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

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

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2016 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 1 January | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 8 January | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 15 January | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island |
| 22 January | Frank | Amy Winehouse | Island |
| 29 January | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 5 February | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 12 February | Man Made Object | GoGo Penguin | Blue Note |
| 19 February | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 26 February | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 4 March | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 11 March | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 18 March | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 25 March | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats | Concord |
| 1 April | Blues of Desperation | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 8 April | Blues of Desperation | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 15 April | Blues of Desperation | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 22 April | Blues of Desperation | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 29 April | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 6 May | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 13 May | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 20 May | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 27 May | I Still Do | Eric Clapton | Polydor |
| 3 June | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 10 June | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 17 June | The Jazz Album | various artists | Decca |
| 24 June | The Jazz Album | various artists | Decca |
| 1 July | The Jazz Album | various artists | Decca |
| 8 July | The Jazz Album | various artists | Decca |
| 15 July | The Jazz Album | various artists | Decca |
| 22 July | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 29 July | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 5 August | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 12 August | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 19 August | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 26 August | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 2 September | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 9 September | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 16 September | Take Me to the Alley | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 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 | Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground | Seasick Steve | Caroline |
| 28 October | Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground | Seasick Steve | Caroline |
| 4 November | Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground | Seasick Steve | Caroline |
| 11 November | Day Breaks | Norah Jones | Capitol |
| 18 November | Day Breaks | Norah Jones | Capitol |
| 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 | Blue & Lonesome † | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 23 December | Blue & Lonesome † | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 30 December | Blue & Lonesome † | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |