OT: best-selling musical artists by state of birth
If I knew how to embed the map image itself, I would've.
How in the eff is Missouri claiming Eminem? I'm sure this is covered below but uh, what?
By state of birth...Eminem was born in St. Joseph, Missouri.
being born in Detroit. Glenn started Eagles.
Makes no sense the Eagle being the California act. Should be Metallica as all the founding members except for Lars were born in California.
Eagles is complete bullshit as the primary members (Henley and Frey) were born in Texas and Michigan.
They WERE a california band, but they seem to have flexible rules for this.
Texas should be Pantera country!
You don't get to claim someone because they were born there!
I mean, next you'll be saying that Ohio claims Charles Woodson!
Did I just make up a rule? No take backs!
Paul Revere and the Raiders is the best Idaho can do? Time to step up their game.
What's wrong with the Backstreet Boys? Virginia is the one that should feel bad...
Georgia should feel bad....hell, they should be dropped from the US for this.
Severely disagree. I get not liking Kanye as a person or understanding the significance of the hip hop genre, but his first 3 albums are some of the greatest in hip-hop history.
Kanye is fine. Big annoying ego but had some great records early on
Washington should be embarrassed to have Kenny G
MO doesnt deserve Eminem and ugh... Madonna? yuck
there are so many other artists and bands who I'd rank higher if the main criteria wasn't the birthplace of the best-selling artist.
So many Motown greats, such as the Supremes, Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder; Rock greats such as Bob Segar, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk, even Tommy James and the Shondells and Del Shannon if you want to go that far back.
But yeah. Madonna.
But in her day.....Schawing.
Well, having the most successful female artist of all time (and fourth-most overall, behind the Beatles, Elvis and Michael Jackson) representing your state isn't too shabby.
...but 808s and Yeezus are his two best albums
Meh, from my personal opinion, they're both easily my least favorite, and I think critically and genre-impact wise, the general consensus is they can't hang with the first 3. I give 808s a ton of credit for proving Kanye is a true artist willing to be vulnerable and change his style. But while Robocop is one of my favorite songes ever of his, the album as a whole wasn't up to snuff for me. Yeezus on the other hand, I just could not get into at all. I tried, it wasn't working.
Out of the non college dropout series albums. My Beautufyl Dark Twisted Fantasy is my favorite, and makes a great case to possibly be my overall favorite Yeezy album (Graduation edges it out though). Overall beautiful album, especially when tied in with his short movie. I'm bit surprised it didn't get even more acclaim that it did, but I think that may be because it came out at time the public was starting to really get irritated with his public artist persona.
Honorable mention to his G.O.O.D. Friday series songs, which had some of the best songs he ever made.
Old man yells at cloud.
...and that's worse than Colorado's love for Jewel???
I don’t think you understand the map.
Especially since it's Utah and not Colorado.
Not wavy
A lot of people don't seem to understand the map. It's not a map of the most popular artist in each state. It's a map of the best-selling artist to come from each state.
Was born in Detroit and raised in Chicago....The Map is confusing.
If Wikipedia is to be trusted, he was born in Atlanta.
Thanks for the clarification. I was wondering why California got the Eagles when none of the founding members were born there.
Although if it is the most popular artist in each state, it is hard to believe that there are any duplicates.
I guess in their case they're counting California as the place where the band was formed.
If it were a map of the most popular artist, there definitely wouldn't be 50 different answers. There probably wouldn't even be ten. The hivemind is real.
I want it that way.
April 17th, 2018 at 11:09 PM ^
Didn’t feel anything until sometime in the 00s.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug...
...and heroine.
It’s not often we come out #1 or at least top 5 in a nationwide comparison like this, so I’ll take it!
Where is this ranking that you and the OP are talking about?
from Ohio?
Akron's third finest export after Lebron James, tires and just ahead of the Black Keys.
The Prentenders are as well. Cuyahoga Falls for them (just north of Akron)
The rest of the Prentenders are/were English.
But the city in My City Was Gone is putatively Akron.
The Waitresses were also from Akron.
Maynard was born in Ohio, Dave Grohl was born in Ohio, Trent Reznor started NIN in Cleveland, Joe Walsh spent his formative James Gang years in columbus/cleveland.
That was before the farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls and Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls.
April 17th, 2018 at 11:13 PM ^
Was from Cincinnati. Their headquarters was down the street (and down stream) from the industrial park where P&G made most of their products.
Guided by Voices and the Breeders (At least the Deal sisters) are from Dayton.
To quote "Jocko Homo":
I've got a rhyme that comes in a riddle
O-HI-O
What's round on the ends and high in the middle
O-HI-O
New Mexico? that John Denver is full of shit
Was full of shit.
that all looks pretty miserable to me. Maybe excepting early Elvis and MS.
EDIT: Okay, Eminem, Johny Cash, and Prince. Would pay to see them. I used to know Madonna back in the 80s in A2, and love her as a person, just always wished her damned music were better.
Home of grunge is fucking Kenny G?!
people of washington:
Nevermind
Hey what a coincidence, that's Kenny G fans' favorite album!
Rascal Flatts is good; I don't know what you're talking about.
should be Ohio's. They can't get anything right.