 2016
Nice quiz!

1:21 left :) Thanks for 5 points!

lidiaa268
+1
Level 43
May 19, 2016
We have much more representative singers/bands in Spain tan Enrique Iglesias...
mrrick
+1
Level 17
Jun 13, 2016
I think the 'Edge' has got welsh connections. I saw U2 in Cardiff National Stadium many years ago and I remember Bono saying before the show started that the Edges' father always wanted his son to play at Cardiff but didn't think it would be in band. Then the edge kicked a rugby ball into the crowd.
Findlay
+1
Level 80
Mar 16, 2018
Everything, but David Guetta, about whom I had no idea.
NikyVestern
+1
Level 57
Aug 29, 2018
Can someone explain such a low percentage for AC/DC? I thought everyone knows that.
PietjePuk24
+1
Level 86
Jun 21, 2025
I think most people assume they're from the US or UK
catacrack
+1
Level 55
Dec 18, 2018
Really there is no one in Spain?? Enrique Iglesias is the biggest sh*t ever... Ahh, I am spaniard ;)
Volhosis
+2
Level 50
Jan 3, 2019
AC/DC is Australian? Mind blown.
AlexThirkell
+2
Level 74
Dec 13, 2020
I thought "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" was the name of some indie band for a moment.
Carry
+1
Level 63
Feb 4, 2021
I knew most of them and the rest only took a few guesses. The time limit is very generous.
Gigahai
+2
Level 68
Jul 8, 2021
björk based
Freestatebear
+3
Level 88
Feb 3, 2022
Some additional representation for Asian acts would be cool. The most obvious is South Korea, where there's Psy and BTS, but there must be moderately well known acts for other Asian countries..
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Aug 9, 2023
For David Guetta I literally tried every country in Europe except for France wondering what it could be, I thought I already tried France or that it was too obvious
Jugler
+1
Level 60
Apr 24, 2024
waaaaay too much time got everything just by guessing knew only half of them
mishmosh
+2
Level 46
Mar 12, 2026
I never understand why some people want the clock to run out more often. If you want to make it more challenging for yourself, set a shorter time goal and try to beat it.
mishmosh
+1
Level 46
Mar 12, 2026
Never heard of Flight of the Conchords. I typed in many countries and finally got it with 4 seconds remaining.
erikj
+1
Level 67
Mar 12, 2026
Their 'Jenny' skit is worth watching on Youtube :D
sambeaston
+1
Level 34
Mar 12, 2026
Carlos Santana is probably not the best example for Mexico, since he immigrated to the US as a child before entering the music industry, and Santana is an American band from San Francisco.
ng218
+1
Level 50
Mar 12, 2026
I'm kinda sad that Sibelius is last on this list of guesses but not surprised. He's a great composer. I had no idea who Flight of the Concords is.
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