The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Jan 16, 2021
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Good Life | Hurricane Ruth | American Showplace | Blues Rock |
| - | 2 | 2 | Chicago Barn Dance | Special Consensus | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 3 | 8 | Bad Man | Martin Lang | Random Chance | Chicago Blues |
| - | 4 | 4 | Front Porch | The Mary Jo Curry Band | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 5 | 6 | Flyover Country | Chicago Farmer | Self-Release | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 6 | 10 | Coffee & Cake | Mark Stoffel | Mountain Home | Traditional Folk |
| - | 7 | 7 | Firebreather | Skylar Rogers | Blue Heart | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 8 | 3 | Love is the King | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm Records | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 5 | Blueswoman | Nora Jean Wallace | Severn | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 10 | 9 | Can't Nobody Stop Me Now | Gerald McClendon | Delta Roots | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 11 | 15 | High Times in the Dark | The Claudettes | Forty Below | Jazzy Blues |
| ▼ | 12 | 11 | The Tree of Forgiveness | John Prine | Oh Boy | Contemporary Folk |
| ▲ | 13 | 20 | Live at Rosa's | Linsey Alexander | Delmark | Classic Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 36 | The High Road to Ruin | The Black Oil Brothers | Rocksauce | Roots Rock |
| ▲ | 15 | 19 | You Must Believe in Spring | Josie Falbo | Southport | Jazz |
| ▼ | 16 | 13 | Playing with Fire | Liz Mandeville | Blue Kitty Music | Chicago Blues |
| - | 17 | 17 | Time Has Made a Change | Jeff Parker & Company | Truegrass | Traditional Bluegrass |
| - | 18 | 18 | Where the Dogs Don't Bite | Old Salt Union | Compass | Contemporary Bluegrass |
| ▲ | 19 | 27 | Rubberband | Miles Davis | Rhino | Jazz |
| ▲ | 20 | - | Ain’t Ready for the Grave | Hurricane Ruth | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| - | 21 | 21 | My Soul Says Yes | Chicago Mass Choir | New Haven | Gospel |
| *NEW* | 22 | - | Still | Brian Courtney Wilson | Motown Gospel | Gospel |
| ▲ | 23 | - | Every Day of Your Life | Jimmy Johnson | Delmark | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | No Direction | Jared Rabin | Golden Twine | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 25 | - | The Preacher, the Politician or the Pimp | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 26 | 12 | For Pete's Ache | The Pete Ellman Big Band | One Too Tree | Big Band |
| ▲ | 27 | - | Bitches Brew (Legacy Edition) | Miles Davis | Sony | Jazz |
| - | 28 | 28 | The Devonns | The Devonns | Record Kicks | Motown |
| ▼ | 29 | 16 | From the Vaults: Cold Chills | Henry Gray & Bob Corritore | VizzTone | Classic Blues |
| ▼ | 30 | 29 | CATCH | Peter CottonTale | Self-Release | Gospel |
| ▲ | 31 | - | John Prine | John Prine | Warner | Folk |
| ▲ | 32 | - | Call It Magic | Typhanie Monique | Dot Time | Jazz |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Royal Mint | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 34 | - | The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions | Miles Davis | Sony | Jazz |
| ▲ | 35 | - | Changes | Neal Francis | Karma Chief | Alternative Rock |
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