The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Album Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lonesome Drifter | Charley Crockett | Lone Star Rider |
| 2 | Bad for Each Other | Tom Faia & Kate Miller | Lazy Tom |
| 3 | Western Pleasure | Chaparelle | Mom+Pop |
| 4 | Plug in | Tom Faia & Kate Miller | Self-Release |
| 5 | Late Bloomer | Kelly's Lot | PK Entertainment |
| 6 | Sol Y Sombra | Rose City Band | Thrill Jockey |
| 7 | Cut Loose | Ceri Justice | Self-Release |
| 8 | Hayes & the Heathens | Hayes & The Heathens | BOH |
| 9 | Snipe Hunter | Tyler Childers | RCA |
| 10 | Look Up | Ringo Starr | UMG |
| 11 | All at Once | McKirchy Winslow Band | Full Net |
| 12 | Somewhere in West Texas | Al Staehely | Quarto Valley |
| 13 | Day of the Doug | Son Volt | Transmit Sound |
| 14 | Would You Live with Me on Mars? | Jamie Kindleyside | Self-Release |
| 15 | Last Leaf on the Tree | Willie Nelson | Sony |
| 16 | Hard Headed Woman | Margo Price | Loma Vista |
| 17 | Love, Texas | Don Wall | Self-Release |
| 18 | Hold the Line | Ally Taylor | Honey Grove |
| 19 | Dark Black Coal | Logan Halstead | ORCHARD |
| 20 | Scruffy Love Songs | Dave Mininberg | Self-Release |
| 21 | Positano Songs | Will Ackerman | West River |
| 22 | Little Crosses | Joe Stamm Band | Den Tree |
| 23 | Magical | Jim Stanard | Manatee |
| 24 | Have Harmony, Will Travel 3 | Carla Olson | Self-Release |
| 25 | Highway Lullaby | Gann Brewer | Self-Release |
| 26 | The Last Frontier | Reckless Kelly | No Big Deal |
| 27 | Two True Loves | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus | Berkalin |
| 28 | Airline Highway | Rodney Crowell | New West |
| 29 | The Set | Jerry Douglas | Self-Release |
| 30 | The Price of Admission | Turnpike Troubadours | Bossier City |
| 31 | Dollar a Day | Charley Crockett | Lone Star Rider |
| 32 | Flash-A-Magic | Luke Winslow-King | Bloodshot |
| 33 | Renegade | A Tale Of Two | A Tale Of Two |
| 34 | The Perfect Answer | Cabela and Schmitt | Self-Release |
| 35 | Backbone | Kasey Chambers | Groove Merchants |
| 36 | The Void | Taylor Rae | Missing Piece |
| 37 | Black on Black | Paul Cauthen | Atlantic |
| 38 | Risk It All for Love | Tom Faia & Kate Miller | Self-Release |
| 39 | El Cabron | Pug Johnson | Break Maiden |
| 40 | Forever | Lilly Hiatt | New West |
| 41 | Switchback | The Shootouts | Transoceanic |
| 42 | Billionaire | Kathleen Edwards | Dualtone |
| 43 | The Last Kings of Babylon | Jason Boland And The Stragglers | Proud Souls |
| 44 | The Way the West Was Won | Dallas Burrow | Forty Below |
| 45 | Big Mood | Judy Blank | Rounder |
| 46 | Back in Business | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional |
| 47 | Nobody's Girl | Amanda Shires | Silver Knife |
| 48 | Silverada | Silverada | Prairie Rose |
| 49 | The Ghost of Sis Draper | Shawn Camp | Truly Handmade |
| 50 | Singing Cowboys Don't Talk | Kathy Stommel | Bell Buckle |
| 51 | Autumn to August | Lynn Crossett | Self-Release |
| 52 | Moving at the Speed of Trees | Richie Lawrence | Big Book |
| 53 | Ghosts on the Water | Nelson Wright | Self-Release |
| 54 | Kitty Hawk | Dave Goddess Group | Emotional |
| 55 | Down Home | Teddy & The Rough Riders | Appalachia |
| 56 | Just for a Night | Ave Gart | Self-Release |
| 57 | Skin | Sean McConnell | Silent Desert |
| 58 | Lessons | David Luning | Self-Release |
| 59 | Tales of the Dark West | Sam Stoane | Cloverdale |
| 60 | Never Been Home | Sweet Megg | Self-Release |
| 61 | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends | Dean Johnson | Saddle Creek |
| 62 | Son of the San Lorenzo | Jesse Daniel | Lightning Rod |
| 63 | In the Lasting | John David Peters | Silver Frog |
| 64 | Silver Rounds | Olivia Wolf | MTTM |
| 65 | Sweet Misery | Will Hoge | Self-Release |
| 66 | Shake It All Up! | Robby Vee & Beej Chaney | Paramour |
| 67 | American Primitive | Old 97's | ATO |
