The Sound of the Metros
One metro, three geographies. Where the artists are from, which metros lean toward Velvet Rock, and where the records were physically made. Toggle the lens; the map and the ranking re-sort. Diamond-marked metros appear only on the production map.
Where the artists are from. Source: Sound of the Metros (chart, US:UK 3:1).
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- 1London♪4805.1
- 2New York♪4683.2
- 3Los Angeles♪3338.1
- 4Detroit♪1005.6
- 5Chicago♪951.8
- 6San Francisco-San Jose♪815.6
- 7Atlanta♪799.2
- 8Nashville♪763.2
- 9Liverpool♪679.5
- 10Toronto♪508.2
- 11Houston♪436.2
- 12Miami♪426.2
- 13Philadelphia♪409.1
- 14Memphis♪384
- 15Boston♪357.5
- 16Dublin♪348.9
- 17Dallas♪328.2
- 18Manchester♪322.4
- 19Seattle♪313.4
- 20Birmingham♪307.3
- 21New Orleans♪279.4
- 22Washington-Baltimore♪273.8
- 23Montreal♪244.9
- 24Cleveland♪243.8
- 25Sydney♪237.9
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