The iTunes Top 40 Bluegrass Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of bluegrass music — high, lonesome mountain music built on virtuoso acoustic instruments and tight harmony vocals. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 bluegrass 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 Bill Monroe (who invented the genre), Alison Krauss, Ricky Skaggs, and Punch Brothers who carry bluegrass into the modern era, whose work defines what bluegrass 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 bluegrass music sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Bluegrass Music Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-10-08
1.
Tennessee - Live Heart (feat. Billy Strings)
Béla Fleck
2.
Burn the Other End
Billy Strings
June 30, 2026
3.
I Don't Mind
Sturgill Simpson
October 16, 2020
4.
In a World Gone Wrong
Zach Top
September 25, 2019
5.
Away From the Mire
Billy Strings
August 2, 2019
6.
Little Sparrow
Dolly Parton
January 23, 2001
7.
Stairway to Heaven
Dolly Parton
July 9, 2002
8.
Three Sheets to the Wind
Zach Top
May 13, 2022
9.
Gild the Lily (Apple Music Sessions)
Billy Strings
July 12, 2024
10.
Mill Town Flood
Billy Strings
July 31, 2026
11.
River of Jordan (Simply Bluegrass)
Sierra Hull
December 17, 2021
12.
Blue Mountain Hop - Live Heart
Béla Fleck
13.
Life of Sin
Sturgill Simpson
May 13, 2014
14.
Taking Water
Billy Strings
July 12, 2019
15.
Shine
Dolly Parton
January 23, 2001
16.
Marry Me
Dolly Parton
January 23, 2001
17.
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Harry McClintock
January 1, 2000
18.
Wargasm (feat. RMR)
Billy Strings
June 11, 2021
19.
Catfish John
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
January 1, 2002
20.
I'm One of Those
Billy Strings
August 28, 2026
21.
Gloryland
Ralph Stanley
January 1, 1971
22.
Find Me Out On A Mountain Top
Blue Highway
January 1, 1998
23.
Broken Angels
The Grascals & Dolly Parton
August 29, 2025
24.
Train to Folkston
Remedy Tree
October 7, 2026
25.
Children, Go Where I Send Thee
Ralph Stanley
May 4, 2005
26.
10,000 Miles From a Friend
Billy Strings
August 28, 2026
27.
Live to Tell
Billy Strings
August 28, 2026
28.
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Live At The American Legion Post 82)
Billy Strings & Bryan Sutton
April 7, 2025
29.
Appalachian Smoke
Mountain Grass Unit
June 3, 2026
30.
In The Morning Light
Billy Strings
September 1, 2021
31.
I'll Not Be Afraid
Ralph Stanley
April 19, 2011
32.
The Whiskey or the Coal
Big Country Bluegrass
February 22, 2019
33.
Wrestling an Angel
Billy Strings
August 28, 2026
34.
Seven Bridges Road
Dolly Parton
January 23, 2001
35.
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown (feat. Billy Strings) [Apple Music Sessions]
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