ROUND 43
6 DEGREES OF MUSICAL SEPARATION
In this round, we're going to play a game based on the famous concept of 6 Degrees of Separation.
Here's how it works: there are 3 sets of 6 items each, and I have provided you with the first and last item of each list. Your job is to figure out how to get from the first to the last item. There are multiple different pathways for each set.
Here's an example:
Example: Country of Origin
Connect artists based on the countries that they are from.
You can only go from Artist A - Artist B if both are from the same country!
Adam Levine - ? - ? - ? - ? -
Silentó
So I would fill in the question marks and send:
Adam Levine - Fetty Wap - Katy Perry - Lady Gaga - Selena Gomez - Silentó
Of course, all of the artists in this example set are from the United States.
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Here are your sets:
#1: Below 190
Connect artists based on the lengths of their biggest Hot 100 hits.
All of the biggest hits must have been released this decade.
You can only go from Artist A - Artist B if both artists' biggest Hot 100 hits are shorter than 3:10 long!
Drake - ? - ? - ? - ? -
Rich Homie Quan
#2: Origins
Connect artists based on their hometowns (ONLY SOLO ACTS).
You can only go from Artist A - Artist B if both artists
had a top 20 in the 2010s and were born in or in the immediate vicinity* of the following cities: New York City, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Philadelphia.
Kesha - ? - ? - ? - ? -
Lady Gaga
#3: Local (on radio)
Connect artists based on how their latest singles performed on radio.
You can only go from Artist A - Artist B if both artists' most recent singles that have already peaked (as a lead artist) went top 10 on only one format.
For the purpose of this challenge, only pay attention to the following formats: Pop, HAC, rhythmic, urban, and AC.
Nick Jonas - ? - ? - ? - ? -
Zara Larsson
*judged as being within 15 minutes' driving distance from the city.
PRIZES
1st: 76 points
2nd: 50 points
3rd: 37 points
4th: 26 points
but if you do the math you only need to win around three rounds, where I don't get any points to catch up or even overtake me, so definitely not impossible 
