The UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling jazz and blues albums in the United Kingdom. [1] Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads (since 2007) and streams (since 2015), and is currently published every Friday. [2] As of the chart published on 3 May 2024, a total of 339 albums by 168 artists have topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. The most successful artist is American blues musician Joe Bonamassa, who has topped the chart with 16 solo releases and three collaboration albums, spending a total of 46 weeks at number one. [3]
The following artists have been credited on at least X different number one albums, as recognised by the OCC. Appearances on compilation albums featuring various artists are not included.
† | Indicates that the album reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart |
Artist | Number-one albums |
Number-one studio albums |
Total weeks at number one |
Albums | Record label(s) | First reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Bonamassa | 19 | 11 | 46 | Black Rock | Provogue | 28 March 2010 | 1 | [4] |
Dust Bowl | 27 March 2011 | 1 | [5] | |||||
Don't Explain (with Beth Hart) | 2 October 2011 | 1 | [6] | |||||
Driving Towards the Daylight † | 27 May 2012 | 12 | [7] | |||||
Beacon Theatre: Live from New York | 30 September 2012 | 1 | [8] | |||||
An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House | 31 March 2013 | 1 | [9] | |||||
Live in Amsterdam (with Beth Hart) | 30 March 2014 | 1 | [10] | |||||
Different Shades of Blue † | 28 September 2014 | 1 | [11] | |||||
Blues of Desperation † | 1 April 2016 | 4 | [12] | |||||
Live at the Greek Theatre | 30 September 2016 | 1 | [13] | |||||
Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening | 30 June 2017 | 3 | [14] | |||||
Black Coffee (with Beth Hart) † | 2 February 2018 | 6 | [15] | |||||
British Blues Explosion Live | 25 May 2018 | 1 | [16] | |||||
Redemption † | 28 September 2018 | 4 | [17] | |||||
A New Day Now | 14 August 2020 | 2 | [18] | |||||
Now Serving: Royal Tea Live from the Ryman | 18 June 2021 | 1 | [19] | |||||
Time Clocks | 5 November 2021 | 1 | [20] | |||||
Tales of Time | 21 April 2023 | 2 | [21] | |||||
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | 13 October 2023 | 2 | [22] | |||||
Seasick Steve | 11 | 9 | 67 | I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left † | Warner Bros. | 5 October 2008 | 27 | [23] |
Man from Another Time † | Atlantic | 25 October 2009 | 7 | [24] | ||||
Songs for Elisabeth | 14 February 2010 | 4 | [25] | |||||
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks † | PIAS | 5 June 2011 | 2 | [26] | ||||
Hubcap Music | Fiction | 5 May 2013 | 1 | [27] | ||||
Walkin' Man: The Best of Seasick Steve | Rhino | 3 November 2013 | 13 | [28] | ||||
Sonic Soul Surfer † | Caroline | 29 March 2015 | 4 | [29] | ||||
Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground † | 14 October 2016 | 4 | [30] | |||||
Can U Cook? | BMG | 5 October 2018 | 2 | [31] | ||||
Love & Peace | Contagious | 31 July 2020 | 2 | [32] | ||||
Only on Vinyl | Dead Skunk | 30 September 2022 | 1 | [33] | ||||
Diana Krall | 9 | 9 | 32 | When I Look in Your Eyes | Verve | 6 June 1999 | 3 | [34] |
The Look of Love | 23 September 2001 | 18 | [35] | |||||
The Girl in the Other Room † | 18 April 2004 | 1 | [36] | |||||
From This Moment On | 15 October 2006 | 2 | [37] | |||||
Quiet Nights | 7 June 2009 | 2 | [38] | |||||
Glad Rag Doll | 21 October 2012 | 1 | [39] | |||||
Turn Up the Quiet | 12 May 2017 | 3 | [40] | |||||
Love Is Here to Stay (with Tony Bennett) | Columbia/Verve | 21 September 2018 | 1 | [41] | ||||
This Dream of You | UCJ | 2 October 2020 | 1 | [42] | ||||
Gary Moore | 8 | 3 | 14 | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 | Virgin | 20 November 1994 | 5 | [43] |
Blues for Greeny | 20 November 1994 | 3 | [44] | |||||
