Here are the most popular songs in red states vs. blue states on a music app network

Music has gotten awfully partisan in the 2016 presidential election.

After Beyoncé and Jay Z recently performed at a Hillary Clinton campaign event, Donald Trump went on the attack against the music stars, drawing boos from his audience.

If what we listen to on one music app network is any indication, our music tastes do have something at least to do with the shared politics of where we live.

Smule, a music app network that includes Sing! Karaoke, analyzed what songs users chose across 100 million plays, and looked at the most popular choices in states that have reliably voted Democratic in recent presidential elections (blue states) and states that have reliably voted Republican in those elections (red states).

Smule, which shared its results with Business Insider, found that Democrats are more likely to sing along to Latin music, musicals, and '80s and early '90s hits, while Republicans are more likely to sing along to country and gospel.

Here are the most popular songs in red states and blue states on the Smule network:

MOST POPULAR RED STATE SONGS: 1. Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"

2. Cam - "Burning House"

3. Little Big Town - "Girl Crush"

4. Luke Bryan - "Play It Again"

5. Brad Paisley, Alison Krauss - "Whiskey Lullaby"

See how celebrities showed their voting pride on election day 2016:

MOST POPULAR BLUE STATE SONGS: 1. Disney's Descendants (Sofia Carson) - "Rotten to the Core"

2. Disney's Mulan - "I'll Make a Man Out of You"

3. Mary J. Blige - "I'm Goin' Down"

4. Radiohead - "Creep"

5. Bryan Adams - "Everything I Do"

B r y a n A d a m s - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You from don avetta on Vimeo.

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