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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 25, 2026.

🔥 Rising Artists

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

🚀 Breakout Songs

The tracks accelerating hardest — highest Crown+ velocity.

No track is accelerating this week.

👀 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.

💎 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.

yellow brick home

Stephen Wilson Jr.

16 oct.

📰 Country News

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

Zach Bryan & Lana Del Rey enters the Top 10 with "Lies (feat. Lana Del Rey)"

"Lies (feat. Lana Del Rey)" moves from #60 to #1 on the Country Crown Official Chart.

River Cain enters the Top 10 with "Mama's Boy"

"Mama's Boy" moves from #51 to #5 on the Country Crown Official Chart.

Zach Bryan enters the Top 10 with "Lodi When"

"Lodi When" moves from #11 to #9 on the Country Crown Official Chart.

Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley enters the Top 10 with "Jaded"

"Jaded" moves from #16 to #10 on the Country Crown Official Chart.

"Lies (feat. Lana Del Rey)" climbs 59 places

Zach Bryan & Lana Del Rey moves from #60 to #1 — one of the biggest gains of the week.

"Mama's Boy" climbs 46 places

River Cain moves from #51 to #5 — one of the biggest gains of the week.

"9 to 5" climbs 30 places

Dolly Parton moves from #50 to #20 — one of the biggest gains of the week.

"I Knew It, I Knew You (From "Toy Story 5")" climbs 29 places

Taylor Swift moves from #43 to #14 — one of the biggest gains of the week.

"I Can't Love You Anymore" climbs 29 places

Ella Langley & Morgan Wallen moves from #44 to #15 — one of the biggest gains of the week.

2 new country releases this Friday

Tracked on October 16, 2026 across Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and iTunes.

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