List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2012

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Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor spent a total of 13 weeks at number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2012 over four separate spells. Caro Emerald - Leverkusener Jazztage 2017-8074 (cropped).jpg
Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor spent a total of 13 weeks at number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2012 over four separate spells.

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 2012, 53 charts were published with 17 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor , which continued its run atop the chart from the previous year for the first five weeks of 2012. [2] The last number-one album of the year was The Golden Age of Song by Jools Holland, which spent two weeks in December in the top spot. [3]

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The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2012 was Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, which spent a total of 13 weeks at number one over four separate spells, the longest of which was six weeks. [2] Joe Bonamassa's tenth studio album Driving Towards the Daylight spent 12 weeks at number one, including the year's longest run of 11 weeks atop the chart. [4] Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond by Michael Bublé spent eight weeks at number one from October onwards, [5] while At Last: The Best of Etta James was number one for four consecutive weeks. [6] Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond finished 2012 as the 60th best-selling album of the year in the UK. [7]

Chart history

Joe Bonamassa spent 12 weeks at number one in 2012 with his tenth studio album, Driving Towards the Daylight. Joe Bonamassa - 2013 World Tour - Meistersingerhalle Nuernberg - 11-03-2013 (-31534407).jpg
Joe Bonamassa spent 12 weeks at number one in 2012 with his tenth studio album, Driving Towards the Daylight .
Michael Buble spent eight weeks at number one with Michael Buble Sings Totally Blond, which finished the year as the best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012. Michael Buble.jpg
Michael Bublé spent eight weeks at number one with Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond , which finished the year as the best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012.
Following her death the previous month, Etta James spent four weeks at number one in February 2012 with At Last: The Best of Etta James. Etta James.jpg
Following her death the previous month, Etta James spent four weeks at number one in February 2012 with At Last: The Best of Etta James.
Key
Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
1 January Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro Emerald Dramatico [8]
8 January [9]
15 January [10]
22 January [11]
29 January [12]
5 FebruaryThe Best of Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Decca [13]
12 FebruaryAt Last: The Best of Etta James Etta James [14]
19 February [15]
26 February [16]
4 March [17]
11 March The Very Best of Nina Simone Nina Simone RCA/UCJ [18]
18 MarchDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room FloorCaro EmeraldDramatico [19]
25 March [20]
1 April [21]
8 April [22]
15 April [23]
22 April [24]
29 AprilBlues for the Modern Daze Walter Trout Provogue [25]
6 MayDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room FloorCaro EmeraldDramatico [26]
13 May The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Columbia [27]
20 MayDeleted Scenes from the Cutting Room FloorCaro EmeraldDramatico [28]
27 May Driving Towards the Daylight Joe Bonamassa Provogue [29]
3 June The Absence Melody Gardot Decca [30]
10 JuneDriving Towards the DaylightJoe BonamassaProvogue [31]
17 June [32]
24 June [33]
1 July [34]
8 July [35]
15 July [36]
22 July [37]
29 July [38]
5 August [39]
12 August [40]
19 August [41]
26 AugustThe Best of Etta JamesEtta JamesSpectrum [42]
2 September Nothin but Love Robert Cray Provogue [43]
9 SeptemberGreatest HitsJanis JoplinColumbia [44]
16 SeptemberThe Best of Etta JamesEtta JamesSpectrum [45]
23 September Almost Always Never Joanne Shaw Taylor Ruf [46]
30 September Beacon Theatre: Live from New York Joe BonamassaProvogue [47]
7 OctoberNothin but LoveRobert CrayProvogue [48]
14 OctoberLegacy Gary Moore Music Club Deluxe [49]
21 October Glad Rag Doll Diana Krall Verve [50]
28 October Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond Michael Bublé Metro [51]
4 November [52]
11 November [53]
18 November [54]
25 November [55]
2 December [56]
9 DecemberThe Golden Age of Song Jools Holland Rhino [57]
16 DecemberMichael Bublé Sings Totally BlondMichael BubléMetro [58]
23 December [59]
30 DecemberThe Golden Age of SongJools HollandRhino [60]

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