Blues Alive † | 2 June 1996 | 1 | [45] | |||||
Still Got the Blues | 9 June 1996 | 1 | [46] | |||||
The Best of the Blues | 10 February 2002 | 1 | [47] | |||||
Legacy | MCD | 14 October 2012 | 1 | [48] | ||||
Live from London | Provogue | 21 February 2020 | 1 | [49] | ||||
How Blue Can You Get | 7 May 2021 | 1 | [50] | |||||
Norah Jones | 7 | 7 | 116 | Come Away with Me † | Parlophone | 10 March 2002 | 75 | [51] |
Feels Like Home † | Blue Note | 15 February 2004 | 25 | [52] | ||||
Not Too Late † | 4 February 2007 | 7 | [53] | |||||
The Fall | 22 November 2009 | 3 | [54] | |||||
Day Breaks † | Capitol | 11 November 2016 | 3 | [55] | ||||
Pick Me Up Off the Floor | EMI | 19 June 2020 | 2 | [56] | ||||
Visions | 15 March 2024 | 1 | [57] | |||||
Walter Trout | 7 | 7 | 9 | Blues for the Modern Daze | Provogue | 29 April 2012 | 1 | [58] |
Battle Scars | 30 October 2015 | 1 | [59] | |||||
We're All in This Together | 8 September 2017 | 2 | [60] | |||||
Survivor Blues | 1 February 2019 | 2 | [61] | |||||
Ordinary Madness | 4 September 2020 | 1 | [62] | |||||
Ride | 26 August 2022 | 1 | [63] | |||||
Broken | 8 March 2024 | 1 | [64] | |||||
Rory Gallagher | 6 | 1 | 22 | Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher | Capo | 19 June 2005 | 4 | [65] |
Irish Tour '74 | UMC | 23 March 2018 | 1 | [66] | ||||
Blues | 7 June 2019 | 12 | [67] | |||||
Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77 | 13 March 2020 | 3 | [68] | |||||
Rory Gallagher | 10 September 2021 | 1 | [69] | |||||
All Around Man: Live in London | 14 July 2023 | 1 | [70] | |||||
Joanne Shaw Taylor | 6 | 5 | 8 | Almost Always Never | Ruf | 23 September 2012 | 1 | [71] |
Wild | Axehouse | 7 October 2016 | 1 | [72] | ||||
Reckless Heart | Silvertone | 22 March 2019 | 3 | [73] | ||||
The Blues Album | KTBA | 1 October 2021 | 1 | [74] | ||||
Blues from the Heart Live | 17 June 2022 | 1 | [75] | |||||
Nobody's Fool | 18 November 2022 | 1 | [76] |
The UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling jazz and blues albums in the United Kingdom. [1] Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads (since 2007) and streams (since 2015), and is currently published every Friday. [2] As of the chart published on 3 May 2024, a total of 339 albums by 168 artists have topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. The most successful artist is American blues musician Joe Bonamassa, who has topped the chart with 16 solo releases and three collaboration albums, spending a total of 46 weeks at number one. [3]
The following artists have been credited on at least X different number one albums, as recognised by the OCC. Appearances on compilation albums featuring various artists are not included.
† | Indicates that the album reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart |
Artist | Number-one albums |
Number-one studio albums |
Total weeks at number one |
Albums | Record label(s) | First reached number one |
Weeks at number one |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Bonamassa | 19 | 11 | 46 | Black Rock | Provogue | 28 March 2010 | 1 | [4] |
Dust Bowl | 27 March 2011 | 1 | [5] | |||||
Don't Explain (with Beth Hart) | 2 October 2011 | 1 | [6] | |||||
Driving Towards the Daylight † | 27 May 2012 | 12 | [7] | |||||
Beacon Theatre: Live from New York | 30 September 2012 | 1 | [8] | |||||
An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House | 31 March 2013 | 1 | [9] | |||||
Live in Amsterdam (with Beth Hart) | 30 March 2014 | 1 | [10] | |||||
Different Shades of Blue † | 28 September 2014 | 1 | [11] | |||||
Blues of Desperation † | 1 April 2016 | 4 | [12] | |||||
Live at the Greek Theatre | 30 September 2016 | 1 | [13] | |||||
Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening | 30 June 2017 | 3 | [14] | |||||
Black Coffee (with Beth Hart) † | 2 February 2018 | 6 | [15] | |||||
British Blues Explosion Live | 25 May 2018 | 1 | [16] | |||||
