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 2023, 52 charts were published with 27 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Ezra Collective's second studio album Where I'm Meant to Be , which topped the first three charts of 2023. [2] The last number-one album of the year was Christmas Wish, the seventh studio album by Gregory Porter, which spent the last eight weeks of 2023 atop the chart. [3]
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The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2023 was Christmas Wish, which spent the longest spell of the year atop the chart. [3] Where I'm Meant to Be was the second most successful album of the year, spending a total of seven weeks at number one over three separate spells. [2] Lady Blackbird's debut album Black Acid Soul was number one for a total of four weeks, [4] while Joe Bonamassa also spent four weeks at number one with two releases for two weeks each: live album Tales of Time followed by studio album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 . [5] [6] Miles Davis spent three weeks atop the chart with returning number one Kind of Blue . [7]
