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Music in the Southern United States.
Alabama
- Alabama
- Chino Amobi
- Jimmy Buffett
- Commodores
- Erra
- Walker Hayes
- Jason Isbell
- Little Big Town
- Man or Astro-man?
- Flo Milli
- Lionel Richie
- Shenandoah
- Sun Ra
- 1961 - The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
- 1993 - Space Is the Place
- Yelawolf
- Hank Williams
Arkansas
- Evanescence
- 2003 - Fallen
- Scott Joplin
- Justin Moore
- Collin Raye
- Pharoah Sanders
- S. J. Tucker
- Conway Twitty
Florida
- 2 Live Crew
- Abiotic
- The Absence
- Against Me!
- Alter Bridge
- Anberlin
- Atheist
- B5
- Backstreet Boys
- Black Kids
- Black Tide
- blackbear
- Blood on the Dance Floor
- Boyce Avenue
- Camila Cabello (born in Cuba and based in Miami)
- 2017 - "Havana"
- Ethel Cain
- Eric Calderone
- Captain Dan & the Scurvy Crew
- Sofia Carson
- Aaron Carter
- Ray Charles
- City Girls
- CNCO
- The Cog Is Dead
- Cold
- Communion (born Alvaro Vega; formerly known as The Cacaman)
- Crimson Glory
- Cynic
- Dashboard Confessional
- A Day to Remember
- Death
- Deicide
- Demons & Wizards
- Jason Derulo
- Gloria Estefan (born in Havana, Cuba, but raised in Miami)
- Exotype
- Fifth Harmony
- Flo Rida
- Gigan
- Gordian Knot
- Ariana Grande
- 2018 - Sweetener
- 2019 - thank u, next
- Hate Eternal
- I Hate Myself
- Iced Earth
- Jack Off Jill
- Kamelot
- 2003-5 - Epica Album Series
- 2012 - Silverthorn
- Chris Kirkpatrick
- Lascaille's Shroud
- Less Than Jake
- Lil Pump
- Limp Bizkit
- 1997 - Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$
- 1999 - Significant Other
- 2000 - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
- 2003 - Results May Vary
- 2005 - The Unquestionable Truth
- 2011 - Gold Cobra
- Muni Long
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Major Lazer
- 2013 - "Bubble Butt"
- 2015 - Peace Is The Mission
- Marilyn Manson
- 1994 - Portrait of an American Family
- 1995 - Smells Like Children
- 1996 - Antichrist Superstar
- 1998 - Mechanical Animals
- 2000 - Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death)
- Matchbox Twenty
- Mayday Parade
- Morbid Angel
- New Found Glory
- *NSYNC
- 2000 - No Strings Attached
- Obituary
- Colby O'Donis
- Jake Owen
- Tom Petty
- 1993 - "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
- Pitbull
- Kitty Pryde
- Radical Face
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Rick Ross
- Savatage
- 1991 - Streets: A Rock Opera
- 1994 - Handful of Rain
- 1995 - Dead Winter Dead
- 1998 - The Wake of Magellan
- 2001 - Poets and Madmen
- Self-Insert
- Seven Kingdoms
- Shinedown
- Juliet Simms
- Six Feet Under
- Daniel Skye
- Sleeping with Sirens
- Sofi Tukker
- T-Pain
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- 1996 - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
- 2000 - Beethoven's Last Night
- Trivium
- Underoath
- XXXTentacion
- Yellowcard
Georgia
- 2 Chainz
- 21 Savage: Was born in the UK and technically not a US citizen, but has lived in the US since the age of seven and been based there for his entire music career.
