Below is our admittedly subjective list of the top 20 Contemporary Instrumental Music albums for January of 2018. We update this list monthly, around the fifteenth of the month.
| Rank | Artist | Album Title |
| 1 | Nick Farr | Between Then And Now |
| 2 | Gerhard Daum | Rural Renewal |
| 3 | Almartino | Tra Cielo e Mare |
| 4 | John Adorney | Toward A Gentle Place |
| 5 | 7and5 | 2005-2017 |
| 6 | Joseph Akins | Into The Flow |
| 7 | Bernward Koch | Filled With Light |
| 8 | Painted Raven | Medicine Wheel: Prayers of the Four Directions |
| 9 | Claudie Mackula | Solitude |
| 10 | Medwyn Goodall | Medicine Woman 6: Synchronicity |
| 11 | Camille Nelson | Lead Me Home |
| 12 | Masako | Piano Sanctuary |
| 13 | Matthew Mayer | Ardor |
| 14 | Christopher Boscole | Soul Dreams |
| 15 | Ann Sweeten | Flying Solo Silhouette |
| 16 | Todd Boston | One |
| 17 | Áine Minogue | In The Name of Stillness |
| 18 | Shoshana Michel | Prelude To A Dream |
| 19 | Jennifer Thomas | Key of Sea |
| 20 | Grayson Kabler | Afterglow |
