List of number-one blues albums
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Listed here are Billboard
magazine's number-one blues
albums from 1995 to present.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
magazine's number-one blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
albums from 1995 to present.
1995
- 09/02: "From The CradleFrom the CradleFrom the Cradle is a blues cover album by Eric Clapton. Released on 13 September 1994 by Reprise Records, the album was Eric Clapton's long awaited follow-up to his massively-successful live album, Unplugged...
" — Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
(2 weeks) - 09/09: "Cover To Cover" — Jeff Healey Band (1 week)
- 09/16: "From The Cradle" — Eric Clapton (9 weeks)
- 11/18: "Greatest Hits" — Stevie Ray VaughanStevie Ray VaughanStephen Ray "Stevie Ray" Vaughan was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. He was the younger brother of Jimmie Vaughan and frontman for Double Trouble, a band that included bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton. Born in Dallas, Vaughan moved to Austin at the age of 17 and...
& Double Trouble (7 weeks)
1996
- 01/06: "Greatest Hits" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (10 weeks)
- 03/16: "Ledbetter HeightsLedbetter HeightsLedbetter Heights is the debut album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. He was a mere 17 years old during its release on September 19, 1995. The album's name refers to a neighborhood in Shepherd's home town of Shreveport, Louisiana...
" — Kenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
(20 weeks) - 08/03: "Good Love" — Johnnie TaylorJohnnie TaylorJohnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:...
(3 weeks) - 08/24: "A Tribute To Stevie Ray Vaughan" — Various Artists (8 weeks)
- 10/19: "Good Love" — Johnnie Taylor (9 weeks)
- 12/21: "Greatest Hits" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (2 weeks)
1997
- 01/04: "Greatest Hits" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (4 weeks)
- 02/01: "Help Yourself" — Peggy Scott-AdamsPeggy Scott-AdamsPeggy Scott-Adams is an African-American soul and R&B singer. She is sometimes known by her former name as Peggy Scott, and billed as 'The Little Lady with the Big Voice'....
(9 weeks) - 04/05: "Lie To MeLie to Me (album)Lie to Me is the second studio album by American blues guitarist Jonny Lang, released in 1997. This is Lang's big-label debut, released a day before he turned 16...
" — Jonny LangJonny LangJonny Lang is a Grammy award-winning American blues, gospel, and rock singer, songwriter and recording artist. Lang's music is notable for both his unusual voice, which has been compared to that of a forty-year-old blues veteran, and for his guitar solos...
(19 weeks) - 08/16: "Live At Carnegie HallLive at Carnegie Hall (Stevie Ray Vaughan album)Live at Carnegie Hall is a live Texas blues album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, released on July 29, 1997 by Epic Records. The concert was recorded at New York City's Carnegie Hall on October 4, 1984, a day after Vaughan's thirtieth birthday, and was a benefit for the T.J. Martell...
" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (8 weeks) - 10/11: "Lie To Me" — Jonny Lang (1 week)
- 10/18: "Live At Carnegie Hall" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 10/25: "Trouble Is...Trouble Is...Trouble Is ... is the second album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd. It features the #1 Mainstream Rock Tracks hit "Blue on Black". The album also spawned three further hits including "Slow Ride", "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway", and "Everything is Broken", a Bob Dylan cover. It...
" — Kenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
Band (4 weeks) - 11/22: "Deuces WildDeuces Wild (album)Deuces Wild is a celebrity duet album by B. B. King, released on November 4, 1997.- Track listing :#"If You Love Me" - 5:48#"The Thrill Is Gone" - 5:00#"Rock Me Baby" - 6:38...
" — B.B. King (6 weeks)
1998
- 01/03: "Deuces Wild" — B.B. King (7 weeks)
- 02/21: "Blues Brothers 2000Blues Brothers 2000Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. Directed by John Landis, the film featured Dan Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameos by many musicians.-Plot:...
" — Soundtrack (7 weeks) - 04/11: "Trouble Is..." — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (22 weeks)
- 09/12: "Slow DownSlow Down (album)Slow Down is the third studio album by blues artist Keb' Mo' released in August 1998. In 1999, Slow Down won Keb' Mo' his second Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album...
" — Keb' Mo'Keb' Mo'Keb' Mo is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.-Early life:From early on he had an appreciation for the blues and gospel music...
