| Rank | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberta Cross | Songs Of Patience |
| 2 | Tallest Man On Earth | There's No Leaving Now |
| 3 | Brandi Carlile | Bear Creek |
| 4 | Kelly Hogan | I Like To Keep Myself In Pain |
| 5 | Beaver Nelson | Macro/Micro |
| 6 | Cory Branan | Mutt |
| 7 | Janiva Magness | Stronger For It |
| 8 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Carry Me Back |
| 9 | Rick Estrin and the Nightcats | One Wrong Turn |
| 10 | Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball |
| 11 | John Fullbright | From The Ground Up |
| 12 | Rodney Crowell | KIN: Songs By Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell |
| 13 | Chris Smither | Hundred Dollar Valentine |
| 14 | Blackberry Smoke | The Whippoorwill |
| 15 | Don Williams | And So It Goes |
| 16 | Michael Kiwanuka | Home Again |
| 17 | Turnpike Troubadours | Goodbye Normal Street |
| 18 | Willie Nelson | Heroes |
| 19 | Sara Watkins | Sun Midnight Sun |
| 20 | First Aid Kit | The Lion's Roar |
| 21 | Mastersons | Birds Fly South |
| 22 | Curtis Salgado | Soul Shot |
| 23 | Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound | Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound |
| 24 | Alabama Shakes | Boys & Girls |
| 25 | Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers | Old Gold |
| 26 | Deadfields | Dance In The Sun |
| 27 | DB's | Falling Off The Sky |
| 28 | Hardin Burns | Lounge |
| 29 | Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band | Between The Ditches |
| 30 | Gaelic Storm | Chicken Boxer |
| 31 | Outbound Road | Hard Country |
| 32 | Andy Shernoff | Don't Fade Away |
| 33 | Magic Slim And The Teardrops | Bad Boy |
| 34 | Deanna Bogart | Pianoland |
| 35 | Marvin Etzioni | Marvin Country! |
| 36 | Hank Williams III | Long Gone Daddy |
| 37 | Steep Canyon Rangers | Nobody Knows You |
| 38 | Matt Harlan & The Sentimentals | Bow And Be Simple |
| 39 | Sharon Van Etten | Tramp |
| 40 | Lumineers | The Lumineers |
| 41 | Infamous Stringdusters | Silver Sky |
| 42 | Lonesome River Band | Chronology - Volume One |
| 43 | Bryan Clark & The New Lyceum Players | Southern Intermission |
| 44 | Ray Wylie Hubbard | The Grifter's Hymnal |
| 45 | Dr John | Locked Down |
| 46 | Walt Wilkins | Plenty |
| 47 | Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives | Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down |
| 48 | Little Feat | Rooster Rag |
| 49 | Ed Romanoff | Ed Romanoff |
