Uproxx.com has a list of musical acts that best represent each state. The musicians didn’t necessarily have to be from the state, but that’s the case for a lot of them. The list seems mostly subjective. They considered stuff like album sales and Grammy wins, but they admit there were “less concrete factors” as well, and they didn’t say what those might be.
Here’s the full rundown:
Alabama: Alabama
Alaska: Jewel
Arizona: Stevie Nicks
Arkansas: Johnny Cash
California: The Eagles
Colorado: John Denver
Connecticut: Michael Bolton
Delaware: George Thorogood
Florida: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Georgia: Outkast
Hawaii: Bruno Mars
Idaho: Paul Revere and the Raiders
Illinois: Chicago
Indiana: Michael Jackson
Iowa: The Everly Brothers
Kansas: Kansas
Kentucky: Loretta Lynn
Louisiana: Harry Connick, Jr.
Maine: Rustic Overtones
Maryland: Toni Braxton
Massachusetts: Boston
Michigan: Madonna
Minnesota: Prince
Mississippi: Elvis Presley
Missouri: Ike and Tina Turner
Montana: Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament. Believe it or not, as far as musicians born in Montana, he’s pretty much IT.
Nebraska: 311
Nevada: The Killers
New Hampshire: Aerosmith
New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen
New Mexico: The Shins
New York: Billy Joel
North Carolina: Charlie Daniels
North Dakota: Lawrence Welk
Ohio: The Black Keys
Oklahoma: Garth Brooks
Oregon: Everclear
Pennsylvania: Boyz II Men
Rhode Island: The Talking Heads
South Carolina: Hootie & the Blowfish
South Dakota: Shawn Colvin
Tennessee: Dolly Parton
Texas: Kenny Rogers
Utah: The Osmonds
Vermont: Phish
Virginia: Dave Matthews Band
Washington: Nirvana
West Virginia: Brad Paisley
Wisconsin: The Violent Femmes
Wyoming: Chris LeDoux
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