Who's Your State's Favorite Band

[Benny B]

I'm not up on the popular artists today, so a lot of this is meaningless to me; although, I've been told a lot about New Hampshire and Vermont, and this map certainly corroborates those stories.

[🏀]

More evidence that West Virginia is two decades behind the rest of the nation.

[warriorchick]

I'm not up on the popular artists today, so a lot of this is meaningless to me; although, I've been told a lot about New Hampshire and Vermont, and this map certainly corroborates those stories.

No surprise here; Vermont is the birthplace of Cherry Garcia ice cream.

[Chicago_inferiority_complexes]

Interesting to see bro-country artists popular in the upper midwest.

Can't say I'm surprised.

[swoopem]

Young Jeezy is not the favorite band of Michigan. If you wanted to stick with a rapper then it would clearly be Eminem.

I would say the favorite of the state is Bob Seger and Kid Rock for the down river Detroit folk.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

New York State likes a tennis player?

[🏀]

If everyone was honest, every state would be Taylor Swift.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Who the hell is Sufjan Stevens?

[JoeSmith1721]

Who the hell is Sufjan Stevens?

Phenomenal musician, listen to the album Illinois, it's a masterpiece.

[JoeSmith1721]

Also, the Dakotas are looking real strong...

[Benny B]

Who the hell is Sufjan Stevens?

A guy whose song, "Chicago" was included on his album titled "Illinois."

It might have seemed like a decent selection had Alabama, Ohio or California picked Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crosby Stills & Nash or Red Hot Chili Peppers, respectively.  Then again, Jersey did pick Springsteen.  So at least Illinois isn't the only state suffering from narcissism.

[warriorchick]

Who the hell is Sufjan Stevens?

If you have seen the movie "Little Miss Sunshine", you have heard his music.

Surprised you haven't heard of him, Chitown.  He is very popular with the youngsters.

[drewm88]

In case people missed it, this isn't states' favorite musicians. It's the musician that is more popular in one state relative to other states. So Jack Johnson listed for Wisconsin doesn't mean he's #1, it means he might be #50 in Wisconsin and #100 everywhere else.

[brandx]

Can't we just get it over with and move Indiana down somewhere between Alabama and Mississippi?

[Benny B]

In case people missed it, this isn't states' favorite musicians. It's the musician that is more popular in one state relative to other states. So Jack Johnson listed for Wisconsin doesn't mean he's #1, it means he might be #50 in Wisconsin and #100 everywhere else.

Agreed that it is a map about who's "disproportionately popular," but that eliminates the bias of who's popular everywhere in the nation to see who is most popular only in that state.

In other words, it shows who each state's uniquely favorite band is.

[willie warrior]

What the hell happened to Sam McCue and the Legends? Or Little Artie and the Pharohs? How can we not recognize Say Mama by the Legends?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

If you have seen the movie "Little Miss Sunshine", you have heard his music.

Surprised you haven't heard of him, Chitown.  He is very popular with the youngsters.

Im much more of a hip-hop/Rap and Motown fan. To go along with a few sprinkles of 90s alternative.