Without a country music station in earshot, New York is rated number 1 across the U.S for country music sales.
Good grief, what is going on? Nashville came in at number 6.
However.....all is not as it seems....
Apparently New York owes it's number one spot due to population rather than popularity. When looking at music sales by genre, the South and Midwest stayed true to their country roots. Music fans in Charleston-Huntington, West Virgina were the most likely to buy country albums. Nashville residents were nearly twice as likely to buy country albums as the general U.S. population.
So there you have it. Nashville really are the winners and everything is right with the world once more.
