Here are the 10 most popular artists in every state
Nothing unites people like music, and in the age of streaming people are consuming more music than ever before. Some reports claims as many as 300,000 new tracks are uploaded every day across various platforms, making competition for attention fiercer than it has ever been.
Recently, the team at Business Insider decided to seek out the most popular artists in every state. This kind of feature seems to appear at least once a year, and this time the information involved is sourced entirely from Pandora. Using volumes of data the BI team determined the top 10 artists in each of the 50 states, which you can now read in full below.
This may come as no surprise, but Drake is the top ranked talent in 31 states. Other artists who appear frequently include dele, Bruno Mars, Rhianna, Future, The Weeknd, Chris Brown, Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton, Migos, Twenty One Pilots, Five Finger Death Punch, and country hitmaker Luke Bryan.
ALABAMA:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Future
3. Drake
4. Beyoncé
5. Migos
6. Rihanna
7. Kodak Black
8. Bruno Mars
9. Chris Stapleton
10. Lil Wayne
ALASKA:
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1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Bruno Mars
5. Adele
6. Beyoncé
7. G-Eazy
8. Rihanna
9. Twenty One Pilots
10. Kevin Gates
ARIZONA:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. The Weeknd
4. Beyoncé
5. Rihanna
6. Eminem
7. Adele
8. J. Cole
9. Kendrick Lamar
10. Future
ARKANSAS:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Bruno Mars
5. Future
6. Rihanna
7. Eminem
8. Chris Stapleton
9. Migos
10. Lil Wayne
CALIFORNIA:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. Beyoncé
4. Rihanna
5. Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
6. The Weeknd
7. 2Pac (Tupac)
8. Adele
9. YG
10. Kendrick Lamar
COLORADO:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. Eminem
4. Kevin Gates
5. Adele
6. The Weeknd
7. Rihanna
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Beyoncé
10. Twenty One Pilots
CONNECTICUT:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Rihanna
4. Eminem
5. Bruno Mars
6. Future
7. Chris Brown
8. Ozuna
9. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
10. Adele
DELAWARE:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Future
4. PnB Rock
5. Rihanna
6. Chris Brown
7. Eminem
8. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
9. Bruno Mars
10. Nicki Minaj
FLORIDA:
1. Drake
2. Kodak Black
3. Future
4. Kevin Gates
5. Beyoncé
6. Bruno Mars
7. Rihanna
8. Adele
9. Eminem
10. The Weeknd
GEORGIA:
1. Future
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Migos
5. Rihanna
6. Kevin Gates
7. Chris Brown
8. Bruno Mars
9. YFN Lucci
10. Kodak Black
HAWAII:
1. Bruno Mars
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Rihanna
5. Common Kings
6. Bob Marley
7. Adele
8. The Green
9. J Boog
10. Jack Johnson
IDAHO:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Adele
5. Taylor Swift
6. Bruno Mars
7. G-Eazy
8. Imagine Dragons
9. Twenty One Pilots
10. Five Finger Death Punch
ILLINOIS:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Future
4. Rihanna
5. Bruno Mars
6. Eminem
7. Adele
8. The Weeknd
9. Chris Brown
10. Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
INDIANA:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Eminem
4. Bruno Mars
5. Beyoncé
6. Rihanna
7. Future
8. Lil Wayne
9. Florida Georgia Line
10. Ed Sheeran
IOWA:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Kevin Gates
4. Florida Georgia Line
5. Bruno Mars
6. Beyoncé
7. Ed Sheeran
8. Eric Church
9. Rihanna
10. Adele
KANSAS:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Kevin Gates
4. Bruno Mars
5. Beyoncé
6. Rihanna
7. Adele
8. Five Finger Death Punch
9. Tech N9ne
10. The Weeknd
KENTUCKY:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Drake
3. Eminem
4. Beyoncé
5. Chris Stapleton
6. Future
7. Bruno Mars
8. Rihanna
9. Lil Wayne
10. Florida Georgia Line
LOUISIANA:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Future
5. Lil Boosie
6. Lil Wayne
7. Rihanna
8. Bruno Mars
9. K. Michelle
10. Chris Brown
MAINE:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Adele
4. Ed Sheeran
5. Nickelback
6. Florida Georgia Line
7. Rihanna
8. Five Finger Death Punch
9. Beyoncé
10. Bruno Mars
MARYLAND:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Rihanna
4. Future
5. Chris Brown
6. Bruno Mars
7. Migos
8. Eminem
9. Nicki Minaj
10. Adele
MASSACHUSETTS:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Eminem
4. Rihanna
5. Adele
6. Ed Sheeran
7. Bruno Mars
8. Future
9. Ozuna
10. Chris Brown
MICHIGAN:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Beyoncé
4. Future
