Why was this only a hit in the US?

[Tropez]

Clarity by Zedd was a top 10 hit in the US peaking at 8. Yet, WW this didn't do so well. Usually EDM songs smash worldwide and flop or do okay in the US. But this is one of the few occasions where the opposite happened. Why? The song is actually good it even got a Grammy. It was released twice in the UK and it did nothing. 
 

 

[prettyinpink940]

I never understood why the song peaked so low on most charts. But it remains one of the most remembered (and best) EDM songs of all time, which just goes to show that chart positions are meaningless. 

[Vixen Eyes]

idk but there was a huge wave of EDM and dance songs on the chart in the early 2010s so that could be why it smashed here

[kellebrity98]

it was huge in the Balkans, Hungarian radios played this nonstop 

[Devin]

bc americans have poor taste. 

[wastedpotential]

I came for this, but tea, Clarity was a smash in the US. I didn't know it flopped ww, they missed out. 

 

 

[Tropez]

5 minutes ago, wastedpotential said:

I came for this, but tea, Clarity was a smash in the US. I didn't know it flopped ww, they missed out. 

 

 

Another example. Many times the US shows lack of music taste. But a broken clock is right twice a day. 

[dumbsparce]

For one flop there are 10 other EDM hits in Europe. It just so happened that this one was more US-friendly as european EDM hits tend to have female vocalists with "colder" tones. Foxes' vocals are bubblier and warmer than the likes of those faceless EDM girlies that are on european radio 24/7.

[Katamari]

16 minutes ago, Devin said:

bc americans have poor taste. 

 this song is a bop 

 

not the best song he's done but a bop still

 

 

 

America made points here 

[Katamari]

ugh that album was so good

 

 

[Devin]

3 minutes ago, Katamari said:

 this song is a bop 

 

not the best song he's done but a bop still

 

 

 

America made points here 

lemme give deadd a nostalgia stream.

 

[ICLDXU4HS]

This is bad.

[constantinople]

It was a huge hit here.

[OrgVisual]

What's the definition of flop? Chart peaks? By that logic then Billie's "lovely" must be a huge flop

[fememeist]

31 minutes ago, Tropez said:

Another example. Many times the US shows lack of music taste. But a broken clock is right twice a day. 

Lights was a SMASH in the states? Don't you mean WW shows lack of music taste? 

[Nightingale]

Never knew this flopped internationally. Seems like a no brainer international hit. Maybe because it was his breakout song so the world didn't give him a chance until later?