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 2020, 52 charts were published with 33 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, the second album by actor Jeff Goldblum and his jazz band, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. The last number-one album of the year was The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac featuring songs from their tenure with guitarist Peter Green.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2020 was Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88, a greatest hits album by Peter Green, which topped the chart for six weeks in the second half of the year following Green's death in July 2020. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis was the second most successful, returning to the top of the chart for a total of five weeks throughout the year. Rory Gallagher also spent five weeks at number one during 2020 – three weeks with the live album Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77, two with the compilation Blues. Seven more albums topped the charts for two weeks each during the year.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 JanuaryI Shouldn't Be Telling You ThisJeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer OrchestraDecca10 JanuaryBluesRory GallagherUMC17 JanuaryKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia24 JanuaryBluesRory GallagherUMC31 JanuarySuite for Max BrownJeff ParkerInternational Anthem7 FebruaryWar in My MindBeth HartProvogue14 FebruaryWe're New Again: A Re-ImaginingGil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCravenXL21 FebruaryLive from LondonGary MooreProvogue28 FebruaryFrom This PlacePat MethenyNonesuch6 MarchThat's What I HeardRobert CrayNozzle13 MarchCheck Shirt Wizard: Live in '77Rory GallagherUMC20 March27 MarchRejoiceTony Allen, Hugh MasekelaWorld Circuit3 AprilThe Women Who Raised MeKandace SpringsUCJ10 AprilCheck Shirt Wizard: Live in '77Rory GallagherUMC17 AprilKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia24 AprilRejoiceTony Allen, Hugh MasekelaWorld Circuit1 MayGood Souls Better AngelsLucinda WilliamsHighway 208 May15 MayThe Very Best of Glenn MillerGlenn MillerSony22 MayTo the EarthDinosaurEdition29 MayFrankAmy WinehouseIsland5 JuneKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia12 JuneBlues with FriendsDionKTBA19 JunePick Me Up Off the FloorNorah JonesEMI26 June3 JulyRiding with the KingB. B. King, Eric ClaptonReprise10 JulyBlues with FriendsDionKTBA17 JulyRoundAgainJoshua Redman QuartetNonesuch24 JulyJust Coolin''' |Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers |Blue Note
!scope="row"|31 July |rowspan="2"|Love & Peace|rowspan="2"|Seasick Steve |rowspan="2"|Contagious
!scope="row"|7 August
!scope="row"|14 August |rowspan="2"|A New Day Now|rowspan="2"|Joe Bonamassa |rowspan="2"|Provogue
!scope="row"|21 August
!scope="row"|28 August |Source|Nubya Garcia |Concord
!scope="row"|4 September |Ordinary Madness|Walter Trout |Provogue
!scope="row"|11 September |rowspan="2"|Sings Totally Blond|rowspan="2"|Michael Bublé |rowspan="2"|Metro
!scope="row"|18 September
!scope="row"|25 September |Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88|Peter Green |Sanctuary
!scope="row"|2 October |This Dream of You|Diana Krall |UCJ
!scope="row"|9 October |rowspan="3"|Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88|rowspan="3"|Peter Green |rowspan="3"|Sanctuary
!scope="row"|16 October
!scope="row"|23 October
!scope="row"|30 October |Blue Note Re:Imagined|various artists |Decca
!scope="row"|6 November |rowspan="2"|Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88|rowspan="2"|Peter Green |rowspan="2"|Sanctuary
!scope="row"|13 November
!scope="row"|20 November |1995|Kruder & Dorfmeister |G-Stone
!scope="row"|27 November |Salute to the Sun|Matthew Halsall |Gondwana
!scope="row"|4 December |Straight to You: Live|Kenny Wayne Shepherd |Provogue
!scope="row"|11 December |rowspan="2"|Kind of Blue|rowspan="2"|Miles Davis |rowspan="3"|Columbia
!scope="row"|18 December
!scope="row"|25 December |The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac''Fleetwood Mac
See also 2020 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company