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    This Week's Signature Songs, State By State

    Here are the songs that defined America from Sept. 16 to Sept. 22, 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.

    For the week ending Sept. 22, Minnesota discovered G.R.L.'s jangly kiss-off "Ugly Heart," Rhode Island embraced the Spanish version of Enrique Iglesias' "Baillando," Vermont adopted Alt-J's soulful psych rock, and Arizona dusted off a Drake classic. Next Thursday, more distinctive songs from BuzzFeed and Spotify.

    Here are this week’s Signature Songs, listed by state:

    Alabama: Rae Sremmurd, "No Flex Zone"

    Alaska: A Great Big World, "Say Something"

    Arizona: Drake, "Hold On, We're Going Home"

    Arkansas: Fifth Harmony, "Bo$$"

    California: Tinashe, "2 On"

    Colorado: Milky Chance, "Stolen Dance"

    Connecticut: Bobby Shmurda, "Hot Nigga"

    Delaware: The Chainsmokers, "Kanye"

    District of Columbia: Ella Henderson, "Ghost"

    Florida: Kiesza, "Hideaway"

    Georgia: T.I., "About the Money"

    Hawaii: Kat Dahlia, "Crazy"

    Idaho: Mary Lambert, "Secrets"

    Illinois: MKTO, "Classic"

    Indiana: 5 Seconds of Summer, "She Looks So Perfect"

    Iowa: Jason Derulo, "Trumpets"

    Kansas: Sam Hunt, "Leave The Night On"

    Kentucky: Jason Aldean, "Burnin' It Down"

    Louisiana: Rich Gang, "Lifestyle"

    Maine: Kenny Chesney, "American Kids"

    Maryland: Jeremih, "Don't Tell 'Em"

    Massachusetts: Vance Joy, "Riptide"

    Michigan: Fall Out Boy, "Centuries"

    Minnesota: GRL, "Ugly Heart"

    Mississippi: Sam Hunt, "Break Up in a Small Town"

    Missouri: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"

    Montana: Maddie & Tae, "Girl In A Country Song"

    Nebraska: Dierks Bentley, "Drunk On A Plane"

    Nevada: Magic!, "Rude"

    New Hampshire: Mr. Probz, "Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)"

    New Jersey: Ariana Grande, "Best Mistake"

    New Mexico: Luke Bryan, "Play It Again"

    New York: Lilly Wood and The Prick, "Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)"

    North Carolina: Iggy Azalea, "Fancy"

    North Dakota: Florida Georgia Line, "Dirt"

    Ohio: Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg, "Wiggle"

    Oklahoma: Katy Perry, "Dark Horse"

    Oregon: AWOLNATION, "Sail"

    Pennsylvania: Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne, "Rather Be"

    Rhode Island: Enrique Iglesias, "Bailando (Spanish Version)"

    South Carolina: Ed Sheeran, "Thinking Out Loud"

    South Dakota: Florida Georgia Line, "Sun Daze"

    Tennessee: Hozier, "Take Me To Church"

    Texas: Lil Wayne, "Believe Me"

    Utah: Ingrid Michaelson, "Girls Chase Boys"

    Vermont: Alt-J, "Left Hand Free"

    Virginia: Ed Sheeran, "Don't"

    Washington: Fences feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, "Arrows"

    West Virginia: Lady Antebellum, "Bartender"

    Wisconsin: Florida Georgia Line, "This Is How We Roll"

    Wyoming: Sam Smith, "Stay With Me"

    Listen to this week's Signature Songs on Spotify.

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