In this article, the authors address the question of whether and
how the appreciation of popular music consumers has globalized
in the four decades since the mid-1960s. They use information
from American, Dutch, French, and German popular music charts
from 1965 through 2006. They find no corroboration for an
overall trend toward an internationalization of hits. However,
important shifts are noticeable underneath the surface. For the
period up until 1989, the authors find increasing international
diversity as well as increasing Americanization. From the 1990s
onwards, they find a growing popularity of national music in all
three European countries in the study.  Additional Metadata
Keywords Americanization, glocalization, neonationalism, popular
music Persistent URL, Achterberg, P.H.J., Heilbron, J., Houtman,
D., & Aupers, S.D.. (2011). A cultural globalization of popular
music? American, Dutch, French, and German popular music charts
(1965 to 2006). American Behavioral Scientist, 55(5), 589–608.
doi:10.1177/0