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 1999, 52 charts were published with 14 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was the 1959 album Kind of Blue by American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis, which spent the first six weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one album of the year was The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need, a compilation of songs by various artists released by RCA Victor, which spent the last three weeks of the year atop the chart.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1999 was Kind of Blue, which spent a total of 19 weeks at number one across six different spells, the longest of which was six weeks across January and February. Global Television's Salsa Fever! compilation was number one for eight consecutive weeks in the summer, while Eric Clapton's compilation Blues was the second most successful single-artist album of the year, with four weeks at number one. Four more albums spent three weeks each at number one in 1999: His Definitive Greatest Hits by B. B. King, When I Look in Your Eyes by Diana Krall, and the compilations The Very Best of Latin Jazz 2 and The Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Need.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.3 JanuaryKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia10 January17 January24 January31 January7 February14 FebruaryTalkin' Verve: Soundwaves Series Sampler 1various artistsVerve21 February28 FebruaryBlues Blues BluesJimmy RogersAtlantic7 MarchKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia14 MarchThe Very Best of Latin Jazzvarious artistsGlobal Television21 MarchKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia28 MarchTraveling MilesCassandra WilsonBlue Note4 AprilKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia11 April18 April25 AprilHis Definitive Greatest HitsB. B. KingUMTV2 May9 May16 MayThe Very Best of Latin Jazz 2various artistsGlobal Television23 May30 May6 JuneWhen I Look in Your EyesDiana KrallVerve13 JuneThe Very Best of Jazz Funkvarious artistsGlobal Television20 JuneBluesEric ClaptonPolydor27 June4 July11 JulyMundo Latinovarious artistsColumbia18 JulyBluesEric ClaptonPolydor25 JulySalsa Fever!various artistsGlobal Television1 August8 August15 August22 August29 August5 September12 September19 SeptemberKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia26 September3 OctoberThe Very Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidayVerve10 October17 OctoberKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia24 October31 October7 November14 November21 November28 NovemberThe Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Needvarious artistsRCA Victor5 December12 DecemberWhen I Look in Your EyesDiana KrallVerve19 December26 DecemberThe Only Jazz Album You'll Ever Needvarious artistsRCA Victor

See also 1999 in British music

References

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