$342.2M
Music Industry Contribution to State GDP
Secretariat6,158
Jobs Supported
Secretariat599
Music Establishments
A2IM/Secretariat/NIVA1,353
Royalty Recipients
SAG-AFTRA/SoundExchange11,612
Songwriters
ASCAP/BMI/GMR/SESACArkansas boasts a rich and diverse music history,
home to legends like Johnny Cash, Al Green, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Levon Helm, and modern hitmakers including Evanescence and Ne-Yo. Mountain View, located in the Ozark Mountains, is the "Folk Music Capital of the World," and Helena in the Arkansas Delta hosts the King Biscuit Blues Festival each year, also broadcasting the longest-running daily blues radio show in the nation, "King Biscuit Time." In 2009, sections of US Highway 67 in Newport and Jackson County were designated as "the Rock 'N' Roll Highway," paying homage to the historical significance of the area, which featured regular performances by the likes of Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Some
Notable
Musicians
- Al Green
- Ashley McBryde
- Evanescence
- Johnny Cash
- Justin Moore
- Levon Helm
- Ne-Yo
- Roscoe Dash
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe