The iTunes Top 40 Ambient Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of ambient music — music designed to create atmosphere rather than demand attention — sound as environment and mood. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 ambient music 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 Brian Eno (who coined the term), Aphex Twin, Stars of the Lid, and Ólafur Arnalds who create immersive sonic landscapes, whose work defines what ambient music 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 ambient music sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Ambient Music Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-03-14
1.
childhood
daniel.mp3 & ZAMARO
September 8, 2023
2.
When It's Cold I'd Like to Die (Moby's Remix 8)
Moby & Jacob Lusk
March 13, 2026
3.
Fever
Roosevelt
August 19, 2016
4.
A1 - It's just a burning memory
The Caretaker
September 22, 2016
5.
secrets
julez
June 14, 2024
6.
step by step
fadinglight
March 27, 2025
7.
lost in reality
Aurenth
October 20, 2025
8.
Amor Infinito
LofiLulla
February 7, 2026
9.
Burn It Down - Rework
Boy Harsher
September 28, 2022
10.
vanish
SilentWoods
December 26, 2025
11.
Near Light
Ólafur Arnalds
December 2, 2011
12.
When It's Cold I'd Like to Die (John Tejada Remix)
