List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2020

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Following his death in July 2020, Peter Green spent six weeks atop the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with Man of the World: The Anthology 1968-88. The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac also reached number one at the end of the year. Peter Green (56340782).jpeg
Following his death in July 2020, Peter Green spent six weeks atop the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88. The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac also reached number one at the end of the year.

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 2020, 52 charts were published with 33 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was I Shouldn't Be Telling You This, the second album by actor Jeff Goldblum and his jazz band, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. [2] The last number-one album of the year was The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac featuring songs from their tenure with guitarist Peter Green. [3]

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The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2020 was Man of the World: The Anthology 1968–88, a greatest hits album by Peter Green, which topped the chart for six weeks in the second half of the year following Green's death in July 2020. [4] Kind of Blue by Miles Davis was the second most successful, returning to the top of the chart for a total of five weeks throughout the year. [5] Rory Gallagher also spent five weeks at number one during 2020 – three weeks with the live album Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77, [6] two with the compilation Blues. [7] Seven more albums topped the charts for two weeks each during the year. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Chart history

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis spent five weeks at number one in 2020. Miles Davis by Palumbo cropped.jpg
Kind of Blue by Miles Davis spent five weeks at number one in 2020.
In 2020, Rory Gallagher spent two weeks at number one with Blues and three with Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77. Rory Gallagher 1982.jpg
In 2020, Rory Gallagher spent two weeks at number one with Blues and three with Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '77.
Nubya Garcia topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with Source and was also featured on another number-one album, Blue Note Re:Imagined. Nubya Garcia INNtone 01.jpg
Nubya Garcia topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with Source and was also featured on another number-one album, Blue Note Re:Imagined.
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.
3 JanuaryI Shouldn't Be Telling You This Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra Decca [15]
10 JanuaryBlues Rory Gallagher UMC [16]
17 January Kind of Blue Miles Davis Columbia [17]
24 JanuaryBluesRory GallagherUMC [18]
31 JanuarySuite for Max Brown Jeff Parker International Anthem [19]
7 February War in My Mind Beth Hart Provogue [20]
14 FebruaryWe're New Again: A Re-Imagining Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven XL [21]
21 FebruaryLive from London Gary Moore Provogue [22]
28 February From This Place Pat Metheny Nonesuch [23]
6 March That's What I Heard Robert Cray Nozzle [24]
13 MarchCheck Shirt Wizard: Live in '77Rory GallagherUMC [25]
20 March [26]
27 March Rejoice Tony Allen, Hugh Masekela World Circuit [27]
3 AprilThe Women Who Raised Me Kandace Springs UCJ [28]
10 AprilCheck Shirt Wizard: Live in '77Rory GallagherUMC [29]
17 AprilKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia [30]
24 AprilRejoiceTony Allen, Hugh MasekelaWorld Circuit [31]
1 May Good Souls Better Angels Lucinda Williams Highway 20 [32]
8 May [33]
15 MayThe Very Best of Glenn Miller Glenn Miller Sony [34]
22 MayTo the EarthDinosaur Edition [35]
29 May Frank Amy Winehouse Island [36]
5 JuneKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia [37]
12 JuneBlues with Friends Dion KTBA [38]
19 June Pick Me Up Off the Floor Norah Jones EMI [39]
26 June [40]
3 July Riding with the King B. B. King, Eric Clapton Reprise [41]
10 JulyBlues with FriendsDionKTBA [42]
17 July RoundAgain Joshua Redman Quartet Nonesuch [43]
24 JulyJust Coolin' Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers Blue Note [44]
31 JulyLove & Peace Seasick Steve Contagious [45]
7 August [46]
14 AugustA New Day Now Joe Bonamassa Provogue [47]
21 August [48]
28 August Source Nubya Garcia Concord [49]
4 SeptemberOrdinary Madness Walter Trout Provogue [50]
11 September Sings Totally Blond Michael Bublé Metro [51]
18 September [52]
25 SeptemberMan of the World: The Anthology 1968–88 Peter Green Sanctuary [53]
2 October This Dream of You Diana Krall UCJ [54]
9 OctoberMan of the World: The Anthology 1968–88Peter GreenSanctuary [55]
16 October [56]
23 October [57]
30 OctoberBlue Note Re:Imaginedvarious artistsDecca [58]
6 NovemberMan of the World: The Anthology 1968–88Peter GreenSanctuary [59]
13 November [60]
20 November1995 Kruder & Dorfmeister G-Stone [61]
27 NovemberSalute to the Sun Matthew Halsall Gondwana [62]
4 DecemberStraight to You: Live Kenny Wayne Shepherd Provogue [63]
11 DecemberKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia [64]
18 December [65]
25 December The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac [66]

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