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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#4 kentucky roots
#4kentucky roots
#5southern americana
#15roots americana
#22austin americana
#51alternative country
#72nashville americana
#75outlaw country
#86western americana
#87new americana
#97nashville sound
2023 in Kentucky Roots   playlist
#trackscore
1Nicholas Jamerson "Holler Child"296
2John R. Miller "Nobody Has To Know Your Mind"238
3Danno Simpson "Old Town Saturday Night"195
4El Dorodo "Life of Sin"168
5Vincent Neil Emerson "Bloody Mary Morning"167
6The Broken Spokes "Moved Into A Bottle"153
7J.R. Carroll "Other Than That (OurVinyl Sessions)"149
8Dylan Earl "Buddy"148
9Drayton Farley "Above My Head"143
10Ben Chapman & Co. "Georgia Dreamin'"142
11Arthur Hancock "The Best"141
12Logan Halstead "Good Ol' Boys with Bad Names"139
13Brit Taylor "No Cowboys"136
14Nate Fredrick "Shortcut to Waco"135
15Ritch Henderson "The Time for That Is Over"133
16Sundy Best "I Won’t Be Bothered"133
17Channing Wilson "Gettin' Outta My Mind"133
18Tony Logue "Paducah"133
19JD Clayton "Goldmine"133
20Jason Eady "Way Down in Mississippi"132
21Bella White "Among Other Things"128
22Gabe Lee "Property Line"127
23Willi Carlisle "All of the Redheaded Stranger"123
24Summer Dean "She's in His Arms but I'm in the Palm of His Hand"122
25Rob Baird "Mercy Me (Memphis Sessions)"118
26Brent Cobb "Southern Star"118
27Miles Miller "Solid Gold"116
28Philip Bowen "Old Kanawha"114
29Kassi Valazza "Early Morning Rising"114
30Pony Bradshaw "A Free, Roving Mind"112
31Jonathan Peyton "Denial"112
32Charles Wesley Godwin "Crooked Teeth (Live From The Church)"109
33Ward Davis "Lo and Behold"107
34Colby Acuff "Boy and a Bird Dog"107
35Sierra Ferrell "Seven Spanish Angels (Recorded at Luck Reunion) - Spotify Singles"104
36Jonathan Terrell "Falling Snow in Santa Fe"103
37Brennen Leigh "Running Out Of Hope, Arkansas"103
38The Pink Stones "Baby, I’m Still Right Here (With You)"102
39Lance Roark "Honey Babe"101
40Margo Price "Change Of Heart [Feat. Sierra Ferrell]"98
41Kingswood "Home"97
42Kade Hoffman "Bonfire Blues"94
43Tyler Halverson "Cut You Loose"93
44Jason Dea West "Out on the Range"93
45Wolfpen Branch "Long Hill to Climb"92
46The Wilder Blue "Learnin' my Lesson"91
47Charley Crockett "Just Like Honey - Billy Horton Sessions"89
48Joshua Quimby "Small-Town New England"88
49Colten Jesse "Undone"88
50Tim Goodin "Carbide Lamp"87
51Zach Bryson "Love Me Like You Do"87
52John Baumann "Gold El Camino"87
53Ryan Necci and The Buffalo Gospel "If I Was the Last Man"86
54Low Water Bridge Band "Siren of the Shenandoah"85
55Max Geers "Spitting Bullets"84
56Jordan Lee King "Cars and Refrigerators"83
57Stephen Wilson Jr. "American Gothic (feat. Hailey Whitters)"83
58Joe Stamm Band "Wrong Side of Town"83
59Two Runner "Wild Dream"83
60Elijah Ocean "Praises Be"82
61Brandy Clark "Northwest"81
62Ashley Ray "Break My Heart (feat. Ruston Kelly)"80
63Margo Cilker "Lowland Trail"80
64Dee White "Wagon Girl"78
65Tyler Hatley "Fiddles and Rain"78
66Meg McRee "Tried & True"78
67Benjamin Dakota Rogers "Back to You"78
68Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real "Alcohallelujah"78
69Kenny Feidler "Ghost"75
70Boys Club For Girls "Bad Luck Baby"75
71Turnpike Troubadours "Black Sky"74
72The Lowdown Drifters "Hanging Tree"74
73Slaid Cleaves "Next Heartbreak"74
74The War and Treaty "Whiskey River (Recorded At Luck Reunion) - Spotify Singles"73
75Joshua Ray Walker "Cuz I Love You"73
76Lance Rogers "High and Dry"73
77Adam Hood "22 Days Too Long"73
78Mighty Poplar "Up on the Divide"73
79Kat Hasty "Midland"73
80The Panhandlers "Tough Country"72
81MarDe Brooks "What's the Cost"72
82Matt Heckler "I Tried - GemsOnVHS field recording"72
83Nick Shoulders "Won't Fence Us In"72
84The Droptines "Bill of Sale"71
85Conrad Moore "Brack and Brine"71
86Rodney Crowell "Everything At Once (feat. Jeff Tweedy)"70
87Ben Chapman "Is It Ever Really Gone (feat. Ashley Monroe)"69
88Rattlesnake Milk "Midnight Train"67
89Willy Tea Taylor "National Treasure"67
90Anthony Simpkins "Beneath the Willows (GemsOnVHS Field Recording)"67
91Logan Ledger "Ripple"66
92Dylan Smucker "Hot Nights"65
93Katie Jo "Tequila & Forgiveness"65
94Rachel Baiman "Some Strange Notion"65
95Dean Johnson "Faraway Skies"65
96Whitney Rose "You're Gonna Get Lonely"65
97The Watson Twins "The Palace"65
98Colby T. Helms "Higher Ground"65
99The Steel Woods "If Not for the Rain"64
100Amanda Fields "Moving Mountains"64



















 
 
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.
 
You are allowed to fall in love with things you did not know even existed until now. It is not too late.
 
It is never too late.
 
 
(PS: It's not even too late for 2022, 2021, 2020 or 2019.)