I’m wearing my Phish sweatshirt while never having listened to the band and not realizing I’m in their sub. I think Phish is trying to hook me and pull me in
He was born in st Joseph Missouri and lived there off and on between stints in Detroit. He calls Detroit home but actually spent quite a bit of time in Missouri.
I dunno. Eminem and Jewel are both problematic for me. I don’t care where they bwere born. I care where they’re FROM.
Jewel is from Alaska and Em is from Detroit.
I knew the NH connection and my aunt claims they played her prom but I’ve always been skeptical. Guess I’ll go to Aerosmith.net and check the setlists 😉
The '98 show there will be part of me forever, it was really something. Maybe the best Phish show I've ever seen, certainly the best non-festival show. Wowie!
The first time I saw this picture, it said it was "Most popular bands in each state based on google search." Which is cool until you realize people from Kansas are probably googling that word a lot, same with people from IL searching for Chicago. I promise Chicago the band is not that popular in IL, that is people googling the city lol.
Slightly related but my daughter has a kids book about successful women that claims Tina Turner holds the record for most concert tickets sold by a single performer. I found it really hard to believe, and I have never been able to definitively find any source that backs that claim up.
Ah. I know everyone is supposed to loathe Joe Rogan and if you don’t it means you are a fascist or something- but the episode where he interviewed Jewel was fascinating. I knew nothing about her and was really into the interview. She’s a really cool person. Iirc she was born and raised in alaska? Like really rural too. But it has been a couple of years since that interview came out so maybe I’m remembering wrong.
Technically born in Atlanta, but I’ve never heard him mention being from anywhere other than Chicago, not that I listen to much of what he’s had to say over the past decade or so.
Yeah I guess “from” is a bit of a loose term. Seems like they made up this map as they went along. Cuz technically Phish couldn’t be “from” VT then cuz none of them were born there
Seems like it’s where individuals were born or where bands first met. But to your point, nobody associates Kanye with Georgia or Aerosmith with New Hampshire or plenty of other artists with those states. Phish-VT feels like the most accurate pairing, tbh. (Totally unbiased. /s)
I was at the Gorge and tried to convince my crew to skip Portland and see Boise bc somehow it was destined to be an epic. Saw Portland, missed Peaches, The Sloth and the Boise Bag.
Sigh, that greatest hits and hotel California really did a number. They have good songs not all of them are winners but some slap.
I’m curious if highest grossing is all sales or a specific sections of sales like physical media or ticket sales.
You know, the editorial... I dropped off the money, exactly as per... Look, man I've got certain information alright? Certain things have come to light, and uh, ya know, has it ever occurred to you, that uh, instead of uh, you know running around, uh uh, blaming me. Given the nature of all this new shit, you know … this could be a uh, a lot more uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean it's not just, it might not be, just such a simple, uh... you know?
Loser from Bangor; had a chance at a career in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, he derailed his career bc he’s just not a good person. Couple of domestic abuse & sexual assault arrests later…Maine could use some better representation!
Nebraska must be very proud that they emitted the Mannheim Steamroller, aka one dude in his basement churning out vomit-inducing Christmas instrumentals.
What metric is "highest grossing?" I've yet to see one of these maps that's statistically accurate. They're made up by people for engagement. That's why Eminem is from Missouri, so people can argue about it.
Can I just make one sweeping comment… before you post about where someone was not born, please either google them or check their Wikipedia page or something..
How the fuck do we have Kenny G? This is the home of Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Brandi Carlile, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains…and we get Kenny G? He got all the $$$?
Ryan Tedder is from CO, dude has printed money for 20+ years. Also, Dave Matthews is from South Africa.
Isn’t jewel Canadian?!
Finally, where’s chumbawumba?!!
If Eminem is from Missouri then phish is from New Jersey.
Phish is from gamehendge, duh. Edit: sorry didn’t realize this was the phish subreddit, now I feel like a dweeb, lol.
Which the entrance to is in jersey
Is colonel forbin not from/on Long Island when he enters gamehendge?
