$1.5B
Music Industry Contribution to State GDP
Secretariat18,980
Jobs Supported
Secretariat2,260
Music Establishments
A2IM/Secretariat/NIVA5,492
Royalty Recipients
SAG-AFTRA/SoundExchange35,999
Songwriters
ASCAP/BMI/GMR/SESACMaryland may be best known for crab cakes and football,
but it also is home to a number of music legends who have exemplified and shaped their respective genres. Jazz singer Billie Holiday hails from Maryland, as does pioneering doo wop group, The Orioles, to name a few. Maryland also is home to the Merriweather Post Pavilion, a large outdoor music venue designed by Frank Gehry after which a contemporary pop band, Animal Collective, named its eighth album. Country duo Brothers Osborne and hip-hop star Logic also hail from this music-rich state.
Some
Notable
Musicians
- All Time Low
- Animal Collective
- Crystal Waters
- David Byrne
- Dru Hill
- Eva Cassidy
- Frank Zappa
- Future Islands
- Good Charlotte
- Joan Jett
- Logic
- Maggie Rogers
- Nils Lofgren
- The Orioles
- Toni Braxton
- Brothers Osborne