The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | New Southern Vintage - Follow by: Candice Ivory Buy Now:   | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Unequivocally Blue by: Gina Coleman Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
3 |  | Seven Deadly Gins - Follow by: Reckless And Blue Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | California Trap by: Andrew Duncanson Buy Now: | Label: Run It Back Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Other Side of Blue - Follow by: Misty Blues Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
6 |  | Blues Factory by: Mark Cameron Buy Now: | Label: Overton Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Two Trains - Follow by: Dave Keyes Buy Now: | Label: Bue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey by: Maria Muldaur Buy Now: | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Dead Blues Volume 1 (feat. Datrian Johnson) - Follow by: Luther Dickinson Buy Now: | Label: Strollin' Bones Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
10 |  | Just Stay High by: The Alexis P. Suter Band Buy Now: | Label: Big Mama Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
11 |  | Blues in Hand by: Al Basile Buy Now: | Label: Sweetop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Grown in Mississippi by: John Primer Buy Now: | Label: Blues House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | Don't Look Back - Follow by: Mississippi Heat Buy Now: | Label: Delmark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Arrival - Follow by: The Lucky Losers Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | Have Mercy! by: Sean McDonald Buy Now: | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | The Blues is in the House by: Robbin Kapsalis Buy Now: | Label: Blues House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Live in Clarksdale by: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers Buy Now: | Label: Big Radio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | I'm Just Johnnie by: Johnnie Johnson Buy Now: | Label: Missouri Morning Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Hammer & Chisel - Follow by: Altered Five Blues Band Buy Now: | Label: Blind Pig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
20 |  | Blood Brothers: Help Yourself - Follow by: Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Downtown Ways by: Citizen Jones Buy Now: | Label: 7338611 Records DK Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | Between Somewhere and Goodbye by: Doug MacLeod Buy Now: | Label: Reference Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Just a Little More Time by: Greg Nagy Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Bob Corritore & Friends: Doin' the Shout - Follow by: Bob Corritore Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | All My Love for You - Follow by: Bobby Rush Buy Now: | Label: Deep Rush Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | Keep on Pushing - Follow by: Kirk Fletcher Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Right on Time by: John Christopher Morgan Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Look out Highway - Follow by: Charlie Musselwhite Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | A Bluesman of Sorts by: Reverend Freakchild Buy Now: | Label: Treated & Released Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Homage to 4 Kings - Follow by: Bryan Lee Buy Now: | Label: EarRelevant Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | Black & Gold - Follow by: Joanne Shaw Taylor Buy Now: | Label: Journeyman Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Light It Up by: Long Tall Deb & Colin John Buy Now: | Label: Vizztone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | One Mississippi - Follow by: Eric Bibb Buy Now: | Label: Repute Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Seattle to Greaseland - Follow by: Joel Astley Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Strange Things Happening by: Kid Ramos Buy Now: | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Not Holding Back by: Kyle Rowland Buy Now: | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | Damn the Rent by: The Dig 3 Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | King Size by: Big Shoes Buy Now: | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | The Hits Keep Coming by: Rick Estrin & the Nightcats Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | Blame It on Eve by: Shemekia Copeland Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | I Hear Thunder - Follow by: Tab Benoit Buy Now: | Label: Whiskey Bayou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Heartbreak City by: Larry McCray Buy Now: | Label: The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Breakthrough - Follow by: Joe Bonamassa Buy Now: | Label: J&R Adventures Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | Our Time to Ride (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) by: Chambers Deslauriers Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | Which Way Do We Go? by: Brandon Santini Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Shades of Trouble by: Kyle Culkin Buy Now: | Label: Tonebucker Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | Back for Me - Follow by: Janiva Magness Buy Now: | Label: Blue Elan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Strike Up the Band - Follow by: Little Feat Buy Now: | Label: Hot Tomato Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Everybody by: Danny Liston Buy Now: | Label: Blue House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | While You Were Gone by: Diego Mongue Band Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Blues