http://www.time.com/time/europe/maga...250008,00.html The orchestra started with the remarks "Tonight we have a very special guest who has been topping charts for over a decade and the World wide sales of his work exceeding more than 40 million more than the sales of Madonna and Britney Spears put together. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome the hugely popular and very talented, A.R.RAHMAN"
Rahman, 36, may not be a household name to Westerners, but he is every bit as much a musical monarch as Lloyd Webber is, having sold well over 100 million CDs. A little perspective, folks: that's about the same as Madonna and Britney Spears combined.