THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
JANUARY 2026 CHART - USA
#1 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor Of Love / Alligator Records
#2 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. Records
#3 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#4 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done With the Blues / RCA/Silvertone
#5 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin’ Out / Alligator Records
#6 / SEAN McDONALD / Have Mercy / Little Village
#7 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13
#8 / Mississippi Heat / Don't Look Back / Delmark Records
#9 / Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues / The Blues Is My Biograpy / Roza's Lounge Records
#10 / Kyle Rowland / Not Holding Back / Little Village
#11 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues in the House / Blues House Productions
#12 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / Nola Blue Records
#13 / Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps / Bad at Being Good / Momojo Records
#14 / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero Records
#15 / Joe Bonamassa / B.B. Kings Blues Summit 100 / KTBA Records
#16 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#17 / Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush
#18 / Greg Nagy / Just A Little More Time / self
#19 / The Lucky Losers / Arrival / MoMojo Records
#20 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue Records
#21 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#22 / Reckless and Blue / Seven Deadly Gins / Speakeasy Blues
#23 / Mike Bourne Band / Kansas City O'clock / Overton Music
#24 / Bob Corritore / Early Blues Sessions / VizzTone
#25 / Charles Tiner / Good Soul / S/R
#26 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey / Nola Blue Records
#27 / Mike Zito/Albert Castiglia / Help Yourself / Gulf Coast
#28 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#29 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / VizzTone
#30 / Taj Mahal/Keb Mo / Room on the Porch / Concord Records
#31 / GA-20 / Orphans / Colemine Distribution Services
#32 / Dave Keyes / Two Trains / Momojo Records
#33 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#34 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#35 / Tom Hambridge / Down The Hatch / Quarto Valley Records
#36 / Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / S/R
#37 / Johnnie Johnson / I'm Just Johnnie / Missouri Morning Records
#38 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#39 / Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / KTBA
#40 / Mavis Staples / Sad And Beautiful World / Anti
#41 / Rory Block / Heavy On The Blues / M.C. PRODUCTIONS
#42 / The Alexis P. Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue Records
#43 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / S/R
#44 / Piper and The Hard Times / Good Company / Hard Times Records
#45 / Robert Top Thomas / One Morning Soon / S/R
#46 / Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#47 / Mississippi MacDonald / Slim Pickin' / APM Records
#48 / Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band / Full Circle / Delmark
#49 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan Records LLC
#50 / Tedeschi Trucks Band & Leon Russell / Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited, Live At Lockin' / Fantasy Records
JANUARY 2026 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#2 / Mississippi Heat / Don't Look Back / Delmark Records
#3 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' with the Blues / Indie
#4 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#5 / Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / Indie
#6 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#7 / Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues / The Blues Is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#8 / Angelique Francis / Not Defeated / Indie
#9 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor Of Love / Alligator Records
#10 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. Records
#11 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Early Blues Sessions / VizzTone Label Group
#12 / The Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue Records
#13 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin' Out! / Alligator Records
#14 / Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below
#15 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues is In the House / Blues House Productions
#16 / Buddy Guy / Ain’t Done with the Blues / Silvertone Records
#17 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13 Record Company
#18 / Ross Neilsen / Within Tension / Under Pressure Records
#19 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / Nola Blue Records
#20 / Lily Sazz / What Just Happened / Indie
#21 / The Lucky Losers / Arrival / MoMojo Records
#22 / Father 'N' Son / Night Time For Sinners / Indie
#23 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey / NOLA Blue Records
#24 / Cheryl Lescom & The Tucson Choir Boys / Last Call / Busted Flat Records
#25 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / NOLA Blue Records
#26 / Lowdown Dirty Mojos / Lucky 7 / Indie
#27 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#28 / Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames / Bluesin' Through the Years / Delmark Records
#29 / Debra Power / Unapologetically Me / Indie
#30 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#31 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#32 / Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band / Full Circle / Delmark Records
#33 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#34 / Kyle Rowland / Not Holding Back / Little Village Foundation
#35 / Mark Cameron / Blues Factory / Overton Music
#36 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#37 / Bywater Call / Only / Indie
#38 / Robert Top Thomas / One Morning Soon / Indie
#39 / Jon Hines / Memphis Son / Indie
#40 / Greg Nagy / Just a Little More Time / Indie
#41 / Sean McDonald / Have Mercy / Little Village
#42 / Laura Chavez / My Voice / Ruf Records
#43 / Shirley Johnson / Selfish Kind of Gal / Delmark Records
#44 / Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#45 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / S/R
#46 / Yates McKendree / Need To Know / Qualified Records
#47 / Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia / Help Yourself / Gulf Coast Records
#48 / The British Bluescasting Corporation / Saints & Sinners / Blues Corp
#49 / Paul Pigat / Paul Pigat Presents Cousin Harley Plays The Blues / Cellar Music
#50 / Brother Ray Lemelin & The Matinee Kings / Stirring The Pot / Indie
#50 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#50 / The BC Combo / Glass Half Full / MoMojo Records