Who are the most famous musicians who never moved to NYC/LA or London? It's something that has always irked me. Especially considering in the 90s you had the "battle of britpop" between what was classed as the southern middle class Essex boys Blur vs the working class Northeners from Manchester Oasis when as soon as oasis made their first 20 quid they moved to posh North London and made bank on their working class image for their whole career
Where I'm from any musician that gets successful enough leaves the country