Survey Reveals Montana’s Most Popular Musical Artist
A company that researches music intelligence recently released a study revealing the "most distinctive" music artist in every state...by comparing the number of downloads in correlation with the amount of unwavering support they had for that band.
As an example, LINKIN PARK has a massive fan base in Arizona, the Texans stream GEORGE STRAIT far more than most. And it's no surprise that BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has tons of love in New Jersey.
But what about Montana State?
Here's the list:
Alaska: Hong Kong singer Ginger Kwan (???)
Alabama: The Civil Wars
Arkansas: Wiz Khalifa
Arizona: Linkin Park
California: British electronic artist Bonobo
Colorado: The New Zealand indie rock band The Naked And Famous
Connecticut: David Guetta
Delaware: Rush
Florida: Rick Ross
Georgia: Future
Hawaii: J-Boog, who was in the R&B group B2K
Iowa: B.o.B
Idaho: Tegan and Sara
Illinois: Sufjan Stevens
Indiana: Blake Shelton
Kansas: Eric Church
Kentucky: Fall Out Boy
Louisiana: Rapper Kevin Gates
Massachusetts: Neil Young
Maryland: Kelly Rowland
Maine: R.E.M.
Michigan: Young Jeezy
Minnesota: Metric
Missouri: The Shins
Mississippi: Louisiana hip-hop singer August Alsina
Montana: Tim McGraw
North Carolina: Miguel
North Dakota: Stone Sour
Nebraska: The British indie pop band Bastille
New Hampshire: Grateful Dead
New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen
New Mexico: Alan Jackson
New York: James Blake
Nevada: Ciara
Ohio: Florida Georgia Line
Oklahoma: Jason Aldean
Oregon: Kurt Vile, who was in the indie rock band The War on Drugs
Pennsylvania: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Rhode Island: Nirvana
South Carolina: The Christian group Hillsong United
South Dakota: Hinder
Tennessee: Juicy J from Three 6 Mafia
Texas: George Strait
Utah: The electronic rock band AWOLNATION
Virginia: Dave Matthews Band
Vermont: Phish
Washington: The indie folk rock band The Head and the Heart
Wisconsin: Jack Johnson
West Virginia: Matchbox Twenty
Wyoming: The reggae band Dirty Heads (???)
(See the interactive map here)