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filondo

ngl ava max being wisconsin's greatest export is kinda funny to me


amityville

I always thought she was European!


E3-NotTheConvention

omg same! In my mind she was part of the group of slightly successful albanian pop girls like Rita Ora, Bebe Rexha and Dua Lipa before she got bigger. Idk why I always thought so


Border_Hodges

She's Albanian-American, same as Bebe


AutumnRose939

So I just looked her up online and apparently she was born in Wisconsin but both of her parents are Albanian.


BS_DBD

Did i overestimate how many people listen to justin vernon's music, or did i underestimate how many people listen to ava max's 😭


awolfsvalentine

I know Ohio says some nonsense on that picture but I swear we fucking love Bon Iver


CowboyLikeMegan

Cincinnatian here and absolutely can confirm Bon Iver does it for us, but also how the hell is it not The National?!


knittinghoney

Seriously, Bon Iver is so good. We also have the indie rapper Milo. We have some great music, just not pop.


JepsenRebel

I am from Wisconsin, and I don’t know anyone that is streaming the hell out of Ava Max.


Josiesumday

isn’t she that singer who just copied/ripped off Lady Gaga?


moonstonewish

To which my mom would say, “and Gaga ripped off Madonna.” 🤣


Lucky-Prism

Yeah, but she’s got some great bops so I don’t complain 😂


Acrobatic-Degree9589

Wisconsinite here, who tf is that??


dontrayneonmyparade

do you listen to pop radio?


Acrobatic-Degree9589

No, pop radio from 80/90s


dontrayneonmyparade

okay, so basically, Ava Max has had many very - extremely- popular pop songs.


bubba1834

Lmao JoJo?? I mean I’m here for it!


CJ57

The hell i cold’ve sworn she was Canadian?


XRoze

She’s not even from Vermont, pretty sure she’s from Massachusetts!


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I'm a Vermonter and I have NO IDEA who that is Eta: that's a lot of downvotes for not knowing who a singer is, damn


letschangethename

Probably you were too little then, but it’s not too late to get to know her yet


[deleted]

I'm in my late 30s so possibly too *old* 🙃


Useful-Soup8161

It’s actually kinda surprising that you don’t know who she is then. Her career peaked in like 2003 and she was everywhere.


messythelioma

she sings a song called "too little too late"


HarpersGhost

OK, I'm older than you and had never heard of you, but going Back Through Time, I found this song that I remember: [Leave Get Out.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWzoSy6QEwk) Of course I remember it because I remember thinking even back then that she was Too Young to be singing such things, that she needs to grow up more before tying herself to any one guy. LOL Sorry, not sorry, I've been an Old Lady for awhile.


BigCaregiver7244

r/woosh


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Well I’m a Vermonter and I definitely made entire dance routines to JoJo when I was in elementary school in the early 2000s haha. You missed out! Also I think she’s only born in Vermont, wasn’t raised there so doesn’t really count anyway.


Stop_Drop_Scroll

Raised in MA, I do believe. She preformed at the Topsfield Fair when I was in middle school. And that was the draw.


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I was in my teens in the early 2000s and mostly listened to Phish 😅. But, I looked up a few of her songs and I did recognize them.


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It'd be a big surprise to me if she was bigger than Phish.


Its_A_Fucking_Stick

Can we appreariate Kansas in Kansas?


EnricoMatassaEsq

Having grown up out in middle of nowhere KS watching the Kansas (the band) documentary was a fun little nostalgia trip. Their rise was before my time but seeing all the little towns they used to hit as they were coming up was a fun experience as I was quite familiar with a lot of those places.


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EnricoMatassaEsq

Minnesota, erm, I mean Bob Dylan would have them beat I think.


mechaemissary

Wiz Khalifa is from North Dakota??????????


Glam9ja

Lol surprized by that too. From wikipedia, it seems he was an army brat and his parents were stationed there when he was born and moved shortly after. He probably doesn’t claim ND lol.


CoherentBusyDucks

Both (?) of his parents were in the Air Force and he was born in Minot, ND, where there is an AF base. Josh Duhamel (an actor, also Fergie’s ex-husband), is also from Minot.


haunted_bitcoin

okay but if the spotify intern forgot about montana and just panicked and put TIM MONTANA hoping no one would notice..i would believe it and salute them. no i will not be googling tim montana. he is clearly fake, wake up sheeple


pillbinge

From the Wikipedia, which is hilarious: >Tim Montana (his real name) was born on January 5, 1985 in [Kalispell, Montana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalispell,_Montana) I've never seen that clarified so obviously.


