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

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

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 2012 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 1 January | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 8 January | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 15 January | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 22 January | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 29 January | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 5 February | The Best of Louis Armstrong | Louis Armstrong | Decca |
| 12 February | At Last: The Best of Etta James | Etta James | Decca |
| 19 February | At Last: The Best of Etta James | Etta James | Decca |
| 26 February | At Last: The Best of Etta James | Etta James | Decca |
| 4 March | At Last: The Best of Etta James | Etta James | Decca |
| 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 | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 1 April | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 8 April | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 15 April | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 22 April | Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor | Caro Emerald | Dramatico |
| 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 | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 24 June | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 1 July | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 8 July | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 15 July | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 22 July | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 29 July | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 5 August | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 12 August | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 19 August | Driving Towards the Daylight | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 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 | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 11 November | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 18 November | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 25 November | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 2 December | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 9 December | The Golden Age of Song | Jools Holland | Rhino |
| 16 December | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 23 December | Michael Bublé Sings Totally Blond † | Michael Bublé | Metro |
| 30 December | The Golden Age of Song | Jools Holland | Rhino |