List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2012

Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor spent a total of 13 weeks at number one on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2012 over four separate spells.

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 2012, 53 charts were published with 17 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Caro Emerald's debut album Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, which continued its run atop the chart from the previous year for the first five weeks of 2012. The last number-one album of the year was The Golden Age of Song by Jools Holland, which spent two weeks in December in the top spot.

The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2012 was Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, which spent a total of 13 weeks at number one over four separate spells, the longest of which was six weeks. Joe Bonamassa's tenth studio album Driving Towards the Daylight spent 12 weeks at number one, including the year's longest run of 11 weeks atop the chart. Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond by Michael Bublé spent eight weeks at number one from October onwards, while At Last: The Best of Etta James was number one for four consecutive weeks. Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond finished 2012 as the 60th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

Chart history

Joe Bonamassa spent 12 weeks at number one in 2012 with his tenth studio album, Driving Towards the Daylight.

Michael Bublé spent eight weeks at number one with Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond, which finished the year as the best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012.

Following her death the previous month, Etta James spent four weeks at number one in February 2012 with At Last: The Best of Etta James.

Key

†	Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
1 January	Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor	Caro Emerald	Dramatico
8 January
15 January
22 January
29 January
5 February	The Best of Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong	Decca
12 February	At Last: The Best of Etta James	Etta James
19 February
26 February
4 March
11 March	The Very Best of Nina Simone	Nina Simone	RCA/UCJ
18 March	Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor	Caro Emerald	Dramatico
25 March
1 April
8 April
15 April
22 April
29 April	Blues for the Modern Daze	Walter Trout	Provogue
6 May	Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor	Caro Emerald	Dramatico
13 May	The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	Columbia
20 May	Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor	Caro Emerald	Dramatico
27 May	Driving Towards the Daylight	Joe Bonamassa	Provogue
3 June	The Absence	Melody Gardot	Decca
10 June	Driving Towards the Daylight	Joe Bonamassa	Provogue
17 June
24 June
1 July
8 July
15 July
22 July
29 July
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August	The Best of Etta James	Etta James	Spectrum
2 September	Nothin but Love	Robert Cray	Provogue
9 September	Greatest Hits	Janis Joplin	Columbia
16 September	The Best of Etta James	Etta James	Spectrum
23 September	Almost Always Never	Joanne Shaw Taylor	Ruf
30 September	Beacon Theatre: Live from New York	Joe Bonamassa	Provogue
7 October	Nothin but Love	Robert Cray	Provogue
14 October	Legacy	Gary Moore	Music Club Deluxe
21 October	Glad Rag Doll	Diana Krall	Verve
28 October	Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond †	Michael Bublé	Metro
4 November
11 November
18 November
25 November
2 December
9 December	The Golden Age of Song	Jools Holland	Rhino
16 December	Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond †	Michael Bublé	Metro
23 December
30 December	The Golden Age of Song	Jools Holland	Rhino

See also

• 2012 in British music

External links

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