- The Allman Brothers Band (formed in Florida, but relocated to Macon and based there for most of their career)
- Bill Anderson
- The Angelic Process
- India.Arie
- Attila
- The B-52s
- B.o.B (Rapper)
- Baroness
- The Black Crowes
- Boondox
- Blanco Brown
- James Brown
- 1963 - Live at the Apollo
- 1991 - Star Time
- Zac Brown Band
- Luke Bryan
- Kandi Burruss
- Brian Burton
- Cat Power
- 1998 - Moon Pix
- The Chariot
- Cody Chesnutt
- 2002 - The Headphone Masterpiece
- Childish Gambino
- 2018 - "This Is America"
- Chloe x Halle
- Ciara
- Circle Takes the Square
- Collective Soul
- TD Cruze
- Billy Currington
- Deerhunter
- Fozzy
- Future
- Terri Gibbs
- Brantley Gilbert
- Indigo Girls
- Amy Grant
- Cee Lo Green
- Grottomatic
- Gucci Mane
- Issues
- Alan Jackson
- Jessie James
- Cledus T. Judd
- Sammy Kershaw
- Gladys Knight
- Lil' Jon
- Lil Nas X
- 2021 - MONTERO
- Lil Yachty
- Little Richard
- 1957 - Here's Little Richard
- Ludacris
- Mastodon
- Migos
- Monica
- Normani
- of Montreal
- OutKast
- 2003 - "Roses"
- Phillip Phillips
- Playboi Carti
- 2018 - Die Lit
- Otis Redding
- 1965 - Otis Blue
- R.E.M.
- 1983 - Murmur
- 1984 - Reckoning
- 1985 - Fables of the Reconstruction
- 1986 - Lifes Rich Pageant
- 1987 - Document
- 1988 - Green
- 1991 - Out of Time
- 1992 - Automatic for the People
- 1994 - Monster
- 1996 - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
- 1998 - Up
- 2001 - Reveal
- 2004 - Around the Sun
- 2008 - Accelerate
- 2011 - Collapse into Now
- RuPaul
- Sevendust
- Showbread
- Soulja Boy
- Ray Stevens
- Doug Stone
- Sugarland
- Matthew Sweet
- Cole Swindell
- T.I.
- Taylor Girlz
- Theocracy
- TLC
- 1994 - CrazySexyCool
- Travis Tritt
- Usher
- 2004 - Confessions
- Waka Flocka Flame
- Mark Wills
- Xscape (Group)
- Trisha Yearwood
- Young Jeezy
Kentucky
- Cage the Elephant
- Billy Ray Cyrus
- Tom T. Hall
- Jack Harlow
- Wynonna Judd
- The Judds
- The Kentucky Headhunters
- Patty Loveless
- John Michael Montgomery
- Montgomery Gentry
- Ian Noe
- Panopticon
- Nicole Scherzinger
- Slint
- 1991 - Spiderland
- Chris Stapleton
- Bill Sutton
- Steve Wariner
- Keith Whitley
Louisiana
- Acid Bath
- Trace Adkins
- Louis Armstrong
- 1925-1928 - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
- Better Than Ezra
- Cane Hill
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Crowbar
- DJ Khaled
- Fats Domino
- Down
- Eyehategod
- Hunter Hayes
- Luke James
- Lead Belly
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Lil Wayne
- Master P
- Tim McGraw
- Neutral Milk Hotel
- 1996 - On Avery Island
- 1998 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
- Randy Newman
- Frank Ocean
- The Olivia Tremor Control
- The Radiators
- Addison Rae
- $UICIDEBOY$
- Irma Thomas
- Allen Toussaint
- 1975 - Southern Nights
- Trombone Shorty
- 2010 - Backatown
- The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- Lucinda Williams
Mississippi
- 3 Doors Down
- Afroman
- Ty Herndon
- Faith Hill
- John Lee Hooker
- Howlin' Wolf
- 1959 - Moanin' in the Moonlight
- 1969 - The Howlin' Wolf Album
- Robert Johnson
- Junior Kimbrough
- 1994 - Sad Days, Lonely Nights
- B.B. King
- Charley Pride
- Ruelle
- Britney Spears
- Muddy Waters
- 1968 - Electric Mud
- 2001 - The Anthology (1947–1972)
North Carolina
- Ryan Adams
- Æther Realm
- Alesana
- 2010 - The Emptiness
- Ashnikko
- Fantasia Barrino
- Between the Buried and Me
- Buzzov•en
- J. Cole (born in Frankfurt, Germany, raised in the USA)
- John Coltrane
- 1957 - Blue Train
- 1960 - Giant Steps
- 1961 - My Favorite Things
- 1965 - A Love Supreme
- Luke Combs
- Daughtry
- Rick Dees
- Delta Rae
- Ben Folds
- glaive
- Unknown Hinson
- Jodeci
- JT Music
- Mega Colossus
- Ronnie Milsap
- Britt Nicole
- Oliver!
