# List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 1994

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 1994, 29 charts were published with 11 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters by Paul Rodgers, which spent the first two weeks of 1994 atop the chart. The last number-one of the year was the Louis Armstrong compilation We Have All the Time in the World, which was number one for ten straight weeks.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1994 was Eric Clapton's 12th solo studio album From the Cradle, which spent a total of seven weeks at number one, including the longest consecutive run of the year of five weeks between 18 September and 22 October 1994. The Telstar various artists compilation Jazz Moods spent four weeks at number one during May, while Breathless by Kenny G, She by Harry Connick Jr. and We Have All the Time in the World by Armstrong were each number one for three weeks at various points during 1994. From the Cradle finished 1994 as the 88th best-selling album of the year in the UK.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling jazz/blues album of 1994 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 30 January | Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters | Paul Rodgers | London |
| 6 February | Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy Waters | Paul Rodgers | London |
| 13 February | Breathless | Kenny G | Arista |
| 20 February | Breathless | Kenny G | Arista |
| 27 February | Breathless | Kenny G | Arista |
| 6 March | Talking Timbuktu | Ali Farka Touré, Ry Cooder | World Circuit |
| 8 May | Jazz Moods | various artists | Telstar |
| 15 May | Jazz Moods | various artists | Telstar |
| 22 May | Jazz Moods | various artists | Telstar |
| 29 May | Jazz Moods | various artists | Telstar |
| 21 August | She | Harry Connick Jr. | Columbia |
| 28 August | She | Harry Connick Jr. | Columbia |
| 4 September | She | Harry Connick Jr. | Columbia |
| 11 September | Officium | Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble | ECM |
| 18 September | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 25 September | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 2 October | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 9 October | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 16 October | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 23 October | The Lady Sings the Blues | various artists | Pure |
| 30 October | The Lady Sings the Blues | various artists | Pure |
| 6 November | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 13 November | From the Cradle † | Eric Clapton | Duck |
| 20 November | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 | Gary Moore | Virgin |
| 27 November | Ballads & Blues 1982–1994 | Gary Moore | Virgin |
| 4 December | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 11 December | We Have All the Time in the World | Louis Armstrong | EMI |
| 18 December | We Have All the Time in the World | Louis Armstrong | EMI |
| 25 December | We Have All the Time in the World | Louis Armstrong | EMI |