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Blues Albums is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling blues albums in the United States, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart debut as the Top Blues Albums in the issue dated September 2, 1995, as a 15-position chart with its first number one being Eric Clapton's From the Cradle.[1]

Its introduction was a culmination of commercial realities at the time and a recognition of the "enduring legacy and artistic force of this timeless genre".[1]

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Number-one blues albums of the 1990s

These are the albums which have reached number one on the Blues Albums chart during the 1990s, listed chronologically. Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

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1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999
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1995
September 2 From the Cradle Eric Clapton 1 [2]
September 9 Cover to Cover The Jeff Healey Band 1 [3]
September 16 From the Cradle Eric Clapton 9 [2]
November 18 Greatest Hits Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 17 [4]
1996
March 16 Ledbetter Heights Kenny Wayne Shepherd 20 [5]
August 3 Good Love! Johnnie Taylor 3 [6]
August 24 A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan Various artists 8 [7]
October 19 Good Love! Johnnie Taylor 9 [6]
December 21 Greatest Hits Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 6 [4]
1997
February 1 Help Yourself Peggy Scott-Adams 9 [8]
April 5 Lie to Me Jonny Lang 19 [9]
August 16 Live at Carnegie Hall Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 8 [10]
October 11 Lie to Me Jonny Lang 1 [9]
October 18 Live at Carnegie Hall Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 1 [10]
October 25 Trouble Is... Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 4 [11]
November 22 Deuces Wild B.B. King 13 [12]
1998
February 21 Blues Brothers 2000 Soundtrack 7 [13]
April 11 Trouble Is... Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 22 [11]
September 12 Slow Down Keb' Mo' 4 [14]
October 10 Trouble Is... Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 4 [11]
November 7 Wander This World Jonny Lang 22 [15]
1999
April 10 The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 2 Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble 18 [16]
August 14 Blues Eric Clapton 10 [17]
October 23 In Session Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan 1 [18]
October 30 Live On Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 25 [19]
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