The iTunes Top 40 Acoustic Blues Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of acoustic blues — the raw, intimate heart of the blues tradition — just voice, acoustic guitar, and emotion. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 acoustic blues singles on iTunes, giving you a real-time snapshot of what’s resonating most with fans of the genre right now.
The genre has been shaped by visionaries like Robert Johnson, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, and their modern descendants like Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’, whose work defines what acoustic blues can sound and feel like. Whether the genre has centuries of tradition behind it or only emerged in recent decades, the artists on this chart are its current standard-bearers.
Discover what acoustic blues sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Acoustic Blues Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-04-24
1.
Love Moves Slow (Acoustic)
Eddie 9V & Melt
October 10, 2025
2.
Mother, Where Did You Go?
IngaRose
January 19, 2026
3.
Mama Don't 'Low
Washboard Sam
March 10, 2014
4.
Poor Black Mattie
R.L. Burnside
January 1, 1984
5.
Jumper On the Line
R.L. Burnside
January 1, 1984
6.
Hallelujah (From "Shrek")
Mr. Goatee
October 19, 2018
7.
River
Billy Squier
September 15, 1998
8.
Grasping for Oblivion
Billy Squier
September 15, 1998
9.
Inferno (Everybody Cries Sometimes)
Billy Squier
September 15, 1998
10.
Two
Billy Squier
September 15, 1998
11.
Fast Car (Acoustic Version) [feat. Mary Spender]
Leo
April 13, 2018
12.
Gator Wobble
Memphis Jug Band
January 1, 1990
13.
Memphis Shakedown
Memphis Jug Band
January 1, 1990
14.
Slow Shuffle A 70 (feat. Hanspeter Kruesi)
HPCrazy
November 30, 2013
15.
Take Your Finger Off It
Memphis Jug Band
January 1, 1990
16.
Going to My Hometown (feat. Lonnie Donegan) [Acoustic]
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![Going to My Hometown (feat. Lonnie Donegan) [Acoustic] song art](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/b4/92/c8/b492c867-e6e6-5ad1-ad9f-0cf1bb0f475d/00602557806281.rgb.jpg/170x170bb.png)
