The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Album Chart
for the Year of 2026
1 |  | New Southern Vintage - Follow by: Candice Ivory Tweet Buy Now:   | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:    |
2 |  | Don't Look Back by: Mississippi Heat Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Delmark Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
3 |  | Hard Road - Follow by: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Red Zero Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
4 |  | Hammer & Chisel - Follow by: Altered Five Blues Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blind Pig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
5 |  | Blues Factory by: Mark Cameron Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Overton Music Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
6 |  | Unequivocally Blue by: Gina Coleman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
7 |  | Two Trains - Follow by: Dave Keyes Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Bue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
8 |  | Seven Deadly Gins - Follow by: Reckless And Blue Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
9 |  | Other Side of Blue - Follow by: Misty Blues Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
10 |  | Have Mercy! by: Sean McDonald Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
11 |  | Just a Little More Time by: Greg Nagy Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
12 |  | Arrival - Follow by: The Lucky Losers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
13 |  | The Blues is in the House by: Robbin Kapsalis Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blues House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
14 |  | Look out Highway - Follow by: Charlie Musselwhite Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
15 |  | The Blues Summit - Follow by: Devon Allman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
16 |  | Blues in Hand by: Al Basile Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sweetop Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
17 |  | Blame It on Eve by: Shemekia Copeland Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
18 |  | Bob Corritore & Friends: Doin' the Shout - Follow by: Bob Corritore Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
19 |  | Just Stay High by: The Alexis P. Suter Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Big Mama Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist:  |
20 |  | Live in Clarksdale by: Christopher Wyze & The Tellers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Big Radio Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
21 |  | Not Holding Back by: Kyle Rowland Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Little Village Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
22 |  | I'm Just Johnnie by: Johnnie Johnson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Missouri Morning Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
23 |  | Blood Brothers: Help Yourself - Follow by: Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
24 |  | Downtown Ways by: Citizen Jones Tweet Buy Now: | Label: 7338611 Records DK Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
25 |  | Dead Blues Volume 1 (feat. Datrian Johnson) - Follow by: Luther Dickinson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Strollin' Bones Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
26 |  | All My Love for You - Follow by: Bobby Rush Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Deep Rush Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
27 |  | Truth is - Follow by: Carolyn Wonderland Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
28 |  | Closer to the Bone - Follow by: Tommy Castro Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
29 |  | Keep on Pushing - Follow by: Kirk Fletcher Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
30 |  | Right on Time by: John Christopher Morgan Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
31 |  | A Bluesman of Sorts by: Reverend Freakchild Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Treated & Released Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
32 |  | Not Defeated - Follow by: Angelique Francis Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
33 |  | Between Somewhere and Goodbye by: Doug MacLeod Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Reference Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
34 |  | Seattle to Greaseland - Follow by: Joel Astley Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Heart Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
35 |  | Live at the Song Theater - Follow by: Debbie Bond Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blues Root Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
36 |  | Shades of Trouble by: Kyle Culkin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Tonebucker Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
37 |  | King Size by: Big Shoes Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Qualified Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
38 |  | The Hits Keep Coming by: Rick Estrin & the Nightcats Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
39 |  | It's My Time by: Jimi 'Prime Time' Smith Tweet Buy Now: | Label: New Folk Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
40 |  | The Kerry Kearney Band by: Kerry Kearney Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Pardiddle Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
41 |  | Back for Me - Follow by: Janiva Magness Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue Elan Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
42 |  | Live and Havin' Fun by: Deb Ryder Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
43 |  | Labor of Love - Follow by: Tinsley Ellis Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
44 |  | The Cause of It All by: The Reverend Shawn Amos Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Put Together Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
45 |  | One Mississippi - Follow by: Eric Bibb Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Repute Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
46 |  | Homage to 4 Kings - Follow by: Bryan Lee Tweet Buy Now: | Label: EarRelevant Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
47 |  | I Hear Thunder - Follow by: Tab Benoit Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Whiskey Bayou Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
48 |  | Strange Things Happening by: Kid Ramos Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Nola Blue Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
49 |  | Blues Without You by: Larry McCray Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Keeping The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
50 |  | Which Way Do We Go? by: Brandon Santini Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
51 |  | Black & Gold - Follow by: Joanne Shaw Taylor Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Journeyman Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
52 |  | Everybody by: Danny Liston Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Blue House Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
53 |  | Light It Up by: Long Tall Deb & Colin John Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Vizztone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
54 |  | 15 Shades of Blue by: Mike Dangeroux Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
55 |  | While You Were Gone by: Diego Mongue Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
56 |  | Heartbreak City by: Larry McCray Tweet Buy Now: | Label: The Blues Alive Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
57 |  | Capricorn - Follow by: Eddie 9V Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
58 |  | Oh So Good - Follow by: Blind Lemon Pledge Tweet Buy Now: | Label: OFEH Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
59 |  | Breakthrough - Follow by: Joe Bonamassa Tweet Buy Now: | Label: J&R Adventures Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
60 |  | Damn the Rent by: The Dig 3 Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
61 |  | Strike Up the Band - Follow by: Little Feat Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Hot Tomato Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
62 |  | I Love Freddie King by: Popa Chubby Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
63 |  | Heavy State Loving Blues - Follow by: Mississippi MacDonald Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Another Planet Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
64 |  | Good Intentions Gone Bad by: Chris Cain Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
65 |  | Long Hollow Blues by: Farmhand Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
