THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
AUGUST 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done with the Blues / RCA/Silvertone
#2 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#3 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / Self-Release
#4 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: the Blues of Victoria Spivey / Nola Blue
#5 / The Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#6 / Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / The Blues Alive
#7 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look out Highway / Forty Below Records
#8 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#9 / Chambers-DesLauriers / Our Time to Ride / Forty Below
#10 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue
#11 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / VizzTone
#12 / Yates McKendree / Need to Know / Qualified
#13 / Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' / Room on the Porch / Concord
#14 / Kent Burnside / Hill Country Blood / Strolling Bones
#15 / Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#16 / Garry Burnside / It's My Time Now / Strolling Bones
#17 / Rory Block / Heavy On The Blues / M.C. Records
#18 / Mike Farris / The Sound of Muscle Shoals / Fame Enterprises
#19 / Mother Blues With Gerald McClendon / Sleeping While the River Runs / Sleeping Dog
#20 / John Primer / Grown in Mississippi / Blues House
#21 / Mike Henderson / Last Nite at the Bluebird Live / Qualified
#22 / The Alexis P. Suter Band / Just Stay High / Big Mama
#23 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth is / Alligator
#24 / The Bluesmasters / The Bluesmasters Featuring Cassie Taylor / Exulans
#25 / Jimi 'Prime Time' Smith / It's My Time / New Folk
#26 / Big Shoes / King Size / Qualified
#27 / Tad Robinson / Soul in Blue / Delmark
#28 / Dave Specter / Live at Space / Delmark
#29 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator
#30 / Tommy Castro / Closer to the Bone / Alligator
#31 / Kip London / The Last Dance / MoMojo Records
#32 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go? / MoMojo Records
#33 / The Name Droppers / Cool Blue Shoes / Horizon
#34 / Mikey Junior / Tribute To Sonny Boy Williamson / 8th Train Records
#35 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast
#36 / Terry Hanck / Grease to Gravy / Little Village
#37 / Willie Buck & Bob Corritore / Oh Yeah! / VizzTone/SWMAF
#38 / Tom Hambridge / Down The Hatch / Quarto Valley
#39 / Janiva Magness / Back for Me / Blue Elan
#40 / Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars / The Great Women in Blues / Self-Release
#41 / John Christopher Morgan / Right on Time / Self-Release
#42 / Long Tall Deb & Colin John / Light It Up / Vizztone
#43 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#44 / Chris Vincent & The Raw Deals / Good Crook / S/R
#45 / The Kerry Kearney Band / The Kerry Kearney Band / Paradiddle Records 2025
#46 / Eric Gales / A Tribute To LJK / Provogue
#47 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#48 / Joe Bonamassa / Breakthrough / J&R Adventures
#49 / Debbie Bond / Live at the Song Theater / Blues Root
#50 / Doug MacLeod / Between Somewhere & Goodbye / Reference Recordings
AUGUST 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Buddy Guy / Ain’t Done With The Blues / Silvertone Records
#2 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#3 / Chambers-DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#4 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#5 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey / Nola Blue
#6 / The Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#7 / Brandon Isaac / Walking With The Blues / Indie
#8 / The Alexis P Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue Records
#9 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / Self Release
#10 / Garry Burnside / It's My Time Now / Strolling Bones Records
#11 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#12 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / VizzTone
#13 / Koko Taylor / Crown Jewels / Alligator Records
#14 / Geoff Arsenault / Hired Hand / Indie
#15 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#16 / Aki Kumar / God Bless The USA / Little Village Foundation
#17 / Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / KTBA Records
#18 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#19 / Gina Coleman / Unequivocally Blue / Guitar One Records
#20 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue Records
#21 / Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues / Beggin’ For Change / Rosa’s Lounge Records
#22 / Christopher Wyze & the Tellers / Live in Clarksdale / Big Radio Records
#23 / Kent Burnside / Hill Country Blood / Strolling Bones Records
#24 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#25 / JP Leblanc / All In My Blood / Acadian Connection
#26 / Yates McKendree / Need To Know / Qualified Records
#27 / Jimi “Prime Time” Smith / It's My Time / New Folk Records
#28 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#29 / Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#30 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#31 / Mike Farris / The Sound of Muscle Shoals / Malaco Records
#32 / The Bluesmasters / The Bluesmasters Feat Cassie Taylor / Exulans DMD
#33 / Big Dave Mclean / This Old Life / Cordova Bay Records
#34 / Aging Disgracefully / Shatter the Mirror / Indie
#35 / Kyle Culkin / Shades of Trouble / Tonebucker Records
#36 / ZZ Ward / Liberation / Sun Records
#37 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#38 / Terry Hanck / Grease To Gravy / Little Village Foundation
#39 / Willie Buck & Bob Corritore / Oh Yeah! / VizzTone Label Group
#40 / GeminiiDRAGON / Moonlight Movin' & Groovin' / Nepotism Recordings
#41 / Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne / Oh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#42 / Rory Block / Heavy On The Blues / M.C. Records
#43 / Honeybear, The Band / I Was Wrong / Playmor
#44 / Mother Blues With Gerald McClendon / Sleeping While The River Runs / Sleeping Dog Records
#45 / Big Shoes / King Size / Qualified Records
#46 / Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / Indie
#47 / Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley / Forever Blues / G-Three Records
#48 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#49 / David Gogo / YEAH! / Cordova Bay Records
#50 / Garnetta Cromwell / Time To Shine / Indie