'Rare' singer Selena Gomez is banned from China after her picture with Dalai Lama went viral.
Gadar star Sunny Deol is banned from Pakistan due to his many powerful patriotic films and his harsh dialogues against the South Asian country, as per the entertainment website Telly Chakkar.
Beyonce is banned from performing in Malaysia or entering the country after her shows were deemed to be a promotion of "Western Sexy culture." The singer refused to make any changes and thus was banned.
The 'Baby' famed singer has been banned from China since 2017. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture in a statement said, "Justin Bieber is a gifted singer. But in order to maintain order in the Chinese market and purify the Chinese performance environment, it is not suitable to bring in badly behaved entertainers."
In 2016, Lady Gaga was banned in China after she met with the Dalai Lama. But this was not her first run-in with the Chinese authorities. In 2011 her music was put on a blacklist and the sales were also prohibited until 2014, as it was described as having "poor taste and vulgar content."
Rapper Chris Brown is banned from Australia due to his 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend Rihanna. The country's authorities cited their "zero-tolerance" policy on domestic violence.
Our favourite Disney girl, Miley is banned from visiting Beijing after she posted a photo on her social media account, widely perceived as racially insensitive. In the picture, Miley and her friends were seen pulling their eyes back to mimic a slanted appearance which the Chinese authorities considered culturally offensive, thus leading to her subsequent ban.
The Hollywood actor was banned from China for more than 15 years over his role in the film Seven Years in Tibet.
The American rapper was banned from Norway for two years after he tried to enter the country with eight grams of cannabis. Snoop added the ban to his extensive collection of drug charges. The ban has since expired.