$2.5B
Music Industry Contribution to State GDP
Economists Inc.45,122
Jobs Supported
Economists Inc.9,613
Music Establishments
A2IM/Economists Inc./NIVA13,167
Royalty Recipients
SAG-AFTRA/SoundExchange91,529
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
- Cee Lo Green
- Childish Gambino
- Freedom Singers
- Gladys Knight
- Gucci Mane
- Jason Aldean
- Lil Jon
- Lil Yachty
- Ludacris
- Luke Bryan
- Michael Stipe
- OutKast
- Ray Charles
- The Black Crowes
- Thomas Rhett
- Trisha Yearwood
- Usher
- Zac Brown Band