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
1

2 Del McCoury Band
It’s Just The Night
McCoury Music 1
3

3 Nickel Creek
This Side
Sugar Hill 3941
2

4 Rhonda Vincent
One Step Ahead
Rounder 0497
5

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

6 Alison Krauss + Union Station
Live
Rounder 0515
6

7 Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek
Sugar Hill 3909
8

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

9 Tony Rice
The Bluegrass Guitar Collection
Rounder 11622
13

10 Dirk Powell, Tim O’Brien,
John Hermann
Songs From The MountainHowdy Skies 1001
NEW

11 Tim O’Brien
Traveler
Sugar Hill 3978
14

12 Alison Krauss + Union Station
New Favorite
Rounder 0495
11

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

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

15 Bryan Sutton
Bluegrass Guitar
Sugar Hill 3975
17

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

17 Kenny & Amanda Smith Band
House Down The Block
Rebel 1798
NEW

18 David Grisman
Life Of Sorrow
Acoustic Disc 53
NEW

19 Yonder Mountain String Band
Old Hands
Sci Fidelity 103
9

20 Del McCoury Band
Del & The Boys
Ceili 2006
RET