The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of May 18, 2019
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Hail to the Kings! | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| - | 2 | 2 | Going Back Home | Benny Turner & Cash McCall | Nola Blue | Chicago Blues |
| - | 3 | 3 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Do the Hip-Shake Baby! | Bob Corritore | Vizztone | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 4 | 4 | Drop the Hammer | Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith & The House Bumpers | Big Eye | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Live in London | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▲ | 6 | 9 | Rivers and Roads | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| *NEW* | 7 | - | We Get by | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| - | 8 | 8 | My Finest Work Yet | Andrew Bird | Concord | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 7 | Illusions | The Way Down Wanderers | Self-Release | Americana Country |
| ▼ | 10 | 5 | Chicago Rambler | Tomislav Goluban | Spona | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 25 | The High Cost of Low Living | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 12 | 12 | Sugar Queen LIVE | Sugar Queen and the Straight Blues Band | Michele De Bruijn | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 13 | 10 | City Soul | Russ Green | Cleopatra | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 24 | Right Place, Right Time | Monster Mike Welch & Mike Ledbetter | Delta Groove | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 15 | 13 | Brett Eldredge | Brett Eldredge | Atlantic | Hot Country |
| ▲ | 16 | - | Chasing Butterflies | Edward David Anderson | Black Dirt | Alternative Country |
| ▼ | 17 | 11 | Infinity | Tom Harrell | HighNote | Contemporary Jazz |
| - | 18 | 18 | Soulophone | Chicago Soul Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▲ | 19 | 21 | When I'm Alone: the Piano Retrospective | Lissie | Cooking Vinyl | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 20 | 16 | This Time | Bryan Andrew Wilson | Bryan's Songs | Gospel |
| ▼ | 21 | 15 | Make Room | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| ▼ | 22 | 19 | A Great Work | Brian Courtney Wilson | Motown Gospel | Gospel |
| ▼ | 23 | 17 | They Call Me Mud | Mud Morganfield | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 24 | 27 | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Self-Release | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 25 | 20 | Old Salt Union | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 26 | 23 | Modern Flows, Vol. 2 | Marquis Hill | Black Unlimited | Jazz |
| ▼ | 27 | 26 | Sometimes the Blues Got Me | Breezy Rodio | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | The Chicago Way | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 29 | 39 | More Songs About Error and Shame | Peripheral Vision | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 30 | 14 | Hues of Blues | David Lumsden | Self-Release | Classic Blues |
| ▼ | 31 | 28 | Cab Driving Man | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 32 | 34 | Trialogue | Andrew Lawrence | Self-Release | Jazz |
| ▼ | 33 | 22 | Enjoy the Ride | Deb Ryder | VizzTone | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | - | Nothin' Left to Lose | Khalif Wailin Walter | Pepper Cake | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 35 | 38 | Ain’t Ready for the Grave | Hurricane Ruth | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
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