Here are the songs that defined America from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, 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 Oct. 6, Carrie Underwood surged in Oklahoma with her spiritual new power ballad "Something In The Water," Magic! continued its 5-week grip on Nevada, solo Nick Jonas made Maryland "Jealous," and Massachusetts discovered the curly-haired Aussie balladeer Vance Joy. Next Thursday, more distinctive songs from BuzzFeed and Spotify.
Alabama: Rae Sremmurd, "No Flex Zone"
Alaska: Imagine Dragons, "Warriors"
Arizona: Calvin Harris, "Summer"
Arkansas: Katy Perry, "Dark Horse"
California: Sam Smith, "Latch (Acoustic Version)"
Colorado: Milky Chance, "Stolen Dance"
Connecticut: Ella Henderson, "Ghost"
Delaware: Bobby Shmurda, "Hot Nigga"
District of Columbia: Walk The Moon, "Shut Up And Dance"
Florida: Mr. Probz, "Waves (Robin Shulz Radio Edit)"
Georgia: Rae Sremmurd, "No Type"
Hawaii: Sam Smith, "I'm Not The Only One"
Idaho: One Republic, "Love Runs Out"
Illinois: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, "Rather Be"
Indiana: 5 Seconds of Summer, "Amnesia"
Iowa: Kenny Chesney, "American Kids"
Kansas: AWOLNATION, "Sail"
Kentucky: Burnin' It Down, "Jason Aldean"
Louisiana: Rich Gang, "Lifestyle"
Maine: Jason Derulo, "Trumpets"
Maryland: Nick Jonas, "Jealous"
Massachusetts: Vance Joy, "Riptide"
Michigan: Fall Out Boy, "Centuries"
Minnesota: GRL, "Ugly Heart"
Mississippi: Sam Hunt, "Break Up in a Small Town"
Missouri: Lorde, "Royals"
Montana: Dierks Bentley, "Drunk On A Plane"
Nebraska: Sam Hunt, "Leave The Night On"
Nevada: Magic!, "Rude"
New Hampshire: The Chainsmokers, "Kanye"
New Jersey: Alesso, "Heroes (We could be)"
New Mexico: Enrique Iglesias, "Bailando"
New York: Lilly Wood and The Prick, "Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)"
North Carolina: Chris Brown, "New Flame"
North Dakota: Florida Georgia Line, "Dirt"
Ohio: The Script, "Superheroes"
Oklahoma: Carrie Underwood, "Something In The Water"
Oregon: Passenger, "Let Her Go"
Pennsylvania: Jeremih, "Don't Tell 'Em"
Rhode Island: Tinashe, "2 On"
South Carolina: 5 Seconds Of Summer, "She Looks So Perfect"
South Dakota: Maddie & Tae, "Girl In A Country Song"
Tennessee: Hozier, "Take Me To Church"
Texas: Schoolboy Q, "Studio"
Utah: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"
Vermont: Alt-J, "Left Hand Free"
Virginia: Katy Perry, "This Is How We Do"
Washington: Fences feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Arrows"
West Virginia: Luke Bryan, "Play It Again"
Wisconsin: Florida Georgia Line, "This Is How We Roll"
Wyoming: Pitbull, "Timber"