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. 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. 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.
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. 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. Lady Blackbird's debut album Black Acid Soul was number one for a total of four weeks, 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. Miles Davis spent three weeks atop the chart with returning number one Kind of Blue.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.6 JanuaryWhere I'm Meant to BeEzra CollectivePartisan13 January20 January27 JanuaryCabaret at the Kit Kat Cluboriginal cast recordingDecca3 February10 FebruaryBlack Acid SoulLady BlackbirdBMG17 FebruaryYour Mother Should KnowBrad MehldauNonesuch24 FebruaryBlack Acid SoulLady BlackbirdBMG3 March10 MarchLinger AwhileSamara JoyVerve17 MarchBlack Acid SoulLady BlackbirdBMG24 MarchLinger AwhileSamara JoyVerve31 MarchPlays Well with OthersJeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer OrchestraDecca7 AprilGift from the TreesMammal HandsGondwana14 AprilFlang DangAndy Fairweather LowTLMC21 AprilTales of TimeJoe BonamassaProvogue28 AprilVariablesAlfa MistAnti-5 MayPieces of TreasureRickie Lee JonesBMG12 MayTales of TimeJoe BonamassaProvogue19 MayVoice NotesYazmin LaceyOwn Your Own26 MayDeath Wish BluesSamantha Fish, Jesse DaytonRounder2 June9 JuneThe Very Best of Glenn MillerGlenn MillerSony16 JuneKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia23 JuneThe Winding WayThe Teskey BrothersDecca30 June7 JulyAnthologyCharlie WattsBMG14 JulyAll Around Man: Live in LondonRory GallagherUniversal21 JulyEvenings at the Village GateJohn Coltrane, Eric DolphyImpulse!28 JulyLove for SaleTony Bennett, Lady GagaInterscope4 AugustEvenings at the Village GateJohn Coltrane, Eric DolphyImpulse!11 AugustRide into the LightRobert Jon & the WreckJourneyman18 AugustKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia25 August1 SeptemberBad Luck & the BluesLaurence JonesMarshall8 SeptemberWhere I'm Meant to BeEzra CollectivePartisan15 SeptemberBlack Classical MusicYussef DayesBrownswood22 SeptemberWhere I'm Meant to BeEzra CollectivePartisan29 September6 October13 OctoberBlues Deluxe Vol. 2Joe BonamassaProvogue20 OctoberAces Are HighWhen Rivers MeetOne Road27 OctoberBlues Deluxe, Vol. 2Joe BonamassaProvogue3 NovemberBewitchedLaufeyAWAL10 NovemberChristmas WishGregory PorterDecca17 November24 November1 December8 December15 December22 December29 December
See also 2023 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company