While American hitmakers like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift climbed the British charts in 2009, here in the U.S., we saw a serious influx of great music from the U.K. You wouldn't necessarily call these bands chart-toppers, either here or there, but they do add up to something resembling a British Invasion.
So while early British Invaders Paul McCartney and Ray Davies rehashed and released their signature songs, and the established likes of Coldplay, Oasis and Franz Ferdinand did their thing, it was possible to strike gold by digging a little deeper. Notably, many here have an uncannily American sound — a sign, if ever there was one, that invasions go both ways.
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