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 2000, 53 charts were published with nine albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was the 1959 album Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, which spent the first five weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one album of the year was Riding with the King, a collaboration between B. B. King and Eric Clapton, which topped the chart from June until the end of the year.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2000 was Riding with the King, which spent 29 consecutive weeks at number one from June onwards. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis spent six weeks at number one, as did the Jazz FM various artists compilation The Very Best of Smooth Jazz. Virgin/EMI's compilation The Best Jazz Album in the World... Ever! spent five weeks at number one. The only two other releases to spend more than a single week atop the chart in 2000 were Tourist by St Germain and Absolute Benson by George Benson. Riding with the King finished 2000 as the 142nd best-selling album of the year in the UK.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2000 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.2 JanuaryKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia9 January16 January23 January30 January6 FebruaryThe Very Best of Smooth Jazzvarious artistsJazz FM13 February20 February27 February5 March12 March19 MarchCome by MeHarry Connick Jr.Columbia26 MarchThe Best of Paolo ContePaolo ConteNonesuch2 AprilKind of BlueMiles DavisColumbia9 AprilThe Best Jazz Album in the World... Ever!various artistsVirgin/EMI16 April23 April30 April7 May14 MayTouristSt GermainBlue Note21 MayGroovin'Bill Wyman's Rhythm KingsPapillon28 MayAbsolute BensonGeorge BensonGRP4 June11 JuneTouristSt GermainBlue Note18 JuneRiding with the King B. B. King, Eric ClaptonReprise25 June2 July9 July16 July23 July30 July6 August13 August20 August27 August3 September10 September17 September24 September1 October8 October15 October22 October29 October5 November12 November19 November26 November3 December10 December17 December24 December31 December
See also 2000 in British music
References
External links Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company