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 2016, 53 charts were published with 14 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was the self-titled debut album by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one album of the year was Blue & Lonesome by The Rolling Stones, which spent the last four weeks of the year atop the chart.

The most successful albums on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2016 were Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Gregory Porter's fourth album Take Me to the Alley, both of which spent ten weeks at the top spot. Porter spent a further six weeks at number one with Liquid Spirit. The various artists compilation The Jazz Album was number one for five weeks, while three albums – Blues of Desperation by Joe Bonamassa, Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground by Seasick Steve, and Blue & Lonesome – each had four weeks atop the chart. Blue & Lonesome finished 2016 as the 17th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2016 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 JanuaryNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord8 January15 JanuaryFrankAmy WinehouseIsland22 January29 JanuaryNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord5 February12 FebruaryMan Made ObjectGoGo PenguinBlue Note19 FebruaryNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord26 February4 March11 March18 March25 March1 AprilBlues of DesperationJoe BonamassaProvogue8 April15 April22 April29 AprilLiquid SpiritGregory PorterBlue Note6 May13 MayTake Me to the Alley20 May27 MayI Still DoEric ClaptonPolydor3 JuneTake Me to the AlleyGregory PorterBlue Note10 June17 JuneThe Jazz Albumvarious artistsDecca24 June1 July8 July15 July22 JulyTake Me to the AlleyGregory PorterBlue Note29 July5 August12 August19 AugustLiquid Spirit26 August2 September9 September16 SeptemberTake Me to the Alley23 SeptemberSecular HymnsMadeleine PeyrouxImpulse!30 SeptemberLive at the Greek TheatreJoe BonamassaProvogue7 OctoberWildJoanne Shaw TaylorAxehouse14 OctoberKeepin' the Horse Between Me and the GroundSeasick SteveCaroline21 October28 October4 November11 NovemberDay BreaksNorah JonesCapitol18 November25 NovemberTake Me to the AlleyGregory PorterBlue Note2 DecemberDay BreaksNorah JonesCapitol9 DecemberBlue & Lonesome The Rolling StonesPolydor16 December23 December30 December

See also 2016 in British music

References

External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company