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 1998, 52 charts were published with 13 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Kenny G's second greatest hits album Greatest Hits, which topped the first two charts of January. The last number-one album of the year was the Global Television various artists compilation The Very Best of Jazz After Dark, which was number one for four weeks.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1998 was Blue for You: The Very Best of Nina Simone by Nina Simone, which spent a total of 15 weeks at number one across two spells. Blues on the Bayou by B. B. King was the second most successful single-artist album, spending three weeks at number one. Many of the rest of the published charts during 1998 were topped by various artists compilations, including The Very Best of Latin Jazz (12 weeks), The Very Best of Jazz After Dark (five weeks), and The Very Best of Jazz Moods (four weeks). Blue for You: The Very Best of Nina Simone finished 1998 as the 148th best-selling album of the year in the UK.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 1998 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.4 JanuaryGreatest HitsKenny GArista11 January18 JanuaryBaduizmErykah BaduMCA25 January1 FebruaryBlue for You: The Very Best of Nina Simone Nina SimoneGlobal Television8 February15 February22 February1 March8 March15 March22 March29 March5 April12 AprilFundamentalBonnie RaittCapitol19 AprilBlue for You: The Very Best of Nina Simone Nina SimoneGlobal Television26 April3 May10 May17 May24 MayThe Robert Johnson SongbookPeter Green, Nigel WatsonArtisan31 MayThe Very Best of Latin Jazzvarious artistsGlobal Television7 June14 June21 June28 June5 July12 July19 July26 July2 August9 August16 August23 AugustThe Ultimate CollectionJanis JoplinColumbia30 August6 SeptemberThe Very Best of Jazz Moodsvarious artistsTelstar13 September20 September27 September4 OctoberKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia11 October18 OctoberRitesJan GarbarekECM25 OctoberBlues on the BayouB. B. KingMCA1 November8 November15 NovemberSwing! The Ultimate Big Band Albumvarious artistsRCA Victor22 November29 NovemberThe Very Best of Jazz After Darkvarious artistsGlobal Television6 December13 December20 December27 December
See also 1998 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company