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 2003, 52 charts were published with six albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Come Away with Me, the debut album by Norah Jones, which spent the first five weeks of the year atop the chart to finish off a run of 28 consecutive weeks at number one. The last number-one album of the year was Twentysomething, the third album by Jamie Cullum.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2003 was Come Away with Me, which spent a total of 30 weeks at number one over three spells of five weeks from January to February, 19 weeks from February to June, and six weeks from August to October. The George Benson compilation The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All was number one for a single nine-week stretch between 29 June and 30 August, As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II by Rod Stewart spent five weeks atop the chart. Come Away with Me finished 2003 as the fifth best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2003 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryCome Away with Me Norah JonesParlophone12 January19 January26 January2 February9 FebruaryGoldElla FitzgeraldVerve16 FebruaryCome Away with Me Norah JonesParlophone23 February2 March9 March16 March23 March30 March6 April13 April20 April27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 June8 June15 June22 June29 JuneThe Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of AllGeorge BensonWSM6 July13 July20 July27 July3 August10 August17 August24 August31 AugustCome Away with Me Norah JonesParlophone7 September14 September21 September28 September5 October12 OctoberMichael BubléMichael BubléReprise19 October26 OctoberAs Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume IIRod StewartJ2 NovemberTwentysomethingJamie CullumUCJ9 NovemberAs Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume IIRod StewartJ16 November23 November30 November7 DecemberTwentysomethingJamie CullumUCJ14 DecemberMichael BubléMichael BubléReprise21 December28 DecemberTwentysomethingJamie CullumUCJ

See also 2003 in British music

References

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