The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Bluegrass Album Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad for You | The Steeldrivers | Rounder |
| 2 | Inner Journey | Darin & Brooke Aldridge | Rounder |
| 3 | Authentic | Band Of Ruhks | Rebel |
| 4 | 25 Trips | Sierra Hull | Rounder |
| 5 | Breaking in Lonesome | Rick Faris | Dark Shadow |
| 6 | Headlight | Della Mae | Rounder |
| 7 | No Headlights | Kristy Cox | Mountain Fever |
| 8 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass |
| 9 | Straighten the Curves | The Grascals | Crossroads |
| 10 | Banjo Player's Blues | High Fidelity | Rebel |
| 11 | With You | Kenny & Amanda Smith | Farm Bot |
| 12 | Tall Fiddler | Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper | Compass |
| 13 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass |
| 14 | The Secret of Life | Daryl Mosley | Pinecastle |
| 15 | Rise Sun | The Infamous Stringdusters | Tape Time |
| 16 | Distance and Time | Becky Buller | Dark Shadow |
| 17 | Ordinary Soul | Stephen Mougin | Dark Shadow |
| 18 | I Hope You Have a Good Life | The Gina Furtado Project | Mountain Home Music Company |
| 19 | Elements | Fireside Collective | Mountain Home |
| 20 | Chronicle: Friends and Music | Gena Britt | Pinecastle |
| 21 | Freedom, Love, and the Open Road | Lindley Creek | Pinecastle |
| 22 | Undeniable | Nothin' Fancy | Mountain Fever |
| 23 | Outside Looking in | The Lonesome River Band | Mountain Home |
| 24 | Salem Town | Backline | Mountain Fever |
| 25 | Classy. Sassy. Bluegrassy. | Williamson Branch | Pinecastle |
| 26 | Oh Darlin' | Bradley & Adair | Pinecastle |
| 27 | City on a Hill | Mile Twelve | Delores the Taurus |
| 28 | Blues Around My Cabin | Flashback | Pinecastle |
| 29 | Bridges and Backroads | Jerry Salley | Very Jerry |
| 30 | Waiting on a Ride | Songs From The Road Band | LDT |
| 31 | The Choosing Road | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Mountain Home |
| 32 | Bill Monroe’s Ol’ Mandolin | Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road | Pinecastle |
| 33 | The Hard Way | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
| 34 | Memories of Home | The Farm Hands Bluegrass Quartet | Pinecastle |
| 35 | Wings of a Jetliner | Nate Lee | Adverb |
| 36 | Swing for the Fences (feat. Steve Gulley, Alan Bibey, Jason Burleson & Robert Hale) | Phil Leadbetter and the All Stars of Bluegrass | Pinecastle |
| 37 | Lovin' and Leavin' (A Bluegrass Tribute to Mickey Clark) | Aaron Bibelhauser | Self-Release |
| 38 | Pictures | Hammertowne | Mountain Fever |
| 39 | Changes | The Seldom Scene | Rounder |
| 40 | Live in Prague, Czech Republic | Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver | Billy Blue |
| 41 | All for Money | Greensky Bluegrass | Big Blue Zoo |
| 42 | The Way I View the World | Chris Luquette | Self-Release |
| 43 | Pieces | Jason Barie | Billy Blue |
| 44 | Mountains, Mamas and Memories | Big Country Bluegrass | Rebel |
| 45 | Myths We Tell Our Young | Unspoken Tradition | Mountain Home |
| 46 | The Storyteller in Me | Daniel Crabtree | Codel |
| 47 | The Bull Mountain Moonshiners' Way | Jesse McReynolds | Self-Release |
| 48 | Grass Stains | Carson Peters & Iron Mountain | FCP Productions |
| 49 | Fast Track | Fast Track | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 50 | Where the Trees Know My Name | Larry Cordle | Self-Release |