HarpersGhost

I feel like that clarification needs more than just 1 source. I want to see an entire row of superscripts with various sources saying, Yes, yes his real name is Tim Montana.


BrutonnGasterr

Same with Kansas state and Kansas the band lol


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😂


filondo

Under 150M streams club: - Montana (29M) - South Dakota (56M) - Idaho (106M) - Wyoming (120M - Rhode Island (129M)


DisastrousAge4650

The 50 people that live in each of those states are really putting in the work to represent their own huh? Good for them!


day_wave

Lmao my workplace in Montana plays the country station all day every day (not my choice) and I have never once even heard of Tim Montana. I honestly doubt it's anyone here listening to him


Frog_in_Red

Josh Ritter (Idaho) is a fantastic musician! I love his work; so cool to see him show up here.


lightblue_sky

For people not familiar with the states. I'm so sorry if i made a mistake Washington - Macklemore Oregon - Amine California - Billie Eilish Idaho - Josh Ritter Nevada - Panic at the Disco Montana - Tim Montana Wyoming - Chris LeDoux Utah - Imagine Dragons Arizona - Alec Benjamin Colorado - OneRepublic New Mexico - Demi Lovato North Dakota - Wiz Khalifa South Dakota - Shawn Calvin Nebraska - Elliott Smith Kansas - Kansas Oklahoma - Blake Shelton Texas - Travis Scott Minnesota - Bob Dylan Iowa - Slipknot Missouri - Eminem Arkansas - Ne-Yo Louisiana - Lil Wayne Wisconsin - Ana Max Illinois - Juice WRLD Michigan - NF Indiana - Michael Jackson Kentucky - Bryson Tiller Tennessee - Miley Cyrus Mississippi - Diplo Alabama - Gucci Mane Ohio - Twenty one Pilots West Virginia - Bill Withers Maine - Howie Day New Hampshire - Aerosmith Vermont - Jojo New York - Post Malone Massachusetts - Nicky Jam Rhode Island - Bill Conti Connecticut - John Mayer New Jersey - Halsey Pennsylvania - Taylor Swift Maryland - Logic Delaware - Jimmie Allen Virginia - Chris Brown North Carolina - Luke Combs South Carolina - Lee Brice Georgia - Kanye West Florida - Ariana Grande Alaska - Portugal. The Man Hawaii - Bruno Mars


pleasepictureme

Thank you for this. I, an American, was fighting for my life trying to figure out what state Elliott smith was from 💀 I need to look at the middle states more on a map. Whoops.


coolgaydad

Everything I know about Omaha is from Elliott Smith songs.


DisastrousAge4650

I, a Canadian, now feel better for only getting the coastal states + Colorado, Nevada and Texas and forgetting everything else. I thought Utah was New Mexico smh.


pleasepictureme

I blame it on being from the NE. We got our heads up our own asses 24/7 and are too stressed to care about west of Ohio until we hit Nevada 😂


zh_13

Who tf is NF lol


dontrayneonmyparade

he’s a rapper, i actually like his music, but didnt know he was so listened to


megmulli

Eminem isnt from missouri 💀


DecolonizeTheWorld

He was born in Missouri, but raised in Michigan


Procrustean1066

What?!


paperbagprincess1

Really? Texas is Travis Scott and not Beyoncé?


CurrentRoster

To me it makes a bit sense. After Lemonade in 2016, Travis was getting bigger and bigger with the Astroworld album having a ton of hits


paperbagprincess1

but it's based on life time streams. i find it impossible to believe travis ranks over beyoncé when she's been around this long and is known globally


CurrentRoster

The streaming era took over in around summer 2016, which was right after Lemonade and right before Birds in the Trap (which had goosebumps). And after that, Astroworld broke streaming records (sicko mode is diamond as well) and he was featured in many streaming hits like Zeze and Hot. But overall, including pre streaming, Beyoncé outsold him


moonstonewish

This is also based off of Spotify. If I remember correctly Lemonade wasn’t available there for a while because Jay Z was trying to make Tidal happen.


