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 2011, 52 charts were published with eight albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Seasons of My Soul, the debut album by Rumer, which spent the first five weeks of the year atop the chart to complete a 13-week run. The last number-one album of the year was Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, which topped the last four charts of the year.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2011 was Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, which spent a total of 20 weeks at number one over four separate spells – two of six weeks and two of four weeks. Seasons of My Soul spent a total of 11 weeks at number one, while the posthumous Eva Cassidy album Simply Eva spent five weeks at number one in the spring. Two debut albums – Frank by Amy Winehouse and Let Them Talk by actor Hugh Laurie – spent five weeks each atop the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor finished 2011 as the 35th best-selling album of the year in the UK.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2011 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 JanuarySeasons of My SoulRumerAtlantic9 January16 January23 January30 January6 FebruarySimply EvaEva CassidyBlix Street13 February20 February27 FebruarySeasons of My SoulRumerAtlantic6 MarchSimply EvaEva CassidyBlix Street13 March20 March27 MarchDust BowlJoe BonamassaProvogue3 AprilSimply EvaEva CassidyBlix Street10 AprilSeasons of My SoulRumerAtlantic17 April24 April1 May8 May15 MayLet Them TalkHugh LaurieWarner22 May29 May5 JuneYou Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksSeasick StevePIAS12 June19 JuneDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro EmeraldDramatico26 June3 July10 July17 July24 July31 JulyFrankAmy WinehouseIsland7 August14 August21 August28 AugustDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro EmeraldDramatico4 September11 September18 September25 SeptemberFrankAmy WinehouseIsland2 OctoberDon't ExplainBeth Hart, Joe BonamassaProvogue9 OctoberDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro EmeraldDramatico16 October23 October30 October6 November13 November20 NovemberLet Them TalkHugh LaurieWarner27 November4 DecemberDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro EmeraldDramatico11 December18 December25 December
See also 2011 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company