List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2017
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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.[1] In 2017, 52 charts were published with 13 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Blue & Lonesome by The Rolling Stones, which spent 17 weeks atop the chart between January and April, completing a 21-week run beginning in 2016.[2] The last number-one album of the year was Sir Michael Parkinson presents Our Kind of Music: The Great American Songbook, a various artists compilation.[3]
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2017 was Blue & Lonesome, which spent a total of 25 weeks at number one over the course of five spells.[2] Van Morrison spent eight weeks at number one over two spells of five and three weeks, respectively, with the album Roll with the Punches.[4] Sir Michael Parkinson presents Our Kind of Music: The Great American Songbook was number one for four weeks,[3] while Diana Krall and Joe Bonamassa each spent single three-week spells atop the chart with Turn Up the Quiet and Live at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening, respectively.[5][6] Blue & Lonesome finished 2017 as the 97th best-selling album of the year in the UK.[7]