The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Week of Aug 1, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Souvenirs | Doug Duffey And BADD | Fort Sumner |
| ▲ | 2 | 8 | Still Ticking | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| - | 3 | 3 | Might Give out | Tas Cru | Subcat |
| ▼ | 4 | 2 | 13 Hours (feat. Kaitlin Dibble) | Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind | Gulf Coast |
| ▼ | 5 | 4 | Ain't Wasting Time | Nicky T and the Snake Charmers | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 6 | 5 | Son of a Sinner | Jovin Webb | Blind Pig |
| ▼ | 7 | 6 | Four Buckets of Blues | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | Stone Cold | Russ Green | Overton |
| ▲ | 9 | 24 | BLUES NOW | Ga-20 & Charlie Musselwhite | New West |
| ▲ | 10 | 25 | Bridge Street Blues | Dave Thomas | Blonde On Blonde |
| ▼ | 11 | 10 | Welcome to Sunderland | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Guitar One |
| - | 12 | 12 | Slideways | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator |
| ▲ | 13 | 16 | Key of V | Peter Veteska & Blues Train | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 14 | 40 | On Top of the World | Will Johns | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 15 | 18 | Blues & Spirituals/Hymn Hustler | Reverend Freakchild | Treated & Released |
| ▼ | 16 | 11 | Other Side of Blue | Misty Blues | Guitar One |
| ▲ | 17 | 21 | While I Can | Mike Guldin | Qualified |
| ▲ | 18 | 22 | Slidemaster | Rick Vito | MoMojo |
| ▲ | 19 | 39 | Motormouth | Seth James | Qualified |
| ▼ | 20 | 15 | California Trap (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride | Run It Back |
| ▼ | 21 | 13 | Blues Power | Big Al & the Heavyweights | VizzTone |
| ▲ | 22 | 26 | Seven Deadly Gins | Reckless And Blue | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 23 | 41 | The Trouble with Love | Joanne Shaw Taylor | Journeyman |
| ▲ | 24 | - | Come to Me (feat. Jill Dineen) | Carmen Ratti Band | Momojo |
| ▼ | 25 | 20 | Ramblin' from Coast to Coast | Johnny Burgin | Straight Shooter |
| ▲ | 26 | 30 | Labor of Love | Tinsley Ellis | Alligator |
| - | 27 | 27 | 106 Miles to Chicago | The B. Christopher Band | Guitar One |
| - | 28 | 28 | Motel Mississippi | Tony Holiday | Forty Below |
| ▲ | 29 | 46 | The Sky's the Limit | Roy Rogers | Chops Not Chaps |
| ▲ | 30 | - | Not Holding Back | Kyle Rowland | Little Village |
| ▼ | 31 | 29 | Raisin' Cain | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| - | 32 | 32 | Family | Southern Avenue | Alligator |
| ▲ | 33 | 44 | Weight of the World | Joe Louis Walker | Forty Below |
| ▲ | 34 | 35 | I Hear Thunder | Tab Benoit | Whiskey Bayou |
| ▲ | 35 | 37 | This World | Billy Thompson | Momojo |
| ▼ | 36 | 23 | Tempting Fate | Carolyn Wonderland | Alligator |
| ▼ | 37 | 9 | Bulldog | The CD Woodbury Trio | Lightning In A Bottle |
| ▲ | 38 | 42 | Good Intentions Gone Bad | Chris Cain | Alligator |
| ▲ | 39 | 43 | Go Be Free | Sonny Gullage | Blind Pig |
| ▲ | 40 | - | Stone Cold Hands | Sean Riley & The Water | Pugnacious |
| ▲ | 41 | 47 | Into the Soul | Josh Hyde | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 42 | 48 | New Southern Vintage | Candice Ivory | Nola Blue |
| ▼ | 43 | 31 | Issaquena Getaway | Charlie Barath | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 44 | 51 | Just a Little More Time | Greg Nagy | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 45 | 53 | Remembering Now | Van Morrison | Exile |
| ▲ | 46 | 54 | Keep Living Til I Die | Monster Mike Welch | Self-Release |
| ▲ | 47 | 55 | Getaway Blues | Eden Brent | Yellow Dog |
| ▲ | 48 | 56 | Lighter Side of the Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Sandwich Factory |
| ▲ | 49 | 57 | Why the Worry | Seth Walker | Royal Potato Family |
| ▲ | 50 | 58 | Johnny Max & His So Called Friends | The Johnny Max Band | Self-Release |
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