- Porter Robinson
- Nina Simone
- [SiTH] Clan
- Superchunk
- Randy Travis
Oklahoma
- The All-American Rejects
- Gene Autry (also notable as an actor and Major League Baseball team owner)
- Garth Brooks
- 1989 - Garth Brooks
- 1990 - No Fences
- 1999 - In the Life of Chris Gaines
- The Charlie Daniels Band
- Ester Dean
- Flaming Lips
- 1999 - The Soft Bulletin
- 2002 - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
- Vince Gill
- Woody Guthrie
- 1940 - Dust Bowl Ballads
- Hanson
- Toby Keith
- Kings of Leon
- Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards
- Reba McEntire
- Blake Shelton
- Smooth McGroove
- Turnpike Troubadours
- Carrie Underwood
South Carolina
- Lee Brice
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Hootie & the Blowfish
- Iron and Wine
- Megan Jean and the KFB
- Needtobreathe
- Nile
- Darius Rucker
- Through the Eyes of the Dead
Tennessee
- Jason Aldean
- Jimmie Allen
- Kelsea Ballerini
- The Band Perry
- Dierks Bentley
- Big & Rich
- Big Star
- Brooks & Dunn
- Kane Brown
- Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown
- Canon Blue
- Madds Buckley
- Johnny Cash – born and raised in Arkansas, but started his music career in Memphis and lived in the Nashville area for most of the rest of his life
- Cheer Up, Charlie Daniels
- Kenny Chesney
- Eric Church
- The Civil Wars
- Miley Cyrus
- Noah Cyrus
- Dan + Shay
- The Dead Weather
- Diamond Rio
- Disciple
- Dillon Dixon Band
- Justin Townes Earle
- Enfold Darkness
- Sara Evans
- The Everly Brothers
- Florida Georgia Line
- Tennessee Ernie Ford
- GaMetal
- GloRilla
- Grace & Tony
- Al Green
- 1972 - Let's Stay Together
- 1973 - Call Me
- Guitar Fight From Fooly Cooly
- 2020 - Soak
- Isaac Hayes
- Sam Hunt
- Inferi
- Jars of Clay
- Lady A
- Shawn Lane
- Tracy Lawrence
- Lonestar
- Lovers & Liars
- Nick Lutsko
- Maddie & Tae
- Makeup and Vanity Set
- Mammoth City Messengers
- Martina McBride
- Lorrie Morgan
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Blessing Offor
- Paramore
- Dolly Parton
- 1971 - Coat of Many Colors
- Ann Peebles
- 1972 - Straight from the Heart
- 1974 - I Can't Stand the Rain
- peepeepo
- Elvis Presley
- 1956 - Elvis Presley (The Album)
- 1968 - Elvis (NBC TV Special)
- 1969 - From Elvis in Memphis
- 1974 - Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
- 1976 - The Sun Sessions
- The Protomen
- Red
- Restless Heart
- Thomas Rhett
- Riders in the Sky
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Saliva
- Dinah Shore
- Skillet
- Soccer Mommy
- 2016 - for young hearts
- 2017 - Collection
- 2018 - Clean
- 2020 - Color Theory
- 2022 - Sometimes Forever
- Taylor Swift
- Three 6 Mafia
- Pam Tillis
- Justin Timberlake
- 2013 - "Mirrors"
- Aaron Tippin
- Tomahawk
- Tina Turner
- 1984 - Private Dancer
- Keith Urban – though born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, he's made his career in American country music
- Morgan Wallen
- Whitechapel (Band)
- Hank Williams Jr.
