Read: The Most Popular Musicians By State (Drake, Beyonce & Kevin Gates Included)

Published: Wednesday 20th Jul 2016 by David
justineskye

As newbies like Justine Skye (above) seek innovative ways to reach their full potential commercially on a global tip, the likes of Drake, Beyonce, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna lead the way for them by soaring in the United States.

How?

Find out by reading Pandora‘s list of the most popular musicians by U.S. state below!

The streaming and recommendation service provided a list of which “artist stations” received the highest number of adds in each of the 50 states in 2016.

Who came out on top?

Alaska

1. Drake

2. Eminem

3. Taylor Swift

4. Fetty Wap

5. Adele

6. G-Eazy

7. The Weeknd

8. Ed Sheeran

9. Beyoncé

10. Maroon 5

Alabama:

1. Kevin Gates

2. Fetty Wap

2. Drake

4. Future

5. Beyoncé

6. Lil Wayne

7. Taylor Swift

8. Chris Brown

9. The Weeknd

10. Sam Hunt

Arkansas:

1. Kevin Gates

2. Drake

2. Fetty Wap

4. Beyoncé

5. The Weeknd

6. Lil Wayne

7. Taylor Swift

8. Eminem

9. Future

10. Adele

Arizona:

1. Kevin Gates

2. Drake

3. Fetty Wap

4. Beyoncé

5. Eminem

6. Taylor Swift

7. J. Cole

8. Bruno Mars

9. Adele

10. Rihanna

California:

1. Drake

2. The Weeknd

3. Fetty Wap

4. Beyoncé

5. J. Cole

6. Rihanna

7. Adele

8. YG

9. Chris Brown

10. Bruno Mars

Colorado:

1. Drake

2. Taylor Swift

3. Eminem

4. The Weeknd

5. Fetty Wap

6. Adele

7. Bruno Mars

8. J. Cole

9. Maroon 5

10. G-Eazy

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  1. HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

    SCREAMING AT SLAYGEND YONCE BEING ON ALMOST EVERY TOP TEN IN THE STATES KIII!!! BUT THESE HOEEESS WANNA CONTINUE TO TELL THEMSELVES BEY IS CULTURALLY IRRELEVANT! BITXH WHERE!?!?!?!?
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    ?☕?☕?☕?☕?☕?☕

    • OVO Ricky July 20, 2016

      You confused dog! Drake is staying her.

    • Andrew July 20, 2016

      So basically no one know frih.

      • Shawty fenty July 20, 2016

        that’s not of any importance!

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Girl samsung must be paying for her radio play and streams ?????

    • Drizzy Makes Me Dizzy July 20, 2016

      Beyonce? On top? Where? Better check again durling.

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Clearly these fake ass pressed Drake Stans can’t READ!!! I said she was in the TOP TEN OF ALMOST EVERY STATE!!! Lol!

    • wrosy3 July 20, 2016

      Get a f****** life who cares anymore channel that energy you fighting for Beyonce on something more important because she do not gives two f**** and bloodclaat about your ass everything is a competition to you no wonder why your head stay bald it must be nerve racking all day worrying about who Beyonce is beating in the world f****** looking chicken head

      • Baddiemyfav July 20, 2016

        Instead of being soooo angry, just shoot yourself in the temple and end your misery you fawkin K***.?????

      • fatusankoh July 20, 2016

        Did the people you stain for care about you we bey fans know who bey is that is why we love her for life dont tell us sheet haters

    • Keri Qween July 20, 2016

      But Rihanna is at the top of Yonce the Billboard charts

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Hopefully she’ll thank Samsung for buying her streams.

      • Keri Qween July 20, 2016

        The songs are still selling more weekly than Sorry according to iTunes so if ppl are buying it why wouldn’t they stream it kii you’re delusional seek help

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Lol hunTEA, Nobody is buying her album in the states or WW. Anti Tour is a flop. She yet again played to another DEAD ASS STADIUM ????!!! So yea something gives. Her single is selling 30k a week. That’s nowhere near enough to hold her in the top 10. So yea her Tickets and Album sales are a flop yet her singles are doing fine. Samsung coming through with the PAYOLA!!!!

      • fatusankoh July 20, 2016

        She pay for it is not real we all know how she get their Keri hater you hate bey so much it get youno were but down sick hatemonger

    • bash July 20, 2016

      Yeah only missing from 12

  2. Drizzy Makes Me Dizzy July 20, 2016

    That poor and lowly Beyonce fan commented before reading what they were supposed to comment about. Oh no! A new day has come. Drake is the new winner and the Knee Highs will just have to deal.

    • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

      Bitxh stfu and stop. When drake can sell a 10+ million album, gross $100m tour, top Forbes, be named by TIME as THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CELEBRITY or win 5 or more grammys in a night than maybe your Queens stan base can take part in these stan wars. BTW your dragging yourself. I read it and my comment clearly displayed that LOL!!

  3. Drizzy Makes Me Dizzy July 20, 2016

    And FriHanna? I pity the flop.

  4. July 20, 2016

    Funny how Eminem didn’t put any music by his name in 3 yrs yet he managed to be on 80% of these lists

  5. King B July 20, 2016

    Let me add in more. The Australians like her too (She broke attendance record there, and Lemonade is still in the top ten), the South Koreans, the Brazilian as well as the people from the UK. That’s not all, she’s always do well in Ireland. I’m pretty sure, the Philippine and the Indonesian like her too. BEYONCÉ=GLOBAL SUPERSTAR.

    Japan Sales: Bday 400,000, IASF :250,000. That do not include Destiny’s Fulfilled 600,000 and #1s 500,000 (based on certification) and Survivor 200,000. Japan Only sales! Your favorite still have to s**** themselves in the studio producing 500 number hits and stay in the top ten for another 1000 weeks, only to sell 1/5 of the Queen sales! I ain’t sorry!

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      SCREAMING…I REMEMBER THE MRS CARTER TOUR ALSO BREAKING RECORDS IN AUSTRALIA TOO..

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        She also broke the attendance for a tour in Brazil with TMCWT for having 378k attendees in one year.

      • King B July 20, 2016

        @suprise I always check the Australian Album Chart, starting this year lol. And I notice that Anti is out of the album chart in just few months, with the smash, “Work”. While Lemonade is still in the top ten as of this week. That’s not all, 6 Weeks number one in Belgium and 5 Weeks in Ireland (if I’m not wrong). And I don’t get how is she local. She has two million selling album in the UK( even Janet doesn’t have one). And another two with DC, Beyoncé literally destroy all her competition in the album department. Her DC sales in Japan was so impressive!

  6. Weezy Tha Goat/ Zayn is ? July 20, 2016

    No shade but I throught Rihanna would be on more. And it’s good to see Weezy name on two of the lists.

    • IStan4Rihanna. July 20, 2016

      I can see that but then I read that this was a lost compiled by “Pandora”. A “Spotify” list would have been more telling.

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      I’m quite surprised that Katy Perry or Selena Gomez or Fifth Harmony have failed to make the list at all yet Eminem has.

      • Weezy Tha Goat/ Zayn is ? July 20, 2016

        Selena Gomez is a flop so I see why she didn’t make it. But I am surprised not to see Katys name anywhere, I guess this list was surveyed by adults.

  7. IStan4Rihanna. July 20, 2016

    1) When has “Pandora” ever been relevant? It’s streaming credentials have plummeted since “Spotify” overtook it in 2013.

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    2) If this were a “Spotify” list, the results would have been vastly different for obvious reasons.

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    3) Why have they only included 6 states ultimately – mostly southern and Midwestern ones? I would have liked to have known the popularity of these artists in states such as NY; Florida; Illinois; New Jersey; Pennsylvania etc.

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    Congrats to those who made this “list” however – I am quite surprised at Kevin Gates’ inclusion.

    • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

      Pandora is the second biggest Online Radio. It has 79.4m active users. They updated their stats on 4/28/16. IHeartRadio is currently #1 with 85m users.

      • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

        Yes………..@hailbeysus provides those receipts.

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        ?☕?☕?☕?☕

    • Coolness July 20, 2016

      There’s a ‘click more’ link, hun.

  8. Weezy Tha Goat/ Zayn is ? July 20, 2016

    Atlanta/Bankhead/Collipark
    Keri Hilson
    ????????????

    • Keri Qween July 20, 2016

      Wheres Waynes name? Dont be mad at me because Drake has replaced your lean sipping fave.

      • Weezy Tha Goat/ Zayn is ? July 20, 2016

        Scroll your dumb ass back up and you’ll see his name.

  9. S****** Blonde July 20, 2016

    Americans taste in music is embarrassing.

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      Just because there is not enough lynching as much as u are used to in america music does not make it embarrassing!!!!!

    • The Legend Called Missy Elliott July 20, 2016

      Yet your artists keep mimicking ours..

