Places

Where the records come from — the primary location of the artist or group (birth, formation, base or last known). Countries are grouped by region; US records are also broken down by state and city; ranked tables of the regions and of every country are at the foot of the page.

The county, province, region or prefecture of the artist's primary location, outside the United States (US records are broken down by state and city instead). Grouped by country, most records first.

The archive by region, most records first, with the number of countries in each and its share of the archive. Latin America includes Mexico, Central America and South America; the Caribbean is counted separately.

Every country in the archive in one table, most records first, with its region and share of the archive.