From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishburst onto/upon/on something phrasal verbto suddenly appear and become very successful The band burst onto the music scene in 1997. → burst→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
burst onto/upon/on • The simple designs burst upon a tired market which offered little else but large floral designs often in rather garish colours.• Sylvie's voice burst upon the room.• Only in 1857 did attendance begin to fall off as another phenomenon of art burst upon the world.• As the enemy approach still nearer, shells burst upon their compact masses.• They moved together to the edge of fulfilment - and beyond, crying out as the climactic explosion burst upon them.• As I burst on to the empty platform, the train starts to pull away.• It burst on to the scene just as the Information Superhighway and World Wide Web were becoming household words.• No working-class party immediately burst on to the scene to dance on the floor of Parliament.burst onto the ... scene• No working-class party immediately burst on to the scene to dance on the floor of Parliament. 