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●Born in the U.S.A.: Top 50 Stars of the 50 States (Staff Picks) ／ 7/3/2020 by Billboard Staff
https://www.billboard.com/photos/428841/top-50-music-stars-of-the-50-states

From Billy Joel's New York state of mind to the Beach Boys being synonymous with sunny California, each state has given us some amazing music. In honor of July 4th, Billboard has (subjectively) chosen a top star (or stars) to fly the flag for each of the 50 states. In most cases, the representative artist was born in his or her chosen state. In a few others, or in the case of groups, states were picked based on the states in which acts spent their formative years.

Please note that all selections are not based on strict Billboard chart methodology, but merely opinion, although chart history was strongly considered. Thus, please feel free to agree or disagree with our choices (the latter is much more fun).

・Alabama: Alabama
・Alaska: Jewel
・Arizona: Stevie Nicks
・Arkansas: Johnny Cash
・California: The Beach Boys
・Colorado: John Denver
・Connecticut: John Mayer
・Delaware: George Thorogood
・Florida: Gloria Estefan
・Georgia: Ray Charles
・Hawaii: Bruno Mars
・Idaho: Paul Revere and the Raiders
・Illinois: Chicago
・Indiana: Michael Jackson
・Iowa: The Everly Brothers
・Kansas: Kansas
・Kentucky: Loretta Lynn
・Louisiana: Louis Armstrong
・Maine: Stephen Hague
・Maryland: Toni Braxton
・Massachusetts: Aerosmith
・Michigan: Madonna
・Minnesota: Prince
・Mississippi: Elvis Presley
・Missouri: Eminem
・Montana: Jeff Ament
・Nebraska: Randy Meisner
・Nevada: The Killers
・New Hampshire: Ray Lamontagne
・New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen
・New Mexico: The Shins
・New York: Billy Joel
・North Carolina: Jermaine Dupri
・North Dakota: Lawrence Welk
・Ohio: Chrissie Hynde
・Oklahoma: Garth Brooks
・Oregon: Esperanza Spalding
・Pennsylvania: Taylor Swift
・Rhode Island: Jeffrey Osborne
・South Carolina: James Brown
・South Dakota: L. Frank Baum
・Tennessee: Dolly Parton
・Texas: George Strait
・Utah: The Osmonds
・Vermont: Phish
・Virginia: Bruce Hornsby
・Washington: Nirvana
・West Virginia: Brad Paisley
・Wisconsin: Les Paul
・Wyoming: Chris LeDoux
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