The Roots Music Report's
Top 50 Alternative Rock Album Chart
for the Week of May 23, 2026
| TW | LW | Album Title | Band/Artist Name | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▲ | 1 | 3 | Getting Killed | Geese | Partisan |
| ▼ | 2 | 1 | Nothing's About to Happen to Me | Mitski | Dead Oceans |
| ▲ | 3 | 6 | Ricochet | Snail Mail | Matador |
| ▲ | 4 | 7 | The Mountain | Gorillaz | Kong |
| ▲ | 5 | 21 | Singin' to an Empty Chair | Ratboys | New West |
| ▼ | 6 | 4 | Heaven 2 | Lala Lala | Sub Pop |
| ▲ | 7 | - | Texnia | Tinvis | Mama Mañana |
| ▼ | 8 | 5 | An Eraser and a Maze | Modest Mouse | Glacial Pace |
| ▼ | 9 | 8 | Memory Be a Blade | Waterbaby | Sub Pop |
| ▲ | 10 | 28 | Something to Consume | Die Spitz | Third Man |
| ▲ | 11 | 27 | The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy | The Claypool Lennon Delirium | ATO |
| ▼ | 12 | 2 | Peaches! | The Black Keys | Easy Eye Sound |
| ▼ | 13 | 10 | Is | My Morning Jacket | ATO |
| ▼ | 14 | 12 | Muscle Shoals Record Shop | Copperhead Six Project | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 15 | 11 | 8000 Days | West Texas Exiles | Floating Mesa |
| - | 16 | 16 | Welcome to My Blue Sky | Momma | 2025 Polyviny |
| - | 17 | 17 | Belong | Jay Som | Polyvinyl |
| - | 18 | 18 | The Clearing | Wolf Alice | Columbia |
| ▲ | 19 | 22 | Maybe Not Tonight | Lime Garden | So Young |
| ▼ | 20 | 19 | Everybody Scream | Florence + the Machine | Polydor |
| ▼ | 21 | 20 | Who is the Sky? | David Byrne | Matador |
| ▼ | 22 | 9 | Reality Awaits | The Strokes | RCA |
| ▲ | 23 | 29 | SABLE, FABLE | Bon Iver | Jagjaguwar |
| ▲ | 24 | 25 | It's a Beautiful Place | Water From Your Eyes | Matador |
| ▲ | 25 | 26 | Snocaps | Snocaps | Anti |
| ▲ | 26 | 32 | SHISH | Portugal. The Man | KNIK |
| ▼ | 27 | 23 | RAW CRANIUM | Almost Heaven | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 28 | 13 | Blizzard | Dove Ellis | Black Butter |
| ▼ | 29 | 24 | Little Wide Open | Kevin Morby | Dead Oceans |
| ▼ | 30 | 14 | Doctrine of Love | Jalen Ngonda | Daptone |
| ▼ | 31 | 15 | Trickle Down | Sprints | Sub Pop |
| ▲ | 32 | 38 | Fate Euphoric | Twen | Stem |
| ▲ | 33 | - | Blueprint for a Ghost | Martin Devaney | Pig's Eye |
| ▼ | 34 | 30 | Automatic | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| ▲ | 35 | 44 | Keepsake | Keepsake | Self-Release |
| ▼ | 36 | 31 | Blue Girl Nice Day | La Faute | Distrokid |
| ▲ | 37 | 42 | More - EP | Hannah Jadagu | Sub Pop Records |
| ▼ | 38 | 34 | Welcome to the Family | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Thirty Tigers |
| ▲ | 39 | 43 | Twilight Override | Jeff Tweedy | dBpm |
| ▼ | 40 | 35 | EP #2 | Kings of Leon | Love Tap |
| ▼ | 41 | 36 | PLAY ME | Kim Gordon | Matador |
| ▼ | 42 | 33 | Again | The Belair Lip Bombs | Third Man |
| ▲ | 43 | 47 | Hickey | Royel Otis | UMG |
| ▼ | 44 | 39 | Good Together | Lake Street Dive | Concord |
| ▼ | 45 | 41 | Masquerade | Cardinals | So Young |
| ▲ | 46 | - | Sketchy. | Tune-Yards | 4AD |
| ▼ | 47 | 45 | Neon Grey Midnight Green | Neko Case | Anti |
| ▼ | 48 | 37 | LUX | ROSALÍA | Columbia |
| ▼ | 49 | 46 | For the First Time, Again | Tyler Ballgame | Rough Trade |
| ▲ | 50 | - | The Human Fear | Franz Ferdinand | Domino |
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