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 2006, 52 charts were published with ten albums at number one. Michael Bublé's fourth studio album It's Time was the first number-one album of the year, spending the first five weeks of the year atop the chart at the end of a 13-week run starting in 2005. Frank, the debut album by Amy Winehouse, was the last number-one album of the year, reaching the top spot in its 95th week on the chart.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2006 was The Very Best of Nina Simone, a greatest hits album by Nina Simone, which spent a total of 27 weeks atop the chart over three spells, the longest of which was 23 consecutive weeks between May and October. Norah Jones spent six weeks at number one with her first album Come Away with Me, plus another week with its follow-up Feels Like Home. Michael Bublé had two number-one albums during 2006, with It's Time and Caught in the Act spending five weeks each atop the chart. The Very Best of Nina Simone finished 2006 as the 40th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2006 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 JanuaryIt's TimeMichael BubléReprise8 January15 January22 January29 January5 FebruaryCaught in the Act12 February19 February26 February5 March12 MarchCome Away with MeNorah JonesParlophone19 March26 March2 April9 April16 April23 AprilThe CollectionCurtis StigersConcord30 AprilFeels Like HomeNorah JonesBlue Note7 MayThe Very Best of Nina Simone Nina SimoneRCA/UCJ14 May21 May28 May4 June11 June18 June25 June2 July9 July16 July23 July30 July6 August13 August20 August27 August3 September10 September17 September24 September1 October8 October15 OctoberFrom This Moment OnDiana KrallVerve22 October29 OctoberThe Very Best of Nina Simone Nina SimoneRCA/UCJ5 NovemberHalf the Perfect WorldMadeleine PeyrouxRounder12 November19 November26 NovemberBolton Swings Sinatra: The Second Time AroundMichael BoltonConcord3 December10 DecemberThe Very Best of Nina Simone Nina SimoneRCA/UCJ17 December24 December31 DecemberFrankAmy WinehouseIsland

See also 2006 in British music

References

External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company