Top Americana Songs


Rank All Time Artist Song Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
195
Johnny Cash Hurt Contemporary Folk 2002
2
1344
Bob Dylan Not Dark Yet Singer/Songwriter 1997
3
2123
Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter 1998
4
2227
First Aid Kit Emmylou Alt-Country, Folk Pop 2012
5
2340
John Cougar Mellencamp Pink Houses Heartland Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1983
6
2582
Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1995
7
3120
Steve Earle John Walker Blues Alt-Country, Country Rock 2002
8
3335
Paul Simon Kodachrome Folk Pop, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1973
9
3592
Bruce Springsteen Nebraska Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1982
10
3723
Los Lobos Will the Wolf Survive? Alternative Rock, Tex-Mex 1984
11
3854
John Grant feat. Sinéad O'Connor GMF Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2013
12
3856
Ryan Adams Come Pick Me Up Singer/Songwriter 2000
13
3907
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) 2007
14
3914
Bruce Springsteen Highway Patrolman Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1982
15
3920
Bruce Springsteen State Trooper Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1982
16
4174
Big Thief Cattails Alt-Country, Indie Folk 2019
17
4622
Bill Callahan Riding for the Feeling Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2011
18
5521
Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around Singer/Songwriter 2002
19
5932
Billy Bragg & Wilco California Stars Alt-Country 1998
20
6196
Mumford & Sons I Will Wait Indie Folk 2012
21
6441
Bob Dylan Thunder on the Mountain Roots Rock 2006
22
6467
Steve Earle Guitar Town Country Rock 1986
23
6607
Ryan Adams Oh My Sweet Carolina Singer/Songwriter 2000
24
6889
Lambchop Your Fucking Sunny Day Chamber Pop 1997
25
7298
Brandi Carlile The Joke Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2017
26
7324
Bob Dylan Highlands Singer/Songwriter 1997
27
7553
Neko Case People Got a Lotta Nerve Alt-Country, Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter 2009
28
7820
Johnny Cash The Mercy Seat 2000
29
8169
Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down Contemporary Folk 2006
30
8334
Phosphorescent New Birth in New England Country Pop 2018
31
8546
Cat Power feat. Lana Del Rey Woman Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2018
32
8816
Bob Dylan Ain't Talkin' 2006
33
9333
The Felice Brothers Frankie's Gun! Folk Rock 2008
34
9577
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit If We Were Vampires Alt-Country, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2017
35
9934
The Avett Brothers I and Love and You Piano Rock 2009

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Bruce Springsteen The Wrestler Contemporary Folk, Film Soundtrack, Singer/Songwriter 2008
Steve Earle Goodbye Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter 1995
Calexico & Iron and Wine He Lays in the Reins Folk Rock 2005
Cowboy Junkies Misguided Angel Alt-Country 1988
Calexico Ballad of Cable Hogue Alt-Country, Tex-Mex 2000
Steve Earle Someday Country Rock 1986
Giant Sand Classico Alt-Country 2004
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Cursed Sleep Alt-Country 2006
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Please Read the Letter Alt-Country 2007
Johnny Cash I See a Darkness Contemporary Folk 2000
Dawes All Your Favorite Bands Pop Rock 2015
Mary Gauthier I Drink Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter 1999
Calexico Minas de cobre (For Better Metal) Alt-Country, Mariachi 1998
Uncle Tupelo No Depression Alt-Country, Country Rock 1990
Cowboy Junkies Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) Alt-Country, Slowcore 1988
Courtney Marie Andrews May Your Kindness Remain Singer/Songwriter 2018
Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss Whiskey Lullaby Contemporary Country 2003
Band of Horses Factory Indie Folk 2010
Old Crow Medicine Show Sweet Amarillo Old-Time 2014
Bruce Springsteen Youngstown Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1995
Lambchop Steve McQueen Chamber Pop 2004
Steve Earle Ft. Worth Blues Alt-Country, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1997
Bob Dylan Po' Boy Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2001
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Bed Is for Sleeping Alt-Country, Contemporary Folk 2005
Johnny Cash The Beast in Me 1994
Giant Sand Shiver Alt-Country 2000
Tom Petty A Face in the Crowd Acoustic Rock, Heartland Rock, Roots Rock 1989
Son Volt Windfall Alt-Country 1995
The Decemberists Down by the Water Indie Folk, Indie Rock 2010
Hayes Carll KMAG YOYO Alt-Country 2011
Hurray for the Riff Raff The Body Electric Contemporary Folk 2014
Dawes A Little Bit of Everything Alt-Country 2011
Jason Isbell Elephant Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2013
Vic Chesnutt Guilty by Association Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore 1995
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan Come Undone 2010
Sam Amidon My Old Friend Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2013
Valerie June Workin' Woman Blues 2012
Parker Millsap Truck Stop Gospel Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 2014
Johnny Cash One Contemporary Folk 2000
Billy Bragg and Natalie Merchant Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key Folk Rock, Indie Folk 1998
Johnny Cash Personal Jesus Contemporary Folk 2002
Dave Rawlings Machine The Weekend 2015