Greatest American Music Cities

1 Austin

2 New York

3 Chicago

4 Los Angeles Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often abbreviated as L.A., is the largest city in California. It has an estimated population of nearly 4 million, and is the second-largest city in the United States, after New York City, and the third-largest city in North America, after Mexico City ...read more.

5 Seattle Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington.

6 New Orleans

7 Atlanta Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. With an estimated 2017 population of 486,290, it is also the 38th most-populous city in the United States.

8 Nashville

9 Athens

10 Asheville

The Contenders

11 Memphis Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in southwestern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.

12 Minneapolis

13 Detroit Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located across from Windsor, Ontario, Canada on the Detroit River, Detroit had an estimated population of 672,662 in 2018.