The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Illinois Album Chart
for the Week of Apr 18, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | Sub Genre | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 1 | Slideways | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Alligator | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 2 | 3 | Good Soul | Charles Tiner | Self-Release | Soul Blues |
| ▲ | 3 | 4 | Bob Corritore & Friends: Ernestine Blues | Bob Corritore | Vizztone | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 4 | 22 | One for the Ride | Matthew Curry | Ruf | Blues Rock |
| ▼ | 5 | 2 | Old, New, Funky & Blue | Omar Coleman & Igor Prado | Nola Blue | Blues Rock |
| - | 6 | 6 | Sad and Beautiful World | Mavis Staples | Anti | Soul |
| ▼ | 7 | 5 | Don't Look Back | Mississippi Heat | Delmark | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 8 | 7 | Homeaid | Chicago Farmer | Lofi | Folk Rock |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Live at the Chicago Blues Festival | Stefan Hillesheim Band | Stella Blue | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 10 | 25 | Stone Cold | Russ Green | Overton | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 11 | 9 | California Trap (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride | Run It Back | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 12 | 14 | That's My Name | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters | Delmark | Classic Blues |
| ▼ | 13 | 12 | Deep Mud | Mud Morganfield | NOLA Blue | Chicago Blues |
| ▲ | 14 | 21 | Singin' to an Empty Chair | Ratboys | New West | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 15 | 10 | Heaven 2 | Lala Lala | Sub Pop | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 16 | 11 | The Blues is My Biography | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues | Rosa's Lounge | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 17 | 15 | 15 Shades of Blue | Mike Dangeroux | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 18 | 20 | The Preacher, the Politician or the Pimp | Toronzo Cannon | Alligator | Electric Blues |
| ▼ | 19 | 17 | Twilight Override | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm | Alternative Rock |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Silwan | Wanees Zarour | Levantine Music | World |
| ▲ | 21 | 24 | Here and Nowhere | The Autumn Defense | Yep Roc | Alternative Folk |
| ▼ | 22 | 16 | The Blues is in the House | Robbin Kapsalis | Blues House | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 23 | 27 | Sundown Rising | Denise La Grassa | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▼ | 24 | 13 | Cortadito | The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective | Self-Release | Latin Jazz |
| ▲ | 25 | - | Breakwater | Paul Filipowicz | BJ Big Jake | Blues Rock |
| ▲ | 26 | 28 | Oscar's Motel | The Cash Box Kings | Alligator | Chicago Blues |
| ▼ | 27 | 23 | Keep Living Til I Die | Monster Mike Welch | Self-Release | Contemporary Blues |
| ▲ | 28 | 29 | Little Crosses | Joe Stamm Band | Den Tree | Americana Country |
| ▲ | 29 | - | Gilligan Moss | Gilligan Moss | Foreign Family Collective | Electronic |
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