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 2015, 52 charts were published with six albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Gregory Porter's third album Liquid Spirit, which spent most of the first three months of the year atop the chart, completing a run of 15 consecutive weeks starting in December 2014. Liquid Spirit was also the last number-one album of the year, returning to the top spot for the final week of 2015.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2015 was Liquid Spirit, which spent a total of 22 weeks at number one over seven separate spells, the longest of which was the first 12 weeks of the year. Seasick Steve's compilation Walkin' Man: The Best of Seasick Steve spent 11 weeks atop the chart, while the musician spent a further four weeks at number one with his seventh studio album, Sonic Soul Surfer. The self-titled debut album by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats was number one for nine weeks, while The Very Best of Glenn Miller was number one for four weeks. Liquid Spirit finished 2015 as the 37th best-selling album of the year in the UK.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2015 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 JanuaryLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note11 January18 January25 January1 February8 February15 February22 February1 March8 March15 March22 March29 MarchSonic Soul SurferSeasick SteveCaroline5 April12 April19 April26 AprilWalkin' Man: The Best of Seasick SteveRhino3 May10 May17 MayLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note24 MayWalkin' Man: The Best of Seasick SteveSeasick SteveRhino31 MayLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note7 June14 JuneThe Very Best of Glenn MillerGlenn MillerSony21 June28 June5 July10 July17 JulyLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note24 JulyWalkin' Man: The Best of Seasick SteveSeasick SteveRhino31 July7 August14 August21 August28 August4 September11 SeptemberLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note18 September25 September2 OctoberNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord9 October16 October23 October30 OctoberBattle ScarsWalter TroutProvogue6 NovemberNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord13 November20 November27 NovemberLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note4 December11 DecemberNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsNathaniel Rateliff & the Night SweatsConcord18 December25 DecemberLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note
See also 2015 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company