Amazon took to a look at their per capita MP3, CDs, and vinyl sales and put together a list of the top 20 cities that buy music from them. What’s interesting is the music industry mecca’s of NYC and LA are completely left off this list. If you’re from those cities, GO OUT AND BUY MORE MUSIC! Even more interesting are hip-hop strongholds like Miami and Atlanta are all over the top 10, yet record sales suck for our genre of music. Check out the list below:

1. Miami, Fla.
2. Pittsburgh, Penn.
3. Orlando, Fla.
4. Salt Lake City, Utah
5. St. Louis, Mo.
6. Cincinnati, Ohio
7. Seattle, Wash.
8. Ann Arbor, Mich.
9. Richmond, Va.
10. Atlanta, Ga. 20. Bellevue, Wash.
11. Cambridge, Mass.
12. Columbia, S.C.
13. Knoxville, Tenn.
14. Dayton, Ohio
15. Rochester, N.Y.
16. Berkley, Calif.
17. Vancouver, Wash.
18. Alexandria, Va.
19. Portland, Ore.
20. Bellevue, Wash.

Highlights from Amazon:

Miami, Fla., a city officially nicknamed the Capital of Latin America, unsurprisingly took the top spot in the Latin music category. Miami-based customers also purchased more Dance, Heavy Metal and Children’s music than any other city

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame might be in Cleveland, but Amazon sales data suggests that the Rock capital is Pittsburgh, Penn.

Hometown to both the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, Orlando, Fla. topped the list for pop music purchases

The most Country-loving city is the Tennessee River town of Knoxville, Tenn.
Hometown to artists like Alexis Jordan and Angie Stone, Columbia, SC topped not one, but three genre lists, including R&B, Rap and Christian

While known more for its political activism than its musical tastes, Berkley, Calif. sees more Jazz album purchases than any other city on the list

Cambridge, Mass. is the top city for Classical music purchases

Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, Wash. took the number one spot for Indie music albums

Methodology:
Amazon’s U.S. Cities that Rock is based on a per capita assessment of all Amazon MP3, CD and vinyl record purchases between April 01, 2012 and March 31, 2013 by customers in the top 100 most heavily populated cities.

[Al Lindstrom]