# List of UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart number ones of 2018

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 2018, 52 charts were published with 27 albums at number one. The first number-one album of the year was Parking Lot Symphony by Trombone Shorty. The last number-one album of the year was The Prophet Speaks, the 40th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, which topped the last three charts of December.
The most successful album on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums Chart in 2018 was Black Coffee by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa, which spent six weeks at number one. Bonamassa also spent four weeks atop the chart with Redemption and another with British Blues Explosion Live. Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco spent four weeks atop the chart together with You're Driving Me Crazy (one week) and The Prophet Speaks (three weeks), as did John Coltrane with The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 (with Miles Davis – one week) and Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album (three weeks).

## Chart history

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 5 January | Parking Lot Symphony | Trombone Shorty | Blue Note |
| 12 January | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 19 January | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 26 January | Liquid Spirit | Gregory Porter | Blue Note |
| 2 February | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 9 February | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 16 February | A Humdrum Star | GoGo Penguin | Blue Note |
| 23 February | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 2 March | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 9 March | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 16 March | Black Coffee | Beth Hart, Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 23 March | Irish Tour '74 | Rory Gallagher | UMC |
| 30 March | The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 | Miles Davis, John Coltrane | Sony |
| 6 April | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 13 April | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 20 April | Front and Center: Live from New York | Beth Hart | Provogue |
| 27 April | Blue & Lonesome | The Rolling Stones | Polydor |
| 4 May | You're Driving Me Crazy | Van Morrison, Joey DeFrancesco | Legacy |
| 11 May | The Kings & Queens of Swing | various artists | UMOD |
| 18 May | The Prodigal Son | Ry Cooder | Fantasy |
| 25 May | British Blues Explosion Live | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 1 June | The Return | Kamaal Williams | Warp |
| 8 June | Got the Blues | various artists | UMOD |
| 15 June | Now That's What I Call Jazz | various artists | Virgin/EMI/Sony |
| 22 June | Now That's What I Call Jazz | various artists | Virgin/EMI/Sony |
| 29 June | Heaven and Earth | Kamasi Washington | Young Turks |
| 6 July | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | John Coltrane | Impulse! |
| 13 July | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | John Coltrane | Impulse! |
| 20 July | Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album | John Coltrane | Impulse! |
| 27 July | Now That's What I Call Jazz | various artists | Virgin/EMI/Sony |
| 3 August | Now That's What I Call Jazz | various artists | Virgin/EMI/Sony |
| 10 August | Got the Blues | various artists | UMOD |
| 17 August | High Water I | The Magpie Salute | Provogue |
| 24 August | High Water I | The Magpie Salute | Provogue |
| 31 August | High Water I | The Magpie Salute | Provogue |
| 7 September | Anthem | Madeleine Peyroux | Decca |
| 14 September | Indigo | Kandace Springs | Blue Note |
| 21 September | Love Is Here to Stay | Tony Bennett, Diana Krall | Columbia/Verve |
| 28 September | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 5 October | Can U Cook? | Seasick Steve | BMG |
| 12 October | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 19 October | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 26 October | Redemption | Joe Bonamassa | Provogue |
| 2 November | Can U Cook? | Seasick Steve | BMG |
| 9 November | Moore Blues for Gary | Bob Daisley & Friends | ear |
| 16 November | The Capitol Studios Sessions | Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Decca |
| 23 November | The Capitol Studios Sessions | Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Decca |
| 30 November | The Capitol Studios Sessions | Jeff Goldblum, The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra | Decca |
| 7 December | Bitter-Sweet | Bryan Ferry | BMG |
| 14 December | The Prophet Speaks | Van Morrison | Exile |
| 21 December | The Prophet Speaks | Van Morrison | Exile |
| 28 December | The Prophet Speaks | Van Morrison | Exile |