| Rank | All Time | Artist | Album | Subgenre(s) | Other Genre(s) | Year |
1 |
1878 |
Muddy Waters | Folk Singer | Delta Blues | 1964 | |
2 |
1970 |
Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan | Contemporary Folk | 1962 | |
3 |
2212 |
Lightnin' Hopkins | The Roots of Lightnin' Hopkins/Lightnin' Hopkins | Acoustic Texas Blues | 1959 | |
4 |
2808 |
Skip James | Today! | Delta Blues | 1966 | |
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: | ||||||
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Delta Blues | Delta Blues | 1964 | |||
| Bukka White | The Legacy of the Blues | Delta Blues | 1969 | |||
| Skip James | Devil Got My Woman | Delta Blues | 1968 | |||