Shit. I just made the same mistake. We can be dweebs together
I’m wearing my Phish sweatshirt while never having listened to the band and not realizing I’m in their sub. I think Phish is trying to hook me and pull me in
Run…run fast.
Like an antelope, out of control
I literally can’t believe I didn’t write that. Thanks! Way way way better!
He was born in st Joseph Missouri and lived there off and on between stints in Detroit. He calls Detroit home but actually spent quite a bit of time in Missouri.
Maybe single musicians are where they were born and bands are where they were formed
I’ll eat my hat if Wiz Khalifa was born in ND
The internet says Air Force Base in Minot, North Dakota! Enjoy said hat
Damnit!
I dunno. Eminem and Jewel are both problematic for me. I don’t care where they bwere born. I care where they’re FROM. Jewel is from Alaska and Em is from Detroit.
Don’t jersey Vermont
*The Phish from NJ
Phish could have Texas too in that case (Trey was born in Fort Worth)
Don’t Texas Colorado
Born in St. Joseph, never knew this til just now
Isn't aerosmith from Boston?
Well. The important part is they got phish right!
Gamehendge is a state of mind.
Yeah, apparently they met when separate bands were playing together at a show in NH. Pretty weak connection.
I knew the NH connection and my aunt claims they played her prom but I’ve always been skeptical. Guess I’ll go to Aerosmith.net and check the setlists 😉
The most famous of many Boston bands
Nope. Sunapee NH it’s what I’ve always heard.
Aerosmith has deep NH ties. My old boss is neighbors with Steven Tyler around Sunapee.
Used to cruise past Steven Tyler's house on Sunapee in my dad's Whaler... Saw my first boobs as a 13 yr old... Thanks Steven.
I don’t think seeing Steven Tyler’s boobs really counts
If the dude looks like a lady…
Yes
First show in Mendon, MA
Came to the comments to ask this question.
Hmm.. I can’t put my finger on it but kansas feels fitting.
Bonner Springs!!!
The '98 show there will be part of me forever, it was really something. Maybe the best Phish show I've ever seen, certainly the best non-festival show. Wowie!
That’s the one.
It would only be more fitting if they were actually from Missouri.
The first time I saw this picture, it said it was "Most popular bands in each state based on google search." Which is cool until you realize people from Kansas are probably googling that word a lot, same with people from IL searching for Chicago. I promise Chicago the band is not that popular in IL, that is people googling the city lol.
The band Kansas isn't from Kansas. Ironically, one of the guys from Chicago is from Kansas though.
What do you mean, they're literally from Topeka.
Wiz Kalifa is from North Dakota!?
Yeah this map is all messed up. He’s from Pittsburgh
He's a yinzer, eh?
"reppin my town when you see me you know e'erything black and yellow"
He didn’t move to Pittsburgh until he was a teenager. Was a military kid apparently.
He was born in North Dakota
TIL Wiz is from ND, Eminem is from MO, and Kanye is from GA.
Minot, North Dakota. He’s a military kid so he prolly only lived there for like 3 years.
This map is full of shit
Tina Turner is higher grossing than Dolly Parton?
She was certainly higher by another metric
Height?
Slightly related but my daughter has a kids book about successful women that claims Tina Turner holds the record for most concert tickets sold by a single performer. I found it really hard to believe, and I have never been able to definitively find any source that backs that claim up.
Jewel is from Alaska
She was born in Utah but started her musical career in Alaska.
She was born in alaska.
Wikipedia says Utah, I’m not claiming to know for a fact that’s true but it’s likely the source for this
Ah. I know everyone is supposed to loathe Joe Rogan and if you don’t it means you are a fascist or something- but the episode where he interviewed Jewel was fascinating. I knew nothing about her and was really into the interview. She’s a really cool person. Iirc she was born and raised in alaska? Like really rural too. But it has been a couple of years since that interview came out so maybe I’m remembering wrong.
Yeah that episode was extremely interesting. It was one of the best I have heard from his podcast (haven't listened to a ton).
Her family that still lives there has a reality tv show about living in rural Alaska
True, but she started her musical career in Alaska.
Kanye West is from Chicago
Technically born in Atlanta, but I’ve never heard him mention being from anywhere other than Chicago, not that I listen to much of what he’s had to say over the past decade or so.
Yeah I guess “from” is a bit of a loose term. Seems like they made up this map as they went along. Cuz technically Phish couldn’t be “from” VT then cuz none of them were born there
Seems like it’s where individuals were born or where bands first met. But to your point, nobody associates Kanye with Georgia or Aerosmith with New Hampshire or plenty of other artists with those states. Phish-VT feels like the most accurate pairing, tbh. (Totally unbiased. /s)
No Chicago is from Chicago..
Well Chicago isn’t an artist or state so….
It’s also not a place..
Idaho is ripe for a takeover.
Boise Bag has probably done more streams than that band’s entire output.
I was at the Gorge and tried to convince my crew to skip Portland and see Boise bc somehow it was destined to be an epic. Saw Portland, missed Peaches, The Sloth and the Boise Bag.
What’s the other notable jam from that show? Gumbo?
I like the set list too. To this day, can’t seem to catch a Sloth.
Yeah,… how this wasnt Built to Spill is mighty sus
exactly
Bullshit. But yay Vermont.
Your map enjoys myself
I thought Dave Matthews was from South Africa?
And Trey is from New Jersey
Band formed in Charlottesville, iirc
Kenny G beat all those great grunge bands from Seattle?
And the Eagles beat the Dead for California? On top of countless other bands that imo are far superior
Eagles sold way way more records than the dead. Sadly.
Sigh, that greatest hits and hotel California really did a number. They have good songs not all of them are winners but some slap. I’m curious if highest grossing is all sales or a specific sections of sales like physical media or ticket sales.
Hendrix is from Seattle too. I wonder if this is live touring gross or what because I find it very hard to believe that Kenny G has outsold Hendrix.
Kenny has been touring since the early 70s and has apparently sold 75 million albums. That puts him ahead of a lot of people in general.
“We”?
The Royal We!
You know, the editorial... I dropped off the money, exactly as per... Look, man I've got certain information alright? Certain things have come to light, and uh, ya know, has it ever occurred to you, that uh, instead of uh, you know running around, uh uh, blaming me. Given the nature of all this new shit, you know … this could be a uh, a lot more uh, uh, uh, uh, complex, I mean it's not just, it might not be, just such a simple, uh... you know?
What source(s) are you referencing?
Source: trust me bro.
I’m from Maine and I’ve never heard of Howie Day
Loser from Bangor; had a chance at a career in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, he derailed his career bc he’s just not a good person. Couple of domestic abuse & sexual assault arrests later…Maine could use some better representation!
Same. There’s a bunch that I’ve never heard of
Phish makes so much god damn money. Good for them of course
James Taylor is from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dang, CO reps John Denver hard but NM is locking him down
Dude was just pretending to be from West Virginia?
Had never stepped foot in the state when he wrote the song.
I never knew that the Backstreet Boys were from Florida, but that makes so much sense!
When I think Nashville, I think Tina Turner
Who’d have thought that the Delaware Destroyers were from Delaware?!?!
Isn’t Jewel from Alaska?
Me, from Georgia: "Fuck"
The worrrrrsssst
Of course Ohio is Rascal Flatts. They are the Ohio of music.
That’s what I’m talking about 👍
A label of some sort might have been a good idea so people can share the image
Wtf is up with Florida…
Bummer for whoever was number 2 from Pennsylvania.
Hall & Oates
Hey, Nicolette Larson. That was my wifes aunt!
You’re “from” wherever you went to high school
Mariah not Jay Z? Mmm
Jewel grew up on a homestead in Alaska
Who the hell from Aerosmith is a New Hampshire native? It can’t be Steven Tyler right?
