Gain independence the whole point of the American revolution was to separate from Britain and be our own country.
The Northern United States was referred to as the Union, or Yankees.
At that time, record sales, radio airplay and jukebox pick where the 3 ways of media diffusion for musicians. People would normally listen to music according to one of these 3 platforms according to their lifestyle and economic position. It is also known that certain music genres could be associated to one or another platform. Therefore, limiting the quantification of reproductions to only one platform would create a bias that would produce a distortion in the information presented.