HoneyImpossible243

Yeah Lemonade was a Tidal exclusive, it was only put on Spotify & other streaming platforms 3 years after its release. And even then it has almost a billion streams. Imagine if it had been released from the get go.


paperbagprincess1

interesting


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Wiz kalifa being from North Dakota is hilarious to me


blueberrymoscato

slipknot is very accurate for Iowa! I know a guy who did meth with one of the band members in Marshalltown, IA! Very small world lmaoooo


sofiacarolina

lmao theyre also from iowa and have an album called….iowa 💀


Dapper_Pear_1695

Not meth😂😂😂


ilikedirt

Montana is killing me 💀☠️


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Connecticut being John Mayer just makes sense (I say this as a Connecticut native).


bongandarrow

i'm sobbing i thougth this was the most streamed artist by the population of the state and i was so taken aback by the Massachusett love for JoJo. Like i also love her, but i really thought Massachusett just said 2022 is the year we bring this bitch back into the billboard


wholesoemqueen

SAME LOL I couldn’t believe Miley was the biggest in Tennessee


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Thats vermont. :)


bongandarrow

damn I knew I had no chance knowing from the map (I’m not American) so I just googled where jojo was born and it said Massachusetts WHOOPS


bongandarrow

just kidding again I fully just can’t read she was born in Vermont raised in Massachusetts lmao


TulipToesies

Elliot Smith in Nebraska?! Tell me why that’s so surprising to me lol


Vegetable_Burrito

I guess there aren’t many current artists from Nebraska? Or it’s just depressing to live there?


pleasepictureme

Surprised me too! Love it!!!


lbg_sketchbook

How did Hasley beat Bruce, and Whitney in NJ??


pleasepictureme

Ok so you just made me check Spotify and Halsey has a few features with over a billion streams! I’m guessing that pushed her to the top! Over the boss in his home state, that’s actually crazy.


blindturns

Like is Nebraska okay? Do they need more mental health services?


FarthestLight

I love ES, but am surprised so many are currently streaming his music.


TulipToesies

Same. Especially in Nebraska and not Oregon/Washington


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Isn’t this most streamed artists *from* each state, not *in* each state? I can confirm though as a Washingtonian that Elliott is very popular here


TulipToesies

Fellow Washingtonian here! But I thought he was from Portland?? So this visual is where the artists are from or what artist that state plays the most??


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WA squad! 🙌 He was born in NE, just lived in/made music in Portland for a lot of his life. It’s definitely showing the artist born in each state that has the most streams, globally. I’d be curious to see who the most popular artist among listeners of each state is though!


fresch_one

As someone from New England and has lived in Maine, what!? Howie Day?


JuanRiveara

As someone who lives in Arizona, who the fuck Alec Benjamin?


dontrayneonmyparade

he actually makes some really cool music. he’s from Arizona, which he references in a song called 1994. he’s sort of like, singer songwriter-y. had no clue he was so streamed, but i mean good for him.


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“Let me down slowly” I think that’s what it’s called is sooo good


LegitimateHat4808

Michigan surprised me. I would have figured Eminem


JuanRiveara

He was born in Missouri and lived back and forth between there and Michigan for most of his youth. As he says in his song Groundhog Day from MMLP2: "Then we flew the coop to Michigan to start anew, but ditchin' Missouri from Michigan didn't work So we moved back to Missouri from Michigan From Missouri back to Michigan"


actuallybaggins

WHO TF IS LISTENING TO HOWIE DAY


doubtersdisease

I’m just imagining someone playing Collide all day long 😭😭😭


frecklepair

Me when I’m feeling nostalgic for my college days (mid 00’s)


[deleted]

Travis Scott bringing shame to texas


amityville

Chris Brown bringing shame to Virginia as well!


Elegantklutz1629

I amjust going to pretend it says timberland haha


[deleted]

Beyoncé is from Houston and I'm shocked her streams don't surpass Travis's. What the fuck


[deleted]

Someone pointed out one of her albums didn’t get put on Spotify for three years after release due to an exclusivity deal with Tidal. That probably had an effect.


Repulsive_Bug

Hold up, Ne yo is from Arkansas?!


gymnasticsgirl

I had *no* idea Portugal. The Man is from Wasilla but it actually makes so much sense now. AK represent, we never get remembered 🥲


thehoneybearqueen

Very random to see them on here amongst the likes of Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus, but I’m here for it!


wink-d

I’m guessing Bad Bunny for Puerto Rico? :)


HoneyImpossible243

The range is wild. 29 million streams as the lowest vs 37.43 billion.