    • eric July 20, 2016

      S****** is not lying.

  10. King B July 20, 2016

    There’s no excuse why Global Superstar can’t make this list. Beyoncé, Adele and Taylor is up there. Along with Eminem. A really powerful artist should have the power to do everything (singles, albums, tours, FORBES, TIMES, Streams, or even basic list like this). Before you argue with me about Beyoncé singles, her last updated sale is around 40++ million. I love Rihanna, but the Navy keep coming for Bey like she’s the Queen of Everything.. Notice when Taylor, Bey and Adele release an album, they will be dominating sales, awards and Forbes list? Tour etc. While The Black Madonna is only singles, singles and singles.

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      LMAO..THE EXCUSES THE NAZI WILL BRING UP WILL INTERESTING!!!!

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Gurrrl Im laughing at the excuses ready kiii!!!

  11. Britney Damita Abdul July 20, 2016

    Laughing at people expecting Selena Gomez on here. She’s an expensive flop, meaning that a lot of money is being spent on her but she isn’t yielding any results. She’s apparently the most followed artist on ig but good look finding anyone who cares about what she posts in the way some of these teenagers care about Kylie Jenner.

  12. #JACKIE July 20, 2016

    Rihanna is missing from most of these lists?

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      LOL………SHE IS ALSO MISSING ON THE TALENT LIST TOO

      • Baddiemyfav July 20, 2016

        No lies.?

    • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

      With over 70m Pandora listeners fRih couldn’t attract any of them ?! No wonder those 12k arena’s were Empti! Lets give a round of applause to Samsung for purchasing fRih’s Albums, Certifications and Streams ?! They just forgot about how they were gunna cover up the flop attendance of the Empti Tour! Lmfaooo

  13. B_Roni July 20, 2016

    Y’all are crazy now let Rihanna would have been number one y’all would be like wow she slaying the lame Pandora charts. Y’all would be trying to talk bad about this woman. I’m pretty sure if Spotify post their info it would be a different story. I understand a lot of people are mad at Rihanna for doing well but that’s just how it’s gonna be. She gonna continue to make money and break records and put out music her fans care about.

  14. BEYSTAN_ SINCE 1997 July 20, 2016

    I see my girls name… A lot! ?

  15. LB July 20, 2016

    Drake dominates in every single state, he is pretty much in the top 5 in all 50 states, impressive for Pandora.

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      LMAO

  16. The Legend Called Missy Elliott July 20, 2016

    I had no idea Kevin Gates was that popular

  17. Career Ender July 20, 2016

    Lol messy post

  18. Career Ender July 20, 2016

    Gone are the days when Nazi were Janet stans, I see they are now Drake stans
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    This is very funny!

  19. Keri Qween July 20, 2016

    Kiii @ the hive+ celebrating a Pandora popularity list. Meanwhile, on Forbes, Billboard 200 ,the Hot 100 , iTunes singles chart ..Rihanna is charting above Yonce?☕thats true tea

    • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

      Where is Big Bird on any of those list???? ?

      • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

        LOL..WHEN UR FAVE IS DEAD AND U HAVE TO CLING ON TO ANOTHER RELEVANT ARTIST FOR SURVIVAL

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        BITXH!!!! IM DECEASED!!!!

  20. pat July 20, 2016

    Kevin Gates is super popular in the South. I’m surprised Boosie didnt show on some southern lists. They low key rule the south

  21. Kev July 20, 2016

    Serious question, I don’t get it, how does a Rihanna fan have the audacity to come for someone like Beyonce, really. That’s like a Selena fan coming for Whitney Houston’s vocals.

    In all honesty, Rihanna is a beautiful girl “Model with a mic”, but she is nothing more than a singles artist with Chipette vocals.

  22. HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

    Lol Canti can continue to chart Higher than Beys album for the next 4 years and still not come close to LemonSLAYEDS sales!!!
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    Lemonade 1.5m 3months —–> Canti 480k 7months ?!

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      Exactly..Just like drake can have 12 years on billboard 200 and still not outsell 25.

      • Keri Qween July 20, 2016

        Drake and Rihanna are charting above the divorce album

        Sales have slowed for the funeral album she’s done

      • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

        But where is Keri charting??? UNDER THE DOME OR NOWHERELAND? I CAN’T DECIDE

  23. Mark July 20, 2016

    The pest are now clinging to this irrelevant list.

