The iTunes Top 40 Americana Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of americana — a deeply rooted American genre drawing from country, folk, blues, and rock — the sound of the heartland. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 americana 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 Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, and Sturgill Simpson who keep America’s musical heritage alive and vital, whose work defines what americana 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 americana sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Americana Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-08-24
1.
When I Stand (Acoustic Version)
Owen James
May 6, 2026
2.
Freedom Bus (feat. Jesse Welles)
Sheryl Crow
3.
Betty's in the Band
Abigail Rose & Weston Hunter
July 30, 2026
4.
Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show
February 3, 2004
5.
WHERE DID THE TIME GO
Hollerhead
July 10, 2026
6.
Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Nancy Sinatra
May 1, 1966
7.
Hold On
Emily Kinney
August 21, 2026
8.
Shadows of Us
Kip Aber
July 17, 2026
9.
High Hoping
The Brothers Comatose
August 20, 2026
10.
Tangled Up
Ryan Kinder
July 30, 2021
11.
These Days
The Brothers Comatose & AJ Lee & Blue Summit
November 7, 2024
12.
The Mission
Maggie Rose
August 14, 2026
13.
Sweet Beautiful Thing
Adam Ezra Group
June 20, 2025
14.
Pale Horse
Ghost Hounds
August 21, 2026
15.
Hold You in My Arms (20th Anniversary Remaster)
Ray LaMontagne
September 14, 2004
16.
Cigarettes
Jaid Joice
August 14, 2026
17.
For What It's Worth
Old Crow Medicine Show
June 5, 2026
18.
Russell County Line
49 Winchester
May 13, 2022
19.
Meet You By The River
Cam
November 16, 2025
20.
Little White Cross
Margo Cilker
August 6, 2026
21.
As Long as I Have You
Buddy Miller
22.
The Thing
Pokey LaFarge
June 23, 2026
23.
Hell's Comin' with Me
Poor Man's Poison
December 13, 2019
24.
Hurt People
Hollerhead
December 6, 2024
25.
What Did I Do (feat. Raul Malo)
Annie Bosko
November 16, 2022
26.
Promised Land
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Ellie Holcomb & NEEDTOBREATHE