Without You by: Larry McCray Buy Now: | Label: Keeping The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Capricorn - Follow by: Eddie 9V Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | I Love Freddie King by: Popa Chubby Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks by: Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo Buy Now: | Label: Earwig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | Not Defeated - Follow by: Angelique Francis Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Heavy State Loving Blues - Follow by: Mississippi MacDonald Buy Now: | Label: Another Planet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Good Intentions Gone Bad by: Chris Cain Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Long Hollow Blues by: Farmhand Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Remembering Now - Follow by: Van Morrison Buy Now: | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Live at the Song Theater - Follow by: Debbie Bond Buy Now: | Label: Blues Root Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Poor Boy Blues by: Jon Slidewell and the Reedcutters Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | 15 Shades of Blue by: Mike Dangeroux Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | 27 Stitches by: Sunnysiders Buy Now: | Label: Dancing Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Memphis Sun by: Jon Hines Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Dog Bites Back by: Dyer Davis Buy Now: | Label: WildRoots Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | In the Key of Sorry - Follow by: Pat McDougall Buy Now: | Label: Mousetrap Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | 106 Miles to Chicago by: The B. Christopher Band Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | To the Blues and Back Again - Follow by: Val Starr & The Blues Rocket Buy Now: | Label: Sandwich Factory Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Live at Proud Larry's - Follow by: Davis Coen Buy Now: | Label: Soundview Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | The Great Women in Blues (Feat. Terrie Odabi) [Live] by: Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | Take Your Time by: Ben Levin Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Motel Mississippi - Follow by: Tony Holiday Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | Crowin' Around - Follow by: Professor Louie & The Crowmatix Buy Now: | Label: Woodstock Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Lemon Live! - Follow by: Blind Lemon Pledge Buy Now: | Label: OFEH Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | In the Heart of the City - Follow by: Voodoo Ramble Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | Truth is - Follow by: Carolyn Wonderland Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | August Moon - Follow by: Allison August Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Live to Be This by: The Boneshakers Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | The Blues Archives by: Eva Carboni Buy Now: | Label: Mad Ears Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Preacher Kids - Follow by: Robert Randolph Buy Now: | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Damage Control - Follow by: Curtis Salgado Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | We Are One - Follow by: MojoMama Buy Now: | Label: JRO Publishing Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Blues Therapy by: Guitar Jack Wargo Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Don't Slow Down by: Stratcat Willie & the Strays Buy Now: | Label: Eight Days a Week Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | Hold on - Follow by: Shari Puorto Buy Now: | Label: Little Lightning Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Changing Times by: Mick Simpson Buy Now: | Label: Mad Ears Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Stirring the Pot by: Brother Ray Lemelin & the Matinee Kings Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Keep Living Til I Die by: Monster Mike Welch Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Glass Half Full by: The BC Combo Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | That's How I Got to Memphis - Follow by: Kara Grainger Buy Now: | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Third Degree Gravity by: Eric Heideman Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | The Invisible Bluesman by: Andy Fairweather Low Buy Now: | Label: The Last Music Company Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Young Fashioned Ways - Follow by: Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Buy Now: | Label: Deep Rush Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | Raisin' Cain by: Chris Cain Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Weight of the World - Follow by: Joe Louis Walker Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Connections by: Bruce Katz Band Buy Now: | Label: Dancing Rooster Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Redemption by: Brody Buster Buy Now: | Label: Sel-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | What Just Happened by: Lily Sazz Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Here Lies a Fool - Follow by: The Wildcat O'Halloran Band Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Blues from Caucasia by: Tom Buenger Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Go Be Free - Follow by: Sonny Gullage Buy Now: | Label: Blind Pig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | B-Side of My Life by: Jon Spear Band Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Strike Up the Band - Follow by: Professor