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. [1] In 2014, 52 charts were published with nine albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was The Shocking Miss Emerald by Caro Emerald, which spent the first three weeks of the year atop the chart at the end of an 11-week run. [2] The last number-one album of the year was Gregory Porter's third album Liquid Spirit, which spent the last three weeks of the year at the top spot. [3]
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2014 was Liquid Spirit, which spent a total of 29 weeks at number one over six separate spells, the longest of which was 19 weeks. [3] Cheek to Cheek, a collaborative album between Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, spent eight weeks atop the chart, [4] while The Shocking Miss Emerald was number one for a total of seven weeks in 2014. [2] The only two other albums to spent more than a single week at number one were the original soundtrack to the film The Commitments and Interlude, the seventh studio album by Jamie Cullum. Liquid Spirit finished 2014 as the 60th best-selling album of the year in the UK. [5]
† | Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2014 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) | Ref. |
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5 January | The Shocking Miss Emerald | Caro Emerald | Dramatico/ Grandmono | [6] |
12 January | [7] | |||
19 January | [8] | |||
26 January | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [9] |
2 February | The Royal Sessions | Paul Rodgers | Savoy | [10] |
9 February | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [11] |
16 February | Walkin' Man: The Best of Seasick Steve | Seasick Steve | Rhino | [12] |
23 February | The Commitments | original soundtrack | MCA | [13] |
2 March | [14] | |||
9 March | The Shocking Miss Emerald | Caro Emerald | Dramatico/Grandmono | [15] |
16 March | [16] | |||
23 March | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [17] |
30 March | Live in Amsterdam | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [18] |
6 April | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [19] |
13 April | [20] | |||
20 April | [21] | |||
27 April | [22] | |||
4 May | The Shocking Miss Emerald | Caro Emerald | Dramatico/Grandmono | [23] |
11 May | [24] | |||
18 May | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [25] |
25 May | [26] | |||
1 June | [27] | |||
8 June | [28] | |||
15 June | [29] | |||
22 June | [30] | |||
29 June | [31] | |||
6 July | [32] | |||
13 July | [33] | |||
20 July | [34] | |||
27 July | [35] | |||
3 August | [36] | |||
10 August | [37] | |||
17 August | [38] | |||
24 August | [39] | |||
31 August | [40] | |||
7 September | [41] | |||
14 September | [42] | |||
21 September | [43] | |||
28 September | Different Shades of Blue | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue | [44] |
5 October | Cheek to Cheek | Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga | Interscope | [45] |
12 October | Interlude | Jamie Cullum | Island | [46] |
19 October | [47] | |||
26 October | Cheek to Cheek | Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga | Interscope | [48] |
2 November | [49] | |||
9 November | [50] | |||
16 November | [51] | |||
23 November | [52] | |||
30 November | [53] | |||
7 December | [54] | |||
14 December | Liquid Spirit † | Gregory Porter | Blue Note | [55] |
21 December | [56] | |||
28 December | [57] |