Born in the U.S.A.
Graphic by Hunter Schwarz and Chris Ritter for BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed has mapped out each state's most critically acclaimed musicians using data from Acclaimed Music, a website that crunches and compiles best-of lists to determine critics' general consensus. The disparity between heavily populated states with a strong musical tradition and the rest of the country meant there were many widely celebrated artists from states like California, Michigan, and New York who had no shot of making the map, while the bar to represent Alaska, Montana, or Wyoming was much lower. Here are the 50 artists:
Alabama: Hank Williams
Born in Mount Olive, Ala.
Alaska: Jewel
Grew up in Homer, Alaska.