Louie & The Crowmatix Buy Now: | Label: Woodstock Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | I’ll Worry if I Wanna by: Michael Rubin Buy Now: | Label: Many Hats Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Be Cool by: Willie J. Campbell Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | Last Call for the Blues - Follow by: Cassius King & The Downtown Rulers Buy Now: | Label: Big Ear Audio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Testifyin' - Follow by: Altered Five Blues Band Buy Now: | Label: Blind Pig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | The Nashville Sessions by: Hubert Dorigatti Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Old Diamonds & Uncut Gems - Follow by: Red's Blues Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Stuck in the Mud by: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers Buy Now: | Label: Big Radio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | Shepherd - Follow by: Bywater Call Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | Ain't Goin' Back by: Doug Duffey And BADD Buy Now: | Label: Fort Sumner Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | True Believer by: Mark Hummel Buy Now: | Label: Rockinitus Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | Empty Seats by: Richard Wilkins Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | Answer the Call by: Secondhand Dreamcar Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Blues Power by: Big Al & the Heavyweights Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Songs from the Road - Follow by: Bernard Allison Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Mustang Blues by: John Earl Walker Buy Now: | Label: Self Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Rise - Follow by: Angela Easley Buy Now: | Label: Class A Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | A Spoonful of Willie Dixon - Follow by: Emma Wilson Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | Almost Live by: Pops Fletcher & The Hucksters Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | One Morning Soon by: Robert Top Thomas Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Rooted in the Blues by: David Lumsden Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Road to the Blues - Follow by: Dave Thomas Buy Now: | Label: Blonde On Blonde Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | This is Us by: Lee O'Nell Blues Gang Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Smoke Burst by: Mario Rossi Band Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Tommy Lee's Jonesin by: Tommy Lee Cook Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | Troublemaker by: Black Cat Bones Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Memphis Royal Brothers by: Memphis Royal Brothers Buy Now: | Label: Mother West Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Healing Kind of Blues - Follow by: Val Starr & The Blues Rocket Buy Now: | Label: Sandwich Factory Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
131 |  | Blues That You Choose by: Steve Shanholtzer Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
132 |  | Blues Called My Name - Follow by: Anthony Geraci Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
133 |  | Goldfish Blues - Follow by: Will Jacobs Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
134 |  | Pass It on Down - Follow by: Chris Beard Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
135 |  | Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down by: Kirky TG & Sinkin' Down Buy Now: | Label: Illscape Studios Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
136 |  | Stone Cold Hands by: Sean Riley & The Water Buy Now: | Label: Pugnacious Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
137 |  | Too Much to Pay - Follow by: John Clifton Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
138 |  | Young Mans Blues by: Frankie Boy & The Blues Express Buy Now: | Label: Kind Soul Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
139 |  | Live on the East Coast - Follow by: The Lee Boys Buy Now: | Label: M.C. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
140 |  | Truth - Follow by: Tim Gartland Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
141 |  | Deja Hoodoo - Follow by: Lew Jetton & 61 South Buy Now: | Label: Endless Blues Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
142 |  | The Slow Blues Sessions by: Mick Simpson Buy Now: | Label: Mad Ears Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
143 |  | A Day by the Bay by: Backtrack Blues Band Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
144 |  | Dirt Woman Blues - Follow by: Grainne Duffy Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
145 |  | The New Normal by: Guitar Jack Wargo Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
146 |  | Rose-Colored Glasses Vol. 2 - Follow by: Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
147 |  | Sticks & Strings - Follow by: EG Kight Buy Now: | Label: Blue South Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
148 |  | Lessons by: Seth James Buy Now: | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
149 |  | Cadillac Man by: Rick Vito Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
150 |  | Four - Follow by: Dennis Herrera Buy Now: | Label: Deep Groove Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
151 |  | Hollywood Forever by: Emanuel Casablanca Buy Now: | Label: Vinyl Recording Group L3C Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
152 |  | I Got Something to Say - Follow by: Leanne Binder Buy Now: | Label: LadyMoon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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