THE BIG BLUES CHART
REAL-WORLD RADIO REPORTING
TOP 50 MONTHLY BLUES ALBUMS
FEBRUARY 2026 CHART - USA
#1 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor Of Love / Alligator Records
#2 / Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps / Bad at Being Good / MoMojo Records
#3 / Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Old New Funky & Blue / Nola Blue
#4 / Duke Robillard / Blast off! / Nola Blue
#5 / Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials / Slideways / Alligator Records
#6 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done With the Blues / Silvertone/ RCA
#7 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer and Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#8 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. Records
#9 / Joe Bonamassa & Friends / B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 / KTBA Records
#10 / Billy Thompson / This World / MoMojo
#11 / Charles Tiner / Good Soul / S/R
#12 / Sean McDonald / Have Mercy! / Little Village
#13 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#14 / The James Hunter Six / Off The Fence / Easy Eye Sound
#15 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin’ Out / Alligator Records
#16 / MISSISSIPPI HEAT / Don’t Look Back / Delmark
#17 / Alex Lopez and the Xpress / Retro Revival / Maremil Music
#18 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues Is In the House / Blues House Productions
#19 / Ed Alstrom / This Idea Of Humanity / Haywire Records
#20 / Kyle Rowland / Not Holding Back / Little Village
#21 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / Nola Blue Records
#22 / Charlie Barath / Issaquena Getaway / Self
#23 / Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues / The Blues Is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#24 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13 Record Company
#25 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / Nola Blue
#26 / Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero
#27 / Spencer MacKenzie / Empty Chairs / Gypsy Soul Records
#28 / Bobby Rush/Kenny Wayne Shepherd / Young Fashioned Ways / Deep Rush
#29 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing. / VizzTone.
#30 / Mike Bourne Band / Kansas City O’Clock / Overton
#31 / D.K. Harrell / Talkin' Heavy / Alligator Records
#32 / Charlie Musselwhite / Look Out Highway / Forty Below Records
#33 / Mavis Staples / Sad And Beautiful World / Anti/Epitaph
#34 / Laura Chavez / My Voice / RUF Records
#35 / Jimmy Burns & Soul Message Band / Full Circle / Delmark Records
#36 / Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / S/R
#37 / The Lucky Losers / Arrival / Momojo Records
#38 / Devon Allman / The Blues Summit / Ruf Records
#39 / Tommy Castro & The Painkillers / Closer To The Bone / Alligator Records
#40 / Robert Randolph / Preacher Kids / Sun Records
#41 / Chambers Deslauriers / Our Time To Ride / Forty Below Records
#42 / Samantha Fish / Paper Doll / Rounder Records
#43 / Johnnie Johnson / I'm Just Johnnie / Missouri Morning Records
#44 / Greg Nagy / Just A Little More Time / Self-Release
#45 / Al Basile / Blues in Hand / SweetSpot
#46 / Eric Bibb / One Mississippi / Repute Records
#47 / Southern Avenue / Family / Alligator Records
#48 / Brother John - Johnny Never and John Colgan-Davis / Black Crow / Johnny Never Music
#49 / Reckless And Blue / Seven Deadly Gins / Self Release
#50 / Ryan Hartt / Be About It! / Far-Tone
FEBRUARY 2026 CHART - CANADA
#1 / Tinsley Ellis / Labor of Love / Alligator Records
#2 / Altered Five Blues Band / Hammer & Chisel / Blind Pig Records
#3 / James "Buddy" Rogers / Covered In Blues / Indie
#4 / Kim Wilson / Slow Burn / M.C. Records
#5 / Spencer Mackenzie / Empty Chairs / Gypsy Soul Records
#6 / Debra Power / Unapologetically Me / Indie
#7 / Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps / Bad At Being Good / MoMojo Records
#8 / Buddy Guy / Ain't Done with the Blues / Silvertone Records
#9 / Chambers DesLauriers / Our Time to Ride / Forty Below Records
#10 / Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree / Get Your Feathers Ready / Indie
#11 / Secondhand Dreamcar / Answer the Call / independent
#12 / Omar Coleman & Igor Prado / Old, New, Funky and Blue / Nola Blue Records
#13 / Miss Emily / The Medicine / Gypsy Soul Records
#14 / Crystal Shawanda / Sing Pretty Blues / New Sun Records
#15 / The Johnny Max Band / Johnny Max & His So Called Friends / Indie
#16 / Mississippi Heat / Don't Look Back / Delmark Records
#17 / Angelique Francis / Not Defeated / Self Release
#18 / Laura Chavez / My Voice / Ruf Records
#19 / Sean Mcdonald / Have Mercy! / Little Village
#20 / Brother Ray Lemelin And The Matinee Kings / Stirring the Pot / Indie
#21 / Brandon Isaak / Walkin' With The Blues / self-released
#22 / Candice Ivory / New Southern Vintage / NOLA Blue Records
#23 / Cheryl Lescom & The Tuscon Choir Boys / Last Call / Busted Flat Records
#24 / Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues / The Blues Is My Biography / Rosa's Lounge Records
#25 / Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne / Ooh Yeah! / Stony Plain Records
#26 / Duke Robillard And His All Star Band / Blast Off! / NOLA Blue Records
#27 / Big Time Lew And The Screamin' Rockets / Let's Swing / Blue Coati
#28 / JP LeBlanc / All in My Blood / Acadian Connection
#29 / Steve Marriner / Hear My Heart / Cordova Bay Records
#30 / Mike Bourne Band / Kansas City O'Clock / Overton Music
#31 / Mavis Staples / Sad And Beautiful World / ANTI- Records
#32 / Reckless and Blue / Seven Deadly Gins / independent
#33 / Kirk Fletcher / Keep On Pushing / Vizztone Label Group
#34 / Blue Moon Marquee / New Orleans Sessions / S/R
#35 / Duwayne Burnside / Red Rooster / Lucky 13 Record Company
#36 / The James Hunter Six / Off The Fence / Easy Eye Sound
#37 / Honeybear, The Band / I Was Wrong / Playmor
#38 / Robbin Kapsalis / The Blues Is In the House / Blues House Productions
#39 / Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram / Hard Road / Red Zero Records
#40 / Farmhand / Long Hollow Blues / independent
#41 / Mud Morganfield / Deep Mud / NOLA Blue Records
#42 / David Gogo / Yeah! / Cordova Bay Records
#43 / Lowdown Dirty Mojos / Lucky 7 / Hand Made Recordings
#44 / Sue Foley / One Guitar Woman / Stony Plain Records
#45 / Roomful of Blues / Steppin' Out / Alligator Records
#46 / Joel Dupuis Band / Very Best Fool / independent
#47 / Gleen Marais & Mojo Train / Red Hot and Blue / Indie
#48 / Kyle Rowland / Not Holding Back / Little Village Foundation
#49 / Maria Muldaur / One Hour Mama The Blues of Victoria Spivey / NOLA Blue Records
#50 / Bob Corritore / Early Blues Sessions / VizzTone Label Group