The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Feb 21, 2026
1 ▲ LW 3 |  | Labor of Love by: Tinsley Ellis   | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:     |
2 ▼ LW 1 |  | Hammer & Chisel by: Altered Five Blues Band | Label: Blind Pig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 ▲ LW 6 |  | Don't Look Back by: Mississippi Heat | Label: Delmark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 ▲ LW 5 |  | Unapologetically Me by: Debra Power | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 ▼ LW 2 |  | Bad at Being Good by: Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 ▲ LW 9 |  | Issaquena Getaway by: Charlie Barath | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 ▲ LW 37 |  | This World by: Billy Thompson | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 ▲ LW 22 |  | B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 by: Joe Bonamassa | Label: Keeping The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 ▲ LW 10 |  | One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey by: Maria Muldaur | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
10 ▼ LW 8 |  | Other Side of Blue by: Misty Blues | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 ▲ LW 15 |  | Unequivocally Blue by: Gina Coleman | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 ▼ LW 4 |  | Seven Deadly Gins by: Reckless And Blue | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 ▼ LW 12 |  | Dead Blues Volume 1 (feat. Datrian Johnson) by: Luther Dickinson | Label: Strollin' Bones Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 ▲ LW 21 |  | Two Trains by: Dave Keyes | Label: Bue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 ▼ LW 7 |  | Have Mercy! by: Sean McDonald | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 ▲ LW 87 |  | Stirring the Pot by: Brother Ray Lemelin & the Matinee Kings | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 ▼ LW 11 |  | Blues in Hand by: Al Basile | Label: Sweetop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 - LW 18 |  | Grown in Mississippi by: John Primer | Label: Blues House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 ▼ LW 16 |  | New Southern Vintage by: Candice Ivory | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 ▲ LW 23 |  | Blues Factory by: Mark Cameron | Label: Overton Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 ▲ LW 34 |  | Remembering Now by: Van Morrison | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 ▼ LW 19 |  | Arrival by: The Lucky Losers | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 ▲ LW 29 |  | Look out Highway by: Charlie Musselwhite | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 - LW 24 |  | A Bluesman of Sorts by: Reverend Freakchild | Label: Treated & Released Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 ▼ LW 14 |  | Blood Brothers: Help Yourself by: Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 ▼ LW 25 |  | Live in Clarksdale by: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers | Label: Big Radio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 ▲ LW 49 |  | Right on Time by: John Christopher Morgan | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 ▼ LW 17 |  | Not Holding Back by: Kyle Rowland | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 ▲ LW - |  | Our Time to Ride (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) by: Chambers Deslauriers | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 ▲ LW 41 |  | The Blues Archives by: Eva Carboni | Label: Mad Ears Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 *NEW* LW - |  | Be About It! by: Ryan Hartt | Label: Far-Tone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 - LW 32 |  | I'm Just Johnnie by: Johnnie Johnson | Label: Missouri Morning Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 - LW 33 |  | I Love Freddie King by: Popa Chubby | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 ▲ LW 35 |  | Seattle to Greaseland by: Joel Astley | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 ▼ LW 26 |  | One Mississippi by: Eric Bibb | Label: Repute Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 ▼ LW 13 |  | The Blues is in the House by: Robbin Kapsalis | Label: Blues House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 ▼ LW 36 |  | The Hits Keep Coming by: Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
38 ▲ LW 70 |  | Preacher Kids by: Robert Randolph | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 ▲ LW 40 |  | Breakthrough by: Joe Bonamassa | Label: J&R Adventures Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 ▲ LW 45 |  | Everybody by: Danny Liston | Label: Blue House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 ▼ LW 30 |  | California Trap (feat. Michael Peloquin) by: Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride | Label: Run It Back Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 - LW 42 |  | I Hear Thunder by: Tab Benoit | Label: Whiskey Bayou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 ▲ LW 48 |  | While You Were Gone by: Diego Mongue Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 ▲ LW 47 |  | Capricorn by: Eddie 9V | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 ▲ LW 46 |  | Blame It on Eve by: Shemekia Copeland | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 ▼ LW 31 |  | Back for Me by: Janiva Magness | Label: Blue Elan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 ▲ LW 50 |  | Strike Up the Band by: Little Feat | Label: Hot Tomato Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 ▲ LW - |  | New Orleans Sessions by: Blue Moon Marquee | Label: Timezone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 ▼ LW 20 |  | Just a Little More Time by: Greg Nagy | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 ▲ LW 53 |  | Black & Gold by: Joanne Shaw Taylor | Label: Journeyman Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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