(4 weeks) - 10/10: "Trouble Is" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (4 weeks)
- 11/07: "Wander This World" — Jonny Lang (8 weeks)
1999
- 01/02: "Wander This World" — Jonny Lang (14 weeks)
- 04/10: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (18 weeks)
- 08/14: "Blues" — Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
(10 weeks) - 10/23: "In Session" — Albert KingAlbert KingAlbert King was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing.-Career:...
with Stevie Ray Vaughan (1 week) - 10/30: "Live OnLive OnLive On is the third studio album by American blues solo artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, released in 1999. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 2000...
" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (9 weeks)
2000
- 01/01: "Live On" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (16 weeks)
- 04/22: "Blues At Sunrise" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (7 weeks)
- 06/17: "Gotta Get The Groove Back" — Johnnie TaylorJohnnie TaylorJohnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:...
(2 weeks) - 07/01: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (27 weeks)
2001
- 01/06: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (7 weeks)
- 02/24: "Been A Long Time" — Double TroubleDouble Trouble (band)Double Trouble was the backing rhythm section for Texas blues rock guitarist and lead vocalist Stevie Ray Vaughan. Originally consisting of drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon, Reese Wynans would later join the outfit on keyboards.-History:...
(1 week) - 03/03: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (3 weeks)
- 03/24: "Nothing Personal" — Delbert McClintonDelbert McClintonDelbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....
(1 week) - 03/31: "Best Of B.B. King The Millennium Collection" — B.B. King (1 week)
- 04/07: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (4 weeks)
- 05/05: "Pure Blues" — Various Artists (1 week)
- 05/12: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (1 week)
- 05/19: "Pure Blues" — Various Artists (1 week)
- 05/26: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (1 week)
- 06/02: "Sweet Tea" — Buddy GuyBuddy GuyGeorge "Buddy" Guy is an American blues and jazz guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation...
(4 weeks) - 06/30: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (2 weeks)
- 07/14: "Sweet Tea" — Buddy Guy (3 weeks)
- 08/04: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (1 week)
- 08/11: "Sweet Tea" — Buddy Guy (2 weeks)
- 08/25: "The WordThe Word AlbumThe debut self-titled album by an instrumental jam band supergroup The Word. The musicians: Robert Randolph , John Medeski , and the three members of North Mississippi Allstars - Luther Dickinson , Cody Dickinson , and Chris Chew .-Track listing: # "Joyful Sounds" – 3:45# "Call Him by His Name" –...
" — The WordThe Word (band)The Word is an instrumental jazz rock/Sacred steel/gospel blues/Southern rock jam band. The supergroup included well-known musicians: Robert Randolph , John Medeski , and all three members of North Mississippi Allstars - Luther Dickinson , Cody Dickinson , and Chris Chew .The Word developed from a...
(1 week) - 09/01: "Sweet Tea" — Buddy Guy (5 weeks)
- 10/06: "Get The Blues" — Various Artists (8 weeks)
- 12/01: "A Christmas Celebration Of Hope" — B.B. King (1 week)
- 12/08: "Live At Montreux 1982 And 1985" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 12/15: "A Christmas Celebration Of Hope" — B.B. King (3 weeks)
2002
- 01/05: "A Christmas Celebration Of Hope" — B.B. King (1 week)
- 01/12: "Live At Montreux 1982 And 1985" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (6 weeks)
- 02/23: "Riding With The King" — B.B. King & Eric Clapton (2 weeks)
- 03/09: "Hot And Sassy" — Peggy Scott-AdamsPeggy Scott-AdamsPeggy Scott-Adams is an African-American soul and R&B singer. She is sometimes known by her former name as Peggy Scott, and billed as 'The Little Lady with the Big Voice'....
(2 weeks) - 03/23: "Nothing Personal" — Delbert McClinton (1 week)
- 03/30: "Hot And Sassy" — Peggy Scott-Adams (8 weeks)
- 05/25: "Burnin' Down The House" — Etta JamesEtta JamesEtta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...
& The Roots Band (16 weeks) - 09/14: "Stories" — John Mayall & The BluesbreakersJohn Mayall & the BluesbreakersJohn Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and 1967, but then dropped it for some fifteen years. However, in 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced and...
(2 weeks) - 09/28: "So It's Like That" — Joe BonamassaJoe BonamassaJoe Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist and singer.-Early life:Bonamassa was born and raised in New Hartford, United States. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He is a fourth-generation musician...
(1 week) - 10/05: "Talking To Strangers" — Shemekia CopelandShemekia CopelandShemekia Copeland is an American electric blues vocalist.-Career:Copeland was born in Harlem, New York City, United States. She is the daughter of Texas blues guitarist and singer Johnny Copeland...
(1 week) - 10/12: "Room To Breathe" — Delbert McClintonDelbert McClintonDelbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....
(6 weeks) - 11/23: "The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 11/30: "Room To Breathe" — Delbert McClinton (1 week)
- 12/07: "Wait For Me" — Susan TedeschiSusan TedeschiSusan Tedeschi is an American blues and soul musician, who has received multiple Grammy Award nominations, and is well-known for her singing voice, guitar playing, stage presence, and marriage to blues guitarist Derek Trucks...
(4 weeks)
2003
- 01/04: "Wait For Me" — Susan Tedeschi (20 weeks)
- 05/24: "Let's Roll" — Etta James (3 weeks)
- 06/14: "Have Love Will Travel" — James BelushiJames BelushiJames Adam "Jim" Belushi is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is the younger brother of comic actor John Belushi.-Early life:Belushi was born in Chicago...
& Dan AykroydDan AykroydDaniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.-Early...
(1 week) - 06/21: "Trouble No More" — John MellencampJohn MellencampJohn Mellencamp, previously known by the stage names Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American rock singer-songwriter, musician, painter and occasional actor known for his catchy, populist brand of heartland rock that eschews synthesizers and other artificial sounds...
(5 weeks) - 07/26: "New York City" — Peter MalickPeter MalickPeter Malick is an American, Los Angeles based musician and record producer, known for his work with blues musicians and for early collaborations with Norah Jones.-Career:...
Group (1 week) - 08/02: "Trouble No More" — John Mellencamp (6 weeks)
- 09/13: "Martin ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
Presents The Best Of The Blues" — Soundtrack (7 weeks) - 11/01: "Long Time Coming" — Jonny Lang (1 week)
- 11/08: "Martin Scorsese Presents The Best Of The Blues" — Soundtrack (8 weeks)
2004
- 01/03: "Martin Scorsese Presents The Best Of The Blues" — Soundtrack (8 weeks)
- 02/28: "Keep It Simple" — Keb' Mo' (7 weeks)
- 04/17: "Honkin' On Bobo" — AerosmithAerosmithAerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
(2 weeks) - 05/01: "Me And Mr. JohnsonMe and Mr. JohnsonMe and Mr. Johnson is an album by Eric Clapton released in 2004. The album is a tribute to legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. According to Clapton's autobiography, the recordings weren't intended to become an album. The band had rented the studio, but Clapton didn't have any songs written, so he...
" — Eric Clapton (5 weeks) - 06/05: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George ThorogoodGeorge ThorogoodGeorge Thorogood is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One...
& The Destroyers (1 week) - 06/12: "Me And Mr. Johnson" — Eric Clapton (1 week)
- 06/19: "Honkin' On Bobo" — Aerosmith (1 week)
- 06/26: "Me And Mr. Johnson" — Eric Clapton (7 weeks)
- 08/14: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (8 weeks)
- 10/09: "Peace: Back By Popular Demand" — Keb' Mo' (1 week)
- 10/16: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (10 weeks)
- 12/25: "Sessions For Robert J" — Eric Clapton (1 week)
2005
- 01/01: "Sessions For Robert JMe and Mr. JohnsonMe and Mr. Johnson is an album by Eric Clapton released in 2004. The album is a tribute to legendary bluesman Robert Johnson. According to Clapton's autobiography, the recordings weren't intended to become an album. The band had rented the studio, but Clapton didn't have any songs written, so he...
" — Eric Clapton (2 weeks) - 01/15: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (11 weeks)
- 04/02: "The Ultimate Collection" — B.B. King (9 weeks)
- 06/04: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (14 weeks)
- 09/10: "Cost Of Living" — Delbert McClinton (2 weeks)
- 09/24: "Electric Blue Watermelon" — North Mississippi AllstarsNorth Mississippi AllstarsNorth Mississippi Allstars is a Southern rock/blues jam band from Hernando, Mississippi, founded in 1996. The band is composed of brothers Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson , and Chris Chew...
