The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Country Album Chart
for the Week of May 2, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Music City Drifters | Rusty Gear | Chickahominy Marsh | Americana Country |
| - | 2 | 2 | Squirrels | Jubal Lee Young | 7 Bridges Ent | Alternative Country |
| - | 3 | 3 | Plug in | Tom Faia & Kate Miller | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 4 | 17 | Late Bloomer | Kelly's Lot | PK Entertainment | Americana Country |
| - | 5 | 5 | Bound Together | Ken Samuelsen | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| - | 6 | 6 | Smoke Tree Road | Rick Shea | Tres Pescadores | Americana Country |
| - | 7 | 7 | Luck and Gravity | Saint Pierre Band | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 8 | 4 | Long Long Road | Ringo Starr | UMe | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Book of Paul | Paul Cauthen | Velvet Rose | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Life Lines | Joyann Parker | Hopeless Romantics | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 11 | 43 | Coyote Midnight | Coyote Midnight | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 12 | 19 | Forevermore | Robert LaRoche | Omad | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 13 | 20 | Snipe Hunter | Tyler Childers | RCA | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 14 | 10 | The Journals | Sammy Brue | Bloodshot | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 15 | 22 | All at Once | McKirchy Winslow Band | Full Net | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 16 | 23 | Two Fingers of Whiskey | Shoebox Letters | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 17 | 13 | The Ghost of Sis Draper | Shawn Camp | Truly Handmade | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 18 | 35 | Kitty Hawk | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 19 | 26 | A Buffalo Trace | Jeff Berkley | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| *NEW* | 20 | - | We Come We Go | Greezy Wheels | Armadillo | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 21 | 33 | What Love Can Do | Jeanne McKirchy | Full Net Media | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 22 | 34 | Land of the Forgotten | Brit Taylor | Ridgetone | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 23 | 16 | Hold the Line | Ally Taylor | Honey Grove | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 24 | 36 | Give the People What They Paid for | Kierston White | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 25 | 38 | Westerlies | The Great Get Gone | Self-Release | Alternative Country |
| ▲ | 26 | 39 | Lost at Sea | Masorti | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 27 | 40 | This Old World | Shannon Clark & the Sugar | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 28 | 41 | Big Shot | Talbot Mayo | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 29 | 42 | Codename California | Ed Dupas | Black Bear | Americana Country |
| *NEW* | 30 | - | Side by Side | Pert Near Sandstone | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 31 | 54 | Same Shirt, Different Day | Rodney Rice | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 32 | 21 | The Dreamin' Kind | Langhorne Slim | Dualtone | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 33 | 18 | Don't You Ever Give Up on Love | Brennen Leigh | Signature Sounds | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 34 | 31 | Back to Life | Cordovas | Yep Roc | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 35 | 24 | Rhinestone Requiem | Sunny Sweeney | Aunt Daddy | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 36 | 14 | The Way the West Was Won | Dallas Burrow | Forty Below | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 37 | 11 | Nobody's Girl | Amanda Shires | Silver Knife | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 38 | 49 | Stories in the Heart | Back pOrchEstra | Globe | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 39 | 86 | Borrowed Time | Joe Troop | Free Dirt | Alternative Country |
| ▲ | 40 | 67 | American Primitive | Old 97's | ATO | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 41 | 68 | The Last Frontier | Reckless Kelly | No Big Deal | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 42 | 69 | Twilight Blues | Poi Rogers | Self-Released | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 43 | 27 | From an Old Guitar: Rare and Unreleased Recordings | Dave Alvin | Yep Roc | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 44 | 70 | Real Me | Brit Taylor | Cut A Shine | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 45 | 71 | First Rose of Spring | Willie Nelson | Sony | Country |
| ▼ | 46 | 30 | Hill Country Folk Music | Terry Klein | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 47 | 72 | House of the Dog | Grain Thief | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 48 | 74 | Son of the San Lorenzo | Jesse Daniel | Lightning Rod | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 49 | 76 | Welcome Back: a Collection | Michael Gaither | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 50 | 78 | We're Only Human | Hayes Carll | Hwy 87 | Alternative Country |
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