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    This Week’s Signature Songs, State By State

    Here are the songs that defined America from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5, 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 Jan. 5, Omi gave New York pep with "Cheerleader," Connecticut warmed up with Kygo's "Firestone," and South Carolina fell in love with O.T. Genasis' "CoCo." Next Thursday, more Signature Songs from BuzzFeed and Spotify.

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

    Alabama: Rae Sremmurd, "No Flex Zone"

    Alaska: Justin Bieber, "Home To Mama"

    Arizona: Milky Chance, "Stolen Dance"

    Arkansas: Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive"

    California: Selena Gomez, "The Heart Wants What It Wants"

    Colorado: Walk The Moon, "Shut Up And Dance"

    Connecticut: Kygo, "Firestone"

    Delaware: Walk The Moon, "Shut Up And Dance"

    District of Columbia: Nicki Minaj, "Feeling Myself"

    Florida: Rae Sremmurd, "No Type"

    Georgia: Chris Brown, "New Flame"

    Hawaii: Magic!, "Let Your Hair Down"

    Idaho: Fall Out Boy, "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)"

    Illinois: Milky Chance, "Stolen Dance"

    Indiana: Jessie J, "Bang Bang"

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

    Kansas: Hozier, "Take Me To Church"

    Kentucky: Fall Out Boy, "Centuries"

    Louisiana: Kevin Gates, "Wassup With It"

    Maine: 5 Seconds Of Summer, "Amnesia"

    Maryland: Beyoncé, "7/11"

    Massachusetts: Calvin Harris, "Outside"

    Michigan: Mark Ronson, "Uptown Funk"

    Minnesota: Fifth Harmony, "Sledgehammer"

    Mississippi: Kevin Gates, "I Don't Get Tired (#IDGT)"

    Missouri: Pitbull, "Timber"

    Montana: AWOLNATION, "Sail"

    Nebraska: Flo Rida, "GDFR"

    Nevada: Usher, "I Don't Mind"

    New Hampshire: Vance Joy, "Riptide"

    New Jersey: The Weeknd, "Often"

    New Mexico: Calvin Harris, "Summer"

    New York: Omi, "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)"

    North Carolina: J. Cole, "G.O.M.D."

    North Dakota: Sam Hunt, "Leave The Night On"

    Ohio: Jason Derulo, "Trumpets"

    Oklahoma: Katy Perry, "Dark Horse"

    Oregon: Passenger, "Let Her Go"

    Pennsylvania: Bobby Shmurda, "Hot N*gga"

    Rhode Island: J. Cole, "A Tale Of 2 Citiez"

    South Carolina: O.T. Genasis, "CoCo"

    South Dakota: Eric Church, "Talladega"

    Tennessee: DJ Snake and Lil Jon, "Turn Down For What"

    Texas: Nicki Minaj, "Only"

    Utah: Imagine Dragons, "I Bet My Life"

    Vermont: Ella Henderson, "Ghost"

    Virginia: Ed Sheeran, "I See Fire"

    Washington: Vance Joy, "Mess Is Mine"

    West Virginia: Brantley Gilbert, "Bottoms Up"

    Wisconsin: James Newton Howard, "The Hanging Tree"

    Wyoming: Sheppard, "Geronimo"

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