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Last week's announcement that the Best New Country roundup would be the last of the year turns out to be a little premature because we've got more than enough new songs for one last playlist of all the biggest and best new releases from the world of country and Americana before you pack up for the holidays.
Listen along to our Best New Country playlist on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon.
Best New Country Cover Star
This week's Best New Country cover star is one of country music's big hopes for 2026, Jacob Hackworth, with his new single 'Bad As I Do.'
Written by Hackworth, Jessie Jo Dillon, Chris Tompkins and Daniel Ross, the stirring ballad has already become a fan favourite at his live shows and now he's giving us all a little early Christmas gift ahead of the holidays.
“This song has become our show closer because the way crowds reacted to it, so even through it's a little late in the year for new music, I wanted to give the fans a little holiday gift to close out what has been a huge year for me,” said Hackworth. “Some songs just pour out from your soul and the way all four of us were such open books in the writers' room that day, I knew this song was going to be special. I'm so stoked for folks to hear how it turned out."
If you're not familiar with Jacob as an artist yet, we can guarantee you're familiar with his songwriting. He wrote Bailey Zimmerman's six-week No. 1 'Rock And A Hard Place,' Morgan Wallen's 'Jack And Jill,' Corey Kent's 'This Heart,' as well as a song from Jelly Roll's GRAMMY-nominated album Beautifully Broken, Vincent Mason's 'Damned If I Do,' and six tracks from Tucker Wetmore's GOLD-certified What Not To. The songs he has written have garnered more than one billion streams this year alone and he'll be hitting the road with Tucker Wetmore and Dasha on the Brunette World Tour in February.
Watch the lyric video for 'Bad As I Do' below.
New Country and Americana Singles
Understandably, with just a week to go until Christmas, it's a relatively quiet week for new releases this week but we've still got some great new songs from Drayton Farley, The Band of Heathens and Hayden Coffman. While Avery Anna releases a live version of 'No More Tears' recorded on the let go letters tour and Caroline Jones strips back her recent single 'All The Things.'
We've got a couple of fun covers for you with Brett Young taking on Justin Bieber's 'Yukon' and LA-based husband and wife duo return with a version of The Cure's 'Boys Don't Cry.'
Katie Neal continues her string of brilliant singles with 'Bet All My Money,' Noah Brigden follows up 'Sober You Ain't Thinkin'' from last month with a pair of new songs and Drayton Farley releases the driving 80s pop inflected anthem 'It's Called Doubt.'
Elsewhere we've got new songs from Bryan Andrews, Kelsie Mayne, Todd Cameron and Brody Clementi, plus a song each from Austins Michael and Martin and a track from the new album by Citycreed, I Shouldn't Have Been a Cowboy, which comes out today.
Check out this week's new country and Americana song releases and listen to the full playlist below:
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Bad As I Do
Jacob Hackworth
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No More Tears - live from the let go letters tour
Avery Anna
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Fit For A King
Hayden Coffman
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Yukon
Brett Young
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Bury Me On A Backroad
justbrandon and Willie Jones
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No Direction
The Band Of Heathens
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Bet All My Money
Katie Neal
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It's Called Doubt
Drayton Farley
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Told You That
Brody Clementi
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For The Record
Kelsi Mayne
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Somehow, Some Way, Somewhere, Some Day - Worktape
Palmer Anthony
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Find My Bones
Noah Brigden
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Runaway
Citycreed
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Grizzly Can
Bryan Andrews
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Every Town
Todd Cameron
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Why Not Whiskey
Austin Michael
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Love Song
Austin Martin
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Boys Don't Cry
Big Harp
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Texas Two Step
Bronson Diamond and Greta Stanley
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All The Things - Acoustic
Caroline Jones
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