Tempo Boom — Rising Artists This Week https://tempoboom.com/rising-artists-this-week/ A weekly column on the musicians whose attention is growing fastest, measured by the Tempo Boom Momentum Score. en Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:43:48 +0000 Rising Artists This Week: Riley Green, Foxwarren & Carín León — Week of Sep 21, 2026 https://tempoboom.com/blog/rising-artists-week-of-2026-09-21/ https://tempoboom.com/blog/rising-artists-week-of-2026-09-21/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Riley Green, Foxwarren and Carín León lead this week's rising artists; Riley Green is up 789% by Momentum Score.

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Rising Artists This Week: Riley Green, Foxwarren & Carín León

Week of Sep 21, 2026

Riley Green had the week to themselves. The country act's Momentum Score stands at +789%, well clear of Foxwarren and Carín León, who round out the top three. Country produced the largest move of any genre; Electronic the smallest. John Beltran has cooled the most since last month.

The five biggest moves

#ArtistGenre30 days
1Riley GreenCountry+789%
2FoxwarrenPop+301%
3Carín LeónLatin+256%
4Lizzy McAlpinePop+253%
5BeabadoobeePop+220%

Three worth a closer look

By genre

The biggest move in each of the nine genres Tempo Boom follows.

GenreArtist30 days
PopFoxwarren+301%
ElectronicAlfa Mist+66%
LatinCarín León+256%
AfrobeatsKabza De Small+214%
CountryRiley Green+789%
Hip-hopLil Uzi Vert+149%
K-popNMIXX+139%
R&BNick Hakim+113%
RockSpiritbox+111%

Cooling off

Figures are the Momentum Score: the change in an artist's daily Wikipedia pageviews over the last 30 days, smoothed and weighted for confidence. Data through 22 Sep 2026.

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