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Map of Best selling artists by state
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:07 pm
La. loves some Tim McGraw!
Ultimate Classic Rock
A new infographic illustrates the top-selling musicians in America by state of birth, with a number of familiar classic rock greats among those featured.
The map, created by Redditor Ooosh-E, includes a few distinctly unsurprising sales champions like Bruce Springsteen for the state of New Jersey and Prince in Minnesota. Among the most surprising?: Smooth jazz shlockster Kenny G, not Nirvana, is the best-selling native musician from Washington state.
Other classic rockers of note: Tom Petty in Florida, Billy Joel in New York, Steve Miller in Wisconsin, George Thorogood in Delaware and Metallica in California. The bulk of the rest were dominated by country artists, with a few pop acts like Michael Jackson (Indiana) and Madonna (Michigan) sprinkled in.
Several states — including Nevada, Oregon and South Carolina, among others — were left blank, as they didn’t have a native-born musician in the RIAA’s Top 250 for all-time sales.
Ultimate Classic Rock
A new infographic illustrates the top-selling musicians in America by state of birth, with a number of familiar classic rock greats among those featured.
The map, created by Redditor Ooosh-E, includes a few distinctly unsurprising sales champions like Bruce Springsteen for the state of New Jersey and Prince in Minnesota. Among the most surprising?: Smooth jazz shlockster Kenny G, not Nirvana, is the best-selling native musician from Washington state.
Other classic rockers of note: Tom Petty in Florida, Billy Joel in New York, Steve Miller in Wisconsin, George Thorogood in Delaware and Metallica in California. The bulk of the rest were dominated by country artists, with a few pop acts like Michael Jackson (Indiana) and Madonna (Michigan) sprinkled in.
Several states — including Nevada, Oregon and South Carolina, among others — were left blank, as they didn’t have a native-born musician in the RIAA’s Top 250 for all-time sales.
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:38 pm to toddzilla
Thought Eminem was from Detroit?
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:45 pm to toddzilla
South Carolina has to be Hootie and the blowfish
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:49 pm to toddzilla
I can barely read that shite
Posted on 2/22/14 at 8:54 pm to Chatagnier
quote:It´s fricking Madonna, man.
Thought Eminem was from Detroit?
Posted on 2/22/14 at 9:09 pm to toddzilla
Welp
Texas got it right
Texas got it right
Posted on 2/22/14 at 9:26 pm to toddzilla
surprised Tim McGraw has outsold Britney Spears
Posted on 2/22/14 at 9:26 pm to Chatagnier
quote:
Thought Eminem was from Detroit?
Says by state of birth.
Posted on 2/22/14 at 10:46 pm to toddzilla
Wyoming left of the list 
Posted on 2/22/14 at 10:50 pm to Spaulding Smails
Kansas - Kansas
Vermont - Phish
Vermont - Phish
Posted on 2/22/14 at 11:20 pm to Chatagnier
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This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 12:34 am
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:04 am to brgfather129
what
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:15 am to HeadyBrosevelt
neither are top 250
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:16 am to brgfather129
State of birth isnt necessarily where musicians are most influenced. I.e. Steve Miller.....moved to Texas at 7 years old and formed his first band in Dallas while in H.S. But then moved to Chicago and was influenced by the blues scene there. I'm not sure wisconsin had any musical influence on him.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 9:00 am to Zappas Stache
much bigger elvis fan than kenny chesney and elvis lived in both tennessee and mississippi so I'm happy
Posted on 2/23/14 at 11:21 am to Brosef Stalin
quote:born in the great city of McComb
surprised Tim McGraw has outsold Britney Spears
Posted on 2/23/14 at 11:28 am to toddzilla
quote:
Nevada, Oregon and South Carolina, among others — were left blank, as they didn’t have a native-born musician in the RIAA’s Top 250 for all-time sales.
Hootie and the killers?
Posted on 2/23/14 at 11:32 am to TheDoc
Darius Rucker was born in Charleston... Does it have to be the whole band?
Or are they not in the top 250... They've sold fewer records than Andy Williams?
Or are they not in the top 250... They've sold fewer records than Andy Williams?
Posted on 2/23/14 at 11:44 am to Kafka
quote:
They've sold fewer records than Andy Williams?
There's no way. Hootie and the blowfish are one of the best selling pop rock bands of all time
quote:
the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded five studio albums; and their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 16th-best-selling album of all time in the US, having been certified platinum 16 times
This post was edited on 2/23/14 at 11:46 am
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:51 pm to TheDoc
Washington-Not Jimi, not Nirvana-but....wait for it...Kenny G.
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