(1 week) - 10/01: "B.B. King And Friends" — B.B. King (4 weeks)
- 10/29: "Hope And DesireHope and DesireHope and Desire is a blues album by Susan Tedeschi. It was released on October 11, 2005, on the Verve Forecast label. The album is a slight step away from Tedeschi's electrifing compositions and wild guitar work, as she concentrates on singing...
" — Susan Tedeschi (3 weeks) - 11/19: "B.B. King And Friends" — B.B. King (2 weeks)
- 12/03: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1 week)
- 12/10: "B.B. King And Friends" — B.B. King (1 week)
- 12/17: "Hope And Desire" — Susan Tedeschi (3 weeks)
2006
- 01/07: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (3 weeks)
- 01/28: "The Definitive Collection" — Etta James (1 week)
- 02/04: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (5 weeks)
- 03/11: "Songlines" — Derek TrucksDerek TrucksDerek Trucks is a Grammy Award-winning, American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He founded The Derek Trucks Band and worked as a session musician when he was still in his early teens. Throughout those teenage years, he toured with The Allman Brothers Band primarily as a slide...
Band (7 weeks) - 04/29: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1 week)
- 05/06: "Songlines" — Derek Trucks Band (1 week)
- 05/13: "Greatest Hits: 30 Years Of Rock" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (3 weeks)
- 06/03: "People Gonna Talk" — James HunterJames Hunter (singer)James Hunter is a Grammy Award-nominated English R&B musician and soul singer.-Career:Hunter's career began with a band called "Howlin' Wilf and the Vee-Jays," who released their first album in 1986 entitled Cry Wilf. Later he released three more with his own band...
(3 weeks) - 06/24: "You And Me" — Joe Bonamassa (1 week)
- 07/01: "Suitcase" — Keb' Mo' (12 weeks)
- 09/23: "People Gonna TalkPeople Gonna TalkPeople Gonna Talk is the third album by English singer-songwriter James Hunter, released on March 7, 2006. The album charted at number one on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. The album reached the top ten in Mojo magazine's Albums Of 2006 critics polls. It was also nominated for Best...
" — James HunterJames Hunter (singer)James Hunter is a Grammy Award-nominated English R&B musician and soul singer.-Career:Hunter's career began with a band called "Howlin' Wilf and the Vee-Jays," who released their first album in 1986 entitled Cry Wilf. Later he released three more with his own band...
(1 week) - 09/30: "Suitcase" — Keb' Mo' (1 week)
- 10/07: "People Gonna Talk" — James Hunter (1 week)
- 10/14: "Suitcase" — Keb' Mo' (3 weeks)
- 11/04: "Live From Across The PondLive From Across the PondLive From Across The Pond is a live blues album by Robert Cray. It was released on September 12, 2006, through Vanguard Records. It is his first live album release to date.-Disc one:#"Phone Booth"- 4:38#"Poor Johnny"- 6:22#"Our Last Time"- 8:23...
" — Robert CrayRobert CrayRobert Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.-Career:...
Band (1 week) - 11/11: "People Gonna Talk" — James Hunter (1 week)
- 11/18: "Heart Of Mine: Maria Muldaur Sings Songs Of Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
" — Maria MuldaurMaria MuldaurMaria Muldaur is a folk-blues singer who was part of the American folk music revival in the early 1960s...
(2 week) - 12/02: "Suitcase" — Keb' Mo' (5 weeks)
2007
- 01/06: "Suitcase" — Keb' Mo' (1 week)
- 01/13: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (4 weeks)
- 02/10: "Days Out: Blues From The Backroads" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd (5 weeks)
- 03/17: "Black Snake Moan" — Soundtrack (2 weeks)
- 03/31: "Days Out: Blues From The Backroads" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd (7 weeks)
- 05/19: "Into The Blues" — Joan Armatrading (1 week)
- 05/26: "Days Out: Blues From The Backroads" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd (2 weeks)
- 06/09: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (2 weeks)
- 06/23: "Into The Blues" — Joan Armatrading (1 week)
- 06/30: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 07/07: "Into The Blues" — Joan ArmatradingJoan ArmatradingJoan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE is a British singer, songwriter and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist...
(1 week) - 07/14: "Black Snake Moan" — Soundtrack (6 weeks)
- 08/25: "TruthTruth (Robben Ford album)Truth is a 2007 album by blues artist Robben Ford, notable for a well-received cover of Paul Simon's 1971 composition "One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor." "Riley B. King" is a homage to B.B...
" — Robben FordRobben FordRobben Ford is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist.-Biography:Ford was born in Woodlake, California, United States, but raised in Ukiah, California, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13...
(1 week) - 09/01: "Black Snake Moan" — Soundtrack (1 week)
- 09/08: "Sloe Gin" — Joe Bonamassa (5 weeks)
- 10/13: "The Secret Of The Crime" — Bettye LaVetteBettye LaVetteBettye LaVette is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, with her album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise...
(1 week) - 10/20: "Sloe Gin" — Joe Bonamassa (2 weeks)
- 11/03: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 11/10: "Sloe Gin" — Joe Bonamassa (2 weeks)
- 11/24: "Solos Sessions And Encores" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends (6 weeks)
2008
- 01/05: "Solos Sessions And Encores" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Friends (1 week)
- 01/12: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (4 weeks)
- 02/09: "Hernando" — Mississippi Allstars (4 weeks)
- 03/08: "Live" — B.B. King (2 weeks)
- 03/22: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (5 weeks)
- 04/26: "Peace Love And BBQ" — Marcia BallMarcia BallMarcia Ball is an American blues singer and pianist, born in Orange, Texas but who grew up in Vinton, Louisiana. She was described in USA Today as "a sensation, saucy singer and superb pianist.....
(2 weeks) - 05/10: "Mess Of Blues" — Jeff Healey (3 weeks)
- 05/31: "The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1" — Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (1 week)
- 06/07: "From The Reach" — Sonny LandrethSonny LandrethSonny Landreth is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana...
(3 weeks) - 06/28: "The Hard Way" — James Hunter (6 weeks)
- 08/09: "Skin Deep" — Buddy Guy (4 weeks)
- 09/06: "Live: From Nowhere In Particular" — Joe Bonamassa (1 week)
- 09/13: "One Kind FavorOne Kind FavorOne Kind Favor is B.B. King's 24th studio album. It was released on August 26, 2008 by Geffen Records.The album won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 51st Grammy Awards.-Track listing:...
" — B.B. King (9 weeks) - 11/15: "Back To The RiverBack to the RiverBack to the River is the sixth studio album by blues musician Susan Tedeschi, released October 28, 2008, on Verve Forecast. Production was handled by Tedeschi herself. Upon its debut, Back to the River has received favorable reviews from music critics, including a four out of five star review from...
" — Susan Tedeschi (5 weeks) - 12/20: "Cadillac RecordsCadillac Records: Music From the Motion PictureCadillac Records: Music From the Motion Picture is the Grammy-nominated soundtrack album to the Golden Globe nominated film Cadillac Records...
" — Soundtrack (2 weeks)
2009
- 01/03: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (4 weeks)
- 01/31: "Already Free" — Derek Trucks Band (2 weeks)
- 02/14: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (2 weeks)
- 02/28: "Already Free" — Derek Trucks Band (1 week)
- 03/07: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (1 week)
- 03/14: "The Ballad Of John HenryThe Ballad of John HenryThe Ballad of John Henry is a 2009 studio album by blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It, and the title track, is named after the American folk hero John Henry.-Tracklist:...
" — Joe BonamassaJoe BonamassaJoe Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist and singer.-Early life:Bonamassa was born and raised in New Hartford, United States. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He is a fourth-generation musician...
(1 week) - 03/21: "Already Free" — Derek Trucks Band (1 week)
- 03/28: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (16 weeks)
- 07/18: "The Woodstock Experience" — Johnny WinterJohnny WinterJohn Dawson "Johnny" Winter III is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues legend Muddy Waters...
(2 weeks) - 08/01: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (2 weeks)
- 08/15: "The Dirty Dozen" — George Thorogood & The Destroyers (1 week)
- 08/22: "Town And Country Blues"; — Various Artists (2 weeks)
- 09/05: "Acquired Taste" — Delbert McClinton & Dick50 (2 weeks)
- 09/19: "Town And Country Blues"; — Various Artists (1 week)
- 09/26: "Acquired Taste" — Delbert McClinton & Dick50 (3 weeks)
- 10/17: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (3 weeks)
- 11/07: "The Ballad Of John Henry" — Joe Bonamassa (1 week)
- 11/14: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (7 weeks)
2010
- 01/02: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (10 weeks)
- 03/13: "Booker's Guitar" — Eric BibbEric BibbEric Bibb is an American acoustic blues singer-songwriter. He is based in London and launched his career in Europe. Today he lives in Finland.-Biography:...
