france is the most popular country in europe.
what is the most popular country in europe?
france
in ireland, tg4 began a quest for ireland's next country star called "glór tíre", translated as "country voice". it is now in its sixth season and is one of tg4's most watched tv shows. over the past ten years country and gospel recording artist james kilbane has reached multi-platinum success with his mix of christian and traditional country influenced albums. james kilbane like many other irish artists are today working closer with nashville. a recent success in the irish arena has been crystal swing. in sweden, rednex rose to stardom combining country music with electro-pop in the 1990s. in 1994, the group had a worldwide hit with their version of the traditional southern tune "cotton-eyed joe". artists popularizing more traditional country music in sweden have been ann-louise hanson, hasse andersson, kikki danielsson, elisabeth andreassen and jill johnson. in poland an international country music festival, known as piknik country, has been organized in mrągowo in masuria since 1983. there are more and more country music artists in france. some of the most important are liane edwards, , rockie mountains, tahiana, and lili west. french rock and roll superstar eddy mitchell is also very inspired by americana and country music. in the netherlands there are many artists producing popular country and americana music, which is mostly in the english language, as well as dutch country and country-like music in dutch language. the latter is mainly popular on the countrysides in the northern and eastern parts of the netherlands and is less associated with his american brother, although it sounds sometimes very similar. well known popular artists mainly performing in english are waylon, danny vera, ilse delange and the band savannah. the most popular artist in dutch is henk wijngaard.
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china is also a major destination for international students, being the most popular country in asia for international students, and the third most popular in the world. china is on track to overtake the united kingdom as the second most popular country for international students by 2020. 





























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