| CASH BOX Country Up And Coming |
| Independent product most likely to reach the Top 100 Country Chart | Week ending JULY 28, 1990 |
| TW | TITLE (Label) .... Artist | | LW | WKS |
| 1 | ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES (Stargem 2460)
.... Barbara Richardson | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | IF THEY AINT GOT A FIDDLE (SCI 1981)
.... Benny Dean | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | WALKIN IN MY SHOES (Door Knob 350)
.... Sandy Ellwanger | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | HIGH SCHOOL DAYS (Music City, U.S.A. 121)
.... Vern Brown | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | ALABAMA CLAY (19th Avenue 1017)
.... Joey Reed | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | SHE DONT LOVE ME ALL THE TIME (Player Intl 140)
.... Ed Gary | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | GETTING OVER YOU (Oak 1075)
.... Teddy Spencer | 12 | 4 |
| 8 | EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE (Oak 1093)
.... White Lace | | 1 |
| 9 | WITH EVRY BEAT OF MY HEART (Door Knob 347)
.... Ricky Lee Jackson | 16 | 8 |
| 10 | MILE MARKER TEN (Stargem 2463)
.... S-H-U-C-K-S | 11 | 5 |
| 11 | NO ONE TO TALK TO BUT THE BLUES (Oak 1073)
.... Maripat | 13 | 2 |
| 12 | ALABAMA SUNSHINE (Door Knob)
.... Susan Thompson | | 1 |
| 13 | BE STILL MY BREAKING HEART (Starway 1208)
.... Susi Beatty | 8 | 6 |
| 14 | HELL HAVE TO GO (Player Intl)
.... Rollin Michaels | 10 | 9 |
| 15 | LOCAL SWIMMERS DISRUPT BAPTISM (NSD 266)
.... Dick Richard | 17 | 6 |
| 16 | SANTA BARBARA (Blue Moon 1001)
.... Vince Hatfield | 20 | 8 |
| 17 | LOOK OUT LORETTA (Door Knob 348)
.... Perry LaPointe | 14 | 8 |
| 18 | ANYTHING BUT YES (Oak 1089)
.... Trisha Lynn | 19 | 9 |
| 19 | JEZEBEL (Soundwaves)
.... Ben Sanders | | 1 |
| 20 | FINAL TOUCHES (Stargem)
.... Dale Schare | | 3 |