re: Is Jimmy Buffet a Top-5 All-time MS Born Artist?

Are we taking record sales into this?

If so, then yes.

He’s probably the second biggest from Mississippi.

For the couple of folks who asked if he was born in Mississippi...yes. Pascagoula.

And speaking of Top MS artists, here's a listing of everyone currently in the MS Music Hall of Fame.

Blues
Willie Dixon - Vicksburg, MS
David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Shaw, MS
Mississippi John Hurt - Teoc, MS
Vasti Jackson - McComb, MS
Elmore James - Richland, MS
Robert Johnson - Hazlehurst, MS
Tommy Johnson - Terry, MS
B.B. King - Itta Bena, MS
Charlie Musselwhite - Kosciusko, MS
Charlie Patton - Edwards, MS
Pinetop Perkins - Belzoni, MS
Hubert Sumlin - Greenwood, MS
Muddy Waters - Rolling Fork, MS
Joseph Lee "Big Joe" Williams - Crawford, MS
Sonny Boy Williamson II - Glendora, MS
Howlin Wolf - White Station, MS

Classical
John Alexander - Meridian, MS
Milton Bryon Babbitt - Jackson, MS
William Brown - Jackson, MS
Ruby Pearl Elzy - Pontotoc, MS
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield - Natchez, MS
Samuel Jones - Inverness, MS
Willard Palmer - McComb, MS
Leontyne Price - Laurel, MS
Steve Rouse - Moss Point, MS
James Sclater - Clinton, MS
William Grant Still - Woodville, MS
Walter Turnbull - Greenville, MS

Country
Hank Cochran - Greenville, MS
Charles Feathers - Holly Springs, MS
Bobbie Gentry - Chickasaw County, MS
Mickey Gilley - Natchez, MS
Faith Hill - Ridgeland, MS
Carl Jackson - Louisville, MS
Fred Knoblock - Jackson, MS
O. B. McCinton - Senatobia, MS
Elsie McWilliams - Meridian, MS
Ben Peters - Greenville, MS
Charley Pride - Sledge, MS
LeAnn Rimes - Pearl, MS
Jimmie Rodgers - Meridian, MS
Mississippi Sheiks - Bolton, MS
Conway Twitty - Friars Point, MS
Tammy Wynette - Tremont, MS
Gospel and religious
James Blackwood/The Blackwood Brothers - Ackerman, MS
Blind Boys of Mississippi - Piney Woods School
Canton Spirituals - Canton, MS
C. L. Franklin - Sunflower County, MS
Mississippi Mass Choir/Frank D. Williams - Jackson, MS
James Owens - Clarksdale, MS
Pilgrim Jubilees - Houston, MS
Rev. Cleophus Robinson, Canton, MS
Jackson Southernaires - Jackson, MS
Pop Staples/Staples Singers - Winona, MS
Southern Sons - Delta, MS
Williams Brothers - Smithdale, MS

Jazz
Mose Allison - Tallahatchie County, MS
Teddy Edwards - Jackson, MS
William Fielder - Meridian, MS
Dardanelle Hadley - Avalon, MS
Milt Hinton - Vicksburg, MS
International Sweethearts of Rhythm - Piney Woods School
Hank Jones - Vicksburg, MS
Jimmie Lunceford - Fulton, MS
Tom Malone - Sumrall, MS
Brew Moore - Indianola, MS
Dalton Smith - Jackson, MS
Freddie Waits - Jackson, MS
Cassandra Wilson - Jackson, MS
Gerald Stanley Wilson - Shelby, MS
Lester Young - Woodville, MS

Multi-talented (?)
Marty Stuart - Philadelphia, MS

Popular music
Lance Bass - Laurel/Clinton, MS
Keith Carlock - Clinton, MS
Paul Davis - Meridian, MS
Guy Hovis - Tupelo, MS
Van Dyke Parks - Hattiesburg, MS
Nanette Workman - Jackson, MS

Production/recording/promotion
Blackberry Records - Summit, MS
Delta Records/Jimmie Ammons - Jackson, MS
Marty Gamblin - Philadelphia, MS
Malaco Records - Jackson, MS
Willard and Lillian McMurry - Jackson, MS
Peavey Electronics/Hartley Peavey - Meridian, MS
H. C. Speir - Jackson, MS
Johnny Vincent (John Imbragulio) - Laurel, MS
Benjamin Wright - Greenville, MS
Jim Dickinson - Little Rock, MS

Rap
David Banner - Jackson, MS
Nate Dogg - Clarksdale, Ms
Big K.R.I.T - Meridian, MS
BigDru - Richton/Mclain, MS

Rhythm and blues
Prentiss Barnes - Maglolia, MS
Jerry Butler - Sunflower County, MS
Joe Campbell - Greenville, MS
Little Milton Campbell - Inverness, MS
Sam Cooke - Clarksdale, MS
Tyrone Davis - Greenwood, MS
Bo Diddley - McComb, MS
John Lee Hooker - Clarksdale, MS
Dorothy Moore - Jackson, MS
Junior Parker - Clarksdale, MS
Jimmy Reed - Dunleith, MS
David Ruffin - Meridian, MS
Bobby Rush - Jackson, MS
Rufus Thomas - Cayce, MS

Rock and roll
Andy Anderson and the Rolling Stones - Clarksdale, MS,
Jackie Brenston - Clarksdale, MS
Delaney Bramlett - Pontotoc, MS
Jimmy Buffett - Pascagoula, MS
Ace Cannon - Grenada, MS
Steve Forbert - Meridian, MS
Blind Roosevelt Graves and the Mississippi Jook Band, Hattiesburg, MS
Jerry Lee Lewis - Nesbit, MS
Elvis Presley - Tupelo, MS
Warren Smith - Louise, MS
Greg "Fingers" Taylor - Terry, MS
Ike Turner - Clarksdale, MS
Webb Wilder - Hattiesburg, MS
Mary Wilson - Greenville, MS
Theater/Broadway/movie
Glen Ballard - Natchez, MS
Dee Barton - Houston/Starkville, MS
Olu Dara - Natchez, MS
Lehman Engel - Jackson, MS
Eddie Hodges - Hattiesburg, MS
Mundell Lowe - Laurel, MS
Mary Ann Mobley - Brandon, MS
Lloyd Wells - Laurel, MS

Songwriting
William Alexander Attaway - Greesville, MS
Mac McAnally - Belmont, MS
Clyde Otis - Prentiss, MS
Paul Overstreet - Van Cleave, MS
Tommy Tate - Jackson, MS
Jim Weatherly - Pontotoc, MS
Craig Wiseman - Hattiesburg, MS

Special
Bob Pittman - Brookhaven, MS
Gayle Dean Wardlow - Meridian, MS
Skeets McWilliams - Jackson, MS