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 2005, 52 charts were published with nine albums at number one. Jamie Cullum's third studio album Twentysomething was the first number-one album of the year, spending the first three weeks atop the chart. Michael Bublé's fourth studio album It's Time was the final number-one album of the year, topping the chart for eight weeks starting in November (it remained number one for the first five weeks of 2006).

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2005 was It's Time, which spent a total of 26 weeks at number one over three spells of 15 weeks, three weeks and eight weeks. Madeleine Peyroux's third studio album Careless Love spent a total of nine consecutive weeks at number one, from 31 July to 8 October 2005. Jamie Cullum also spent nine weeks atop the chart during 2005 – five with Twentysomething and four with follow-up Catching Tales. Rory Gallagher's Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory Gallagher was also number one for four weeks. It's Time finished 2005 as the 42nd best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2005 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 JanuaryTwentysomethingJamie CullumUCJ9 January16 January23 JanuaryGenius Loves CompanyRay CharlesLiberty30 JanuaryRay: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackWSM6 FebruaryIt's Time Michael BubléReprise13 February20 February27 February6 March13 March20 March27 March3 April10 April17 April24 April1 May8 May15 May22 MayCapitol Gold: Blues Legendsvarious artistsEMI/Virgin/UMTV29 MayIt's Time Michael BubléReprise5 June12 June19 JuneBig Guns: The Very Best of Rory GallagherRory GallagherCapo26 June3 July10 July17 JulyTwenty SomethingJamie CullumUCJ24 July31 JulyCareless LoveMadeleine PeyrouxRounder/UCJ7 August14 August21 August28 August4 September11 September18 September25 September2 OctoberCatching TalesJamie CullumUCJ9 OctoberRock SwingsPaul AnkaGlobe16 OctoberCatching TalesJamie CullumUCJ23 October30 October6 NovemberIt's Time Michael BubléReprise13 November20 November27 November4 December11 December18 December25 December

See also 2005 in British music

References

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