The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 9, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Good Life | Hurricane Ruth | American Showplace | Blues Rock |
| - | 2 | 2 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| - | 3 | 3 | Love is the King | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm Records | Alternative Rock |
| ▲ | 4 | 5 | Front Porch | The Mary Jo Curry Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 7 | Blueswoman | Nora Jean Wallace | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 6 | 6 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| *NEW* | 7 | - | Firebreather | Skylar Rogers | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 8 | 11 | Bad Man | Martin Lang | Random Chance | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 9 | 4 | Can't Nobody Stop Me Now | Gerald McClendon | Delta Roots | Soul Blues |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Coffee & Cake | Mark Stoffel | Mountain Home | Traditional Folk |
| ▲ | 11 | 18 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | For Pete's Ache | The Pete Ellman Big Band | One Too Tree | Big Band |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | Playing with Fire | Liz Mandeville | Blue Kitty Music | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | - | Travelin' Woman | Mary Lane | Women of the Blues | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 15 | 31 | High Times in the Dark | The Claudettes | Forty Below | Jazzy Blues |
| ▼ | 16 | 12 | From the Vaults: Cold Chills | Henry Gray & Bob Corritore | VizzTone | Classic Blues |
| ▼ | 17 | 10 | Time Has Made a Change | Jeff Parker & Company | Truegrass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 18 | 17 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▼ | 19 | 13 | You Must Believe in Spring | Josie Falbo | Southport | Jazz |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Live at Rosa's | Linsey Alexander | Delmark | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 21 | 22 | My Soul Says Yes | Chicago Mass Choir | New Haven | Gospel |
| ▼ | 22 | 21 | People | Jonathan McReynolds | eOne | Gospel |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | The One Percent | Bryan Andrew Wilson | CE Music | Soul |
| ▲ | 24 | - | Brother Sun | Brother Sun | self-release | Folk |
| ▼ | 25 | 24 | No Direction | Jared Rabin | Golden Twine | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 26 | 30 | Hail to the Kings! | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 27 | 25 | Rubberband | Miles Davis | Rhino | Jazz |
| - | 28 | 28 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| - | 29 | 29 | CATCH | Peter CottonTale | Self-Release | Gospel |
| ▲ | 30 | - | Let's Talk About Love | Lurrie Bell | Unknown | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 31 | 33 | Born Lover | Big Bill Morganfield | Unknown | Blues |
| ▲ | 32 | - | Grit Grease & Tears | Deb Ryder | Bejeb | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Roots and Branches: the Songs of Little Walter | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | 36 | Ode to Joy | Wilco | dBpm | Rock & Roll |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Lucky Guy | Nick Moss | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 36 | 23 | The High Road to Ruin | The Black Oil Brothers | Rocksauce | Roots Rock |
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