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 1997, 52 charts were published with ten albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Kenny G's tenth studio album The Moment, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart, at the end of a 12-week run starting the previous October. Kenny G also had the last number-one album of the year, spending four weeks atop the chart with Greatest Hits.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1997 was Baduizm, the debut album by Erykah Badu, which spent a total of 29 weeks at number one. The PolyGram various artists compilation The No. 1 Jazz Album spent seven weeks at number one between 14 September and 1 November, while Kenny G spent a total of six non-consecutive weeks atop the chart with The Moment (two weeks) and Greatest Hits (four weeks). Releases from the Pat Metheny Group, Nuyorican Soul, Billie Holiday and B. B. King were each number one for two weeks. Baduizm finished 1997 as the 94th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 1997 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryThe MomentKenny GArista12 January19 JanuaryQuartetPat Metheny GroupGeffen26 January2 FebruaryThe Blues Albumvarious artistsVirgin9 FebruaryFeeling Good: The Very Best of Nina SimoneNina SimoneVerve/PolyGram16 FebruaryBaduizm Erykah BaduMCA23 FebruaryNuyorican SoulNuyorican SoulTalkin' Loud2 March9 MarchBaduizm Erykah BaduMCA16 March23 March30 March6 April13 April20 April27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 June8 June15 June22 June29 June6 July13 July20 July27 July3 August10 August17 August24 August31 AugustLady Day: The Very Best of Billie HolidayBillie HolidaySony/Universal7 September14 SeptemberThe No. 1 Jazz Albumvarious artistsPolyGram21 September28 September5 October12 October19 October26 October2 NovemberBaduizm Erykah BaduMCA9 NovemberDeuces WildB. B. KingUniversal16 November23 NovemberBaduizm Erykah BaduMCA30 November7 DecemberGreatest HitsKenny GArista14 December21 December28 December

See also 1997 in British music

References

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