Post by respect77 on Aug 11, 2017 4:21:10 GMT
What Music Do Americans Love the Most? 50 Detailed Fan Maps
By JOSH KATZ AUG. 7, 2017
YouTube has become a dominant force in the music industry in the last few years, particularly among younger people. With the help of YouTube’s geocoded streaming data, we set out to map the contours of music fandom and culture in the United States.
Of the artists on the Billboard Top 100 this spring, we looked at the 50 that were most watched on YouTube in the United States between January 2016 and April 2017. Each map shows relative popularity in different parts of the country. If one part of a map is lighter, it doesn’t mean people there weren’t watching the artist’s videos; it just means fans were more likely to listen to a variety of other artists.
See the complete set of fan maps below, listed in order of YouTube views in our data. (You can use your left or right arrow key to cycle through the maps.)
Interested in some music to go with your map browsing? Enter a U.S. location in the search box to get a custom playlist based on that area’s favorite artists among those in our data, or skip straight to the maps.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/upshot/music-fandom-maps.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0#future
Here are the maps: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/upshot/music-fandom-maps.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0#future
To me the great thing is that MJ is at #20 (based just on 2017 statistics). MJ is the only act in the Top 50 that is not active any more. Here is the Top 50:
1. Future
2. Rihanna
3. Twenty One Pilots
4. Justin Bieber
5. Kevin Gates
6. The Chainsmokers
7. Rae Sremmurd
8. Beyoncé
9. The Weeknd
10. Ariana Grande
11. Eminem
12. Migos
13. Drake
14. Chris Brown
15. Bruno Mars
16. Katy Perry
17. Ed Sheeran
18. Taylor Swift
19. Meghan Trainor
20. Michael Jackson
21. Adele
22. Kodak Black
23. Shawn Mendes
24. Sia
25. Calvin Harris
26. Maroon 5
27. Nicki Minaj
28. Lil Uzi Vert
29. Post Malone
30. Shakira
31. Panic! at the Disco
32. Kendrick Lamar
33. Gucci Mane
34. DJ Khaled
35. Justin Timberlake
36. Big Sean
37. Zayn Malik
38. Florida Georgia Line
39. Selena Gomez
40. Coldplay
41. Imagine Dragons
42. Luke Bryan
43. J. Cole
44. BTS
45. Lady Gaga
46. Jason Derulo
47. Travis Scott
48. Lil Yachty
49. Linkin Park
50. Metallica