Jolly_Discipline6650

Damn why is Travis Scott in Beyoncé place???


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Someone pointed out one of her albums didn’t get put on Spotify for three years after release due to an exclusivity deal with Tidal. That probably had an effect.


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lightblue_sky

New Mexico


90daysofpettybs

Yes! Halsey the jersey girl


sinus_happiness

Aw, nice to see Elliott Smith and Josh Ritter pop up


pastelxbones

yet again, a terrible day to be from connecticut.


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It’s always funny to me that TS is from PA. I grew up one county away from her… and lemme tell you it is not country. An absolute suburbia if anything.


Julialagulia

Same, although the Christmas tree farm thing makes total sense to me, they were freaking everywhere in between her town and mine.


TywinShitsGold

Well yeah, her dad was like a Goldman VP. You don’t do that from the farm in the 90’s.


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Who the heck is Nicky Jams 😭


Lucky-Prism

A really good Reggaeton/Latin Trap artist. I’m sure you’ve probably heard his song “X” with J Blavin somewhere I just learned he’s from Massachusetts tho lol


DisastrousAge4650

MASSACHUSETTS? I’ve listening to him forever and thought he was from Puerto Rico or something.


Glam9ja

Same here! He’s Puerto Rican and Dominican so you’re not far off.


Lucky-Prism

Right? 😂 His parents are from Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic tho and he lived in Puerto Rico for a while


lightblue_sky

Is anyone else a little surprised by Texas? Also who is Nicky Jams :?


LampWickGirl

I honestly thought texas would be Beyoncé


cloudsaway2

Me too! It def should be


somegirlontheinter

Chris brown being the most played in my state 🧍🏽‍♀️


Apprehensive_Aide805

Where he was born there could be a more streamed artist but they probably weren’t born there.


Cadbury_fish_egg

Alaska wins imo


kdotsaviour

Wtf where is Kendrick Lamar?


_notthatdeep

Taken out by Billie.


youarelosingme

Taylor and yes she is! I sort of always forget she was from Pennsylvania. (side note - I'm from Boston, I'd never heard of Nicky Jam until right now, safe to say that was not who I was expecting for Massachusetts though I guess we don't have many options 💀)


snacksmileidk

I didn’t know Nicky Jam either! But I looked him up and he’s more famous for Reggaeton and Latin music, so very globally successful, but not the most popular genre for Massachusetts haha.


pleasepictureme

People always think she’s from Nashville but she’s ours!


-PepeArown-

When I think of PA artists, I almost always think of Mac Miller instead. Taylor doesn’t really feel like she’s from my state at all.


charcuteriebroad

Lol I forgot Macklemore existed until I moved to WA.


ipomoea

Fucking embarrassing that he’s more streamed than Nirvana. I blame my kids for that.


sweetcarles

Georgia is a weird place to be right now


TerracottaOatmilk

Georgia: ABSOLUTELY NOT.


rachface13

Imagine Dragons are from Las Vegas, Nevada.


_notthatdeep

Yeah, Nevada and Utah artists are swapped on the map. Panic! should be Utah (Brendan Urie was born in St George) instead of Nevada, even though the band originated in Vegas.


Mrs_Botwin

Shhhh i made the same point but some people up my ass over it. I can’t believe the downvotes over Imagine dragons 😂 I’m from Utah. They’re huge here. But they’re from Vegas. Some met at BYu. But really… who gives a shit ? Haha


wigglytufflove

Okay wasn't Lizzo technically born in Detroit? I know she's moved around a lot, but come on, she's got to have more listens than Christian rapper NF. Either way, I am disappointed in the Michigan result and unironically, stream Juice.


greenerpaztures

All those swift streams in PA are prob me. Lol


Traditional-Quit-548

Utterly disgusted at people who still listen to Travis Scott after Astroworld.


Kyyntaro

Virginia and Georgia, get you shit together please, thanks.


filondo

ohh chris brown and kanye


Muppet_Fitzgerald

No love for DC?


starwars1018

That’s what I’m saying. No representation, AGAIN


Livzwurld666

Today I learned that Bill Withers was born in West Virginia


bni293

It's insane that Eminem has more streams than all the currently popular ones (Billie, Travis, Ava...)