66 |  | Remembering Now - Follow by: Van Morrison Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Exile Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
67 |  | Poor Boy Blues by: Jon Slidewell and the Reedcutters Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
68 |  | 27 Stitches by: Sunnysiders Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dancing Bear Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
69 |  | Dog Bites Back by: Dyer Davis Tweet Buy Now: | Label: WildRoots Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
70 |  | Motel Mississippi - Follow by: Tony Holiday Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
71 |  | What Just Happened by: Lily Sazz Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
72 |  | Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks by: Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Earwig Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
73 |  | 106 Miles to Chicago by: The B. Christopher Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Guitar One Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
74 |  | Family - Follow by: Southern Avenue Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
75 |  | The Blues Archives by: Eva Carboni Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mad Ears Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
76 |  | In the Key of Sorry - Follow by: Pat McDougall Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mousetrap Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
77 |  | To the Blues and Back Again - Follow by: Val Starr & The Blues Rocket Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sandwich Factory Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
78 |  | Blues Power by: Big Al & the Heavyweights Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
79 |  | The Great Women in Blues (Feat. Terrie Odabi) [Live] by: Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
80 |  | Live at Proud Larry's - Follow by: Davis Coen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Soundview Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
81 |  | Exorcist by: Selwyn Birchwood Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
82 |  | Hold on - Follow by: Shari Puorto Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Little Lightning Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
83 |  | Take Your Time by: Ben Levin Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
84 |  | Writing on the Wall by: Coco Montoya Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
85 |  | August Moon - Follow by: Allison August Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
86 |  | Preacher Kids - Follow by: Robert Randolph Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sun Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
87 |  | Crowin' Around - Follow by: Professor Louie & The Crowmatix Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Woodstock Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
88 |  | Lemon Live! - Follow by: Blind Lemon Pledge Tweet Buy Now: | Label: OFEH Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
89 |  | Our Time to Ride (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) by: Chambers Deslauriers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
90 |  | Memphis Sun by: Jon Hines Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
91 |  | Damage Control - Follow by: Curtis Salgado Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
92 |  | We Are One - Follow by: MojoMama Tweet Buy Now: | Label: JRO Publishing Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
93 |  | Blues Therapy by: Guitar Jack Wargo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
94 |  | In the Heart of the City - Follow by: Voodoo Ramble Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
95 |  | Live to Be This by: The Boneshakers Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Gulf Coast Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
96 |  | Don't Slow Down by: Stratcat Willie & the Strays Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Eight Days a Week Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
97 |  | Changing Times by: Mick Simpson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Mad Ears Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
98 |  | Glass Half Full by: The BC Combo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Momojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
99 |  | Connections by: Bruce Katz Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Dancing Rooster Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
100 |  | Answer the Call by: Secondhand Dreamcar Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
101 |  | Keep Living Til I Die by: Monster Mike Welch Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
102 |  | That's How I Got to Memphis - Follow by: Kara Grainger Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Red Parlor Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
103 |  | Raisin' Cain by: Chris Cain Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
104 |  | Weight of the World - Follow by: Joe Louis Walker Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Forty Below Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
105 |  | Redemption by: Brody Buster Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Sel-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
106 |  | One Morning Soon by: Robert Top Thomas Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
107 |  | Young Fashioned Ways - Follow by: Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Deep Rush Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
108 |  | Big Dave & the Dutchmen by: Big Dave & The Dutchmen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Donor Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
109 |  | Love One Another by: Big Al & the Heavyweights Tweet Buy Now: | Label: VizzTone Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
110 |  | Stirring the Pot by: Brother Ray Lemelin & the Matinee Kings Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
111 |  | A Spoonful of Willie Dixon - Follow by: Emma Wilson Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
112 |  | All in My Blood by: JP LeBlanc Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Acadian Connection Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
113 |  | The Invisible Bluesman by: Andy Fairweather Low Tweet Buy Now: | Label: The Last Music Company Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
114 |  | All out of Love by: Mike Andersen Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Custom Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
115 |  | The Last Dance by: Kip London Tweet Buy Now: | Label: MoMojo Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
116 |  | Here Lies a Fool - Follow by: The Wildcat O'Halloran Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
117 |  | Lead Me Not into Temptation - Follow by: The Wildcat O'Halloran Band Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
118 |  | Crown Jewels by: Koko Taylor Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Alligator Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
119 |  | Shepherd - Follow by: Bywater Call Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
120 |  | The New Normal by: Guitar Jack Wargo Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
121 |  | I Got Something to Say - Follow by: Leanne Binder Tweet Buy Now: | Label: LadyMoon Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
122 |  | Goldfish Blues - Follow by: Will Jacobs Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Ruf Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
123 |  | Live in Clarksdale - Follow by: Rashad The Blues Kid Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Side2Side Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
124 |  | Almost Live by: Pops Fletcher & The Hucksters Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
125 |  | Live on the East Coast - Follow by: The Lee Boys Tweet Buy Now: | Label: M.C. Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
126 |  | Didn't We Have Some Fun Sometime by: James Harman Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Electro-Fi Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
127 |  | Getaway Blues by: Eden Brent Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Yellow Dog Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
128 |  | The Road to Memphis by: Melon Jelly Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Melon Jelly Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
129 |  | Take the Edge off by: Travellin' Blue Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Naked Productions Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
130 |  | Saints & Sinners - Follow by: The British Bluescasting Corporation Tweet Buy Now: | Label: Self-Release Sub Genre: Connect with the Artist: |
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