# List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 1996

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 1996, 52 charts were published with 13 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was That's Jazz, a compilation of songs by various artists released by EMI, which spent the first three weeks of the year atop the chart. The last number-one of the year was Kenny G's tenth studio album The Moment, which topped the chart from 13 October until the end of the year – a period of 12 consecutive weeks.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 1996 was The Moment, which spent the last 12 weeks of the year at number one. American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, who died on 15 June 1996, was the most successful artist of the year on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart, spending 13 combined weeks at number one with three different compilations: The Best of Ella Fitzgerald (one week), Forever Ella (seven weeks) and Essential Ella (five weeks). Jan Garbarek spent four consecutive weeks at number one with Visible World, while Courtney Pine and Sade were number one for three weeks each with Modern Day Jazz Stories and Diamond Life, respectively.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 7 January | That's Jazz | various artists | EMI |
| 14 January | That's Jazz | various artists | EMI |
| 21 January | That's Jazz | various artists | EMI |
| 28 January | The Best of Ella Fitzgerald | Ella Fitzgerald | MCA |
| 4 February | Modern Day Jazz Stories | Courtney Pine | Talkin' Loud |
| 11 February | Modern Day Jazz Stories | Courtney Pine | Talkin' Loud |
| 18 February | Modern Day Jazz Stories | Courtney Pine | Talkin' Loud |
| 25 February | Diamond Life | Sade | Epic |
| 3 March | Diamond Life | Sade | Epic |
| 10 March | Diamond Life | Sade | Epic |
| 17 March | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 24 March | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 31 March | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 7 April | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 14 April | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 21 April | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 28 April | Forever Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve/PolyGram |
| 5 May | Visible World | Jan Garbarek | ECM |
| 12 May | Visible World | Jan Garbarek | ECM |
| 19 May | Visible World | Jan Garbarek | ECM |
| 26 May | Visible World | Jan Garbarek | ECM |
| 2 June | Blues Alive | Gary Moore | Virgin |
| 9 June | Still Got the Blues | Gary Moore | Virgin |
| 16 June | Pure Jazz Moods | various artists | Dino |
| 23 June | Pure Jazz Moods | various artists | Dino |
| 30 June | Pure Jazz Moods | various artists | Dino |
| 7 July | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 14 July | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 21 July | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 28 July | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 4 August | Essential Ella | Ella Fitzgerald | Verve |
| 11 August | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 18 August | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 25 August | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 1 September | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 8 September | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 15 September | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 22 September | The Best Jazz... Ever! | various artists | Virgin |
| 29 September | The Very Best of Miles Davis | Miles Davis | Columbia |
| 6 October | The Very Best of Miles Davis | Miles Davis | Columbia |
| 13 October | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 20 October | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 27 October | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 3 November | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 10 November | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 17 November | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 24 November | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 1 December | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 8 December | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 15 December | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 22 December | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |
| 29 December | The Moment | Kenny G | Arista |