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Post by the Scribe on Apr 12, 2020 12:12:34 GMT
 Map Shows Best-Selling Artist Born in Each StateBY JEREMY BURCHARD4 MONTHS www.wideopencountry.com/map-best-selling-artist/
This cool map shows the best-selling artist born in each state, and while some seem obvious (like Oklahoma), others may not be as clear-cut as you think.
But one thing's for sure: country music represents quite well.
Also, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming all need to up their game a bit. Though maybe that's not too fair, considering all three states combine for fewer people than the Texas hill country combined. The odds of those states birthing a major money-making artist just isn't great to begin with.
It's important to note, this map covers people who were born in the state. Even if they moved. Or if its a band, the band was "born" in the state. That's why Aerosmith hails from Vermont, though Steven Tyler hails from New York City.
Though you may think Beyonce reigns as Texas' most popular artist currently, George Strait takes the title for best-selling artist from the state. And in fact, the Dixie Chicks usurp Beyonce's 17 million-plus album sales. Though if you include her time with Destiny's Child, Beyonce wins by a few million.
Surprisingly, Tennessee's best-selling artist isn't a country musician. Or at least not primarily one. Though she did dabble in country, Tina Turner rose to superstardom as a soul-pop wonder.
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The Eagles are kings of California. Their rock/country crossover sound established them as one of the best-selling acts of all time. But Washington? That's Kenny G territory, baby. No trampling his smooth sax sounds.
And it's nice to see Dwight Yoakam representing in Kentucky (yep, even beating out Billy Ray Cyrus). All in all, artists with country ties take nearly 15 states.
The map comes from Redditor famicon3, who used data from Wikipedia to compile the whole thing. |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 12, 2020 12:16:06 GMT
I love the best selling ARTIST map (I love maps), but I would have to disagree about Eagles and California (just finished reading one of the group's biographies to see how often Linda is mentioned - LOTS). If you believe Frey and Henley (that THEY were really the Eagles), and the tenent of the map, Eagles should be Michigan or Texas (knocking out Madonna or Strait). Nice to see Nicolette and JT listed, artists with Linda connections. And wonder how far behind Stevie Nicks is in Arizona from Linda. |
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Post by the Scribe on Apr 12, 2020 12:16:34 GMT
I love the best selling ARTIST map (I love maps), but I would have to disagree about Eagles and California (just finished reading one of the group's biographies to see how often Linda is mentioned - LOTS). If you believe Frey and Henley (that THEY were really the Eagles), and the tenent of the map, Eagles should be Michigan or Texas (knocking out Madonna or Strait). Nice to see Nicolette and JT listed, artists with Linda connections. And wonder how far behind Stevie Nicks is in Arizona from Linda.
Stevie Nicks has sold a certified 10,500,000 albums in the US alone and approximately 30 million records worldwide.
Fleetwood Mac
A grand total of 17 studio albums for Fleetwood Mac with a total of 84,55 million units sold. Of course, Rumours looks like the absolute juggernaut of their catalog with a terrific 35,5 million albums sold. Considering this number, their overall total doesn’t look that big but we need to highlight the band first nine albums weren’t major sellers, they ended stepping up to stardom with their eponymous tenth album in 1975. Plus, one must mention late 60s was mostly a period of single sales, hurting the pure album sales relevance. chartmasters.org/2016/10/cspc-fleetwood-mac-popularity-analysis/19/
Frankly, there are several on that map I have never heard of but that says more about me than them I am sure.
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Post by the Scribe on Sept 12, 2020 20:28:02 GMT
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