A company that researches music intelligence recently released a study revealing the "most distinctive" music artist in every state...by comparing the number of downloads in correlation with the amount of unwavering support they had for that band.

As an example, LINKIN PARK has a massive fan base in Arizona, the Texans stream GEORGE STRAIT far more than most. And it's no surprise that BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has tons of love in New Jersey.

But what about Montana State?

Here's the list:

Alaska:  Hong Kong singer Ginger Kwan  (???)

Alabama:  The Civil Wars

Arkansas:  Wiz Khalifa

Arizona:  Linkin Park

California:  British electronic artist Bonobo

Colorado:  The New Zealand indie rock band The Naked And Famous

Connecticut:  David Guetta

Delaware:  Rush

Florida:  Rick Ross

Georgia:  Future

Hawaii:  J-Boog, who was in the R&B group B2K

Iowa:  B.o.B

Idaho:  Tegan and Sara

Illinois:  Sufjan Stevens

Indiana:  Blake Shelton

Kansas:  Eric Church

Kentucky:  Fall Out Boy

Louisiana:  Rapper Kevin Gates

Massachusetts:  Neil Young

Maryland:  Kelly Rowland

Maine:  R.E.M.

Michigan:  Young Jeezy

Minnesota:  Metric

Missouri:  The Shins

Mississippi:  Louisiana hip-hop singer August Alsina

Montana:  Randy Houser

North Carolina:  Miguel

North Dakota:  Stone Sour

Nebraska:  The British indie pop band Bastille

New Hampshire:  Grateful Dead

New Jersey:  Bruce Springsteen

New Mexico:  Alan Jackson

New York:  James Blake

Nevada:  Ciara

Ohio:  Florida Georgia Line

Oklahoma:  Jason Aldean

Oregon:  Kurt Vile, who was in the indie rock band The War on Drugs

Pennsylvania:  Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

Rhode Island:  Nirvana

South Carolina:  The Christian group Hillsong United

South Dakota:  Hinder

Tennessee:  Juicy J from Three 6 Mafia

Texas:  George Strait

Utah:  The electronic rock band AWOLNATION

Virginia:  Dave Matthews Band

Vermont:  Phish

Washington:  The indie folk rock band The Head and the Heart

Wisconsin:  Jack Johnson

West Virginia:  Matchbox Twenty

Wyoming:  The reggae band Dirty Heads  (???)

(See the interactive map here)

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