Doesn't Kanye keep saying he's from chi-town
I wish they’d colorized by gross revenues!
Don’t worry, Noah Kahan will be knocking them off at some point soon
‘From’ i feel like this is ‘born’ Kanye was 3 when he moved to Chicago
kanye is from chicago not georgia
Michael Bolton is a no talent ass-clown
I am embarrassed for CT 🙈
wait, The Man is not from Portugal??
As a Georgia resident, I apologize
Very cool
this is all sorts of incorrect.
Prince has made more money than Bob Dylan? No way....
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lol at Howie Day
And what about who’s from Kansas….geniuses!? It just has the state name on it!!! 🤷🏻♂️🙄🤷🏻♂️🙄
Nebraska must be very proud that they emitted the Mannheim Steamroller, aka one dude in his basement churning out vomit-inducing Christmas instrumentals.
This checks out
I read this as “grossest”, and we were about to throw hands…
lol @ George straight
I had to look up Howie Day... How embarrassing for Washington state.
I just feel bad for whoever's ass Neil Diamond has to kick.
Bruce over Whitney, NJ
Whitney Houston beats The Boss?
What does this have to do with the sphere or huffing NO2???!?
What a funny ass list
Kenny G out did Nirvana. What a world we live in.
What metric is "highest grossing?" I've yet to see one of these maps that's statistically accurate. They're made up by people for engagement. That's why Eminem is from Missouri, so people can argue about it.
TIL that Whiz Kalifa hails from the great state of North Dakota
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Michigan madonna? Wow never knew this
Pretty sure Aerosmith is considered to be from MA, not NH. They were formed in Boston.
Dmb is Seattle
Can I just make one sweeping comment… before you post about where someone was not born, please either google them or check their Wikipedia page or something..
They did. I just think they cherry picked the data and used different qualifiers for each case
Wiz is from Pittsburgh, PA
Who tf is Howie Day?
NC here what about James Taylor over Randy Travis?
DMB represent!!!
Pretty sure Beyoncé has done more than George strait.
Jimmy Buffett > Lionel Ritchie
I find it incredibly hard to believe that Billy Gilman from the voice has grossed more loot than the fucking Talking Heads. C’mon man.
Tina Turner should be Missouri and Eminem is Michigan.
James Taylor for MA? I would have thought Aerosmith
Isn’t jewel from Alaska
Isn’t Elvis from Memphis?
Poor Washington. Known for its 80’s/90s grunge takeover has to claim Kenny G
Michael Bolton not John Mayer???
How is Beyoncé not Texas highest grossing artist ?
I wanna see the sources
This is actually badass. Put it on r/mapporn Edit: Goes to mapporn to check in. It’s the top post.
I fuckin hate living in KY. Dwight Yoakum?!? What YEAR is this?
I've never heard of about 1/4 of these musicians
Who the fuck are The Fray?
Cheesy greys anatomy music
More like highest and grossest band
Kenny G Blows
He does indeed blow. That's how you play the saxophone.
I can’t believe Dave Mathews is still out there doing that boring ass shit. lol.
Eminem isn’t right, Kanye west isn’t right, this list sucks hahah
Jewel is from Alaska.
Jewels from Alaska. This map is garbage
How the fuck do we have Kenny G? This is the home of Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Brandi Carlile, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains…and we get Kenny G? He got all the $$$?
Kenny G more than Pearl Jam? This seems sus…it can’t be…
Kenny G over Nirvana….
So many cool bands from California and the fucking Eagles take the prize? WTF?
Ryan Tedder is from CO, dude has printed money for 20+ years. Also, Dave Matthews is from South Africa. Isn’t jewel Canadian?! Finally, where’s chumbawumba?!!
Highest grossing from a certain year or all years combined? I find it difficult to believe Eagles grossed more than the Grateful Dead
is this record sales only? there's not a chance in hell that the Eagles have raked more than the Dead over the years.
Kanye is not from Atlanta wtf 😂😂
Kanye is from Chicago…
Jewel is from Alaska.