    Chart check:

    BillBoard 200

    Anti #6

    Lemonade #7

    BillBoard Hot 100

    Needed Me #7

    Work #21

    Sorry #28

    Forbes

    Rihanna #13

    Beyonce #34

    • Surprise..DEC.2013 July 20, 2016

      No post the ACTUAL SALES……I’LL WAIT

    • Ayyseify July 20, 2016

      Lol Rihanna ain’t mad she’s making more than beyondgay. Lol beyondgay stans kill me one second it’s “streams don’t matter” blah blah now that Beyoncé name in a few list and now they getting they life lol. They will try to make Beyoncé look better than Rihanna by anyway possible but it’s null and void when Forbes and billboard say otherwise. The end of the day according to billboard and RIAA anti outsold Lemonlame along with the singles AND making more money according Forbes, so who is winning?

      • Mr.StLaurent July 20, 2016

        It’ll be interesting to see Béyonce global net worth VS. Rihanna global net worth !

      • BEY>RIH July 20, 2016

        Its a known FACT lemonade has outsold canti in the U.S. and WW. Cling to the streams and purchased plaques because that is literally all that is going for frih.

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        Beyoncé yearly average gross is $54m. She’ll top Forbes next year and mop the floor with frih BOOKMARK ME!

    • Ayyseify July 20, 2016

      Wait sorry can’t even pass work? I’m done

    • © Centurion ::. July 20, 2016

      @Mark
      ClockedT!
      • Forbes: Rihanna
      • Billboard: Rihanna
      • #1 music streaming service aka Spotify: Rihanna

  24. fatusankoh July 20, 2016

    You go queen bey happy for you

  25. eric July 20, 2016

    I’m ashamed by my state’s list. I don’t know who the heck Kevin Gates is, and Fetty Wap sounds like a bumbling, drunken idiot. They’ll drop off the charts in the next year or so and then someone new will get their 15 minutes. Music today sucks.

  26. ???????Chile, take this “Itty Bitty Piggy” to the market and make sure you hold her hand while crossing the street!??????? July 20, 2016

    I gotta say I’m VERY surprised about Taylor’s presence in all of these States, but yet Katy is absent in most of them. Surprised about Kevin Gates booty eating ass too.

  27. stardom July 20, 2016

    Poor nazi, rihanna is just an all round failure

    • Molly July 20, 2016

      Beyonce is struggling for top 20 on Billboard 100 as we speak

      • Reply At Your Own Risk. Leave the DumbFuckery At Door ~tyler July 20, 2016

        Selena’s just a struggle

      • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

        And Revival tumbled 57 spots down Itunes WW charts after her BLM comment. Like fav like stan! ?☕?☕?☕?☕?☕

      • Alex July 20, 2016

        @Molly how is Beyoncé struggling for a top 20 when she’s already had 4 from this album, along with a top ten all in one week?? I’ll wait!!!

  28. Theman July 20, 2016

    Adele’!!!!!!!!!!!!

  29. © Centurion ::. July 20, 2016

    That list is a kiii. Literally SCREAMING @ the RoachHive bragging about lists with Kevin Gates and G-Eazy. ?

  30. © Centurion ::. July 20, 2016

    I’m just waiting for Chart Check. The dragging of Beybøla will be brutal and I got my receipts all filed up anf ready to unleash on the no-life-having-āss-høe-hive.

    • HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

      No life, but you’re out here going through the archives gathering receipts for a post that the Slavi will be dragged in yet again LMAO!!!

  31. HailLegendBeysus July 20, 2016

    Kiii poor Slavi dragged for filth yet again! LMAO!!!

  32. Jaytruth July 20, 2016

    “Musicians” lol

  33. No favs, just here for the music July 20, 2016

    Nobody is talking about how TGJ dropped Justine Skye’s name in there for a little promo on the girl? Lol. I at least googled her…

  34. ow Reddish tran ivy blokz Need UK timely Ukuyikiji July 20, 2016

    Nice

  35. Benny Tonder August 30, 2016

    Recently Paul Lamere of the Echo Nest , a “music intelligence platform” company that claims to “automatically know everything about music,” developed a map that displays each state’s uniquely favorite artist. Lamere used Spotify to find his data, compiling information from the popular music-streaming service and comparing musicians’ overall popularity in America with those same musicians’ popularity in each individual state. In this way, he was able to suss out what artists are disproportionately represented in the states and thereby produce unique “favorites artists” for each.

  36. Kevin Gates August 31, 2016

    Kevin Gates is one of my top 5 favorites but I’m surprised he’s number one in so many states.

    My dude is doing it big

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