List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2004

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Norah Jones spent 26 weeks at number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2004 - 24 with her second album Feels Like Home and two with its predecessor, Come Away with Me. Norahjonesongma (cropped).jpg
Norah Jones spent 26 weeks at number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2004 – 24 with her second album Feels Like Home and two with its predecessor, Come Away with Me .

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 2004, 52 charts were published with ten albums at number one. Jamie Cullum's third studio album Twentysomething was both the first and last number-one album of the year, spending the first week and the last six weeks atop the chart. [2]

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The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2004 was Feels Like Home , the second studio album by Norah Jones, which spent a total of 24 weeks at number one over two spells of nine and 15 weeks. [3] Jones also spent an additional two weeks at number one with her debut album Come Away with Me in October. [4] Jamie Cullum's Twentysomething spent seven weeks at number one, [2] while Katie Melua's debut studio album Call Off the Search and Ray Charles' final studio album Genius Loves Company each held the number-one spot for five weeks in 2004. [5] [6] Call Off the Search finished 2004 as the fifth best-selling album of the year in the UK. [7]

Chart history

Jamie Cullum's third album Twentysomething was number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart for the first week and the last six weeks of 2004. Jamie Cullum (210945).jpg
Jamie Cullum's third album Twentysomething was number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart for the first week and the last six weeks of 2004.
Katie Melua's debut studio album Call Off the Search spent five weeks at number one at the beginning of the year. Katie Melua-1050903.jpg
Katie Melua's debut studio album Call Off the Search spent five weeks at number one at the beginning of the year.
Following his death in June, Ray Charles reached number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with his final studio album Genius Loves Company, which was released posthumously. Ray Charles classic piano pose.jpg
Following his death in June, Ray Charles reached number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with his final studio album Genius Loves Company , which was released posthumously.
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Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2004
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
4 January Twentysomething Jamie Cullum UCJ [8]
11 January Call Off the Search Katie Melua Dramatico [9]
18 January [10]
25 January [11]
1 February [12]
8 February [13]
15 February Feels Like Home Norah Jones Blue Note [14]
22 February [15]
29 February [16]
7 March [17]
14 March [18]
21 March [19]
28 March [20]
4 April [21]
11 April [22]
18 April The Girl in the Other Room Diana Krall Verve [23]
25 AprilFeels Like HomeNorah JonesBlue Note [24]
2 May [25]
9 May [26]
16 May [27]
23 May [28]
30 May [29]
6 June [30]
13 June [31]
20 June [32]
27 June [33]
4 July [34]
11 July [35]
18 July [36]
25 July [37]
1 August [38]
8 AugustSongbird: The Ultimate Collection Kenny G Arista [39]
15 August [40]
22 AugustThe Number One Swing Album 2004various artists Virgin/EMI/UCJ [41]
29 August [42]
5 September Genius Loves Company Ray Charles Liberty [43]
12 September [44]
19 September [45]
26 September [46]
3 October [47]
10 October Come Away with Me Norah Jones Parlophone [48]
17 October [49]
24 OctoberDon't Talk Clare Teal Columbia [50]
31 October [51]
7 November [52]
14 November Michael Bublé Michael Bublé Reprise [53]
21 NovemberTwentysomethingJamie CullumUCJ [54]
28 November [55]
5 December [56]
12 December [57]
19 December [58]
26 December [59]

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