The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Week of Jan 3, 2026
| TW | LW | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *NEW* | 1 | - | Alligator Shoes | Lloyd Spiegel |
| ▲ | 2 | - | My Only Need | The Alexis P. Suter Band |
| ▲ | 3 | 5 | I've Got Vices | Misty Blues |
| - | 4 | 4 | Days Gone by | Gina Coleman |
| *NEW* | 5 | - | Even Angels Get Too Sad to Fly | Doug MacLeod |
| ▲ | 6 | 17 | Carry on This Way | Misty Blues |
| ▲ | 7 | 26 | Foolish Pleasure | Candice Ivory |
| ▲ | 8 | 14 | Winter Blues | Vaneese Thomas |
| ▼ | 9 | 6 | Keep on Pushing | Kirk Fletcher |
| ▲ | 10 | 18 | Look out Highway | Charlie Musselwhite |
| ▲ | 11 | 20 | Let Them Blues | Gina Coleman |
| ▲ | 12 | 21 | How the Blues Feels | Gina Coleman |
| ▲ | 13 | 22 | Stoop Stomp | Gina Coleman |
| ▲ | 14 | 23 | Unequivocally Blue | Gina Coleman |
| ▲ | 15 | 24 | Trust Ain't Given | Misty Blues |
| ▲ | 16 | 25 | Three Mississippi's | Misty Blues |
| ▲ | 17 | 27 | I Ain't Buying (feat. Bob Stannard) | Misty Blues |
| *NEW* | 18 | - | Shimmy Shakin' Blues | Reckless And Blue |
| ▲ | 19 | 83 | Muddy Waters | Eric Bibb |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | Relearning to Climb (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson |
| ▲ | 21 | 32 | World of Trouble (feat. David Evans) | Candice Ivory |
| ▲ | 22 | 33 | I Just Want to Make Love to You (feat. Datrian Johnson) | Luther Dickinson |
| ▲ | 23 | - | Baby What You Want Me to Do | Andy Fairweather Low |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Souls on Fire | Mike Andersen |
| ▲ | 25 | 95 | Midnight in Harlem | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| ▲ | 26 | 35 | The Thrill is Gone | B.B. King |
| ▲ | 27 | - | You're Gonna Need a Man Like Me | Bobby Rush |
| ▲ | 28 | 36 | Midnight Flight | Little Feat |
| ▲ | 29 | 37 | Shame Shame Shame | John Primer |
| ▲ | 30 | 45 | Born in Mississippi | John Primer |
| ▲ | 31 | 46 | John's Blues Holler | John Primer |
| ▲ | 32 | 47 | A Better Day | John Primer |
| ▲ | 33 | 48 | Ain't Kickin' Up No Dust | John Primer |
| ▲ | 34 | 50 | Ready for Times to Get Better (feat. Edna Luckett) | Charlie Musselwhite |
| ▲ | 35 | 51 | Chevrolet | Reverend Freakchild |
| ▲ | 36 | 53 | Midnight Screams | Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo |
| ▲ | 37 | 55 | Stop Your Crying | Larry McCray |
| *NEW* | 38 | - | Downtown Ways | Citizen Jones |
| ▲ | 39 | 56 | Sweet Dreams | Long Tall Deb & Colin John |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Light It Up | Long Tall Deb & Colin John |
| *NEW* | 41 | - | Hard Times | Citizen Jones |
| *NEW* | 42 | - | The Weight | Citizen Jones |
| ▲ | 43 | 58 | Dreaming of You | Maria Muldaur |
| ▲ | 44 | 61 | Love You Just the Same (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) | Chambers Deslauriers |
| ▲ | 45 | - | Done Got over It | John Christopher Morgan |
| ▲ | 46 | 62 | I'm in Trouble | Candice Ivory |
| ▲ | 47 | 63 | Crown Royal Bag Blues | Candice Ivory |
| *NEW* | 48 | - | Early in the Morning | Citizen Jones |
| ▲ | 49 | 64 | Help Yourself | Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia |
| ▲ | 50 | 65 | Stagger Lee | Johnnie Johnson |
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