THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
MAY 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / Charlie Musselwhite / Lookout Highway / Forty Below Records
#2 / Bobby Rush/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush/Thirty Tigers
#3 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#4 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#5 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#6 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go ? / Momojo Records
#7 / Janiva Magness / Back for Me / Blue Elan Records
#8 / TOMMY CASTRO and the Painkillers / Closer to the Bone / Alligator
#9 / Ally Venable / Money and Power / Ruf Records
#10 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below
#11 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#12 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run it Back Records
#13 / Tad Robinson / Soul In Blue / Delmark
#14 / Tim Gartland / Right Amount Of Funky / Self Release
#15 / Allison August / August Moon / MoMojo Records
#16 / Bob Corritore / Doin' The Shout / Vizztone Label Group
#17 / Alison Joy Williams / How You Look At Things / Self Release
#18 / Johnny Iguana / At Delmark / Delmark Records
#19 / Terry Hanck / Grease to Gravy / Little Village
#20 / Sean Chambers / Live from Daryl's House Club / Quarto Valley Records
#21 / GA-20 / EP Volume 2 - EP / Karma Chief
#22 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin’ Heavy / Alligator
#23 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue
#24 / Davis Coen / Live at Proud Larry's / Soundview
#25 / Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival / Retrograde / J and R Collective
#26 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#27 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#28 / Bob Stroger & The Headcutters / Bob is Back! / Delmark Records
#29 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast
#30 / Hughes Taylor / Roasted / Bent Note Records
#31 / Johnny Rawls / Make Them Dance / Catfood Records
#32 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#33 / Mike Dangeroux / Empty Chair / R D Records
#34 / Will Wilde / Blues Is Still Alive / Vizztone Label Group
#35 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#36 / Jon Cleary / The Bywater Sessions / Fhq Records
#37 / The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman's Blues / MoMojo Records
#38 / Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' / Room On The Porch / Concord
#39 / Aki Kumar / God Bless the USA / Little Village
#40 / Fran Drew and the Lucky Strikes / Trial by Fire / Shakey Buddha Records
#41 / Shari Puorto / Hold On / Little Lightning Productions
#42 / Max Hightower / Nothin’ But The Truth / MoMojo Records
#43 / Kim Field and the Perfect Gentlemen / Don't Need But One / Blues Dream Records
#44 / Amy Ryan Band / Brighter and Brighter / Self Release
#45 / Big Dave & the Dutchmen / Big Dave & the Dutchmen / Naked
#46 / Blind Lemon Pledge / Lemon Live! / Ofeh Records
#47 / Galactic & Irma Thomas / Audience With The Queen / Tchoup-zilla Records
#48 / Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / The Hits Keep Coming / Alligator Records
#49 / Curtis Salgado / Fine By Me / Little Village Foundation
#50 / Christopher Wyze & the Tellers / Live In Clarksdale / Big Radio Records
MAY 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#2 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#3 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#4 / Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#5 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go / MoMojo Records
#6 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue Records
#7 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Élan Records
#8 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin’ Heavy / Alligator
#9 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#10 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#11 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Doin' the Shout! / VizzTone
#12 / Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers / Take A Ride / Self-Release
#13 / Melon Jelly / The Road To Memphis / Self Release
#14 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator Records
#15 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#16 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#17 / Tommy Castro & the Painkillers / Closer to the Bone / Alligator Records
#18 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#19 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run It Back Records
#20 / Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival / Retrograde / J&R Collective
#21 / Tad Robinson / Soul in Blue / Delmark Records
#22 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#23 / John Primer & Bob Corritore / Crawlin' Kingsnake / VizzTone Label Group
#24 / Secondhand Dreamcar / Answer the Call / Indie
#25 / Tim Gartland / Right Amount of Funky / Indie
#26 / Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#27 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#28 / Colin James / Chasing The Sun / Stony Plain Records
#29 / Cat Wells Blues Band / Brand New Shoes / Indie
#30 / Sean Poluk / Gamut / indie
#31 / Allison August / August Moon / MoMojo Records
#32 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#33 / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Naked
#34 / Lucas Haneman / I'm Just One Man / Self-Release
#35 / Sugar Brown / Toronto Bound / Indie
#36 / Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin / Eye Of the Storm / Phoenix Records
#37 / Steve Marriner / Hope Dies Last / Stony Plain Records
#38 / Johnny Rawls / Make Them Dance / Catfood Records
#39 / Curtis Salgado / Fine By Me / Little Village Foundation
#40 / Chicago Blues Lifters / Blues Scouts / Big Eye Records
#41 / GA-20 / EP Volume 2 / Colemine Records
#42 / Kat Riggins & Her Blues Revival / Revival / House of Berry Productions
#43 / Little Magic Sam / Got a Heart /
#44 / Renovation Blues Band / Nail It! / Indie
#45 / Robbert Duijf / Silver Spoon / Naked
#46 / Johnny Iguana / At Delmark / Delmark Records
#47 / Marcus Trummer / From The Start / Gypsy Soul Records
#48 / Alison Joy Williams / How You Look At Things / Self Release
#48 / Blue Moon Marquee / Scream Holler & Howl / Indie
#48 / Ginger St. James / Told Ya / Busted Flat Records
#48 Ollee Owens Nowhere To Hide Self-Release