| 51 | Hold on to Your Heart | Shannon Slaughter | Self-Release |
| 52 | Modern Old Time Sounds for the Bluegrass and Folksong Jamboree | The Lonesome Ace Stringband | Self-Release |
| 53 | Ronnie Bowman | Ronnie Bowman | Engelhardt Music Group |
| 54 | A Miner's Life | Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band | Calv'ry |
| 55 | Blue Haze (feat. Scott Vestal, Missy Raines & Shawn Lane) | Robert Hale & the 8th Wonder Band | Pinecastle |
| 56 | Love Hard, Work Hard, Play Hard | Deanie Richardson | Pinecastle |
| 57 | Inside the Lines | Nick Chandler & Delivered | The 615 Hideaway |
| 58 | If You Can't Stand the Heat | Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen | Compass |
| 59 | Roadsigns and Highways | Claybank | Mountain Fever |
| 60 | Renaissance | Billy Droze | Rural Rhythm |
| 61 | Sundrops on the Water - Reflections | The Sharp Flatpickers | Mountain Fever |
| 62 | McKay & Leigh | McKay & Leigh | Voxhall |
| 63 | What Does Time Care? | Armchair Boogie | GlueBrass |
| 64 | My Remedy | Missy Armstrong | Melton & Miller |
| 65 | Destination Horizon | The Plate Scrapers | Self-Release |
| 66 | Story of a Beautiful Life | Nick Dumas | Self-Release |
| 67 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 1 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home |
| 68 | Headed South | Crandall Creek | Bell Buckle |
| 69 | Make Each Second Last | Chris Jones & the Night Drivers | Moutain Home |
| 70 | Baby You're Gone | Tacie and the Sunshine Band | Self-Release |
| 71 | The Butcher Shoppe | Della Mae | Rounder |
| 72 | Bowerbird | Aubrey Eisenman & The Clydes | Mountain Fever |
| 73 | Blue | The Cleverlys | Mountain Home |
| 74 | Waiting out the Storm | Billy Droze | Self-Release |
| 75 | Fall Like Rain | Justin Moses | Mountain Fever |
| 76 | Still Here (With Tim Stafford) | Steve Gulley | Mountain Home |
| 77 | The Dark Side of Lonesome | Edgar Loudermilk Band | Rural Rhythm |
| 78 | Footprints in a Song | Circa Blue | Bell Buckle |
| 79 | The Stories We Can Tell | Nu-Blu | Voxhall |
| 80 | Pay Your Dues | Songs From The Road Band | Charles Humphrey III |
| 81 | On Time | Colebrook Road | Eisenbise |
| 82 | Time and Place | George Jackson | Self-Release |
| 83 | Things She Couldn't Get over | Dale Ann Bradley | Pinecastle |
| 84 | Tina Adair | Tina Adair | Engelhardt Music |
| 85 | Perfect Fit | Patrick McAvinue | Self-Release |
| 86 | To Live in Two Worlds, Vol. 2 | Thomm Jutz | Mountain Home |
| 87 | Smoky Mountain Favorites | Boone & Foster | Mountai Fever |
| 88 | With the Bass in Mind | Jeff Picker | Self-Release |
| 89 | Dixieland for Me | Mikayla Burrows | Self-Release |
| 90 | Hindsight is 2020 | Colebrook Road | Mountain Fever |
| 91 | Narrowing the Gap | Amanda Cook | Mountain Fever |
| 92 | Arrows | Bowregard | Bowregard |
| 93 | Long Way from Home | The Burnett Sisters Band | Bee Hive |
| 94 | Rising Tide | Pert Near Sandstone | Self-Release |
| 95 | Starry Southern Nights | Rock Hearts | Self-Release |
| 96 | Bittersweet | Sweet Potato Pie | Mountain Fever |
| 97 | Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2 (Cowboy Arms Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | High Top Mountain |
| 98 | Heart Wide Open | Kristi Stanley | Union House |
| 99 | Crooked Tree | Molly Tuttle | Nonesuch |
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