2023 Around the World   country sampler   genre sampler  
The new or newly released music that defined, united and distinguished fan communities of place and interest around the world in 2023.
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#14 alternative country
#14alternative country
#16women's music
#17american folk revival
#22roots rock
#33ectofolk
#38nashville americana
#38queer country
#39canadian americana
#40alternative americana
#43contemporary folk
#47austin americana
#73cosmic american
#77canadian singer-songwriter
#90austin singer-songwriter
#92southern americana
#100pub rock
2023 in Alternative Country   playlist
#trackscore
1Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit "Cast Iron Skillet"248
2Son Volt "Sometimes You've Got to Stop Chasing Rainbows"226
3Rodney Crowell "Everything At Once (feat. Jeff Tweedy)"198
4Hiss Golden Messenger "Nu-Grape"195
5Brent Cobb "Southern Star"186
6Sierra Ferrell "Seven Spanish Angels (Recorded at Luck Reunion) - Spotify Singles"179
7Margo Price "Change Of Heart [Feat. Sierra Ferrell]"175
8Josh Ritter "For Your Soul"171
9Margo Cilker "Lowland Trail"157
10Eilen Jewell "Winnemucca"155
11The Wood Brothers "Heart is the Hero"152
12Dean Johnson "Faraway Skies"149
13Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real "Alcohallelujah"149
14Iris DeMent "Workin' On A World"141
15Charley Crockett "Just Like Honey - Billy Horton Sessions"140
16Bella White "Numbers"140
17Fruit Bats "Rushin' River Valley"138
18John R. Miller "Nobody Has To Know Your Mind"136
19Ryan Adams & The Cardinals "Dreams of the Working Class"129
20Deer Tick "Forgiving Ties"125
21Brit Taylor "No Cowboys"124
22Nathaniel Rateliff "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"123
23Lucinda Williams "New York Comeback"121
24Billy Strings "California Sober (feat. Willie Nelson)"120
25Bonny Doon "Crooked Creek"120
26Mighty Poplar "Up on the Divide"120
27Slaid Cleaves "Next Heartbreak"118
28Old Crow Medicine Show "Miles Away"118
29Lucero "Macon If We Make It"118
30Lori McKenna "Letting People Down"117
31Cat Clyde "Everywhere I Go"116
32Wilco "Evicted"115
33Molly Tuttle "El Dorado"111
34Amanda Shires "Summertime"110
35Kassi Valazza "Early Morning Rising"109
36Allison Russell "The Returner"104
37Langhorne Slim "Sundown"104
38John Prine "Love At The Five & Dime"103
39Ryan Bingham "Where My Wild Things Are"101
40Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING "What About Now"101
41Colter Wall "Evangelina"100
42Pony Bradshaw "Go Down, Appalachia"100
43Drive-By Truckers "Goode’s Field Road - Vocal Recut / Remixed / Remastered"99
44The Pink Stones "Baby, I’m Still Right Here (With You)"96
45The Nude Party "Ride On"95
46Brandy Clark "Northwest"94
47Rattlesnake Milk "On the Road"92
48Cut Worms "Ballad of the Texas King"92
49Turnpike Troubadours "Chipping Mill"90
50Drayton Farley "Above My Head"90
51El Dorodo "Bed of Roses"90
52Jenny Lewis "Psychos"90
53Jess Williamson "God in Everything"89
54The Hold Steady "Grand Junction"87
55Vincent Neil Emerson "Bloody Mary Morning"87
56Rachel Baiman "Some Strange Notion"86
57M. Ward "supernatural thing"86
58Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats "What If I - Cook Brothers Version"85
59Peter One "Cherie Vico"85
60JD Clayton "Goldmine"84
61The Band Of Heathens "Heartless Year"84
62Dan Reeder "The Moon Tonight"83
63Rufus Wainwright "Harvest (feat. Andrew Bird & Chris Stills)"83
64Buck Meek "Haunted Mountain"82
65Bruce Cockburn "On a Roll"82
66Nick Shoulders "Won't Fence Us In"81
67Rhiannon Giddens "You're the One"81
68The Watson Twins "The Palace"80
69Bonny Light Horseman "Once on Another Day"79
70Parker Millsap "Wilderness Within You (feat. Gillian Welch)"79
71The Milk Carton Kids "When You're Gone"79
72Brennen Leigh "Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas"78
73Mapache "What A Summer"78
74Josiah and the Bonnevilles "Jersey Giant"78
75S.G. Goodman "Take It Away - Pt. B"78
76Mipso "Carolina Rolling By"77
77Leftover Salmon "Blue Railroad Train"77
78Jeff Tweedy "Union Maid"76
79Rob Baird "Mercy Me (Memphis Sessions)"75
80The War and Treaty "Whiskey River (Recorded At Luck Reunion) - Spotify Singles"75
81Kevin Morby "This Is A Photograph II"75
82Shinyribs "Simply Belong To You"75
83Susto "My Entire Life"74
84Ryan Adams "Atlantic City"74
85Israel Nash "Roman Candle"73
86Philip Bowen "Old Kanawha"73
87Esther Rose "Chet Baker"72
88Tommy Prine "Mirror and a Kitchen Sink"71
89Michael Cleveland "For Your Love"71
90Ray LaMontagne "It Takes Me Back"71
91Low Cut Connie "ARE YOU GONNA RUN?"71
92Dutch Interior "I'll Be Damned"71
93Gabe Lee "Drink The River"70
94Doug Paisley "Sometimes It's So Easy"70
95Rose City Band "Chasing Rainbows"70
96Abigail Lapell "Blinding Lights"69
97MJ Lenderman "Rudolph"68
98Nate Fredrick "Paint the Town"66
99Whitney Rose "You're Gonna Get Lonely"66
100Logan Ledger "Ripple"66



















 
 
alchemy by glenn mcdonald / @everynoise for Spotify, listening by the world
 
These lists compile the collective 2023 new-music listening of music fans in every country where people use Spotify, and in the fan communities for 6000+ genres and other genre-shaped distinctions. The songs in each list are scored and ranked by a combined weighting of a) their absolute popularity with those fans and b) the share of the song's global listening that those fans account for. (And then filtered to one song per artist.) This means, for example, that The Sound of Ukraine 2023 is the music that defines, unites and distinguishes Ukrainian fans, whether that music comes from Ukraine or not. Likewise, 2023 in Drift Phonk is the music that fans of Drift Phonk loved, whether it's Drift or Phonk or not. To be eligible, a song must have been released on or after 2022-12-01, as best our data can tell, so that's why no "Cruel Summer".
 
In addition to exploring by country or metagenre, you can click any artist to see all the lists on which they appear.
 
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(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)