iTunes Top 40 Alternative Folk Songs Chart

The Top Alternative Folk Songs on iTunes This Week

The iTunes Top 40 Alternative Folk Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of alternative folk — folk music reimagined for contemporary ears — intimate songwriting meets indie production and lyrical boldness. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 alternative folk 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 Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Phoebe Bridgers, and Big Thief who have given folk a new generation of devotees, whose work defines what alternative folk 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 alternative folk sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Alternative Folk Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.

Chart updated this week on: 2026-08-04