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Powered by Crown+, our predictive scoring engine. Rising artists, breakout songs, hidden gems and new releases — sorted by real momentum, not popularity.

Chart data for the week ending October 18, 2026.

🔥 Rising Artists

Strongest Crown+ momentum this week. RISING labels appear once the engine has several weeks of history to compare.

Ella Langley
Ella Langley
C+ 67· 32M
Morgan Wallen
Morgan Wallen
C+ 74· 6.7M
Luke Combs
Luke Combs
C+ 35· 5.1M
STELLA LEFTY
STELLA LEFTY
C+ 62· 14M
Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton
C+ 52· 5M
R
RUSTIC DRIFTER
C+ 49· 290K
Rocky B
Rocky B
C+ 47· 3.9M
W
Whiskey Myers
C+ 47· 651K

🚀 Breakout Songs

The tracks accelerating hardest — highest Crown+ velocity.

Be Her
Be Her
Ella Langley
+17.4 velocityC+ 67
Been By Now
Been By Now
Morgan Wallen
+16.9 velocityC+ 74
Last Thing You Need
Last Thing You Need
Morgan Wallen
+15.4 velocityC+ 78
Be By You
Be By You
Luke Combs
+15.1 velocityC+ 35
Choosin' Texas
Choosin' Texas
Ella Langley
+12.4 velocityC+ 81
Boston
Boston
STELLA LEFTY
+4.2 velocityC+ 62

👀 Artists To Watch

High Crown+ score, under 2M listeners. The next A&R signings.

No artist currently combines a Crown+ score above 70 with fewer than 2M listeners.

🆕 New Country

Released in the last 30 days with positive signals.

Living Proof
Topher Ryan
08 oct.
Other People
The Band Loula
02 oct.

💎 Hidden Gems

Under 100k listeners but Crown+ of 70 or more. The real discoveries.

No hidden gem this week — no artist under 100k listeners reaches a Crown+ score of 70.

📅 New Friday

Every country release lands on Friday. Here is what dropped on October 16.

No country release tracked for Friday October 16 yet. New releases are picked up by the daily sync.

📰 Country News

Generated from chart data only — every line below is a measured fact, never an editorial claim.

Riley Green wins the Artist Crown
Artist Crown of week 42, 2026.
Carly Pearce & Riley Green enters the Top 10 with "If I Don't Leave I’m Gonna Stay"
"If I Don't Leave I’m Gonna Stay" moves from #28 to #6 on the Country Crown Official Chart.
Chris Stapleton enters the Top 10 with "Tennessee Whiskey"
"Tennessee Whiskey" enters the Country Crown Official Chart at #7.
Rocky B enters the Top 10 with "One more day"
"One more day" enters the Country Crown Official Chart at #8.
Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen enters the Top 10 with "I Can't Love You Anymore"
"I Can't Love You Anymore" enters the Country Crown Official Chart at #9.
RUSTIC DRIFTER enters the Top 10 with "My Years With You"
"My Years With You" enters the Country Crown Official Chart at #10.
"If I Don't Leave I’m Gonna Stay" climbs 22 places
Carly Pearce & Riley Green moves from #28 to #6 — one of the biggest gains of the week.
"Be By You" climbs 14 places
Luke Combs moves from #34 to #20 — one of the biggest gains of the week.
"Be Her" climbs 5 places
Ella Langley moves from #9 to #4 — one of the biggest gains of the week.
Morgan Wallen debuts at #11
"I'm The Problem" enters the Country Crown Official Chart for the first time this week.
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