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 2018, 52 charts were published with 27 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Parking Lot Symphony by Trombone Shorty. The last number-one album of the year was The Prophet Speaks, the 40th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, which topped the last three charts of December.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2018 was Black Coffee by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, which spent six weeks at number one. Bonamassa also spent four weeks atop the chart with Redemption and another with British Blues Explosion Live. Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco spent four weeks atop the chart together with You're Driving Me Crazy (one week) and The Prophet Speaks (three weeks), as did John Coltrane with The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (with Miles Davis – one week) and Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (three weeks).
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryParking Lot SymphonyTrombone ShortyBlue Note12 JanuaryLiquid SpiritGregory Porter19 January26 January2 FebruaryBlack CoffeeBeth Hart, Joe BonamassaProvogue9 February16 FebruaryA Humdrum StarGoGo PenguinBlue Note23 FebruaryBlack CoffeeBeth Hart, Joe BonamassaProvogue2 March9 March16 March23 MarchIrish Tour '74Rory GallagherUMC30 MarchThe Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6Miles Davis, John ColtraneSony6 AprilBlue & LonesomeThe Rolling StonesPolydor13 April20 AprilFront and Center: Live from New YorkBeth HartProvogue27 AprilBlue & LonesomeThe Rolling StonesPolydor4 MayYou're Driving Me CrazyVan Morrison, Joey DeFrancescoLegacy11 MayThe Kings & Queens of Swingvarious artistsUMOD18 MayThe Prodigal SonRy CooderFantasy25 MayBritish Blues Explosion LiveJoe BonamassaProvogue1 JuneThe ReturnKamaal WilliamsWarp8 JuneGot the Bluesvarious artistsUMOD15 JuneNow That's What I Call JazzVirgin/EMI/Sony22 June29 JuneHeaven and EarthKamasi WashingtonYoung Turks6 JulyBoth Directions at Once: The Lost AlbumJohn ColtraneImpulse!13 July20 July27 JulyNow That's What I Call Jazzvarious artistsVirgin/EMI/Sony3 August10 AugustGot the BluesUMOD17 AugustHigh Water IThe Magpie SaluteProvogue24 August31 August7 SeptemberAnthemMadeleine PeyrouxDecca14 SeptemberIndigoKandace SpringsBlue Note21 SeptemberLove Is Here to StayTony Bennett, Diana KrallColumbia/Verve28 SeptemberRedemptionJoe BonamassaProvogue5 OctoberCan U Cook?Seasick SteveBMG12 OctoberRedemptionJoe BonamassaProvogue19 October26 October2 NovemberCan U Cook?Seasick SteveBMG9 NovemberMoore Blues for GaryBob Daisley & Friendsear16 NovemberThe Capitol Studios SessionsJeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer OrchestraDecca23 November30 November7 DecemberBitter-SweetBryan FerryBMG14 DecemberThe Prophet SpeaksVan MorrisonExile21 December28 December
See also 2018 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company