List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2016

Gregory Porter's fourth album Take Me to the Alley spent a total of ten weeks atop the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2015, while his third album Liquid Spirit was number one for six weeks.

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 2016, 53 charts were published with 14 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was the self-titled debut album by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, which spent the first two weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one album of the year was Blue & Lonesome by The Rolling Stones, which spent the last four weeks of the year atop the chart.

The most successful albums on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2016 were Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats and Gregory Porter's fourth album Take Me to the Alley, both of which spent ten weeks at the top spot. Porter spent a further six weeks at number one with Liquid Spirit. The various artists compilation The Jazz Album was number one for five weeks, while three albums – Blues of Desperation by Joe Bonamassa, Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground by Seasick Steve, and Blue & Lonesome – each had four weeks atop the chart. Blue & Lonesome finished 2016 as the 17th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

Nathaniel Rateliff spent ten weeks at number one with the first album credited to his band the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.

Joe Bonamassa spent five weeks at number one in 2016 – four with Different Shades of Blue, one with Live at the Greek Theatre.

Seasick Steve was number one for four weeks with his eighth studio album Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground.

The Rolling Stones spent the last four weeks of 2016 atop the UK Jazz & Blues Album Chart with Blue & Lonesome.

Key

†	Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2016

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
1 January	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Concord
8 January
15 January	Frank	Amy Winehouse	Island
22 January
29 January	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Concord
5 February
12 February	Man Made Object	GoGo Penguin	Blue Note
19 February	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats	Concord
26 February
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March
1 April	Blues of Desperation	Joe Bonamassa	Provogue
8 April
15 April
22 April
29 April	Liquid Spirit	Gregory Porter	Blue Note
6 May
13 May	Take Me to the Alley
20 May
27 May	I Still Do	Eric Clapton	Polydor
3 June	Take Me to the Alley	Gregory Porter	Blue Note
10 June
17 June	The Jazz Album	various artists	Decca
24 June
1 July
8 July
15 July
22 July	Take Me to the Alley	Gregory Porter	Blue Note
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August	Liquid Spirit
26 August
2 September
9 September
16 September	Take Me to the Alley
23 September	Secular Hymns	Madeleine Peyroux	Impulse!
30 September	Live at the Greek Theatre	Joe Bonamassa	Provogue
7 October	Wild	Joanne Shaw Taylor	Axehouse
14 October	Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground	Seasick Steve	Caroline
21 October
28 October
4 November
11 November	Day Breaks	Norah Jones	Capitol
18 November
25 November	Take Me to the Alley	Gregory Porter	Blue Note
2 December	Day Breaks	Norah Jones	Capitol
9 December	Blue & Lonesome †	The Rolling Stones	Polydor
16 December
23 December
30 December

See also

• 2016 in British music

External links

• Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company