The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Country Album Chart
for the Week of May 16, 2026
1 - LW 1 |  | Long Long Road by: Ringo Starr   | Label: UMe Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist:    |
2 ▲ LW 3 |  | Smoke Tree Road by: Rick Shea | Label: Tres Pescadores Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
3 ▼ LW 2 |  | Music City Drifters by: Rusty Gear | Label: Chickahominy Marsh Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
4 - LW 4 |  | Squirrels by: Jubal Lee Young | Label: 7 Bridges Ent Sub Genre: Alternative Country Connect with the Artist:  |
5 ▲ LW 10 |  | Book of Paul by: Paul Cauthen | Label: Velvet Rose Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
6 - LW 6 |  | Plug in by: Tom Faia & Kate Miller | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
7 ▼ LW 5 |  | Life Lines by: Joyann Parker | Label: Hopeless Romantics Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
8 ▲ LW 9 |  | Luck and Gravity by: Saint Pierre Band | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
9 ▼ LW 8 |  | Bound Together by: Ken Samuelsen | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
10 ▲ LW 11 |  | Snipe Hunter by: Tyler Childers | Label: RCA Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
11 ▲ LW 20 |  | We Come We Go by: Greezy Wheels | Label: Armadillo Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
12 - LW 12 |  | Two Fingers of Whiskey by: Shoebox Letters | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist:  |
13 - LW 13 |  | The Way the West Was Won by: Dallas Burrow | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
14 ▲ LW - |  | Stories in the Heart by: Back pOrchEstra | Label: Globe Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
15 ▼ LW 14 |  | Late Bloomer by: Kelly's Lot | Label: PK Entertainment Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
16 ▼ LW 15 |  | The Journals by: Sammy Brue | Label: Bloodshot Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
17 ▼ LW 16 |  | All at Once by: McKirchy Winslow Band | Label: Full Net Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
18 ▼ LW 17 |  | The Price of Admission by: Turnpike Troubadours | Label: Bossier City Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
19 ▼ LW 18 |  | Forevermore by: Robert LaRoche | Label: Omad Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
20 ▼ LW 19 |  | Keep on Keepin on by: Dave Mininberg | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
21 - LW 21 |  | What Love Can Do by: Jeanne McKirchy | Label: Full Net Media Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
22 - LW 22 |  | Rhinestone Requiem by: Sunny Sweeney | Label: Aunt Daddy Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
23 ▼ LW 7 |  | Vengeance & Grace by: Benjamin Tod | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
24 ▼ LW 23 |  | The Ghost of Sis Draper by: Shawn Camp | Label: Truly Handmade Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
25 ▼ LW 24 |  | Kitty Hawk by: Dave Goddess Group | Label: Emotional Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
26 ▲ LW - |  | Life After Life by: Mark & Maggie O'Connor | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
27 ▼ LW 26 |  | Oh What a Beautiful World by: Willie Nelson | Label: Legacy Sub Genre: Outlaw Country Connect with the Artist:  |
28 ▼ LW 27 |  | Don't You Ever Give Up on Love by: Brennen Leigh | Label: Signature Sounds Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
29 ▼ LW 28 |  | Billionaire by: Kathleen Edwards | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
30 - LW 30 |  | The Void by: Taylor Rae | Label: Missing Piece Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
31 - LW 31 |  | Bad Reputation by: Lance Roark | Label: Tenkiller Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
32 ▲ LW 37 |  | Hold the Line by: Ally Taylor | Label: Honey Grove Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
33 ▼ LW 32 |  | Give the People What They Paid for by: Kierston White | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
34 ▼ LW 33 |  | Westerlies by: The Great Get Gone | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Alternative Country Connect with the Artist: |
35 ▼ LW 34 |  | Lost at Sea by: Masorti | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
36 ▼ LW 35 |  | This Old World by: Shannon Clark & the Sugar | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
37 ▲ LW 45 |  | Big Shot by: Talbot Mayo | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
38 ▼ LW 25 |  | A Buffalo Trace by: Jeff Berkley | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
39 ▼ LW 38 |  | Best Western by: Bones Owens | Label: lack Ranch Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
40 ▼ LW 39 |  | Love and Freedom by: Joe Ely | Label: Rack 'Em Records Sub Genre: Alternative Country Connect with the Artist: |
41 ▼ LW 40 |  | Land of the Forgotten by: Brit Taylor | Label: Ridgetone Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
42 - LW 42 |  | The Chicago Sessions by: Rodney Crowell | Label: New West Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
43 - LW 43 |  | American Primitive by: Old 97's | Label: ATO Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
44 - LW 44 |  | Silverada by: Silverada | Label: Prairie Rose Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
45 ▼ LW 36 |  | Codename California by: Ed Dupas | Label: Black Bear Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
46 ▲ LW 47 |  | Songwriter by: Johnny Cash | Label: UMG Sub Genre: Cowboy Western Connect with the Artist: |
47 ▲ LW 49 |  | Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle by: Willie Nelson | Label: Legacy Sub Genre: Outlaw Country Connect with the Artist: |
48 ▲ LW 50 |  | The Dreamin' Kind by: Langhorne Slim | Label: Dualtone Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
49 ▲ LW 51 |  | Hill Country Folk Music by: Terry Klein | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
50 ▲ LW 52 |  | Son of the San Lorenzo by: Jesse Daniel | Label: Lightning Rod Sub Genre: Americana Country Connect with the Artist: |
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