In 1995, when Vanessa-Mae just sixteen, she came strongly onto the music scene with her highly successful pop CD call The Violin Player. The elite of the classical music world were shocked that their prodigy had released a "pop" CD packaged as "classical. " But the world soon fell in love with Vanessa and her style of music, which blended traditional and modern electric violin sounds. The Violin Player sold 3 million copies, and was in the Top 20 in twenty-five countries.