Can you name the American states from which Billboard considers these musicians to be 'top artist' ? by rockgolf

Can you name the American states from which Billboard considers these musicians to be 'top artist' ?

created by rockgolf

Enter a US state in the box below
Correctly named states will show up below
Click any empty Musician or Home or adopted state to answer for that location
Source: Born in the USA: Top Musicians by State
Each state is listed only ONCE. Billboard was unable to find a well-known musician from South Dakota.
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Musician	Home or adopted state
The Killers
Jewel
Stevie Nicks
Chrissie Hynde (the Pretenders)
George Strait
Billy Joel
Chris LeDoux
Kansas
Johnny Cash
Chicago
Michael Jackson
The Everly Brothers
Les Paul
Eminem
Bruce Hornsby
George Thorogood
Jermaine Dupri (producer: Usher, Mariah Carey)

Musician	Home or adopted state
Dolly Parton
Phish
James Brown
Stephen Hague (producer: Pet Shop Boys, New Order)
Louis Armstrong
Prince
Nicolette Larson
Madonna
Elvis Presley
Toni Braxton
Randy Meisner (Eagles)
Bruno Mars
Jeffrey Osborne
Alabama
The Beach Boys
Garth Brooks
Brad Paisley

Musician	Home or adopted state
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Ray Lamontagne
The Shins
Lawrence Welk
Loretta Lynn
Taylor Swift
Ray Charles
The Osmonds
John Mayer
Bruce Springsteen
Esperenza Spalding
Nirvana
Gloria Estefan
Aerosmith
John Denver

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Created Jul 4, 2011 in Music
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	rockgolf:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 14:14 GMT		5 points
	Billboard couldn't find a musician from South Dakota, so they picked L Frank Baum, who wrote The Wizard of Oz, which eventually inspired "Over the Rainbow". Too tenuous a link for a music quiz. Anyone can name a better South Dakota act?

	bmo1616:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT		7 points
	Damn you Eminem for believing everyone to think you're from Detroit..

	chriskotx:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 16:19 GMT		4 points
	Wikipedia lists David Soul, tv actor and singer of that monster all-time classic "Don't Give Up On Us, Baby" as one of the notable natives and residents of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His bio says that although he was born in Chicago as the son of a Lutheran minister who re-located often, he attended Augustana College there.

	floydpink:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 17:55 GMT		5 points
	How are 16 percent of people not getting the home state of the band Kansas? Shawn Colvin was born in South Dakota.

	KansasJayhawk:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 20:52 GMT		2 points
	The suggestion above of Shawn Colvin is better, but I might also suggest The Spill Canvas for South Dakota.

	coulraphobic123:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 20:56 GMT		3 points
	I'd go with Shawn Colvin for South Dakota..."Sunny Came Home" received multiple Grammy nominations including best song of the year I think.

	strags11:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 21:16 GMT		8 points
	Folks, forget South Dakota. Are you telling me that for North Carolina, a state that produced John Coltrane, Ronnie Milsap and James Taylor among numerous others, Billboard went with...Usher's record producer? Really??

	listyguy:	Jul 4th, 2011 at 22:45 GMT		7 points
	@strags11 It's Billboard. I bet they don't know who John Coltrane is.

	celestialaly12:	Jul 5th, 2011 at 05:38 GMT		1 point
	yeah montana should have had jeff ament (bass player from Pearl Jam) or steve albini producer of nirvana and others. im from montana and have never heard of nicollete larson

	HambonePA:	Jul 8th, 2011 at 01:33 GMT		4 points
	Here's the idiot who typed 'Chicago' for Chicago's state and couldn't figure out why it wasn't right. Three times...

	drfreshey:	Oct 16th, 2011 at 03:33 GMT		1 point
	Yeah James Brown, a Carolina man.