Portland's Pink Martini's new record debuted Tuesday as No. 1 on Amazon.com.

But it's not the first time the city's been a hotbed for music.

From the Kinsgmen and Quarterflash to Everclear and the Dandy Warhols, Portland musical artists have had their moments of international fame.

A budding generation of success is led by locals Pink Martini and a few other bands that sound nothing like each other.

No longer just a local band warming up for a local show, Pink martini is preparing for a worldwide embrace with the release of their third album ‘Hey Eugene.'

Pink Martini

Already the band has 1.3 million records sales to it's name.

Music Millenium on Northeast Burnside ordered 5,000 copies of the new album.

”It is the biggest selling local band we've ever had,” owner Terry Currier said.

Currier said he hasn't seen a band flourish on its own like Pink Martini. And he hasn't seen the Portland music scene this vibrant with so many nationally recognized bands since the 1970's.

”Whenever you get a good music community going, it's going to be like a magnet.”

The Shins, whose recent album debuted at number two on the Billboard charts relocated to Portland from New Mexico.

Modest Mouse and former Smiths’ guitarist Johnny Marr is here.

Sleater-Kinney relocated from Olympia before recently disbanding. And then there's the home grown Decembrists.

These Portlanders peaked at number 35 on Billboard with their recent album. The late Portlander Elliot Smith's new album ‘New Moon’ is number at Currier's store right now.

He said Portland's scene will prosper because of it's musical diversity.

Pink Martini believes the city's accessibility for artists is especially crucial. And they're living proof success can strike any artist and any city at any time.

Next month, the band is playing Carnegie Hall in New York. 

Hear Samples of 'Hey Eugene'