$2.8B
Music Industry Contribution to State GDP
Secretariat44,934
Jobs Supported
Secretariat11,426
Music Establishments
A2IM/Secretariat/NIVA16,492
Royalty Recipients
SAG-AFTRA/SoundExchange103,282
Songwriters
ASCAP/BMI/GMR/SESACIt's easy to have Georgia music on your mind with such luminaries as Ray Charles, Outkast, Alan Jackson, Otis Redding, Gladys Knight, and R.E.M, hailing from the Peach State.
Driving along Little Richard Boulevard and Trisha Yearwood Highway, one readily appreciates the state's proud celebration of its musical heritage, which covers an impressive range of genres from R&B to country.

Some
Notable
Musicians
- Alan Jackson
- Billy Currington
- Childish Gambino
- Freedom Singers
- Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Jason Aldean
- Lil Jon
- Lil Yachty
- Little Richard
- Ludacris
- Luke Bryan
- Michael Stipe
- Migos
- Normani
- OutKast
- Ray Charles
- The Black Crowes
- Thomas Rhett
- Trisha Yearwood
- Zac Brown Band