CFBX Top 30 Charts to March 5, 2026

1) Austra* – Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
2) Miss Emily* – The Medicine (Gypsy Soul)
3) Overnight* – Put Me in Your Light (Obscura)
4) Francis Baptiste* – Lived Experience in East Vancouver (Independent)
5) Heaven for Real* – Who Died and Made You the Dream? (Mint)
6) Duane Regretzky** – Duane Regretzky’s Mind Palace (High End Denim)
7) Koko et ses Machines* – Long (Hopeful Tragedy)
8) Justin Karas* – Flowers Wild Abound (Wheel-Thrown)
9) Mighty Sampson* – Sunshowers (MTL Sauce Piquante)
10) Sammy Jackson* – In the Meantime (Urban Garden)
11) Blue Moon Marquee and Northern Cree* – Get Your Feathers Ready (Independent)
12) Ocie Elliott* – Bungalow (Nettwerk)
13) Heather Ferguson* – Found (Independent)
14) Sleepkit* – Camp Emotion (Aubox)
15) Vivienne Wilder* – Terrible Human (Fallen Tree)
16) Begonia* – Fantasy Life (Birthday Cake)
17) Rich Brown* – Nyaeba (Whirlwind)
18) William Prince* – Further from the Country (Six Shooter)
19) Mutt* – Fuzzy Folk Gems (ZBTFD)
20) Naduh* – Duh (Birthday Cake)
21) Yabra* – Starfall EP (Independent)
22) Studious B** – Plastic World (Independent)
23) Ingrid Jensen* – Landings (Newvelle)
24) Skinny Dyck* – More Easy EP (Victory Pool)
25) Caged Animals* – Make Strange Friends (You’ve Changed)
26) Nuela Chales* – NU2U (Independent)
27) Anna Kolchina – Reach for Tomorrow (OA2)
28) Bruce Enloe* – The Wolf Who Cried Boy (Independent)
29) The Boojums* – The Boojums (Having Fun)
30) Quotas* – Quotas EP (ZBTFD)

Specialty Charts for Late February 2026

Top 10 Jazz Albums

1. Heather Ferguson* – Found (Independent)
2. Center of the River* – Americana Art Music from the Mississippi (CotR)
3. Rich Brown* – Nyaeba (Whirlwind)
4. Brulez les Meubles* – Folio #5 (Tour de Bras)
5. Midnight Chennel* – Alien Love Songs (Independent)
6. Really Loud Free Jazz* – Really Loud Free Jazz (Independent)
7. Steve Berndt* – Heart of Hearts (Independent)
8. Bellbird* – The Call (Constellation)
9. Sammy Jackson* – In the Meantime (Urban Garden)
10. Al Muirhead* – Still Cookin’ at 90: Canada Sessions Vol. 2 (Chronograph)

Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums

1. King Shadrock and G-Money* – Ready for Export (Independent)
2. Paul Ricci – The Path (Origin)
3. Alex Cuba* – Indole (Caracol)
4. La Morena* – Bajo el Sol (Independent)
5. Lengaia Salsa Brava* – Estetica de un Rumbero (Lulaworld)
6. Electric Taal Band* – Electric Taal Band (We Are Busy Bodies)
7. Various Artists – Don Letts: The Rebel Dread @ Echo Beach (Eacho Beach)
8. Noiseshaper – Welcome to the Unknown (Independent)
9. Ramon Chicharron* – Niebla (Independent)
10. Various Artists – Dubinator Presents “The Sonically Echo Beach” Dubbing and Clubbing (Echo Beach)

Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums

1. Woodhawk* – Love Finds a Way (Grand Hand)
2. lowheaven* – Ritual Decay (MNRK Heavy)
3. Born Divided* – Chronicle of a Shipwreck (Independent)
4. Lovebolt* – Sufficiently Loud (Independent)
5. Pillars of a Twisted City* – Brimstone Prophecy EP (Debt Offensive)
6. Tortion** – Fallecy (single) (Independent)
7. Various Artists* – Octave Studios Presents Live from Moments Fest 2024 (Octave)
8. Closetalkers* – Path to Peace (Neon Taste)
9. The Poor Choices* – Poison Fruit (Independent)
10. The Evergreen Standard* – The Good Old Days EP (Independent)

Top 10 Electronic Albums

1. Austra* – Chin Up Buttercup (Domino)
2. Revok* – Tranzmitter EP (Independent)
3. Ariel Ulysses* – There is No End (Lavender Dream)
4. World News* – On Steroids (Safe Sounds)
5. Bitter Fictions* – Phantoms (Shaking Box)
6. Nausea Low* – New Star Alias (Independent)
7. Purity Ring* – Purity Ring (Dine Alone)
8. JP Meldrum* – Quick Burger (Independent)
9. New Chance* – A Rock Unsteady (We Are Time(
10. Pharmax* – Vicious (Independent)

Top 10 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums

1. Shad* – Start Anew (Secret City)
2. Melawmen Collective** – Fire in the Lake (Independent)
3. Daniel Caesar* – Son of Spergy (Republic)
4. Len Bowen* – If You Don’t See Me, You Saw Me (BLK.SUN.SND)
5. Planet Giza* – The Sky is Recording Me, 100 Years Late, Vol. 3 (Quiet Note)
6. Laf* – Soin Enterprise Vol. 2 (Disques 7ieme Ciel)
7. The Dirty Sample* – Love Always Wins if You Let it (Hand’Solo)
8. Janette King* – Incantation (Birthday Cake)
9. YKA Shakur** – 2025 Singles (Independent)
10. Mickey Avalon and Rove* – Postcards from Hell (Independent)

Top 10 Roots Albums

1. William Prince* – Further from the Country (Six Shooter)
2. The Soundwriters** – Better Than Before (Independent)
3. Ocie Elliott* – Bungalow (Nettwerk)
4. Sharon Bailey* – Tutn This Thing Around (Independent)
5. Meredith Moon* – From Here to the Sea (Sakamono)
6. Gail and Karl* – Six Pack EP (Independent)
7. The Bros. Landreth* – Dog Ear (Birthday Cake)
8. The Sour Patch Men* – The Second Best Band in Bowness (Independent)
9. Gary Daggitt* – When Does the Sun Come Up (Independent)
10. Lonesome Ace Stringband* – Big Wing (Independent)

Top 10 Blues Albums

1. James Buddy Rogers* – Covered in Blues (Independent)
2. Blue Moon Marquee and Northern Cree* – Get Your Feathers Ready (Independent)
3. Tinsley Ellis – Labor of Love (Alligator)
4. Reckless and Blue – Seven Deadly Gins (Independent)
5. Crystal Shawanda* – Sing Pretty Blues (True North)
6. Brad Dubay – Planet 9 (Independent)
7. Ross Neilsen* – Within Tension (Under Pressure)
8. Altered Five Blues Band – Hammer and Chisel (Blind Pig)
9. Robert Top Thomas – One Morning Soon (Independent)
10. Frankie V. and the Lonely Club – Play the Blues EP (VSM)

Top 5 Classical Albums

1. David Lindsay* – Follow the Sun (Fallingfoot)
2. KC VITAs – When We Arrive at Home (Neuma)
3. Christopher Shultis – Waldmusik (Neuma)
4. Percussia – Murmuration (Neuma)
5. Jessica Moss* – Unfolding (Constellation)

 

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