THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
MAY 2026 CHART - USA
#1 / Taj Mahal & Phantom Blues Band / Time / ℗ 2026 Resonatin' Records
#2 / Selwyn Birchwood / Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues / Alligator Records
#3 / Curtis Salgado / Legacy Rewind: Live in '25 / Nola Blue
#4 / Bob Corritore / Ernestine Blues / SWMAF / VizzTone Label Group
#5 / Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials / Slideways / Alligator Records
#6 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#7 / Carmen Ratti Band / Come To Me / MoMojo Records
#8 / Mike Finnigan / Mike Finnigan / Forty Below Records
#9 / Mike Zito / Outside or the East Side / Gulf Coast Records
#10 / Seth James / Motormouth / Qualified Records
#11 / Duke Robillard / Blast Off! / Nola Blue Records
#12 / Amani Burnham / Roots & Wings / Blind Pig Records
#13 / Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival / Electric Eden / J&R Collective
#14 / The CD Woodbury Trio / Bulldog / Lightning In A Bottle Records
#15 / Rick Vito / Slidemaster / MoMojo Records
#16 / Laura Chavez / My Voice / Ruf Records
#17 / Mike Guldin / While I Can / Blue Sky Tunes
#18 / Billy Price / Random Madness / Get Hip Recordings
#19 / Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis / Fight on! / Yellow Dog Records
#20 / Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Ledbetter Heights (30th Anniversary Sessions) / Ram Records/Thirty Tigers
#21 / Stacy Mitchhart / No Rhyme No Reason / Dr Sam
#22 / Ghalia Volt / Burn The House Down / Ruf Records
#23 / JP Soars & Ann Harris / Gypsy Blue Revue / Forty Below Rec
#24 / Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps / Bad At Being Good / MoMojo Records
#25 / Gabe Stillman / What Happens Next / Gulf Coast Records
#26 / Tedeschi Trucks Band / Future Soul / Fantasy
#27 / Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Old New Funky & Blue / Nola Blue Records
#28 / Joe Bonamassa / B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 / KTBA
#29 / Zac Harmon & The Drive / Zac Harmon & The Drive Live / Self
#30 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done With the Blues / Silvertone/RCA Records
#31 / Reverend Freakchild / Blues & Spirituals / Hymn Hustler / Treatedandreleasedrecords.com
#32 / Sean McDonald / Have Mercy! / Little Village
#33 / Harrell "Young Rell" Davenport / Young Rell / Little Village Records
#34 / Joe Krown Trio / Qualified / Sledgehammer Blues
#35 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#36 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. PRODUCTIONS
#37 / GA-20 with Charlie Musselwhite / Blues Now / New West Records
#38 / Sauce Boss / With Extra Sauce / S/R
#39 / Samantha Martin And Delta Sugar / A Beautiful Buzz / Gypsy Soul
#40 / Peter Karp / Jersey Town / Rose Cottage Music
#41 / Mick Kolassa / Blue to the Bone / Endless Blues
#42 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor Of Love / Alligator Records
#43 / Billy Thompson / This World / MoMojo Records
#44 / Charlie Barath / Issaquena Getaway / S/R
#45 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#46 / Eliza Neals / Thunder in the House / E-H Records LLC
#47 / Peter Veteska & Blues Train / Key of V / Self Release
#48 / Stefan Hillesheim Band / Live At The Chicago Blues Festival / Stella Blue
#49 / Russ Green / Stone Cold / Overton Music
#50 / Garret T. Willie / Bill's Cafe / Gulf Coast Records
MAY 2026 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Selwyn Birchwood / Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues / Alligator Records
#2 / The Swingin' Blackjacks / Never Tire, Never Stop / Rhythm Train Recordings
#3 / Garret T. Willie / Bill’s Cafe / Gulf Coast Records
#4 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' With the Blues / Indie
#5 / Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps / Bad at Being Good / MoMojo Records
#6 / Duke Robillard And His All Star Band / Blast Off! / NOLA Blue Records
#7 / Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar / A Beautiful Buzz / Gypsy Soul Records
#8 / Debra Power / Unapologetically Me / Indie
#9 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Ernestine Blues / VizzTone Label Group
#10 / Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Old, New, Funky and Blue / Nola Blue Records
#11 / Angelique Francis / Not Defeated / Indie
#12 / Amani Burnham / Roots & Wings / Blind Pig Records
#13 / Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Guy Davis / Fight On / Yellow Dog
#14 / Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials / Slideways / Alligator Records
#15 / Taj Mahal And The Phantom Blues Band / Time / Resonatin Records
#16 / The CD Woodbury Trio / Bulldog / Lightning In A Bottle Records
#17 / Van Morrison / Somebody Tried To Sell Me A Bridge / Orangefield Records
#18 / Spencer Mackenzie / Empty Chairs / Gypsy Soul Records
#19 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#20 / The Johnny Max Band / Johnny Max & His So Called Friends / Indie
#21 / Ken Whiteley / Keep Going / Pyramid Records
#22 / Mich & The Blues Bastards / Mich & The Blues Bastards / Indie
#23 / Big Time Lew And The Screamin' Rockets / Let's Swing / Blue Coati
#24 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor of Love / Alligator Records
#25 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues Is In The House / Blues House Productions
#26 / Mike Finnegan / Mike Finnigan / Forty Below Records
#27 / Tedeschi Trucks Band / Future Soul / Fantasy Records
#28 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / NOLA Blue Records
#29 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#30 / Stefan Hillesheim / Live at the Chicago Blues Festival / Stella Blues Music
#31 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#32 / Curtis Salgado / Legacy Rewind - Live in 25 / NOLA Blue Records
#33 / Rick Vito / Slidemaster / MoMojo Records
#34 / Blue Moon Marquee And Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / Indie
#35 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#36 / Sean McDonald / Have Mercy! / Indie
#37 / Ghalia Volt / Burn The House Down / Ruf Records
#38 / Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkin' Blues / Electro-Fi Records
#39 / Eric Bibb / One Mississippi / Repute Records
#40 / Taj Mahal & Keb Mo / Room on the Porch / Concord Records
#41 / Laura Chavez / My Voice / Ruf Records
#42 / Ndidi O / It’s About Time / Cordova Bay Records
#43 / Terry Robb / Howlin' Waters / New Folk Records
#44 / Billy Branch & The Sons Of The Blues / The Blues Is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#45 / Billy Price / Random Madness / Get Hip Records
#46 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#47 / Michael Jerome Browne / Gettin Together / Borealis Records
#48 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / Ollee Owens Music
#49 / The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Struck Down / Stony Plain Records
#50 / Ed Alstrom / This Idea Of Humanity / Haywire