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Best New Country Songs

Featured Artist: Ashley Cooke

A photo of Ashley Cooke wearing a blue top

Featured Artist: Ashley Cooke

Last Edited March 27, 2026 11:32 am GMT
March 20, 2026 11:28 am GMT

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April is fast-approaching and the temperature is (slowly) creeping up, which means an array of the biggest country chart-toppers are defrosting after a Winter of hibernation.

Alongside eagerly anticipated new albums from the likes of Ty Myers and Flatland Cavalry, we're being spoiled with stellar new singles from Ashley Cooke, ERNEST, Braxton Keith, Ingrid Andress, Ian Munsick, Sam Barber and so many more.

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

Best New Country

On the cover of this week's Best New Country playlist is Ashley Cooke.

First teased in February, Cooke's new single ‘xs’ epitomises the Florida native's ability to combine a clever piece of wordplay with a killer hook. The ‘your place’ hitmaker's sleek vocals glide over the atmospheric, guitar-driven instrumental, as she laments the way in which her partner has broken her trust, yet still thinks he can win her back.

Cooke rebukes him with an image that's as playful as it is powerful: “Whiskey nights, wandering eyes make messes / Hiding phones, "I don't knows" make questions / Towns talk and the truth starts spreading / And don't you know crossing lines makes Xs?

Although we're still listening to Cooke's stellar ace album on repeat, ‘xs’ is so compelling that it has us crossing our fingers - not lines - in the hope that a new project is en route.

Watch the Official Lyric Video for 'xs' below:

Best New Country Song of the Week

We fell in love with Ian Munsick's ethereal falsetto and his penchant for refreshingly Western-inspired instrumentals a long time ago, but his latest release, ‘Love is Blind’, is a welcome reminder for country fans of Munsick's top-tier capabilities.

Flipping the classic phrase ‘Love is Blind’ on its head, Munsick recounts a tale of betrayal and cheating. It's a heartbreaking narrative, but he makes it sound so darn good that it has us singing along as he sets the vivid scene across the fiddle-backed composition.

Check out ‘Love is Blind’ along with this week's playlist below:

  1. 1.

    xs

    Ashley Cooke

  2. 2.

    Deep Blue

    ERNEST

  3. 3.

    I Hate Nashville

    Ashley Monroe

  4. 4.

    Little Bit By Little Bit

    Braxton Keith

  5. 5.

    Taillights

    Ingrid Andress

  6. 6.

    Kingdom of Fear

    Cameron Whitcomb

  7. 7.

    Just A Kid

    Sam Barber

  8. 8.

    She Was Just a Stranger

    Benny G

  9. 9.

    Country & Midwestern

    Tigirlily Gold

  10. 10.

    Love is Blind

    Ian Munsick

  11. 11.

    Country And She Knows It

    Luke Bryan

  12. 12.

    Me Neither

    Ty Myers

  13. 13.

    Unglued

    Flatland Cavalry

  14. 14.

    My Americana

    Tyler Braden

  15. 15.

    BREAKUP (DOWN)

    Graham Barham

  16. 16.

    Dirty Dancing - Stripped

    Cole Swindell

  17. 17.

    The Best of Both Worlds - Spotify Singles

    Megan Moroney

  18. 18.

    Boston

    STELLA LEFTY

  19. 19.

    End of My Rope

    Benjamin Tod

  20. 20.

    One More Day (Closer to Hell)

    Bryce Leatherwood

  21. 21.

    Good While It Lasted

    Coleman Jennings

  22. 22.

    Good Thing

    Corey Parsons

  23. 23.

    If I Go Missin’

    Tim & The Glory Boys

  24. 24.

    Up Out & Gone

    Ne-Yo

  25. 25.

    Regret It (Live)

    Joshua Slone

  26. 26.

    The Other Side Of Blue

    Melissa Etheridge & Chris Stapleton

  27. 27.

    Over You Hangover

    Jillian Cardarelli

  28. 28.

    West On 34

    Scott Wolverton

  29. 29.

    That's Showbiz Baby

    Abbey Cone

  30. 30.

    $8 Hay

    Nicole Croteau

  31. 31.

    Box Wine Problems

    Alison Nichols

  32. 32.

    A Parking Lot Far Away

    Logan Crosby

  33. 33.

    If You Could Only See Me Now

    John R. Miller

  34. 34.

    It's My Lie

    Chancey Williams

  35. 35.

    Twist the Knife

    Ryan Bingham & The Texas Gentlemen

  36. 36.

    Broke Down in My Truck

    Styles Haury

  37. 37.

    Spend It on You

    Cody Hibbard

  38. 38.

    We Drank From a Poisoned Well

    Trever M Keith

  39. 39.

    Bad & Ugly

    Lil Man J

  40. 40.

    Hope Springs Eternal

    Jim Lauderdale

  41. 41.

    GOOD DAMN

    Brantley Gilbert

  42. 42.

    Cut Him Loose

    Kalsey Kulyk

  43. 43.

    The Luckier Ones

    Drayton Farley

  44. 44.

    My Favorite Part

    Caitlyn Smith

  45. 45.

    Give Back the Key to My Heart

    Hank Weaver & Ashton Naylor

  46. 46.

    Say It Now

    NEEDTOBREATHE

  47. 47.

    Ghost House

    Blake Whiten

  48. 48.

    Hard To Tell

    Andy Thomas

  49. 49.

    Georgia On My Mind

    Thomas Rhett

  50. 50.

    Speed of Light

    Mitchell Tenpenny

  51. 51.

    In My Truck

    BRELAND

  52. 52.

    Lonely Nights These Days

    Cole Gibbs

  53. 53.

    Wake Up And Smell The Country

    Mo Pitney & Jake Worthington

  54. 54.

    Giving Up On Us

    Smithfield

  55. 55.

    Something's Gotta Kill Me

    Levi Bloom

  56. 56.

    Holding Her and Loving You

    Hannah Dasher

  57. 57.

    Highway Man

    Silverada

  58. 58.

    Whiskey Away

    Callum Kerr

  59. 59.

    I'm No Stranger to the Rain

    William Michael Morgan

  60. 60.

    Where Her Heart Is

    Tyler Dial

  61. 61.

    When You're Gone

    Ryan Kinder

  62. 62.

    Counting Tiles

    Baylee Lynn

  63. 63.

    Heaven

    Sheyna Gee

  64. 64.

    Carry On

    Calder Allen

  65. 65.

    Thick Of It

    Hunter James

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