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 2014, 52 charts were published with nine albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was The Shocking Miss Emerald by Caro Emerald, which spent the first three weeks of the year atop the chart at the end of an 11-week run. The last number-one album of the year was Gregory Porter's third album Liquid Spirit, which spent the last three weeks of the year at the top spot.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2014 was Liquid Spirit, which spent a total of 29 weeks at number one over six separate spells, the longest of which was 19 weeks. Cheek to Cheek, a collaborative album between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, spent eight weeks atop the chart, while The Shocking Miss Emerald was number one for a total of seven weeks in 2014. The only two other albums to spend more than a single week at number one were the original soundtrack to the film The Commitments and Interlude, the seventh studio album by Jamie Cullum. Liquid Spirit finished 2014 as the 60th best-selling album of the year in the UK.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2014 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryThe Shocking Miss EmeraldCaro EmeraldDramatico/Grandmono12 January19 January26 JanuaryLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note2 FebruaryThe Royal SessionsPaul RodgersSavoy9 FebruaryLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note16 FebruaryWalkin' Man: The Best of Seasick SteveSeasick SteveRhino23 FebruaryThe Commitmentsoriginal soundtrackMCA2 March9 MarchThe Shocking Miss EmeraldCaro EmeraldDramatico/Grandmono16 March23 MarchLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note30 MarchLive in AmsterdamBeth Hart, Joe BonamassaProvogue6 AprilLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note13 April20 April27 April4 MayThe Shocking Miss EmeraldCaro EmeraldDramatico/Grandmono11 May18 MayLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note25 May1 June8 June15 June22 June29 June6 July13 July20 July27 July3 August10 August17 August24 August31 August7 September14 September21 September28 SeptemberDifferent Shades of BlueJoe BonamassaProvogue5 OctoberCheek to CheekTony Bennett, Lady GagaInterscope12 OctoberInterludeJamie CullumIsland19 October26 OctoberCheek to CheekTony Bennett, Lady GagaInterscope2 November9 November16 November23 November30 November7 December14 DecemberLiquid Spirit Gregory PorterBlue Note21 December28 December
See also 2014 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company