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 2007, 52 charts were published with seven albums at number one. Frank , the debut album by Amy Winehouse, was the first number-one album of the year, having reached the top spot for the first time in the last week of 2006. [2] Michael Bublé's fifth album Call Me Irresponsible was the last number-one album of the year, spending the last two months of the year atop the chart. [3]
Frank and Call Me Irresponsible were the most successful albums on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2007 – they each spent 18 weeks at number one, with the former's longest run of 12 weeks and the latter spending two spells of eight weeks each. [2] [3] Norah Jones spent seven weeks atop the chart in 2007 with her third release, Not Too Late . [4] Madeline Peyroux also spent another three weeks atop the chart with her fourth studio album, Half the Perfect World , [5] which was matched by the various artists compilation The Very Best of Latin Jazz. [6] Call Me Irresponsible finished 2007 as the 18th and 66th best-selling albums of the year in the UK. [7]
† | Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2007 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 January | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island | [8] |
14 January | Half the Perfect World | Madeleine Peyroux | Rounder | [9] |
21 January | [10] | |||
28 January | [11] | |||
4 February | Not Too Late | Norah Jones | Blue Note | [12] |
11 February | [13] | |||
18 February | [14] | |||
25 February | [15] | |||
4 March | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island | [16] |
11 March | Not Too Late | Norah Jones | Blue Note | [17] |
18 March | [18] | |||
25 March | [19] | |||
1 April | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island | [20] |
8 April | [21] | |||
15 April | [22] | |||
22 April | [23] | |||
29 April | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | UCJ | [24] |
6 May | Call Me Irresponsible † | Michael Bublé | Reprise | [25] |
13 May | [26] | |||
20 May | [27] | |||
27 May | [28] | |||
3 June | [29] | |||
10 June | [30] | |||
17 June | [31] | |||
24 June | [32] | |||
1 July | The Very Best of Latin Jazz | various artists | Global Television | [33] |
8 July | [34] | |||
15 July | [35] | |||
22 July | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island | [36] |
29 July | [37] | |||
5 August | [38] | |||
12 August | [39] | |||
19 August | [40] | |||
26 August | [41] | |||
2 September | [42] | |||
9 September | [43] | |||
16 September | [44] | |||
23 September | [45] | |||
30 September | [46] | |||
7 October | [47] | |||
14 October | Call Me Irresponsible† | Michael Bublé | Reprise | [48] |
21 October | Classic Songs, My Way | Paul Anka | UMTV | [49] |
28 October | [50] | |||
4 November | Call Me Irresponsible† | Michael Bublé | Reprise | [51] |
11 November | [52] | |||
18 November | [53] | |||
25 November | [54] | |||
2 December | [55] | |||
9 December | [56] | |||
16 December | [57] | |||
23 December | [58] | |||
30 December | [59] |
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in Burnaby, British Columbia, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. Bublé has sold over 75 million records worldwide, and won numerous awards, including five Grammy Awards and fifteen Juno Awards.
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstream success in 2004 when her album Careless Love sold half a million copies.
Frank is the debut studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse. It was released on 20 October 2003 by Island Records. Production for the album took place during 2002 to 2003 and was handled by Winehouse, Salaam Remi, Commissioner Gordon, Jimmy Hogarth and Matt Rowe. Its title alludes to the nature and tone of Winehouse's lyrics on the album, as well as one of her influences, Frank Sinatra.
Half the Perfect World is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on September 12, 2006. It peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and had sold 218,000 copies in the United States by December 2008.
Back to Black is the second and final studio album by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse, released on 27 October 2006 by Island Records. Winehouse predominantly based the album on her tumultuous relationship with then-ex-boyfriend and future husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who temporarily left her to pursue his previous ex-girlfriend. Their short-lived separation spurred her to create an album that explores themes of guilt, grief, infidelity, heartbreak and trauma in a relationship.
Call Me Irresponsible is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer Michael Bublé. Released on May 1, 2007 via 143 and Reprise Records, it was produced by David Foster, Humberto Gatica, and Bob Rock. The album features renditions of classic traditional pop songs, including the title track "Call Me Irresponsible", "'Always on My Mind", and "Comin' Home Baby" featuring Boyz II Men. Two original tracks were written for the album, "Everything" and "Lost", both of which were co-written by Bublé.