Dana278 wrote:
I'm going with 'N Sync because I knew them when they spelled their name like that, without the star and the capital letters. LOL

But yeah, before anyone here knew who they were I'd spend lots of money in the import section at Tower Records on all of their music. I remember I had some friends who were going to Germany on a school trip so I sent money with them with instructions to buy whatever they could. They thought I was nuts.
Haha, same. I started following the group in early-1997, since I have cousins in Europe. I visited a lot and we used to always share music and movies with each other.

I also followed the creation of One Direction on X Factor UK and started hating them right from the start, if that counts.

Also, people like The Weeknd, Frank Ocean, J Cole, and so on. Being in Toronto, we usually hear of urban artists before they make it big.