| 68 | In My Blood | Cody Jinks | Late August |
| 69 | Deep Feeler | Liv Greene | Free Dirt |
| 70 | Roll It out | The Deslondes | New West |
| 71 | What Love Can Do | Jeanne McKirchy | Full Net Media |
| 72 | Give the People What They Paid for | Kierston White | Self-Release |
| 73 | Don't You Ever Give Up on Love | Brennen Leigh | Signature Sounds |
| 74 | Moon & Stars | The Mavericks | Thirty Tigers |
| 75 | Man in the Mirror | David Massey | Self-Release |
| 76 | Quiet Town | Mindy Smith | Compass |
| 77 | Covers | Kathleen Edwards | Dualtone |
| 78 | The Select | Ty Myers | Columbia |
| 79 | All the Not So Gentle Reminders | David Ramirez | Blue Corn |
| 80 | Dream Wreckers | Shoebox Letters | Self-Release |
| 81 | Horizons | Daniel Donato | Retrace |
| 82 | Whiskey Lies & Alibis | William Beckmann | Warner Music |
| 83 | Windmills on the Moon | The Riflebirds of Portland | Regional |
| 84 | The Shape of a Sway | Eli West | Tender and Mild |
| 85 | Southern Star | Brent Cobb | Ol' Buddy |
| 86 | Cowboy Rhythm | Dennis Jay | Waiting for Lester |
| 87 | The American Dream | Amy Speace | Self-Release |
| 88 | The Agonist | Leslie Jordan | Self-Release |
| 89 | In the Middle | Tyller Gummersall | County Road 330 |
| 90 | Best Western | Bones Owens | lack Ranch |
| 91 | Poet of Motel 6 | Kinky Friedman | Hardcharger |
| 92 | Cecilia Castleman | Cecilia Castleman | Glassnote |
| 93 | Stories | Nicolas Meier | Self-Release |
| 94 | Restless Mind | Sam Barber | Atlantic |
| 95 | Be Real with Me | Chatham Rabbits | Self-Release |
| 96 | The Ballad of Charlie Avalon | StillHouse Junkies | Common Loon |
| 97 | Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom | The Delines | Jealous Butcher |
| 98 | Passage Du Desir | Johnny Blue Skies | High Top Mountain |
| 99 | Rancho Deluxe | Nicki Bluhm | Self-Release |
| 100 | House of the Dog | Grain Thief | Self-Release |
| 101 | Driving Me Home | Sarah McCulloch | Self-Release |
| 102 | Story the Crow Told Me | Ketch Secor | Equal Housing Opportunity |
| 103 | Flatland Forever | Flatland Cavalry | Interscope |
| 104 | Further from the Country | William Prince | Six Shooter |
| 105 | Dark Horse | Tony Logue | Self-Release |
| 106 | Headed out the Holler | Luke Trimble | Self-Release |
| 107 | Lonely Mountain Town | Charles Wesley Godwin | Big Loud |
| 108 | Carry You with Me | Courtney Patton | Self-Release |
| 109 | An Inch of This New York Mile | Christian Rutledge | Aqualamb |
| 110 | American Grin | Jason Scott & The High Heat | Leo33 |
| 111 | Level-Headed Even Smile | Dylan Earl | Gar Hole |
| 112 | Creekside Revival | Creekside Revival | Upon The Rock |
| 113 | From Newman Street | Kassi Valazza | Fluff and Gravy |
| 114 | Way to the Sun | Minor Gold | Self-Release |
| 115 | Dark Country | Gary Louris | SHAM |
| 116 | Battle Hymn of the Early Riser | Jackson Emmer | Diamond Ranch |
| 117 | Where You've Been | Nu-Blu | Turnberry |
| 118 | Westward | Dylan Gossett | Mercury |
| 119 | The Time of Your Life | Kat Hasty | Jackie Java |
| 120 | Piano in the Field | Ruthie Purves Smith | Self-Release |
| 121 | Micky and the Motorcars | Micky & The Motorcars | Self-Release |
| 122 | Always Been Good to Me | Jonathan Maud | Self-Release |
| 123 | The Last Rodeo | Rosedale Junction | Center Block |
| 124 | Shooting Star | Benjamin Tod | Thirty Tigers |
| 125 | Together and Alone | The Kearns Family | Self-Release |
| 126 | Among the Evergreens | Suzie Ungerleider | Stella |
| 127 | Wookin' Overtime | Lucas Wayne | Fat Cave |
| 128 | Tennessee Lightning | Ashley Monroe | Mountainrose Sparrow |
| 129 | Bend and Break | Toria Richings | Self-Release |
| 130 | JP Harris is a Trash Fire | JP Harris | Bloodshot |
| 131 | Doin' Fine | Josiah Flores | Speakeasy Studios |
| 132 | Hummingbird Highway | Dar Williams | Righteous Babe |
| 133 | The Truth and Other Things | Chip Taylor | Train Wreck |
| 134 | These Days | Tanner Usrey | Atlantic |
