THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
MARCH 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / TOMMY CASTRO & The Painkillers / Closer to the Bone / Alligator Records
#2 / Bob Corritore / Doin The Shout / VizzTone Label Group/SWMAF
#3 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#4 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue
#5 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan Records
#6 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddy King / Gulf Coast Records
#7 / Will Wilde / Blues Is Still Alive / VizzTone
#8 / The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman's Blues / MOMOJO Records
#9 / Eddie 9V / Saratoga / Ruf Records
#10 / Heavy Drunk & Watermelon Slim / BluesLand Theme Park / Heavydrunk Records
#11 / Giles Robson & John Primer / Ten Chicago Blues Classics / Giles Robson & Blues House Productions
#12 / Mitch Ryder / With Love / Ruf
#13 / Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue Records
#14 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers
#15 / Max Hightower / Nothin’ But The Truth / MoMojo Records
#16 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#17 / Tony Holiday Music / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#18 / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Doctor’s Orders / Inside Sounds
#19 / Tomislav Goluban with Crooked Eye Tommy / Nashville Road / Overton Music
#20 / Ed Alstrom / Flee Though None Pursue / Haywire
#21 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#22 / Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch / Blues Cut Like Glass / Blue Lotus
#23 / Steve Howell & The Mighty Men / Yeah Man / Out Of The Past Music
#24 / The Revered Peyton's Big Damn Band / Honeysuckle / Family Owned Records
#25 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#26 / Travellin’ Blue / Take The Edge Off / Naked
#27 / Sunny Bleau And The Moons / Passion & Regrets / Endless Blues Records
#28 / Big Al & The Heavyweights / Blues Power / VizzTone
#29 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Ollee Owens Music
#30 / Tab Benoit / I Hear Thunder / Whiskey Bayou
#31 / Dean Zucchero / Song For The Sinners / PUGNACIOUS RECORDS
#32 / Larkin Poe / Bloom / Tricki-Woo Records
#33 / GA-20 / GA-20 EP Vol. 2 / Colemine/Karma Chief Records
#34 / MICKI FREE / Dreamcatcher / Bungalo
#35 / Sean Chambers / Live From Daryl's House Club/ Quarto Valley Records
#36 / Mark Muleman Massey / Been A Long Long Time / MuleTone Records
#37 / The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra / What Are You Waiting For? / Blue Dot
#38 / Chris Cain / Good Intentions Gone Bad / Alligator Records
#39 / Benny Turner / BT / Nola Blue Records
#40 / Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Self Release
#41 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#42 / Albert Castiglia / Righteous Souls / Gulf Coast Records
#43 / Jovin Webb / Drifter / BlindPig Records.
#44 / Mitch Woods / Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#45 / Mark "Nessie" Nesmith / A Sinner’s Prayer / Self Release
#46 / Vanessa Collier / Do It My Own Way / Phenix Fire Records
#47 / Joanne Shaw Taylor / Black & Gold / Journeyman Records
#48 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#49 / Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Indie
#50 / Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival / Revival / House Of Berry Productions
MARCH 2025 CHART - CANADA
#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 / Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Indie
#5 / Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / Indie
#6 / Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Self Release
#7 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue
#8 / David Gogo / Yeah! / Cordova Bay Records
#9 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#10 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Ollee Owens Music
#11 / Giles Robson & John Primer / Ten Chicago Blues Classics / Giles Robson & Blues House Productions
#12 / Tony D / Electric Delta / Cordova Bay Records
#13 / Eddie 9V / Saratoga / Ruf Records
#14 / McKenna Moonah Blues Duo / Breaking News / Broke Fuse Music
#15 / Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley / Forever Blues / G-Three Records
#16 / Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#17 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#18 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#19 / Will Wilde / Blues Is Still Alive / VizzTone
#20 / Marcus Trummer / From the Start / Gypsy Soul Records
#21 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddy King / Gulf Coast Records
#22 / Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin / Eye Of The Storm / Phoenix Records
#23 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#24 / Matt "The Rattlesnake" Lesch / Blues Cut Like Glass / Indie
#25 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#26 / Heavy Drunk & Watermelon Slim / BluesLand Theme Park / Heavydrunk Records
#27 / Mark "Nessie" Nesmith / A Sinner’s Prayer / Self Release
#28 / Tab Benoit / I Hear Thunder / Whiskey Bayou Records
#29 / Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#30 / Melon Jelly / The Road To Memphis / Self Release
#31 / Travellin' Blue / Take the Edge Off / Naked
#32 / Sonny Gullage / Go Be Free / Blind Pig Records
#33 / Mitch Woods / Happy Hour / MoMojo Records
#34 / Big Dave McLean / This Old Life / Cordova Bay Records
#35 / Ethan Askey & the Elevators / Clarksdale (single) / Indie
#36 / Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkin’BLUES / Electro-Fi
#37 / C.W. Ayon / Bounce, Boogie & Bump / Indie
#38 / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Doctor's Orders / Inside Sounds
#39 / Danielle Nicole / The Love You Bleed / Forty Below Records
#40 / David Ronaldo / Six String Preacher / Fandango Music Belgium
#41 / Fog Blues & Brass Band / Boy's Night Our / Indie
#42 / Ghalia Volt / Shout Sister Shout! / Ruf Records
#43 / Joanne Shaw Taylor / Black & Gold / Journeyman Records
#44 / Wayne Nicholson / Gin House / Grindstone Records
#45 / Samantha King & The Midnight Outfit / Samantha King & The Midnight Outfit /
#46 / Steve Marriner / I Cant Dance – single / Cordova Bay Records
#47 / Blue Moon Marquee / Scream, Holler & Howl / Indie
#48 / Ed Alstrom / Flee Though None Pursue / Haywire
#49 / Vanessa Collier / Do It My Own Way / Phenix Fire Records
#50 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#50 / Sean Chambers / Live From Daryl's House / Quarto Valley Records