CFBX Top 30 Charts to June 1, 2023
* indicates Canadian Content
** indicates a local artist
Artist – Album (Label)
1) Tynes* – Tynes (LHM)
2) Sarah Shafey* – Blackbox Universe (Independent)
3) John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
4) Begonia* – Powder Blue (Birthday Cake)
5) William Prince* – Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)
6) Wax Mannequin* – The Red Brain (Coax)
7) Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
8) Zoon* – Bekka Ma’iignan (Paper Bag)
9) New Pornographers* – Continue As a Guest (Merge)
10) Tunic* – Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
11) A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* – A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick (Independent)
12) Risto Milner** – A Gift of Emptiness (Independent)
13) Dawn Sev* – Tart EP (Independent)
14) Miami Nights 1984* – Sentimental (Independent)
15) Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
16) GLDMTH* – GLDMTH (Warner)
17) Natalie McMaster and Donald Leahy* – Compass (Linus)
18) Roki* – Mother (Independent)
19) Prof. Louie and the Crowmatix – Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 (Woodstock)
20) Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
21) Julian Lage – The Layers (Blue Note)
22) Mud Bay* – Best Laid Plans (Independent)
23) L.T. Leif* – Coming Back to Me, But Lightly (Lost Map)
24) Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
25) Devin Townsend* – Lightwork (Century Media)
26) What Does it Eat* – Scraps (Independent)
27) Joni Void* – Everyday is the Song (Constellation)
28) The Rough and Tumble – Only This Far (Independent)
29) Sunnsetter* – The Best That I Can Be (Paper Bag)
30) Matt Holubowski* – Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn (Audiogram)
Specialty Charts for Last May 2023
Top 10 Jazz Albums
- Julian Lage – The Layers (Blue Note)
- Greenhouse Ensemble* – Rez de Chaussee (Independent)
- Jackson Welchner* – Blink Twice (Independent)
- Metropolitan Jazz Octet – The Bowie Project (Origin)
- Emily Braden* – Cannon and Sparrow (Independent)
- Nikki Yanofsky* – Nikki By Starlight (MNRK)
- Mason Razavi – Six-String Standards (OA2)
- Ally Fiola* – Inrerblaze (Independent)
- East Axis – No Subject (Mack Avenue)
- Paul Novotny and Robi Botos* – Summertime in Leith (Triplet)
Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums
- Dubmatix* – ReWired (Echo Beach)
- Jane Bunnett and Maqueque* – Playing with Fire (Linus)
- Kobo Town* – Carnival of the Ghosts (Independent)
- Sika Valme* – Erosion Eksperyans (Independent)
- Kune* – Universal Echoes (Lulaworld)
- Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terra Kunda (ARC Music)
- O.B.F. Foundation* – Lava (Dubquake)
- Payadora Tango Ensemble* – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)
- Moonshine*- SMS for Location Vol. 5 (Moonshine)
- Bruno Capinan* – Tara Rara (Independent)
Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums
- Tunic* – Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
- Fucked Up* – One Day (Merge)
- Society’s Ills* – Lore (Independent)
- Voivod* – Ultraman EP (Century Media)
- Warpage* – Absolutely Delicious (Independent)
- Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutentants/The Suck – Split EP (Louder and Faster)
- The This* – How Does it Feel When it’s Gone? (Kingfisher Bluez)
- Devin Townsend* – Lightwork (Century Media)
- JUSS* – Pour Toi (Independent)
- The Holdouts* – 325 EP (Independent)
Top 10 Electronic Albums
- Tynes* – Tynes (LHM)
- Miami Nights 1984* – Sentimental (Independent)
- Pradius** – Dreamcasting (Independent)
- Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
- Mayfly* – Hideaway Vol. 1 (Duprince)
- Toast Dawg* – HDMOF (Independent)
- Joni Void* – Everyday is the Song (Constellation)
- ctrl_alt_rock* – ctrl_alt_rock_forever (Independent)
- Untrained Animals* – Seven (Independent)
- Compander* – Diverdant (Independent)
Top 10 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums
- Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
- Domanique Grant* – Queendom Chapter One (Independent)
- Jordann* – Safe Space (OneRPM)
- TheOnlyRealOne and B. More* – No Late Apologies (Independent)
- Skinny Josh and JDASHME* – Spring in Miami Part 1 (Keep the Grind)
- Planet Giza* – You Don’t Understand (Independent)
- Skulastic* – Skulastic Vol. 2 (Independent)
- Grossbuster* – Grossbuster EP (Independent)
- The Dirty Sample* – Beats to Murder Rappers To (Hand’Solo)
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids* – I’m Good, HBU? (Independent)
Top 10 Roots Albums
- Natalie McMaster and Donald Leahy* – Compass (Linus)
- William Prince* – Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)
- Robinson Kirby* – Little Dreams (Independent)
- John Showman and Chris Coole* – Much Further Out Than Inevitable (Independent)
- Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire (Smithsonian Folkways)
- Kate Weekes* – Better Days Ahead (Independent)
- Rusty Creek* – Roads of Life (Independent)
- Meredith Moon* – Constellations (True North)
- The Rough and Tumble – Only This Far (Independent)
- Ziggy Alberts – Dancing in the Dark (Commonfolk)
Top 10 Blues Albums
- Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
- John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
- Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
- Mud Bay* – Best Laid Plans (Independent)
- A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* = A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick (Independent)
- Prof. Louie and the Crowmatix – Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 (Woodstock)
- Johnny Wheels and the Swamp Donkeys – Keep on Pushin’ (Lightning in a Bottle)
- Jason Lang* – Handled with Care (Outside)
- Maple Blues Band* – Let’s Go (Cordova Bay)
- Big Harp George – Cut My Spirit Loose (Blues Mountain)
Top 5 Classical Albums
- Jason Zumpano* – Village Lights (Jaz)
- Ark Trio – Ark Resounding (Navona)
- Francois Couture* – Sonates por 1 a 7 Guitares (Boghei)
- O Lake – Still (Patchrock)
- Nelson Freire – Memories: The Unreleased Recordings (Decca)
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