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. In 2021, 53 charts were published with 30 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one album of the year was Still Rising: The Collection, the first greatest hits album by Gregory Porter, for the last eight weeks of 2021.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2021 was Porter's Still Rising: The Collection, which spent eight straight weeks atop the chart. The second most successful albums were The Ultimate Collection, a greatest hits album by Ella Fitzgerald, and Delta Kream, the tenth studio album by The Black Keys, both of which spent five weeks at number one over multiple spells. Emma-Jean Thackray spent four weeks atop the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with her first full-length studio album Yellow, while Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga spent three weeks at number one with their second collaborative release, Love for Sale.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 JanuaryThe Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood MacFleetwood MacColumbia8 January15 JanuaryBlue Note Re:Imaginedvarious artistsDecca22 JanuarySpeak No EvilWayne ShorterBlue Note29 JanuaryTime OuttakesDave Brubeck QuartetWienerworld5 FebruaryTouristSt GermainBlue Note12 FebruaryKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia19 FebruarySomethin' ElseCannonball AdderleyBlue Note26 FebruaryBlue Note Re:Imaginedvarious artistsDecca5 MarchDark MatterMoses BoydExodus12 MarchThe Ultimate CollectionElla FitzgeraldUCJ19 March26 March2 AprilAspectsSTR4TABrownswood9 AprilThe Ultimate CollectionElla FitzgeraldUCJ16 AprilMoanin'Art Blakey, The Jazz MessengersBlue Note23 AprilThe Ultimate CollectionElla FitzgeraldUCJ30 AprilBring BacksAlfa MistAnti-7 MayHow Blue Can You GetGary MooreProvogue14 MayLatest Record Project, Volume 1Van MorrisonBMG21 MayDelta KreamThe Black KeysNonesuch28 May4 June11 June18 JuneNow Serving: Royal Tea Live from the RymanJoe BonamassaProvogue25 JuneDelta KreamThe Black KeysNonesuch2 JulyThe Montreux YearsNina SimoneBMG9 JulyAquariusToby LeeLee16 July23 JulyChampions: Rare Miles from the Complete Jack Johnson SessionsMiles DavisSony30 JulyYellowEmma-Jean ThackrayWarp6 August13 August20 August27 AugustSourceNubya GarciaConcord3 SeptemberPureRobben Fordear10 SeptemberRory GallagherRory GallagherUMC17 SeptemberSide-Eye NYC (V1.IV)Pat MethenyBMG24 SeptemberMr. Luck: A Tribute to Jimmy Reed – Live at the Royal Albert HallRonnie Wood1 OctoberThe Blues AlbumJoanne Shaw TaylorKTBA8 OctoberLove for SaleTony Bennett, Lady GagaInterscope15 October22 October29 OctoberA Love Supreme: Live in SeattleJohn ColtraneImpulse!5 NovemberTime ClocksJoe BonamassaProvogue12 NovemberStill Rising: The CollectionGregory PorterDecca19 November26 November3 December10 December17 December24 December31 December
See also 2021 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company