List of artists by number of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones

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American blues musician Joe Bonamassa has topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with 19 different releases (including three albums with Beth Hart) - more than any other artist. Joe Bonamassa - 2013 World Tour - Meistersingerhalle Nuernberg - 11-03-2013 (-31534407).jpg
American blues musician Joe Bonamassa has topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart with 19 different releases (including three albums with Beth Hart) – more than any other artist.

The UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling jazz and blues albums in the United Kingdom. [1] Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads (since 2007) and streams (since 2015), and is currently published every Friday. [2] As of the chart published on 3 May 2024, a total of 339 albums by 168 artists have topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. The most successful artist is American blues musician Joe Bonamassa, who has topped the chart with 16 solo releases and three collaboration albums, spending a total of 46 weeks at number one. [3]

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Seasick Steve has topped the chart with 11 releases, spending a total of 67 weeks at number one. Festival des Vieilles Charrues 2017 - Seasick Steve - 074.jpg
Seasick Steve has topped the chart with 11 releases, spending a total of 67 weeks at number one.
Nine albums by Diana Krall (including one alongside Tony Bennett) have topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart. Diana Krall 08.jpg
Nine albums by Diana Krall (including one alongside Tony Bennett) have topped the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
Gary Moore has spent 14 weeks at number one on the chart across eight studio, live and compilation albums. Gary-Moore-at-Pite-Havsbad.jpg
Gary Moore has spent 14 weeks at number one on the chart across eight studio, live and compilation albums.
Seven albums by Norah Jones have reached number one, including her debut Come Away with Me which spent a record 75 weeks atop the chart. Norahjonesongma (cropped).jpg
Seven albums by Norah Jones have reached number one, including her debut Come Away with Me which spent a record 75 weeks atop the chart.

The following artists have been credited on at least X different number one albums, as recognised by the OCC. Appearances on compilation albums featuring various artists are not included.

Key
Indicates that the album reached the top ten of the UK Albums Chart
ArtistNumber-one
albums
Number-one
studio albums
Total weeks at
number one
AlbumsRecord label(s)First reached
number one
Weeks at
number one
Ref.
Joe Bonamassa 191146 Black Rock Provogue 28 March 20101 [4]
Dust Bowl 27 March 20111 [5]
Don't Explain (with Beth Hart)2 October 20111 [6]
Driving Towards the Daylight 27 May 201212 [7]
Beacon Theatre: Live from New York 30 September 20121 [8]
An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House31 March 20131 [9]
Live in Amsterdam (with Beth Hart)30 March 20141 [10]
Different Shades of Blue 28 September 20141 [11]
Blues of Desperation 1 April 20164 [12]
Live at the Greek Theatre 30 September 20161 [13]
Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening 30 June 20173 [14]
Black Coffee (with Beth Hart)2 February 20186 [15]
British Blues Explosion Live25 May 20181 [16]
Redemption 28 September 20184 [17]
A New Day Now14 August 20202 [18]
Now Serving: Royal Tea Live from the Ryman18 June 20211 [19]
Time Clocks 5 November 20211 [20]
Tales of Time21 April 20232 [21]
Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 13 October 20232 [22]
Seasick Steve 11967 I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left Warner Bros. 5 October 200827 [23]
Man from Another Time Atlantic 25 October 20097 [24]
Songs for Elisabeth14 February 20104 [25]
You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks PIAS 5 June 20112 [26]
Hubcap Music Fiction 5 May 20131 [27]
Walkin' Man: The Best of Seasick Steve Rhino 3 November 201313 [28]
Sonic Soul Surfer Caroline 29 March 20154 [29]
Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground 14 October 20164 [30]
Can U Cook? BMG 5 October 20182 [31]
Love & PeaceContagious31 July 20202 [32]
Only on VinylDead Skunk30 September 20221 [33]
Diana Krall 9932 When I Look in Your Eyes Verve 6 June 19993 [34]
The Look of Love 23 September 200118 [35]
The Girl in the Other Room 18 April 20041 [36]
From This Moment On 15 October 20062 [37]
Quiet Nights 7 June 20092 [38]
Glad Rag Doll 21 October 20121 [39]
Turn Up the Quiet 12 May 20173 [40]
Love Is Here to Stay (with Tony Bennett) Columbia/Verve21 September 20181 [41]
This Dream of You UCJ 2 October 20201 [42]
Gary Moore 8314 Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 Virgin 20 November 19945 [43]
Blues for Greeny 20 November 19943 [44]
Blues Alive 2 June 19961 [45]
Still Got the Blues 9 June 19961 [46]
The Best of the Blues 10 February 20021 [47]
Legacy MCD 14 October 20121 [48]
Live from LondonProvogue21 February 20201 [49]
How Blue Can You Get7 May 20211 [50]
Norah Jones 77116 Come Away with Me Parlophone 10 March 200275 [51]
Feels Like Home Blue Note 15 February 200425 [52]
Not Too Late 4 February 20077 [53]
The Fall 22 November 20093 [54]
Day Breaks Capitol 11 November 20163 [55]
Pick Me Up Off the Floor EMI 19 June 20202 [56]
Visions 15 March 20241 [57]
Walter Trout 779Blues for the Modern DazeProvogue29 April 20121 [58]
Battle Scars30 October 20151 [59]
We're All in This Together8 September 20172 [60]
Survivor Blues1 February 20192 [61]
Ordinary Madness4 September 20201 [62]
Ride26 August 20221 [63]
Broken8 March 20241 [64]
Rory Gallagher 6122Big Guns: The Very Best of Rory GallagherCapo19 June 20054 [65]
Irish Tour '74 UMC 23 March 20181 [66]
Blues7 June 201912 [67]
Check Shirt Wizard: Live in '7713 March 20203 [68]
Rory Gallagher 10 September 20211 [69]
All Around Man: Live in London14 July 20231 [70]
Joanne Shaw Taylor 658 Almost Always Never Ruf 23 September 20121 [71]
WildAxehouse7 October 20161 [72]
Reckless Heart Silvertone 22 March 20193 [73]
The Blues Album KTBA 1 October 20211 [74]
Blues from the Heart Live17 June 20221 [75]
Nobody's Fool18 November 20221 [76]

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