Top album: Jaime by Brittany Howard
= Albertan
= Canadian
- Brittany Howard: Jaime (ATO)
Robbie Robertson: Sinematic (Universal)
Corb Lund: Cover Your Tracks (Warner)
- Sturgill Simpson: Sound & Fury (Elektra)
The New Pornographers: In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights (Concord)
Moka Only: Patina (Instrumentals) (URBNET)
- Stray Cats: 40 (Surfdog/ BMG)
The Bros. Landreth: ’87 (Birthday Cake)
- Dori Freeman: Every Single Star (Blue Hens)
- The Highwomen: The Highwomen (Elektra)
Kacy & Clayton: Carrying On (New West)
Peach Pyramid: Bright Blue (Oscar St.)
Leeroy Stagger: Strange Path (True North)
Big Dave McLean: Pocket Full of Nothin’ (Black Hen)
- Hannah Williams & the Affirmations: 50 Foot Woman (Record Kicks)
The SoulJazz Orchestra: Chaos Theories (DoRight!)
- Hiss Golden Messenger: Terms Of Surrender (Merge)
- Samantha Fish: Kill Or Be Kind (Rounder)
Joel Miller: Unstoppable (Independent)
Zachary Lucky: Midwestern (Independent)
- Pieta Brown: Freeway (Righteous Babe)
Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley: Gold Cadillac (G Three)
- Tinariwen: Amadjar (ANTI-)
- Ikebe Shakedown: Kings Left Behind (Colemine)
Bruce Cockburn: Crowing Ignites (True North)
- Joseph: Good Luck, Kid (ATO)
- Those Pretty Wrongs: Zed For Zulu (Burger)
Bob Moses: Battle Lines (Remixed) (Domino)
Kent Sangster: Reverence (Bent River)
- Sheryl Crow: Threads (Big Machine)