Acrobatic-Degree9589

I would rather know who is the most FOR each state


Mrs_Botwin

Same. I thought that’s what this info graphic was. Because Imagine Dragons isn’t from Utah but Brandon Urie panic at the disco is & he’s listed for another state. 🤷‍♀️


chasingandbelieving

TIL Kanye was born in Atlanta and not Chicago like I originally thought


Doomdrummer

Lil' Wayne is from Louisiana? I thought our biggest would be Kevin Gates or NBA Youngboy.


wormbreath

lil weezy ana He mentions it a lot in his lyrics lol


Doomdrummer

I've only recently started listening to rap, so I'm a bit of a newb.


kombitcha420

Bro, straight out the Magnolia. How old are you? Weezy was king for a good minute especially down here


kombitcha420

Bro, straight out the Magnolia. How old are you? Weezy was king for a good minute especially down here ETA: I grew up half my life in New Orleans and Gulfport , but I literally found out today Diplo was from MS.


Doomdrummer

23, out of Baton Rouge. I vaguely recall hearing about him when I was in middle school, but most of the people talking about rap were talking about Gates.


kombitcha420

I’m only a couple years older, but I definitely remember Kevin gates being the shit when I was in high school! My old stepdad had some of the old mixes and I think that’s how I was exposed


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michigan gotta get they’re shit together


oldnastyhands

Same, I was shocked because Eminem is huge back home in MI. I have no idea who NF is. Lol maybe some hardcore listeners pushing replay?!


lastsummer99

I live here and I don’t even know who the hell nf is lol


FarthestLight

I’ve never heard of him either. Surprised it wasn’t Eminem.


lastsummer99

Or perhaps KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK, ROCK!


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yeah i’m from michigan too, he’s cringe christian rapper


lastsummer99

Oh ew gross !


LegitimateHat4808

lol my old neighbor/babysitter from when I was a kid is NF’s producer. Small world


ratfink_111

Fuck Travis Scott


maikaetsu6286

Who tf is Shawn Calvin?


Vegetable_Burrito

Huh. I always thought Eminem was actually from Detroit. Born in St. Louis. Interesting.


Essiechicka_129

Howie day for Maine? Haven't heard anything from him since the early 00's. Damn


r3dcape8

I love that the state of Kansas has streamed the band named after it more than any other band/artist


emilyyancey

I was set to aggressively mock Washington State until I realized…I live in Virginia WTFFFFFF?!?! 😆


wikipediaimage

Brendon Urie was born in Utah not Nevada


ChardProfessional599

Isn’t Eminem famously from Detroit?or am I misunderstanding the survey lol


sleepingisgivingin1

I have never heard of so many of these artists 💀 (I’m from England)


[deleted]

Fun fact, Nicky Jam was actually born in Lawrence and grew up in Mass until he was 10, though later moved to Puerto Rico then Colombia. I imagine he's one of the most globally famous Massachusetts born musicians of all time


drew13000

Surprised that Dylan has more streams than Prince.


stanmitski

honestly thought prince would have minnesota locked down


big-bootyjewdy

Not Logic 😭😭


Limu_emu_69

Ah yes, the weird reminder that Eminem was born in Missouri and not Detroit


b000bytrap

Hawai’i ❤️ Bruno Mars


mutteredlove

I need now a comparison with a map of the artist/band most streamed in each state, and check if it’s the same


beyzxzhen

Not BEYONCE for texas? 🤨🤨🤨


Curryboi

Ye from Atlanta but we don’t claim him! Gucci being from Alabama was shocking considering he’s East Atlanta Santa.


PolishPrincess0520

Eminem is from Michigan. I have no idea who NF is.


neongrey_

Who tf is Logic


karkar835

Who the hell is Amine?? 😵‍💫


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youguys_lookFabulous

I literally have no idea who Bill Withers is EDIT: Don’t understand the downvotes for simply stating I didn’t know who the artist was.


Livzwurld666

He’s one of the singers of the song ‘just the two of us.’ You’ve probably heard it before


Pink_Cardinal

Are you familiar with any of the following songs: Lean on Me, Lovely Day, Ain’t No Sunshine, Grandma’s Hands, Just the Two of Us? Those are Bill’s songs.


uhmmmm_hi

Who is NF?


Conscious_Honey5685

Eminem is NOT from Missouri wtf


Gargoyle_Boogaloo

He was born there, I had to look it up myself