(1 week) - 03/20: "Feed My Soul" — The Holmes Brothers (1 week)
- 03/27: "The Ballad Of John Henry" — Joe Bonamassa (1 week)
- 04/03: "Cadillac Records" — Soundtrack (1 week)
- 04/10: "Black Rock" — Joe Bonamassa (3 weeks)
- 05/01: "The Father Of Chicago Blues" — Muddy WatersMuddy WatersMcKinley Morganfield , known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues"...
(1 week) - 05/08: "Black Rock" — Joe Bonamassa (4 weeks)
- 06/05: "Live At The Fillmore East 10/03/1970" — Johnny WinterJohnny WinterJohn Dawson "Johnny" Winter III is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums for blues legend Muddy Waters...
(1 week) - 06/12: "Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook" — Bettye LaVette (3 weeks)
- 07/03: "Bingo" — Steve Miller BandSteve Miller BandThe Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
(1 week) - 07/10: "Memphis BluesMemphis Blues (album)Memphis Blues is the eleventh studio album by American singer Cyndi Lauper, nominee for the Grammy Awards 2010, was released on June 22, 2010. The album sold over 600,000 copies worldwide...
" — Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
(13 weeks) - 10/09: "Icon" — Etta JamesEtta JamesEtta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...
(1 week) - 10/16: "Live! In Chicago" — Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band (4 weeks)
- 10/13: "Living Proof" — Buddy Guy (12 weeks)
2011
- 01/30: "Low Country Blues" — Gregg AllmanGregg AllmanGregory Lenoir Allman , known as Gregg Allman, is a rock and blues singer, keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter, and a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Georgia...
(8 week) - 04/02: "Scandalous" — Black Joe Lewis & The HoneybearsBlack Joe Lewis & the HoneybearsBlack Joe Lewis & the Honeybears is a blues band influenced by Howlin' Wolf and James Brown. It was formed in Austin, Texas in 2007. In March 2009, Esquire listed Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears as one of the "Ten Bands Set to Break Out at 2009's SXSW Festival."While working at a pawn shop in...
(1 week) - 04/09: "Dust Bowl (album)Dust Bowl (album)Dust Bowl is a studio album by blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa. It was released worldwide on March 22, 2011.- Track listing :# Slow Train - 6:49# Dust Bowl - 4:33# Tennessee Plates ft...
" — Joe BonamassaJoe BonamassaJoe Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist and singer.-Early life:Bonamassa was born and raised in New Hartford, United States. His parents owned and ran a guitar shop. He is a fourth-generation musician...
(3 weeks) - 04/30: "10 Great Songs" — George ThorogoodGeorge ThorogoodGeorge Thorogood is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One...
(8 weeks) - 06/18: "Blues-Rock Crossroads 1964-1986 [Compilation] — Various Artists (1 week)
- 06/25: "Revelator" — Tedeschi Trucks BandTedeschi Trucks BandThe Tedeschi Trucks Band, formerly known as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band is a blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by husband-and-wife musicians Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, and primarily features members from their respective solo groups.-...
(9 weeks) - 08/20: "How I Go" — The Kenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne ShepherdKenny Wayne Shepherd is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young musician.-Biography:Shepherd graduated Caddo Magnet High School in Shreveport, Louisiana...
Band (1 week) - 08/27: "The Bright Lights (EP)" — Gary Clark, Jr. (1 week)
- 09/03: "Revelator" — Tedeschi Trucks Band (3 weeks)
- 09/24: "Let Them TalkLet Them TalkSongs of the Special Edition-Charts:-Certifications:- Release history :-External links:** on...
— Hugh LaurieHugh LaurieJames Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE , better known as Hugh Laurie , is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director...
(1 week) - 10/01: "Play The Blues Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center" — Wynton MarsalisWynton MarsalisWynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...
And Eric ClaptonEric ClaptonEric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
(3 week) - 10/22: "Let Them Talk — Hugh Laurie (1 week)