Best New Country Songs

Happy New Year! It's our first round up of the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana of 2026 and unsurprisingly perhaps it's a little light on the ground this week. We've still got some big new songs from Dasha, Abbie Callahan and Vincent Neil Emerson though before we get back to work properly next week.

Listen along to our Best New Country playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon.

The first Best New Country star of 2026 is Abbey Cone. Anyone looking to make big changes for the better in the romance department this year has just got their new break up anthem as the Nashville-based, Texas-born singer songwriter kicks off the new year by kicking her ex to the curb and starting as she means to go on with her new single 'Change The Man.'

Co-produced by traditional country torchbearers Jack Schneider and Matt Andrews and co-written with Madison Kozak after an earth-shattering breakup last year, the track finds Abbey sonically embracing the classic country she grew up singing during her formative years in a rodeo family in Fort Worth, TX, while retaining her sharp, sardonic lyricism that flips the 'Stand By Your Man' narrative on its head with a simple message: “If the man won’t change, change the man.”

Last year, Abbey began playing the new song at shows across the country, garnering enthusiastic responses from the crowd – including a standing ovation at the Grand Ole Opry – and numerous DMs from girls who took her advice and changed the man (after seeing the performance). She also began teasing the song on social media, racking up millions of views on TikTok and proving that this is a song people need to hear right now.

“I wrote this song after I went through a breakup that changed my life for the better," Abbey Cone says. "I’ve never had girls in the crowd scream so much or send me as many messages as they have after hearing this song, and I’ve never been more excited to release anything because it feels like it’s already so much bigger than me. If you need a sign to break up with your shitty boyfriend, this is it.”

Watch the official visualizer for 'Change The Man' below.

Elsewhere in this week's Best New Country playlist, Echosmith frontwoman and mom-to-be Sydney Quiseng releases her beautiful new solo single 'When a Good Thing Ends,' a song that captures the dizzying heartache of learning to let someone you love go

"'When A Good Thing Ends' captures the heartache of watching something slip away, even when you see it coming," says Quiseng. "It’s the dizzy feeling of moving forward when your heart’s left behind when you lose something or someone you love. It’s a song for anyone learning to let go."

Dasha is finally at a party she actually wants to be at for once with her rambunctious cover of the Gretchen Wilson noughties country hellraising anthem and Dasha isn't the only one still in party mode after New Year's Eve. Ashley Cooke is still going strong on the technotastic remix of 'tin foil hat,' one of the standout tracks from her 2025 album, ace, and country singer songwriter FILMORE and MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY Award-winning global icon Pitbull meet up at the intersection of Nashville and Miami on the lively and lusty 'Yeehaw' as the pair seamlessly blur the lines between rowdy Country and boisterous Hip-Hop.

“This song came to life the moment Pitbull sent me a voice memo. I was headed to the studio in Nashville when I listened to the idea for the first time and immediately loved it. I heard, ‘She got that yeehaw,’ and was hooked! That same day, I started singing and writing on the track,” shares FILMORE. “I wanted ‘Yeehaw’ to feel like a type of swagger that a woman has, and each line just started falling into place. The line, ‘BNA to MIA going south tonight,’ really sums up the direction and sound we were going for. Pitbull, myself, and the writers/producers finished the song in Florida, and it immediately became one of those tunes we had on repeat!”

Elsewhere, one of our 20 Artist for 2026 picks, Abbie Callahan begrudgingly gives us a stripped back version of her latest single, 'Simon Says,' Madison Parks is making 'Resolutions' and Roc Helton releases 'What Ramblers Do' on Evan Honer's Cloverdale record label.

“'What Ramblers Do' is about being honest with yourself and knowing the road still calls your name," shares the Florida native. “It's the story of loving people deeply but never learning how to stick around for long. Sometimes leaving isn't about them at all, it's just what ramblers do.”

All that plus new songs from Vincent Neil Emerson, The Reeves Brothers, Trevor Martin, Ty March and Lathan Bryant.

For anyone still nursing a sore head from carrying on after the countdown, we've got a couple of beautifully mellow and thoughtful albums this week for you. Payton Smith releases the lovely Three Circle Farm Vol. 2 and Sarah Popejoy digs deep into Oklahoma history to try and help us better understand where we're going on The Oklahoma Storyteller Vol 1: Crossroads.

Meanwhile Josh Weather is still mentally out there on New Year's Eve on Broadway where the Neon Never Fades even if everyone else has gone home with his brilliant new collection of classic honky tonk country songs.

Check out this week's new country and Americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:

1. 1.

   Change The Man

   Abbey Cone

2. 2.

   When a Good Thing Ends

   Sydney Quiseng

3. 3.

   Here For The Party

   Dasha

4. 4.

   Something to Do With This

   Payton Smith

5. 5.

   The Great Highway

   Vincent Neil Emerson

6. 6.

   Simon Says - Fine, Here You Go: Stripped

   Abbie Callahan

7. 7.

   Life Still Happens

   Josh Weathers

8. 8.

   Love Like That

   Jordana Bryant

9. 9.

   tin foil hat - MOONLIGHT Remix

   Ashley Cooke

10. 10.

    What Ramblers Do

    Roc Helton

11. 11.

    The Trail Where We Cried

    Sarah Popejoy and Ken Pomeroy

12. 12.

    Handful Of Hell

    Axel Diehl

13. 13.

    Yeehaw

    FILMORE and Pitbull

14. 14.

    Resolutions

    Madison Parks

15. 15.

    Man Named Regret

    JB Wilde

16. 16.

    Drinkin' Again

    The Reeves Brothers

17. 17.

    No Matter What

    Trevor Martin

18. 18.

    Picked Your Poison

    Ty March.

19. 19.

    When Do We Stop Talking

    Parker Graye

20. 20.

    Suffer in Silence

    Luke Rob

21. 21.

    Hey Radio

    Lathan Bryant

22. 22.

    Thinking 'bout You

    STELLA LEFTY

23. 23.

    Sounds Like You

    Myles Erlick

24. 24.

    What You're Waiting for (Ellie's Song)

    David Payne

25. 25.

    The Right One

    Luke Prater

26. 26.

    Something That I Need

    Carson Beyer

27. 27.

    Everywhere

    Cole Redding

28. 28.

    Always Starts With You

    Jackie Lee

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