THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
DECEMBER 2025 CHART - USA
#1 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done With The Blues / Silvertone
#2 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer And Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#3 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / MC Records
#4 / Roomful Of Blues / Steppin' Out / Alligator Records
#5 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / Nola Blue Records
#6 / Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues / The Blues Is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#7 / Sean McDonald / Have Mercy / Little Village
#8 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13 Records
#9 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues in the House / Blues House Productions
#10 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue Records
#11 / Christone Kingfish Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero Records
#12 / Mississippi Heat / Don’t Look Back / Delmark
#13 / Kyle Rowland / Not Holding Back! / Little Village
#14 / Various Artists / Alligator Records' Genuine Houserockin' Christmas / Alligator Records
#15 / Mike Bourne Band / Kansas City O'Clock / Overton Music
#16 / Various Artists / The Alligator Records Christmas Collection / Alligator Records
#17 / Greg Nagy / Just a Little More Time / S/R
#18 / Dave Keyes / Two Trains / MoMojo Records
#19 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#20 / The Lucky Losers / Arrival / MoMojo Records
#21 / Tom Hambridge / Down The Hatch / Quarto Valley Records
#22 / Johnnie Johnson / I'm Just Johnnie / Missouri Morning Records
#23 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey. / Nola Blue Records.
#24 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / Vizztone
#25 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#26 / Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / ℗ 2025 Deep Rush Records
#27 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Early Blues Sessions / Vizztone Music
#28 / Yates McKendree / Need to Know / Qualified Records
#29 / B.B. King / A Christmas Celebration Of Hope / Geffen
#30 / Joe Bonamassa / BB Kings Blues Summit 100 / KTBA Records
#31 / Ben Levin / Ben Levin Presents A Holiday Blues Revue / VizzTone
#32 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#33 / GA-20 / Orphans / Colemine Distribution Services
#34 / Various Artists / A Gulf Coast Christmas / Gulf Coast Records
#35 / Piper and The Hard Times / Good Company / Hard Times Records
#36 / Mike Zito/Albert Castiglia / Help Yourself / Gulf Coast Records
#37 / Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band / Full Circle / Delmark
#38 / Mavis Staples / Sad And Beautiful World / Anti Records
#39/ Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#40 / Al Basile / Blues in Hand / Sweetspot Records
#41 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / S/R
#42 / Big Harp George / Big Harp George Does Christmas / Blues Mountain Records
#43 / Boneshakers / Live To Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#44 / Keb' Mo' / Moonlight, Mistletoe & You / Concord Records
#45 / Larry McCray / Heartbreak City / KTBA
#46 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#47 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#48 / Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ / Room On The Porch / Concord
#49 / Mark Cameron / Blues Factory / Overton Music
#50 / Reckless And Blue / Seven Deadly Gins / SR
DECEMBER 2025 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Various Artists / Stony Plain's Christmas Blues / Stony Plain Records
#2 / Colin James / Little Big Band Christmas / Universal Music Group
#3 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / Nola Blue Records
#4 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin' Out! / Alligator Records
#5 / Various Artists / Alligator Christmas Collection / Alligator Records
#6 / Various Artists / A Gulf Coast Christmas / Gulf Coast Records
#7 / Various Artists / Genuine Houserockin' Christmas / Alligator Records
#8 / Bob Corritore & Friends / Early Blues Sessions / VizzTone
#9 / Buddy Guy / Ain’t Done With The Blues / Silvertone/RCA
#10 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue Records
#11 / Ross Neilsen / Within Tension / Indie
#12 / Angelique Francis / Not Defeated / S/R
#13 / The Alexis P. Suter Band / Just Stay High / Nola Blue Records
#14 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#15 / David Gogo / Christmas With the Blues / Cordova Bay Records
#16 / Paul Pigat presents Cousin Harley / Paul Pigat Presents Cousin Harley Plays The Blues / Cellar Music
#17 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#18 / Boneshakers / Live to Be This / Gulf Coast Records
#19 / Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues / The Blues is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#20 / Various Artists / Santa's Got Mojo 2 / Electro-Fi Records
#21 / Jon Hines / Memphis Sun / S/R
#22 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' With The Blues / S/R
#23 / Brother Ray Lemelin & The Matinee Kings / Stirring the Pot / S/R
#24 / Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / Indie
#25 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey / NOLA Blue Records
#26 / Lily Sazz / What Just Happened / S/R
#27 / Various Artists / Blue Yule: Christmas Blues & R&B Classics / Rhino Records
#28 / Mike Goudreau Band & Dany Roy / Christmas Rendez-Vous / S/R
#29 / Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#30 / Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Thirty Tigers/Deep Rush
#31 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13 Records
#32 / Geoff Arsenault / Hired Hand / S/R
#33 / John Primer / Grown in Mississippi / Blues House Productions
#34 / JP Leblanc / All In My Blood / Acadian Connection
#35 / Dave Keyes / Two Trains / MoMojo Records
#36 / BB & the Bullets / High Tide / Dixie Frog Records
#37 / Lloyd Spiegel / Alligator Shoes / S/R
#38 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. Records
#39 / Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia / Help Yourself / Gulf Coast Records
#40 / Piper & The Hard Times / Good Company / Hard Times Records
#41 / Mike Bourne Band / Kansas City O'Clock / Overton Music
#42 / Mike Farris / The Sound Of Muscle Shoals / Malaco Music Group
#43 / Robert Connely Farr / Live at Green Auto / S/R
#44 / Various Artists / Blind Raccoon Holiday Sampler /
#45 / Lowdown Dirty Mojos / Lucky 7 / Hand Made Recordings
#46 / Big Harp George / Big Harp George Does Christmas / Blues Mountain Records
#47 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#48 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#49 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#50 / Monster Mike Welch / Keep Living Til I Die / Self Release