The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Week of May 2, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 5 | Motormouth | Seth James | Qualified |
| ▲ | 2 | 9 | While I Can | Mike Guldin | Qualified |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Bulldog | The CD Woodbury Trio | Lightning In A Bottle |
| ▼ | 4 | 1 | Slideways | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator |
| ▼ | 5 | 3 | Issaquena Getaway | Charlie Barath | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 6 | 12 | Unapologetically Me | Debra Power | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 7 | 15 | Welcome to Sunderland | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Guitar One |
| ▲ | 8 | 22 | Have Mercy! | Sean McDonald | Little Village |
| ▲ | 9 | 14 | B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 | Joe Bonamassa | Keeping The Blues Alive |
| ▲ | 10 | 51 | Not Holding Back | Kyle Rowland | Little Village |
| ▼ | 11 | 8 | This World | Billy Thompson | Momojo |
| ▲ | 12 | 17 | Labor of Love | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| ▼ | 13 | 7 | Key of V | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 14 | 13 | Hammer & Chisel | Altered Five Blues Band | Blind Pig |
| ▼ | 15 | 6 | Bad at Being Good | Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps | Momojo |
| *NEW* | 16 | - | Four Buckets of Blues | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| ▼ | 17 | 2 | Slidemaster | Rick Vito | MoMojo |
| ▼ | 18 | 10 | Other Side of Blue | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| - | 19 | 19 | Seven Deadly Gins | Reckless And Blue | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 20 | 23 | One Mississippi | Eric Bibb | Repute |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Unequivocally Blue | Gina Coleman | Guitar One |
| ▼ | 22 | 16 | Blues Factory | Mark Cameron | Overton Music |
| ▼ | 23 | 20 | Turn a Midnight Corner | Mike Mattison & Trash Magic | Landslide |
| *NEW* | 24 | - | Blues & Spirituals/Hymn Hustler | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released |
| ▲ | 25 | 36 | Hold on to Human | Kelly Cecil | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 26 | - | Take a Ride | Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 27 | 29 | A Bluesman of Sorts | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released |
| ▼ | 28 | 11 | New Southern Vintage | Candice Ivory | Nola Blue |
| ▲ | 29 | 30 | California Trap (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride | Run It Back |
| ▼ | 30 | 28 | Don't Look Back | Mississippi Heat | Delmark |
| ▼ | 31 | 21 | Arrival | The Lucky Losers | Momojo |
| ▲ | 32 | 37 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald | Another Planet |
| - | 33 | 33 | Dog Bites Back | Dyer Davis | WildRoots |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | Connections | Bruce Katz Band | Dancing Rooster |
| ▼ | 35 | 34 | Blues Power | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| ▲ | 36 | 44 | Seattle to Greaseland | Joel Astley | Blue Heart |
| ▲ | 37 | 56 | Stone Cold | Russ Green | Overton |
| ▼ | 38 | 32 | Everybody | Danny Liston | Blue House |
| ▲ | 39 | 45 | Capricorn | Eddie 9V | Ruf |
| ▲ | 40 | 42 | Who is He? | Dylan Triplett | VizzTone |
| ▲ | 41 | 61 | Live at the Rivoli | Little Magic Sam | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 42 | 25 | Sing Pretty Blues | Crystal Shawanda | New Sun |
| ▼ | 43 | 41 | A Day by the Bay | Backtrack Blues Band | Gulf Coast |
| ▲ | 44 | 52 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| ▲ | 45 | 69 | Look out Highway | Charlie Musselwhite | Forty Below |
| ▲ | 46 | - | Just Stay High | The Alexis P. Suter Band | Big Mama |
| ▲ | 47 | 57 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| ▼ | 48 | 18 | Still I Carry on | Bluesnado | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 49 | 40 | Glass Half Full | The BC Combo | Momojo |
| ▲ | 50 | 59 | A Spoonful of Willie Dixon | Emma Wilson | Self-Release |
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