5. Kevin Gates
6. Bruno Mars
7. Rihanna
8. Chris Brown
9. Adele
10. Ed Sheeran
MINNESOTA:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Bruno Mars
4. Beyoncé
5. Rihanna
6. Kevin Gates
7. Adele
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Taylor Swift
10. G-Eazy
MISSISSIPPI:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Future
3. Beyoncé
4. Drake
5. Lil Boosie
6. Moneybagg Yo
7. Migos
8. Rihanna
9. K. Michelle
10. Chris Stapleton
MISSOURI:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Beyoncé
4. Eminem
5. Bruno Mars
6. Future
7. Rihanna
8. Migos
9. Adele
10. Chris Brown
MONTANA:
1. Eminem
2. Adele
3. Five Finger Death Punch
4. Ed Sheeran
5. Nickelback
6. G-Eazy
7. AC/DC
8. Eric Church
9. Twenty One Pilots
10. Bruno Mars
NEBRASKA:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Eminem
4. Bruno Mars
5. Eric Church
6. Beyoncé
7. Rihanna
8. Florida Georgia Line
9. Adele
10. Taylor Swift
NEVADA:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. Eminem
4. Beyoncé
5. Rihanna
6. The Weeknd
7. Kendrick Lamar
8. J. Cole
9. Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizarraga
10. 2Pac (Tupac)
NEW HAMPSHIRE:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Adele
5. Zac Brown Band
6. Florida Georgia Line
7. Bruno Mars
8. Rihanna
9. Taylor Swift
10. Luke Bryan
NEW JERSEY:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Rihanna
4. Bruno Mars
5. Future
6. Eminem
7. Chris Brown
8. Adele
9. Ozuna
10. Ed Sheeran
NEW MEXICO:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. Kevin Gates
4. Eminem
5. The Weeknd
6. Luke Bryan
7. George Strait
8. Rihanna
9. Beyoncé
10. J. Cole
NEW YORK:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Rihanna
4. Eminem
5. Bruno Mars
6. Chris Brown
7. Adele
8. Future
9. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
10. Ed Sheeran
NORTH CAROLINA:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Future
4. Rihanna
5. Bruno Mars
6. Migos
7. Kevin Gates
8. Chris Brown
9. Kodak Black
10. Eminem
NORTH DAKOTA:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Five Finger Death Punch
5. Florida Georgia Line
6. Nickelback
7. G-Eazy
8. Bruno Mars
9. Eric Church
10. AC/DC
OHIO:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Kevin Gates
4. Future
5. Beyoncé
6. Bruno Mars
7. Rihanna
8. Chris Brown
9. Migos
10. Lil Wayne
OKLAHOMA:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Eminem
4. Bruno Mars
5. Beyoncé
6. Rihanna
7. Adele
8. Migos
9. The Weeknd
10. Chris Stapleton
OREGON:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Bruno Mars
4. Adele
5. Rihanna
6. Beyoncé
7. Ed Sheeran
8. The Weeknd
9. G-Eazy
10. Kendrick Lamar
PENNSYLVANIA:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Eminem
4. Rihanna
5. Future
6. Bruno Mars
7. Chris Brown
8. Nicki Minaj
9. PnB Rock
10. Ed Sheeran
RHODE ISLAND:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Eminem
4. Rihanna
5. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
6. Future
7. Bruno Mars
8. Adele
9. Ed Sheeran
10. Ozuna
SOUTH CAROLINA:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Drake
3. Future
4. Beyoncé
5. Migos
6. Kodak Black
7. Rihanna
8. Bruno Mars
9. Chris Brown
10. Eminem
SOUTH DAKOTA:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Florida Georgia Line
4. Kevin Gates
5. G-Eazy
6. Eric Church
7. Five Finger Death Punch
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Taylor Swift
10. Rihanna
TENNESSEE:
1. Kevin Gates
2. Drake
3. Beyoncé
4. Future
5. Bruno Mars
6. Rihanna
7. Migos
8. Eminem
9. Chris Brown
10. Chris Stapleton
TEXAS:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Beyoncé
4. Future
5. Bruno Mars
6. Rihanna
7. The Weeknd
8. George Strait
9. Luke Bryan
10. Migos
UTAH:
1. Eminem
2. Imagine Dragons
3. Taylor Swift
4. Bruno Mars
5. Twenty One Pilots
6. Drake
7. Ed Sheeran
8. Adele
9. Meghan Trainor
10. G-Eazy
VERMONT:
1. Eminem
2. Drake
3. Nickelback
4. Adele
5. AC/DC
6. Ed Sheeran
7. Five Finger Death Punch
8. Florida Georgia Line
9. Bob Marley
10. Rihanna
VIRGINIA:
1. Drake
2. Beyoncé
3. Future
4. Rihanna
5. Bruno Mars
6. Chris Brown
7. Eminem
8. Migos
9. Kevin Gates
10. Adele
WASHINGTON:
1. Drake
2. Bruno Mars
3. Eminem
4. Adele
5. Beyoncé
6. Rihanna
7. The Weeknd
8. Ed Sheeran
9. Kendrick Lamar
10. Taylor Swift
WEST VIRGINIA:
1. Drake
2. Kevin Gates
3. Eminem
4. Florida Georgia Line
5. Beyoncé
6. Five Finger Death Punch
7. Nickelback
8. Rihanna
9. Lil Wayne
10. Fetty Wap
WISCONSIN:
1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Beyoncé
4. Future
5. Bruno Mars
6. Kevin Gates
7. Ed Sheeran
8. Adele
9. Rihanna
10. Five Finger Death Punch
WYOMING:
1. Eminem
2. G-Eazy
3. Five Finger Death Punch
4. Drake
5. Nickelback
6. Ed Sheeran
7. Adele
8. Bruno Mars
9. Luke Bryan
10. Tech N9ne