- Hank Williams III
- Chris Young
Texas
- The 13th Floor Elevators
- Analog Rebellion
- At the Drive-In
- 2000 - Relationship of Command
- The Austin Lounge Lizards
- Erykah Badu
- 2000 - Mama's Gun
- Beyoncé
- 2003 - Dangerously in Love
- 2006 - B'Day
- 2008 - I Am... Sasha Fierce
- 2011 - 4
- 2013 - Beyoncé
- 2016 - Lemonade
- 2022 - Renaissance
- 2024 - Cowboy Carter
- The Big Bopper
- The Black Angels
- Tevin Campbell
- Kelly Clarkson
- Clint Black
- Blue October
- Bowling for Soup
- Michael Guy Bowman
- brentalfloss
- BROCKHAMPTON
- Butthole Surfers
- Tracy Byrd
- Chamillionaire
- Mark Chesnutt
- The Chicks
- Ornette Coleman
- 1959 - The Shape of Jazz to Come
- Cowboy Troy
- David Crowder Band
- Days N' Daze
- Destiny's Child
- 1998 - Destiny's Child
- 1999 - The Writing's on the Wall
- 2001 - Survivor
- 2004 - Destiny Fulfilled
- Device
- Devourment
- Dirty Rotten Imbeciles
- Drowning Pool
- Steve Earle
- Dorian Electra
- Explosions in the Sky
- Fair to Midland
- Flyleaf
- Forever the Sickest Kids
- Jamie Foxx
- Joe Scruggs
- Kirk Franklin
- Kinky Friedman
- Hannah Fury
- Geto Boys
- Selena Gomez
- Mckenna Grace
- Mickey Guyton
- Todrick Hall
- 2016 - Straight Outta Oz
- Helstar
- Buddy Holly
- Johnny Horton
- Jandek
- Waylon Jennings
- Daniel Johnston
- 1983 - Hi, How Are You
- 1983 - Yip/Jump Music
- George Jones
- Janis Joplin
- JubyPhonic
- Khalid
- Khruangbin
- Miranda Lambert
- Lecrae
- Maggie Lindemann
- Lisa Loeb
- Demi Lovato
- Lyle Lovett
- LeToya Luckett
- The Mars Volta
- Neal McCoy
- MDC
- Meat Loaf
- 1977 - Bat Out of Hell
- 1993 - "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
- Megan Thee Stallion
- Mineral
- Maren Morris
- Kacey Musgraves
- Mystery Skulls
- Willie Nelson
- Neon Indian
- The Oh Hellos
- Okkervil River
- Old 97's
- Roy Orbison
- Pantera
- The Paper Chase
- Pentatonix
- The Polyphonic Spree
- Post Malone
- Polyphia
- The Reverend Horton Heat
- LeAnn Rimes
- Kenny Rogers
- Kelly Rowland
- Scarface
- Travis Scott
- Dan Seals
- Selena
- Shut Up Sidney
- Ashlee Simpson
- Jessica Simpson
- Sixpence None the Richer
- Skelteria
- Solange
- 2016 - A Seat at the Table
- Spoon
- St. Vincent
- 2012 - Love This Giant (with David Byrne)
- Stephen Stills
- George Strait
- Tila Tequila
- Trout Fishing in America
- Townes Van Zandt
- Tanya Tucker
- Twin Tribes
- UGK
- Vanilla Ice
- Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Clay Walker
- Watchtower
- Waterparks
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson
- Don Williams
- Lee Ann Womack
- ZZ Top
- 1983 - Eliminator
Virginia
- Arsis
- Car Seat Headrest
- Carsie Blanton
- Chris Brown
- D'Angelo
- 1995 - Brown Sugar
- 2000 - Voodoo
- 2014 - Black Messiah
- dc Talk
- Missy Elliott
- Dave Grohl
- GWAR
- Hurt
- Lamb of God
- Lil Ugly Mane
- Dave Matthews Band
- James McMurtry
- Jason Mraz
- Municipal Waste
- Mojo Nixon
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Old Dominion
- Paul and Storm
- Pentagram
- Pig Destroyer
- Prince Poppycock
- Jacob Sartorius
- Sonohara
- Sparklehorse
- The Statler Brothers
- Timbaland
- Tonedeff
- Trey Songz
- Wedlock
- Pharrell Williams