#48 Rick Estrin & The Nightcats The Hits Keep Coming Alligator Records
APRIL 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush
#2 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Elan
#3 / Popa Chubby / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#4 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#5 / TOMMY CASTRO and the Painkillers / Closer to the Bone / Alligator Records
#6 / John Primer / Grown in Mississippi / Blues House
#7 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run It Back Records
#8 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#9 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#10 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#11 / Bob Corritore / Doin' the Shout! / VizzTone
#12 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / Nola Blue
#13 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#14 / Sean Chambers / LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE CLUB / Quarto Valley Records
#15 / Max Hightower / Nothin’ But The Truth / Momojo
#16 / Will Wilde / Blues Is Still Alive / VizzTone
#17 / GA-20 / EP Vol 2 / Colemine
#18 / Jennifer Lyn & The Groove Revival / Retrograde / J and R Collective
#19 / The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman's Blues / MoMojo Records
#20 / Johnny Rawls / Make Them Dance / Catfood
#21 / Mike Dangeroux / Empty Chair / RD Records
#22 / Eddie 9V / Saratoga / Ruf Records
#23 / HeavyDrunk & Watermelon Slim / BluesLand Theme Park / Heavydrunk Records
#24 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#25 / Shari Puorto / Hold On / Little Lightning Productions
#26 / Daddy Mack Blues Band / Doctor's Orders / Inside Sounds
#27 / Hughes Taylor / Roasted / The Bent Note
#28 / The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band / Honeysuckle / Family Owned Records
#29 / Johnny Iguana / At Delmark / Delmark Records
#30 / Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue
#31 / Mitch Ryder / With Love / Ruf
#32 / MARK ‘Muleman’ MASSEY / Been A long Time / Muletone
#33 / Matt “The Rattlesnake” Lesch / Blues Cut Like Glass / Self
#34 / Dudley Taft / The Speed Of Life / American Blues Artist Group
#35 / Davis Coen / Live At Proud Larry's / Soundview
#36 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#37 / Big Al and the Heavyweights / Blues Power / VizzTone
#38 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#39 / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Big Dave & The Dutchmen / Naked
#40 / Jon Cleary / The Bywater Sessions / Fhq Records
#41 / Shemekia Copeland / Blame It On Eve / Alligator
#42 / Steve Howell & The Mighty Men / Yeah Man / Out of the Past Music
#43 / Ed Alstrom / Flee Though None Pursue / Haywire
#44 / Christopher Wyze & The Tellers / Live In Clarksdale / Big Radio Records
#45 / The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra Willy Jordan / What Are You Waiting For / Blue Dot
#46 / Chris Cain / Good Intentions Gone Bad / Alligator
#47 / Sunny Bleau And The Moons / Passion & Regrets / Endless Blues Records
#48 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / S/R
#49 / Brandon Santini / Which Way Do We Go / MoMoJo Records
#50 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
APRIL 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush Records
#2 / Jimmy Vivino / Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days / Gulf Coast Records
#3 / Big Dave Mclean / This Old Life /Cordova Bay Records
#4 / Popa Chubby & Friends / I Love Freddie King / Gulf Coast Records
#5 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#6 / Andrew Duncanson / California Trap / Run It Back Records
#7 / Will Wilde / Blues is Still Alive / Vizztone Label Group
#8 / Johnny Iguana / Johnny Iguana At Delmark / Delmark Records
#9 / Frank Bey / Peace / Nola Blue Records
#10 / HeavyDrunk & Watermelon Slim / Bluesland Theme Park / HeavyDrunk Records
#11 / Tony Holiday / Keep Your Head Up / Forty Below Records
#12 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#13 / Ollee Owens / Nowhere To Hide / S/R
#14 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#15 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Doin' the Shout / VizzTone Label Group
#16 / Al Lerman / Country-Fried Blues / Indie
#17 / Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#18 / Jennifer Lyn & the Groove Revival / Retrograde / J&R Collective
#19 / Ally Venable / Money & Power / Ruf Records
#20 / Max Hightower / Nothin' But The Truth / MoMojo Records
#21 / Ginger St. James / Told Ya / Busted Flat Records
#22 / Brandon Isaak / One Step Closer / Indie
#23 / RaShad the Blues Kid Rashad Bluz/ Live in Clarksdale / Self Release
#24 / Steve Marriner / I Can’t Dance / Cordova Bay Records
#25 / Bywater Call / Shepherd / Indie
#26 / Carolyn Wonderland / Truth Is / Alligator Records
#27 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / Indie
#28 / GA-20 / EP Volume 2 / Colemine
#29 / The Bob Lanza Blues Band / Breadman’s Blues / MoMojo Records
#30 / David Gogo / YEAH! / Cordova Bay Records
#31 / Janiva Magness / Back For Me / Blue Élan Records
#32 / Ndidi O / Simple Songs For Complicated Times / Black Hen Music
#33 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#34 / Taj Mahal & Mindy Canter / I'm Too Young To Be This Old - single / Mindiva Records
#35 / The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Struck Down / Stony Plain Records
#36 / Duke Robillard / Roll With Me / Stony Plain Records
#37 / The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Willy Jordan / What Are You Waiting For / Blue Dot Records
#38 / Ronnie Baker Brooks / Blues In My DNA / Alligator Records
#39 / Mark 'Muleman' Massey / Been a Long, Long Time / MuleTone Records
#40 / Kid Ramos / Strange Things Happening / NOLA Blue Records
#41 / Guy Verlinde & Tom Eylenbosch / Promised Land Blues / BANDR Music
#42 / Blackburn Brothers / SoulFunkn'BLUES / Electro-Fi Records
#43 / Joce Reyome / Mr Rain – single / ThreeMark
#44 / John Primer / Grown In Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#45 / Little Feat / Strike Up The Band / Hot Tomato
#46 / Otilla Donaire / Bluesin' It Up / Indie
#47 / Samantha King & the Midnight Outfit / The Reckless One / Gypsy Soul Records
#48 / Benny Turner / BT / NOLA Blue Records
#49 / Melon Jelly / The Road To Memphis / Self Release
#50 / Sean Chambers / Live From Daryl's House Club / Quarto Valley Records