The UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling jazz and blues albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. [1] In 2023, 52 charts were published with 27 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Ezra Collective's second studio album Where I'm Meant to Be, which topped the first three charts of 2023. [2] The last number-one album of the year was Christmas Wish, the seventh studio album by Gregory Porter, which spent the last eight weeks of 2023 atop the chart. [3]
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2023 was Christmas Wish, which spent the longest spell of the year atop the chart. [3] Where I'm Meant to Be was the second most successful album of the year, spending a total of seven weeks at number one over three separate spells. [2] Lady Blackbird's debut album Black Acid Soul was number one for a total of four weeks, [4] while Joe Bonamassa also spent four weeks at number one with two releases for two weeks each: live album Tales of Time followed by studio album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2. [5] [6] Miles Davis spent three weeks atop the chart with returning number one Kind of Blue. [7]
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 January | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [8] |
13 January | [9] | |||
20 January | [10] | |||
27 January | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | original cast recording | Decca | [11] |
3 February | [12] | |||
10 February | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [13] |
17 February | Your Mother Should Know | Brad Mehldau | Nonesuch | [14] |
24 February | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [15] |
3 March | [16] | |||
10 March | Linger Awhile | Samara Joy | Verve | [17] |
17 March | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [18] |
24 March | Linger Awhile | Samara Joy | Verve | [19] |
31 March | Plays Well with Others | Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Decca | [20] |
7 April | Gift from the Trees | Mammal Hands | Gondwana | [21] |
14 April | Flang Dang | Andy Fairweather Low | TLMC | [22] |
21 April | Tales of Time | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [23] |
28 April | Variables | Alfa Mist | Anti- | [24] |
5 May | Pieces of Treasure | Rickie Lee Jones | BMG | [25] |
12 May | Tales of Time | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [26] |
19 May | Voice Notes | Yazmin Lacey | Own Your Own | [27] |
26 May | Death Wish Blues | Samantha Fish, Jesse Dayton | Rounder | [28] |
2 June | [29] | |||
9 June | The Very Best of Glenn Miller | Glenn Miller | Sony | [30] |
16 June | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Columbia | [31] |
23 June | The Winding Way | The Teskey Brothers | Decca | [32] |
30 June | [33] | |||
7 July | Anthology | Charlie Watts | BMG | [34] |
14 July | All Around Man: Live in London | Rory Gallagher | Universal | [35] |
21 July | Evenings at the Village Gate | John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy | Impulse! | [36] |
28 July | Love for Sale | Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga | Interscope | [37] |
4 August | Evenings at the Village Gate | John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy | Impulse! | [38] |
11 August | Ride into the Light | Robert Jon & the Wreck | Journeyman | [39] |
18 August | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Columbia | [40] |
25 August | [41] | |||
1 September | Bad Luck & the Blues | Laurence Jones | Marshall | [42] |
8 September | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [43] |
15 September | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Brownswood | [44] |
22 September | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [45] |
29 September | [46] | |||
6 October | [47] | |||
13 October | Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [48] |
20 October | Aces Are High | When Rivers Meet | One Road | [49] |
27 October | Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [50] |
3 November | Bewitched | Laufey | AWAL | [51] |
10 November | Christmas Wish | Gregory Porter | Decca | [52] |
17 November | [53] | |||
24 November | [54] | |||
1 December | [55] | |||
8 December | [56] | |||
15 December | [57] | |||
22 December | [58] | |||
29 December | [59] |
The UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling jazz and blues albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. [1] In 2023, 52 charts were published with 27 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Ezra Collective's second studio album Where I'm Meant to Be, which topped the first three charts of 2023. [2] The last number-one album of the year was Christmas Wish, the seventh studio album by Gregory Porter, which spent the last eight weeks of 2023 atop the chart. [3]
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2023 was Christmas Wish, which spent the longest spell of the year atop the chart. [3] Where I'm Meant to Be was the second most successful album of the year, spending a total of seven weeks at number one over three separate spells. [2] Lady Blackbird's debut album Black Acid Soul was number one for a total of four weeks, [4] while Joe Bonamassa also spent four weeks at number one with two releases for two weeks each: live album Tales of Time followed by studio album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2. [5] [6] Miles Davis spent three weeks atop the chart with returning number one Kind of Blue. [7]
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
6 January | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [8] |
13 January | [9] | |||
20 January | [10] | |||
27 January | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | original cast recording | Decca | [11] |
3 February | [12] | |||
10 February | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [13] |
17 February | Your Mother Should Know | Brad Mehldau | Nonesuch | [14] |
24 February | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [15] |
3 March | [16] | |||
10 March | Linger Awhile | Samara Joy | Verve | [17] |
17 March | Black Acid Soul | Lady Blackbird | BMG | [18] |
24 March | Linger Awhile | Samara Joy | Verve | [19] |
31 March | Plays Well with Others | Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Decca | [20] |
7 April | Gift from the Trees | Mammal Hands | Gondwana | [21] |
14 April | Flang Dang | Andy Fairweather Low | TLMC | [22] |
21 April | Tales of Time | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [23] |
28 April | Variables | Alfa Mist | Anti- | [24] |
5 May | Pieces of Treasure | Rickie Lee Jones | BMG | [25] |
12 May | Tales of Time | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [26] |
19 May | Voice Notes | Yazmin Lacey | Own Your Own | [27] |
26 May | Death Wish Blues | Samantha Fish, Jesse Dayton | Rounder | [28] |
2 June | [29] | |||
9 June | The Very Best of Glenn Miller | Glenn Miller | Sony | [30] |
16 June | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Columbia | [31] |
23 June | The Winding Way | The Teskey Brothers | Decca | [32] |
30 June | [33] | |||
7 July | Anthology | Charlie Watts | BMG | [34] |
14 July | All Around Man: Live in London | Rory Gallagher | Universal | [35] |
21 July | Evenings at the Village Gate | John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy | Impulse! | [36] |
28 July | Love for Sale | Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga | Interscope | [37] |
4 August | Evenings at the Village Gate | John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy | Impulse! | [38] |
11 August | Ride into the Light | Robert Jon & the Wreck | Journeyman | [39] |
18 August | Kind of Blue | Miles Davis | Columbia | [40] |
25 August | [41] | |||
1 September | Bad Luck & the Blues | Laurence Jones | Marshall | [42] |
8 September | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [43] |
15 September | Black Classical Music | Yussef Dayes | Brownswood | [44] |
22 September | Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective | Partisan | [45] |
29 September | [46] | |||
6 October | [47] | |||
13 October | Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [48] |
20 October | Aces Are High | When Rivers Meet | One Road | [49] |
27 October | Blues Deluxe, Vol. 2 | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [50] |
3 November | Bewitched | Laufey | AWAL | [51] |
10 November | Christmas Wish | Gregory Porter | Decca | [52] |
17 November | [53] | |||
24 November | [54] | |||
1 December | [55] | |||
8 December | [56] | |||
15 December | [57] | |||
22 December | [58] | |||
29 December | [59] |