Redemption † | 28 September 2018 | 4 | [17] | |||||
A New Day Now | 14 August 2020 | 2 | [18] | |||||
Now Serving: Royal Tea Live from the Ryman | 18 June 2021 | 1 | [19] | |||||
Time Clocks | 5 November 2021 | 1 | [20] | |||||
Tales of Time | 21 April 2023 | 2 | [21] | |||||
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 | 13 October 2023 | 2 | [22] | |||||
Seasick Steve | 11 | 9 | 67 | I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left † | Warner Bros. | 5 October 2008 | 27 | [23] |
Man from Another Time † | Atlantic | 25 October 2009 | 7 | [24] | ||||
Songs for Elisabeth | 14 February 2010 | 4 | [25] | |||||
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks † | PIAS | 5 June 2011 | 2 | [26] | ||||
Hubcap Music | Fiction | 5 May 2013 | 1 | [27] | ||||
Walkin' Man: The Best of Seasick Steve | Rhino | 3 November 2013 | 13 | [28] | ||||
Sonic Soul Surfer † | Caroline | 29 March 2015 | 4 | [29] | ||||
Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground † | 14 October 2016 | 4 | [30] | |||||
Can U Cook? | BMG | 5 October 2018 | 2 | [31] | ||||
Love & Peace | Contagious | 31 July 2020 | 2 | [32] | ||||
Only on Vinyl | Dead Skunk | 30 September 2022 | 1 | [33] | ||||
Diana Krall | 9 | 9 | 32 | When I Look in Your Eyes | Verve | 6 June 1999 | 3 | [34] |
The Look of Love | 23 September 2001 | 18 | [35] | |||||
The Girl in the Other Room † | 18 April 2004 | 1 | [36] | |||||
From This Moment On | 15 October 2006 | 2 | [37] | |||||
Quiet Nights | 7 June 2009 | 2 | [38] | |||||
Glad Rag Doll | 21 October 2012 | 1 | [39] | |||||
Turn Up the Quiet | 12 May 2017 | 3 | [40] | |||||
Love Is Here to Stay (with Tony Bennett) | Columbia/Verve | 21 September 2018 | 1 | [41] | ||||
This Dream of You | UCJ | 2 October 2020 | 1 | [42] | ||||
Gary Moore | 8 | 3 | 14 | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 | Virgin | 20 November 1994 | 5 | [43] |
Blues for Greeny | 20 November 1994 | 3 | [44] | |||||
Blues Alive † | 2 June 1996 | 1 | [45] | |||||
Still Got the Blues | 9 June 1996 | 1 | [46] | |||||
The Best of the Blues | 10 February 2002 | 1 | [47] | |||||
Legacy | MCD | 14 October 2012 | 1 | [48] | ||||
Live from London | Provogue | 21 February 2020 | 1 | [49] | ||||
How Blue Can You Get | 7 May 2021 | 1 | [50] | |||||
Norah Jones | 7 | 7 | 116 | Come Away with Me † | Parlophone | 10 March 2002 | 75 | [51] |
Feels Like Home † | Blue Note | 15 February 2004 | 25 | [52] | ||||
Not Too Late † | 4 February 2007 | 7 | [53] | |||||
The Fall | 22 November 2009 | 3 | [54] | |||||
Day Breaks † | Capitol | 11 November 2016 | 3 | [55] | ||||
Pick Me Up Off the Floor | EMI | 19 June 2020 | 2 | [56] | ||||
Visions | 15 March 2024 | 1 | [57] | |||||
Walter Trout | 7 | 7 | 9 | Blues for the Modern Daze | Provogue | 29 April 2012 | 1 | [58] |
Battle Scars | 30 October 2015 | 1 | [59] | |||||
We're All in This Together | 8 September 2017 | 2 | [60] | |||||
Survivor Blues | 1 February 2019 | 2 | [61] | |||||
Ordinary Madness | 4 September 2020 | 1 | [62] | |||||
Ride | 26 August 2022 | 1 | [63] | |||||
Broken | 8 March 2024 | 1 | [64] | |||||
Rory Gallagher | 6 | 1 | 22 | Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher | Capo | 19 June 2005 | 4 | [65] |
Irish Tour '74 | UMC | 23 March 2018 | 1 | [66] | ||||
Blues | 7 June 2019 | 12 | [67] | |||||
Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77 | 13 March 2020 | 3 | [68] | |||||
Rory Gallagher | 10 September 2021 | 1 | [69] | |||||
All Around Man: Live in London | 14 July 2023 | 1 | [70] | |||||
Joanne Shaw Taylor | 6 | 5 | 8 | Almost Always Never | Ruf | 23 September 2012 | 1 | [71] |
Wild | Axehouse | 7 October 2016 | 1 | [72] | ||||
Reckless Heart | Silvertone | 22 March 2019 | 3 | [73] | ||||
The Blues Album | KTBA | 1 October 2021 | 1 | [74] | ||||
Blues from the Heart Live | 17 June 2022 | 1 | [75] | |||||
Nobody's Fool | 18 November 2022 | 1 | [76] |