Top album: Begin Again by Norah Jones
- = Albertan
- = Canadian
- Norah Jones: Begin Again (Blue Note)
- Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson: Amour (Stony Plain)
- Ibibio Sound Machine: Doko Mien (Merge)
- Justin Townes Earle: The Saint Of Lost Causes (New West)
- Quiana Lynell: A Little Love (Concord Jazz)
- Shovels & Rope: By Blood (Dualtone)
- Tanika Charles: The Gumption (Record Kicks)
- Andrew Bird: My Finest Work Yet (Loma Vista)
- Joey Landreth: Hindsight (Cadence)
- Patrice Jégou: If It Ain’t Love (Prairie Star)
- Vampire Weekend: Father Of The Bride (Columbia)
- Bells Atlas: The Mystic (Tender Loving Empire)
- Los Straitjackets: Channel Surfing (EP) (Yep Roc)
- Yola: Walk Through Fire (Easy Eye Sound)
- The Cat Empire: Stolen Diamonds (Two Shoes)
- Rupa & The April Fishes: Growing Upward (Electric Gumbo)
- Matt Andersen: Halfway Home By Morning (True North)
- Tim O’Brien: Tim O’Brien Band (Howdy Skies)
- Bibio: Ribbons (Warp)
- Friendly Rich: Friendly Rich Sings for Only the Lonely (Pumpkin Pie Corp)
- Jimmy And The Sleepers: All That Money (Independent)
- Harpdog Brown: For Love & Money (Dog House)
- Steve Earle: Guy (New West)
- Hawskley Workman: Median Age Wasteland (Isadora)
- J Dilla: The Shining Instrumentals (BBE)
- Emancipator & 9 Theory: Cheeba Gold (Independent)
- Elizabeth Shepherd: MONTRÉAL (Pinwheel)
- Hayes Carll: What It Is (Dualtone)
- Kiwi Jr.: Football Money (Mint)
- AKA Trio: Joy (Bendigedig)