Here are the songs that defined America from Sept. 23 to Sept. 29, presented by BuzzFeed and Spotify. A state’s “signature song” is not its most popular, but its most distinctive — that is to say, the one that residents of that state streamed proportionally the most as compared with the U.S. as a whole.
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For the week ending Sept. 29, Kendrick Lamar's feel-good new single "i" crash landed in Massachusetts, country stud Dustin Lynch strode into West Virginia, Ohio discovered Irish pop-crossovers The Script, and affable pop upstarts Walk The Moon captured the capital with "Shut Up And Dance." Next Thursday, more distinctive songs from BuzzFeed and Spotify.
Alabama: Rae Sremmurd, "No Flex Zone"
Alaska: AWOLNATION, "Sail"
Arizona: 5 Seconds of Summer, "She Looks So Perfect"
Arkansas: Jason Aldean, "Burnin' It Down"
California: Tinashe, "2 On"
Colorado: Milky Chance, "Stolen Dance"
Connecticut: The Chainsmokers, "Kanye"
Delaware: T.I., "About The Money"
District of Columbia: Walk The Moon, "Shut Up And Dance"
Florida: Kiesza, "Hideaway"
Georgia: Iggy Azalea, "Fancy"
Hawaii: Sam Smith, "I'm Not The Only One"
Idaho: Mary Lambert, "Secrets"
Illinois: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, "Rather Be"
Indiana: 5 Seconds of Summer, "Amnesia"
Iowa: Chase Rice, "Ready Set Roll"
Kansas: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
Kentucky: Blake Shelton, "Neon Light"
Louisiana: Rich Gang, "Lifestyle"
Maine: Jason Derulo, "Trumpets"
Maryland: Chris Brown, "New Flame"
Massachusetts: "i", "Kendrick Lamar"
Michigan: Fall Out Boy, "Centuries"
Minnesota: GRL, "Ugly Heart"
Mississippi: Sam Hunt, "Break Up in a Small Town"
Missouri: Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg, "Wiggle"
Montana: Dierks Bentley, "Drunk On A Plane"
Nebraska: Florida Georgia Line, "This Is How We Roll"
Nevada: Magic!, "Rude"
New Hampshire: Mr. Probz, "Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)"
New Jersey: Bobby Shmurda, "Hot Nigga"
New Mexico: Luke Bryan, "Play It Again"
New York: Lilly Wood and The Prick, "Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)"
North Carolina: Jeremih, "Don't Tell "Em"
North Dakota: Florida Georgia Line, "Dirt"
Ohio: The Script, "Superheroes"
Oklahoma: Katy Perry, "Dark Horse"
Oregon: Alt-J, "Every Other Freckle"
Pennsylvania: Nicki Minaj, "Anaconda"
Rhode Island: Enrique Iglesias, "Bailando"
South Carolina: Wiz Khalifa, "We Dem Boyz"
South Dakota: Maddie & Tae, "Girl In A Country Song"
Tennessee: Hozier, "Take Me To Church"
Texas: Lil Wayne, "Believe Me"
Utah: Imagine Dragons, "Warriors"
Vermont: Alt-J, "Hunger Of The Pine"
Virginia: Ella Henderson, "Ghost"
Washington: Fences feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Arrows"
West Virginia: Dustin Lynch, "Where It's At"
Wisconsin: Sam Hunt, "Leave The Night On"
Wyoming: Kenny Chesney, "American Kids"