THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
FEBRUARY 2025 CHART - USA
#1 TOMMY CASTRO & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#2 Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#3 Bob Corritore / Doin' the shout! / VizzTone Label Group /SWMAF
#4 Heavy Drunk & Watermelon Slim / Bluesland Theme Park / Heavydrunk Records
#5 Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#6 Eddie 9V / Saratoga / Ruf Records
#7 Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue
#8 Tomislav Golban with Crooked Eye Tommy / Nashville Road / Overton Music
#9 Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#10 Giles Robson & John Primer / Ten Chicago Blues Classics / Blues House Productions
#11 Big Al & the Heavyweights / Blues Power / Vizztone
#12 Ed Alstrom / Flee Though Non Pursue / Haywire Productions
#13 Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Ollee Music Inc.
#14 The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman’s Blues / MoMoJo Records
#15 Sunny Bleau & The Moons / Passion & Regret / Endless Blues
#16 Mark Muleman Massey / Been A Long Long Time / MuleTone Records
#17 Jovin Webb / Drifter / Blind Pig Records
#18 Dean Zucchero / Song For The Sinners / Pugnacious
#19 Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#20 The ANTHONY PAULE Soul Orchestra / What Are You Waiting For? / Blue Dot Records
#21 Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch / Blues Cut Like Glass / Blue Lotus Label
#22 Benny Turner / BT / Nola Blue Records
#23 Steve Howell & The Mighty Men / Yeah Man / Out Of The Past Music
#24 Kat Riggins & Her Blues Festival / Revival / House of Berry Productions
#25 Ruthie Foster / Mileage / Sun Label Group, LLC
#26 Rev Peyton’s Big Damn Band / Honeysuckle / Family Owned Records
#27 Chris Cain / Good Intensions Gone Bad / Alligator Records
#28 Albert Castiglia / Righteous Souls / Gulf Coast Records
#29 Tab Benoit / I Hear Thunder / Whiskey Bayou Records
#30 Mitch Woods / Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#31 Kenny "Blue Boss" Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain
#32 Sonny Gullage / Go Be Free / Blind Pig Records
#33 Greg Nagy / The Real You / S/R
#34 Vanessa Collier / Do It My Own Way / Phenix Fire Records
#35 Larken Poe / Bloom / Tricki-Woo
#36 Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#37 Daddy Mack Blues Band / Doctor’s Orders / Inside Sounds
#38 Will Wilde / The Blues is Still Alive / Vizztone
#39 Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#40 Toronzo Cannon / Shut Up & Play! / Alligator Records
#41 Ping Rose / Conjure Man / New Sun Music
#42 Evan Nicole Bell / Shades of Blue / Hummingbird Records
#43 Guy Verlinde & Tom Eylenbosch / Promised Land Blues / Bandr Music
#44 Mississippi MacDonald / I Got What You Need / APM Records
#45 Jennifer Porter / Sun Come And Shine Redux / Overton Music
#46 CW Ayon / Bounce Boogie & Bump / Self Released
#47 Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Indie
#48 Eric Bibb / In The Real World / Stony Plain Records
#49 Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#50 Jontavious Willis / West Georgia Blues / Strolling Bones Records
FEBRUARY 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 Ollee Owens / Nowhere to Hide / Ollee Owens Music
#2 TOMMY CASTRO & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#3 Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#4 Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#5 Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#6 Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#7 David Vest & Terry Robb / Crisscross / Cordova Bay Records
#8 Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin / Eye of the Storm / Phoenix Records
#9 Bob Corritore / Doin' the shout! / VizzTone/SWMAF
#10 Heavy Drunk & Watermelon Slim / Bluesland Theme Park / Heavydrunk Records
#11 David Gogo / YEAH! / Cordova Bay Records
#12 Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#13 Samantha King & The Midnight Outfit / Samantha King & The Midnight Outfit / Indie
#14 Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#15 Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Independent
#16 McKenna Moonah Blues Duo / Breaking News / Broke Fuse Music
#17 Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#18 Big Al & the Heavyweights / Blues Power / VizzTone
#19 Tony D / Electric Delta / Cordova Bay Records
#20 Chad Rupp and the Sugar Roots / Gate C23 / Lightning In A Bottle records
#21 Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue
#22 Ed Alstrom / Flee Though None Pursue / Haywire
#23 Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#24 Jovin Webb / Drifter / Blind Pig Records
#25 Sunny Bleau & The Moons / Passion & Regret / Endless Blues
#26 Big Dave Mclean / This Old Life / Cordova Bay Records
#27 Ping Rose / Conjure Man / New Sun Records
#28 Ndidi O / Simple Songs For Complicated Times / Black Hen Music
#29 Lucas Haneman / I'm Just One Man / Indie
#30 Benny Turner / BT / Nola Blue
#31 Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#32 Mitch Woods / Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#33 Tomislav Goluban & Crooked Eye Tommy / Nashville Road / Overton Music
#34 Secondhand Dreamcar / Answer the Call / Indie
#35 / Marcus Trummer / From The Start / Gypsy Soul Records
#36 Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley / Forever Blues / G-Three Records
#37 Sonny Gullage / Go Be Free / Blind Pig Records
#38 Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / Indie
#39 The Harpoonist / Did We Come Here To Dance / Tonic Records
#40 Ruthie Foster / Mileage / Sun Label Group
#41 Garnetta Cromwell / Time To Shine / Indie
#42 Glenn Marais & Mojo Train / Red, Hot and Blue / Indie
#43 Taj Mahal Sextet / Swingin' Live At The Church In Tulsa / Lightning Rod Records
#44 Mark Muleman Massey / Been A Long Long Time / MuleTone Records
#45 The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman’s Blues / MoMoJo Records
#46 Albert Castiglia / Righteous Souls / Gulf Coast Records
#47 Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkin' Blues / Electro-Fi Records
#48 Melon Jelly / The Road to Memphis / Indie
#49 Early James / Medium Raw / Easy Eye Sound
#50 Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band / Honeysuckle / Family Owned Records