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.
