THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
JULY 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#2 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#3 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama - The Blues of Victoria Spivey / Nola Blue
#4 / The Boneshakers/ LIve To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#5 / Larry McCray/ Heartbreak City / KTBA Records
#6 / Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' / Room On The Porch / Concord Records
#7 / Chambers-DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#8 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush
#9 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go? / MoMojo Records
#10 / Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue
#11 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#12 / Tad Robinson / Soul In Blue / Delmark Records
#13 / Dave Specter / Live at SPACE / Delmark Records
#14 / Buddy Guy / Ain’t Done With The Blues / Silvertone Records
#15 / Willie Buck & Bob Corritore / Of Yeah! / Vizztone Label Group
#16 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#17 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#18 / Terry Hanck / Grease to Gravy / Little Village
#19 / Lisa Mann & the Northwestern All-Stars / The Great Woman In Blues / JayRay Records
#20 / Popa Chubby / I love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#21 / Long Tall Deb & Colin John / Light It Up / Vizztone Records
#22 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan Records LLC
#23 / The Blues Masters / The Blues Masters Featuring Cassie Taylor / Exulans DMD
#24 / Tommy Castro & the Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator
#25 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder
#26 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run It Back Records
#27 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#28 / Mikey Junior / Tribute to Aleck "Rice" Miller / 8th Train Records
#29 / Mike Farris / The Sound Of Muscle Shoals / Malaco Records
#30 / Allison August / August Moon / MoMojo Records
#31 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#32 / Aki Kumar / God Bless The USA / Little Village
#33 / Kent Burnside / Hill Country Blood / Strolling Bones Records
#34 / Reverend Freakchild / A Bluesman of Sorts / Tread and Released
#35 / Doug MacLeod / Between Somewhere and Goodbye / Reference Recordings
#36 / Mercedes Nicole / Too High A Price To Pay / Self
#37 / Johnny Iguana / At Delmark / Delmark Records
#38 / Fran Drew & The Lucky Strikes / Trial By Fire / Shakey Buddha Records
#39 / Garry Burnside / It's My Time Now / Strolling Bones Records
#40 / Joe Bonamassa / Breakthrough / J&R Adventures
#41 / Rusty Ends & HillBilly Hoodoo / Roadhouses, Juke Joints and Honky-Tonks / Earwig
#42 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin’ With the Blues / Self Released
#43 / Mississippi MacDonald / Slim Pickin' / APM Records
#44 / Brad Guitar Wilson / The Californian / Cali Bee Music
#45 / Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero Records
#46 / Alison Joy Williams / How you look at things / SELF RELEASE
#47 / Sean Chambers / Live from Daryl's House Club / Quarto Valley
#48 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Recordds
#49 / FORREST McDONALD / Songs From My Soul / World Talent Records
#50 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#50 The Kerry Kearney Band / The Kerry Kearney Band / Paradiddle Records
JULY 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#2 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#3 / Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#4 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey / NOLA Blue Records
#5 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go? / MoMojo Records
#6 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' With the Blues / S/R
#7 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#8 / Tad Robinson / Soul in Blue / Delmark Records
#9 / Willie Buck & Bob Corritore / Oh Yeah! / Vizztone Label Group
#10 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#11 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#12 / Buddy Guy / Ain’t Done With The Blues / Silvertone Records
#13 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#14 / The Bluesmasters / The Bluesmasters Featuring Cassie Taylor / Exulans DMD
#15 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#16 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#17 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#18 / Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers / Take A Ride / Self-Release
#19 / Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' / Room On the Porch / Concord Records
#20 / JP Leblanc / All In My Blood / Acadian Connection
#21 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / S/R
#22 / Mike Elliott / Let You Go / Busted Flat Records
#23 / Sue Foley / Pinky's Blues / Stony Plain Records
#24 / Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars / The Great Women In Blues featuring Terrie Odabi / Jay Ray Records
#25 / The Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue Records
#26 / Fran Drew & The Lucky Strikes / Trial By Fire / Shakey Buddha Records
#27 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan Records
#28 / Marcus Trummer / From The Start / Gypsy Soul Records
#29 / Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#30 / Davis Coen / Live at Proud Larry’s / Soundview
#31 / Mississippi MacDonald / Slim Pickin' / APM Records
#32 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#33 / Allison August / August Moon / MoMojo Records
#34 / Shakura S'Aida / Hold on to Love / Indie
#35 / Mikey Junior / Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson / 8th Train Records
#36 / Allison Joy Williams / How you Look At Things / S/R
#37 / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Naked Records
#38 / Mercedes Nicole / Too High a Price to Pay / Self-Release
#39 / Warren Hayne / The Whisper Sessions / Fantasy Records
#40 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#41 / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / The Hits Keep Coming / Alligator Records
#42 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#43 / Tim Gartland / Right Amount of Funky / self Release
#44 / Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / S/R
#45 / Honeybear, The Band / I Was Wrong / Playmor
#46 / Little Magic Sam / Live At The Rivoli / 889458 Records DK
#47 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#48 / Gina Coleman / Unequivocally Blue / Guitar One Records
#49 / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Doctor's Orders / Inside Sounds
#50 / Brad "Guitar" Wilson / The Californian / Cali Bee