The Bluegrass Now™ Top 20 reflects an accurate account of the bestselling bluegrass albums in America. The intent of the Top 20 sales chart is to promote the marketing, distribution and sales of bluegrass recordings.The chart contains both current and catalog releases. Chart position determined by a national survey of leading music retailers. Arrows indicate a rise in popularity from last BN chart. H indicates largest jump. “New” indicates first appearance on the chart. “Ret” indicates return to Top 20.

Key:

Rank: Artist
Album
Released As
Last Month

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1 Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs
The Three Pickers
Rounder 0526
9

2 Nickel Creek
This Side
Sugar Hill 3941
4

3 Del McCoury Band
It’s Just The Night
McCoury Music1
1

4 Sam Bush & David Grisman
Hold On We’re Strummin’
Acoustic Disc 54
2

5 Rhonda Vincent
One Step Ahead
Rounder 0497
11

6 Alison Krauss + Union Station
Live
Rounder 0515
3

7 Bela Fleck
Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The
Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Warner Brothers 47332
7

8 Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
Sugar Hill 3909
5

6 Don Rigsby
Midnight Call
Sugar Hill 3958
NEW

7 Bela Fleck
Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The
Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Warner Brothers 47332
20

8 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Live At The Charleston Music Hall
Skaggs Family Records 69890
8

9 Yonder Mountain String Band
Old Hands
Sci Fidelity 103
NEW

10 Robinella & The CC String Band
Robinella & The CC String Band
Sony 87102
9

11 Alison Krauss + Union Station
New Favorite
Rounder 0495
18

12 Alison Krauss
Now That I’ve Found You: A Collection
Rounder 0325
17

13 Tony Rice
The Bluegrass Guitar Collection
Rounder 11622
NEW

14 Tim O’Brien
Traveler
Sugar Hill 3978
13

15 Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder
Live At The Charleston Music Hall
Skaggs Family Records 69890
8

16 Various Artists
O Sister! The Women’s Bluegrass
Collection
Rounder 0499
RET

17 Bryan Sutton
Bluegrass Guitar
Sugar Hill 3975
RET

18 Various Artists
Soundtrack: O’ Brother Where Art Thou?
Mercury 170069
15

19 Mark O’Connor
Thirty-Year Retrospective
OMAC 5.
16

20 Various Artists
Bluegrass Today
Time Life 18890
19