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 2001, 52 charts were published with 11 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Riding with the King by B. B. King and Eric Clapton, which spent the first four weeks atop the chart at the end of a record 33-week run starting in June 2000. The last number one of the year was The Look of Love, the sixth studio album by Diana Krall, which spent the last six weeks of the year at number one.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2001 was The Look of Love, which spent a total of 14 weeks at number one over two spells of eight and six weeks between September and December. St Germain's third studio album Tourist was number one for 11 weeks over the course of the year, with its longest run of four weeks taking place in February. Miles Davis topped the chart for nine weeks with his 1959 album Kind of Blue, while Riding with the King by B. B. King and Eric Clapton spent four weeks at the top of the chart. Universal Music TV's compilations The Natural Blues Album and Sunshine spent four and three weeks respectively at the top of the chart.
Chart history
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.7 JanuaryRiding with the KingB. B. King, Eric ClaptonReprise14 January21 January28 January4 FebruaryTouristSt GermainBlue Note11 February18 February25 February4 MarchThe Natural Blues Albumvarious artistsUMTV11 March18 March25 March1 AprilKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia8 April15 April22 April29 AprilDouble BillBill Wyman's Rhythm KingsPapillon6 MayKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia13 MayTouristSt GermainBlue Note20 MayKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia27 MayTouristSt GermainBlue Note3 JuneDriftin''' |rowspan="2"|various artists |rowspan="2"|Jazz FM
!scope="row"|10 June
!scope="row"|17 June |rowspan="2"|Tourist|rowspan="2"|St Germain |rowspan="2"|Blue Note
!scope="row"|24 June
!scope="row"|1 July |Kind of Blue|Miles Davis |Columbia
!scope="row"|8 July |rowspan="3"|Sunshine|rowspan="3"|various artists |rowspan="3"|UMTV
!scope="row"|15 July
!scope="row"|22 July
!scope="row"|29 July |Kind of Blue|Miles Davis |Columbia
!scope="row"|5 August |rowspan="2"|Tourist|rowspan="2"|St Germain |rowspan="2"|Blue Note
!scope="row"|12 August
!scope="row"|19 August |Kind of Blue|Miles Davis |Columbia
!scope="row"|26 August |Baduizm|Erykah Badu |MCA
!scope="row"|2 September |Tourist|St Germain |Blue Note
!scope="row"|9 September |rowspan="2"|Breezin'|rowspan="2"|various artists |rowspan="2"|Jazz FM
!scope="row"|16 September
!scope="row"|23 September |rowspan="8"|The Look of Love|rowspan="8"|Diana Krall |rowspan="8"|Verve
!scope="row"|30 September
!scope="row"|7 October
!scope="row"|14 October
!scope="row"|21 October
!scope="row"|28 October
!scope="row"|4 November
!scope="row"|11 November
!scope="row"|18 November |Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues|Tony Bennett |Columbia
!scope="row"|25 November |rowspan="6"|The Look of Love''Diana KrallVerve2 December9 December16 December23 December30 December
See also 2001 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company