Top album: Sinematic by Robbie Robertson
- = Albertan
- = Canadian
- Robbie Robertson: Sinematic (Universal)
- Brittany Howard: Jaime (ATO)
- Corb Lund: Cover Your Tracks (Warner)
- Dori Freeman: Every Single Star (Blue Hens)
- Matt Patershuk: If Wishes Were Horses (Black Hen)
- Tinariwen: Amadjar (ANTI-)
- Sturgill Simpson: SOUND & FURY (Elektra)
- Gruff Rhys: PANG! (Rough Trade)
- Hiss Golden Messenger: Terms Of Surrender (Merge)
- Pieta Brown: Freeway (Righteous Babe)
- Ikebe Shakedown: Kings Left Behind (Colemine)
- Leeroy Stagger: Strange Path (True North)
- Big Dave McLean: Pocket Full of Nothin’ (Black Hen)
- Rhiannon Giddens: there is no Other (with Francesco Turrisi) (Nonesuch)
- Jom Comyn: Crawl (Double Lunch)
- Joan Shelley: Like The River Loves The Sea (No Quarter)
- Joel Miller: Unstoppable (Independent)
- Bruce Cockburn: Crowing Ignites (True North)
- The Black Keys: Let’s Rock (Easy Eye Sound/ Nonesuch)
- Ian & Sylvia: The Lost Tapes (Stony Plain)
- Begonia: Fear (Rex Baby/ The Orchard)
- Sheryl Crow: Threads (Big Machine)
- Close Talker: How Do We Stay Here? (Slow Walker)
- The Raconteurs: Help Us Stranger (Third Man)
- M83: DSVII (Mute)
- The SoulJazz Orchestra: Chaos Theories (DoRight!)
- The Dead South: Sugar & Joy (Six Shooter)
- Lightning Dust: Spectre (Western Vinyl)
- Moka Only: Patina (Instrumentals) (URBNET)
- Frankiie: Forget Your Head (Paper Bag)