| 135 | Boot Scootin' | 3 Pairs of Boots | Dark Country |
| 136 | Masquerade | Vincent Poag | Danal |
| 137 | The Nonessential | Sam Outlaw | Black Hills |
| 138 | Unforgiving Mistress (Dark Horse Edition) | Corb Lund | New West |
| 139 | Sideways | The Steel Wheels | Big Ring |
| 140 | Life is Strange | Garrett T. Capps | Self-Release |
| 141 | Purple Gas | Noeline Hofmann | La Honda |
| 142 | A Buffalo Trace | Jeff Berkley | Self-Release |
| 143 | Kill the Architect | Gasoline Lollipops | ALP |
| 144 | Cimarron 615 | Cimarron 615 | Blue Elan |
| 145 | A Love Thing | Chris Gardner | Self-Release |
| 146 | Other Voices | Gerry Spehar & Friends | Self-Release |
| 147 | Rhinestone Requiem | Sunny Sweeney | Aunt Daddy |
| 148 | Cold Beer & Country Music | Zach Top | Leo33 |
| 149 | Midnight Gasoline | Jamey Johnson | Big Gassed |
| 150 | Borderlands | The Talbott Brothers | Self-Release |
| 151 | Motel Breakfast | Mac Leaphart | Self-Release |
| 152 | Dopamine and Jesus | Luke Bower | Fair Trade Services |
| 153 | What's Not to Love? | John C. Reilly & Mister Romantic | Eternal Magic |
| 154 | Blue Sky Sundays | JD Clayton | Mulberry |
| 155 | Ranchero | Tennessee Jet | Self-Release |
| 156 | Life After Life | Mark & Maggie O'Connor | Self-Release |
| 157 | For Eden | Boy Golden | Six Shooter |
| 158 | Dustin Brown | Dustin Brown | Self-Release |
| 159 | $10 Cowboy | Charley Crockett | Son of Davy |
| 160 | Out of My Head | Henry Conlon | Self-Release |
| 161 | Wishes Never Gone | Dean Mueller | Ripping Glass |
| 162 | Tropicana | Joshua Ray Walker | East Dallas |
| 163 | Still in the Runnin' | The Wilder Blue | Hill Country |
| 164 | Interstate of Mind | Phil Tittle | Self-Release |
| 165 | Down to the Letter | Grace Pettis | MPress |
| 166 | Love Your Mind | Twisted Pine | Signature Sounds |
| 167 | Visions of Dallas | Charley Crockett | Son of Davy |
| 168 | Texas 42 | Silverada | Prairie Rose |
| 169 | Pilgrim | Jesse Welles | Self-Release |
| 170 | Back when | The General Patten Band | Self-Release |
| 171 | Ain't Rocked in a While | Brent Cobb | Ol' Buddy |
| 172 | Life and Time | Mike Reid & Joe Henry | Work Song |
| 173 | Seeing Double | The Watson Twins | Bloodshot |
| 174 | Falcon | Phil Madeira | Mercyland |
| 175 | Blooming | Jessica Willis Fisher | Bard Craft |
| 176 | Trail Songs of the Deep | Murry Hammond | Fluff and Gravy |
| 177 | Turn My Engine over | Rusty Gear | Self-Release |
| 178 | Still Feelin' the Payne | Will Payne Harrison | Self-Release |
| 179 | Whole Damn Sky | Nicole Mish | Whole Sky |
| 180 | Stampede | Orville Peck | Warner |
| 181 | Codename California | Ed Dupas | Black Bear |
| 182 | The Narrow Way | Nicholas Jamerson | Cloverdale |
| 183 | Everything We Thought We Wanted | The Far West | Blackbird |
| 184 | Pale, Through the Window | Ruston Kelly | Rounder |
| 185 | Believer | Blue Cactus | Sleepy Cat |
| 186 | American Spirit | Fancy Hagood | Self-Release |
| 187 | Shadows of a Ghost Town | Meghan Clarisse | Howlin' Dog |
| 188 | For Jimmy | Boy Golden | Six Shooter |
| 189 | Tear It Up | Marcy Grace | Self-Release |
| 190 | True Tones | Mark Stoffel | Mountain Home Music |
| 191 | Watch out for the Wolf | Ryan Bingham | Thirty Tigers |
| 192 | Goin' for Broke | Casual Drifter | Wild Game |
| 193 | Love is a Beautiful Thing | Andrew Browning and the 9 Pound Hammers | Self-Release |
| 194 | Eye of the Storm | Letitia VanSant & David McKindley-Ward | Self-Release |
| 195 | Two Black Horses | Emily Lubitz | Self-Release |
| 196 | Wildflower | Zandi Holup | Big Loud |
| 197 | Fireside Sessions Vol. 2 | John R. Miller | Rounder |
| 198 | All This Time | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams | Royal Potato Family |
| 199 | Off to Find a Sunny Day | Presley Haile | Columbia |
| 200 | My Favorite Place | Jim Lauderdale | Sky Crunch |
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