Sabrina

It was the most popular single of 2024 across digital platforms, with more than two billion streams, according to global music trade body the IFPI, beating hits by Sabrina Carpenter, Teddy Swims and Billie Eilish.

Over the past year though, a growing number of artists have been adding their own sprinkles with pop stars including Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter leaning into the genre.

Sabrina Carpenter's country-pop hit Please, Please, Please, which she re-released with Dolly Parton, spent five weeks at number one in the UK and Shaboozey's A Bar Song was a fixture of the top 10 for months.

Last week Lana Del Rey joined Beyoncé, Chappell and Sabrina with her country song Henry, come on, but before them it was Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Shania Twain making country more popular.

Last year’s “Bird’s Eye” LP, which she recorded with producer Dahi, charmed critics, tastemakers and fellow artists, including Rex Orange County, who joined her for a remix of “Love Me Not,” and Sabrina Carpenter, who tapped Lenae to be an opening act on her Short n’ Sweet Tour later this year.