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THE ARTIST FILE / ARCHIVE EDITION

Tyler Childers

A Kentucky starting point for country, bluegrass, and the songs that travel between them.

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Tyler Childers playing acoustic guitar with his band at the 2018 Hinterland Music Festival.
Photo: Roberta (Roberta Osmers) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped for display

About Tyler Childers

Tyler Childers is a singer and songwriter from Lawrence County, Kentucky. His catalog gives a newcomer more than one entrance: the songs of Purgatory, the arrangements of Country Squire, and the different versions collected on Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? A useful first step is to choose one complete record, then follow the people and songs named in its credits.

Inside Rustin’ in the Rain

Our historical collection focuses on Rustin’ in the Rain, released in September 2023. Childers made it with his band, the Food Stamps. Its seven-song program puts his own material beside songs by Kris Kristofferson and S.G. Goodman, offering an immediate route from the featured performer to other writers.

Where to start

Start with the connected album and its song “In Your Love,” then use the Appalachia guide to explore a regional connection without treating every artist from the region as the same kind of musician. This is a selected introduction, not a complete discography or a claim about his most recent work.

WHISKEY TWANG INTELLIGENCE

The audience behind the music.

A dated look at Tyler Childers’s listeners, following and listening markets. Follow the movement, then bring the music into the conversation.

Scan artist momentum
Spotify monthly listeners (rolling 28 days)
11,074,292-3.3% over 28 daysObserved
Spotify followers
3,515,841+0.79% over 28 daysObserved
Instagram followers
1,842,500-0.04% over 28 daysObserved
YouTube subscribers
840,000+0.36% over 28 daysObserved

THE LISTENING TREND

Spotify monthly listeners

Aug 23 — Sep 21
Spotify monthly listeners: 11,446,375 on August 23, 2026 to 11,112,389 on September 21, 2026. Each point is a rolling 28-day audience. Missing dates are not connected.11.52M11.29M11.06MAug 23: 11,446,375Aug 24: 11,452,566Aug 25: 11,452,566Aug 26: 11,469,194Aug 27: 11,469,194Aug 28: 11,452,815Aug 29: 11,449,305Aug 30: 11,433,271Aug 31: 11,422,158Sep 1: 11,409,599Sep 2: 11,393,046Sep 3: 11,382,675Sep 4: 11,375,537Sep 5: 11,362,092Sep 6: 11,345,450Sep 7: 11,330,059Sep 8: 11,318,442Sep 9: 11,337,463Sep 10: 11,317,531Sep 11: 11,305,622Sep 12: 11,292,178Sep 13: 11,282,234Sep 14: 11,268,674Sep 15: 11,251,189Sep 16: 11,239,230Sep 17: 11,226,534Sep 18: 11,196,132Sep 19: 11,196,132Sep 20: 11,137,248Sep 21: 11,112,389Aug 23Sep 21

Each point measures the preceding 28 days. The vertical scale is cropped to show movement; these are overlapping audiences, not daily streams. Gaps stay open.

View all 30 dated observations
Dated Spotify monthly listener counts
Observed dateMonthly listeners
11,446,375
11,452,566
11,452,566
11,469,194
11,469,194
11,452,815
11,449,305
11,433,271
11,422,158
11,409,599
11,393,046
11,382,675
11,375,537
11,362,092
11,345,450
11,330,059
11,318,442
11,337,463
11,317,531
11,305,622
11,292,178
11,282,234
11,268,674
11,251,189
11,239,230
11,226,534
11,196,132
11,196,132
11,137,248
11,112,389

WHERE THE MUSIC LANDS

Top observed cities

  1. 01
    Dallas, Texas, United StatesObserved
    276,713-1.86% vs Sep 14
  2. 02
    Chicago, Illinois, United StatesObserved
    273,156-4.49% vs Sep 14
  3. 03
    Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesObserved
    235,220-0.79% vs Sep 14
  4. 04
    Houston, Texas, United StatesObserved
    205,710+3.93% vs Sep 14
  5. 05
    St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesObserved
    188,952-1.73% vs Sep 14

Spotify monthly listeners in the returned city sample. Listening does not establish ticket demand.

Explore the market map

No movement rule triggered for these observations. Explore the dated measures for context.

In the record collection

Start with these songs

01

In Your Love

Tyler Childers

Follow the sound

Chris Stapleton singing and playing acoustic guitar at the 2020 Gershwin Prize concert, with blue stage lights behind him.

Chris Stapleton

Meet the artist
Sierra Ferrell playing guitar between a fiddler and an upright bass player at MerleFest in 2021.

Sierra Ferrell

Meet the artist
Zach Bryan on stage and on a large video screen during his Melbourne concert in December 2023.

Zach Bryan

Meet the artist

In the listening room

Country songs for a long drive

5 handpicked songs

Sources & notes3 sources

Facts last checked September 22, 2026. This is a sourced archive sample; it is not a current release announcement.

Photo: Roberta (Roberta Osmers) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped for display

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