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 1994, 29 charts were published with 11 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters by Paul Rodgers, which spent the first two weeks of 1994 atop the chart. The last number-one of the year was the Louis Armstrong compilation We Have All the Time in the World, which was number one for ten straight weeks.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1994 was Eric Clapton's 12th solo studio album From the Cradle, which spent a total of seven weeks at number one, including the longest consecutive run of the year of five weeks between 18 September and 22 October 1994. The Telstar various artists compilation Jazz Moods spent four weeks at number one during May, while Breathless by Kenny G, She by Harry Connick Jr. and We Have All the Time in the World by Armstrong were each number one for three weeks at various points during 1994. From the Cradle finished 1994 as the 88th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

+KeyIndicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 1994 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.30 JanuaryMuddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy WatersPaul RodgersLondon6 February13 FebruaryBreathlessKenny GArista20 February27 February6 MarchTalking TimbuktuAli Farka Touré, Ry CooderWorld Circuit8 MayJazz Moodsvarious artistsTelstar15 May22 May29 May21 AugustSheHarry Connick Jr.Columbia28 August4 September11 SeptemberOfficiumJan Garbarek, Hilliard EnsembleECM18 SeptemberFrom the Cradle Eric ClaptonDuck25 September2 October9 October16 October23 OctoberThe Lady Sings the Bluesvarious artistsPure30 October6 NovemberFrom the Cradle Eric ClaptonDuck13 November20 NovemberBallads & Blues 1982–1994Gary MooreVirgin27 November4 DecemberEssential EllaElla FitzgeraldVerve11 DecemberWe Have All the Time in the WorldLouis ArmstrongEMI18 December25 December

See also 1994 in British music

References

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