Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1989

Starting in 1987, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions. Here’s a chart of the #1 Top Jazz Albums of 1989:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 7	Talkin’ ‘Bout You	Diane Schuur
January 21
February 4
February 18
March 4	Michel Camilo	Michel Camilo
March 18
April 1
April 15
April 29	Chick Corea Akoustic Band	Chick Corea Akoustic Band
May 13	The Truth is Spoken Here	Marcus Roberts
May 27
June 10	Chick Corea Akoustic Band	Chick Corea Akoustic Band
June 24
July 8
July 22
August 5	In a Sentimental Mood	Dr. John
August 19
September 2	Tenderly	George Benson
September 16
September 30
October 14
October 28
November 11	“When Harry Met Sally” Soundtrack	Harry Connick, Jr.
November 25
December 9	Waiting for Spring	David Benoit
December 23

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1973

In 1973, Billboard published a Jazz Album list sporadically for the first three months of the year with 25 albums ranked. Beginning in April, a list of 40 albums was published every two weeks. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums of 1973:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 13	Chicago V	Chicago
January 27
February 24	Strange Fruit	Billie Holiday
March 24	Prelude	Deodato
April 7
April 21
May 5
May 19	The 2nd Crusade	The Crusaders
June 2
June 16
June 30	Black Byrd	Donald Byrd
July 14
July 28
August 11	You’ve Got it Bad Girl	Quincy Jones
August 25
September 8	Black Byrd	Donald Byrd
September 22	Soul Box	Grover Washington, Jr.
October 6	2	Deodato
October 20
November 3	Black Byrd	Donald Byrd
November 17
December 1
December 15	Spectrum	Billy Cobham
December 29

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1971

In 1971, Billboard published a Jazz Album list weekly for the first half of the year, then monthly for the remainder of the year.  Twenty albums were ranked in each chart. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums of 1971:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 2	To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13
February 20
February 27	Miles Davis at Fillmore	Miles Davis
March 6	To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
March 13
March 20
March 27	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
April 3
April 10	To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
April 17	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
April 24
May 1	To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
May 8
May 15	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
May 22
May 29	To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26	Second Movement	Eddie Harris & Les McCann
July
August
September
October
November	Shaft	Isaac Hayes
December

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1975

In 1975, Billboard published a Jazz Album list in the second and fourth issues each month with forty albums ranked. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums of 1975:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 11	Pieces of Dreams	Stanley Turrentine
January 25	Southern Comfort	The Crusaders
February 8	Pieces of a Dream	Stanley Turrentine
February 22	Bad Benson	George Benson
March 8	Sun Goddess	Ramsey Lewis
March 22
April 12	Mister Magic	Grover Washington, Jr.
April 26
May 10
May 24
June 14
June 28
July 12
July 26
August 9
August 23
September 13
September 27	Chain Reaction	The Crusaders
October 11
October 25	Mellow Madness	Quincy Jones
November 8
November 22	Man-Child	Herbie Hancock
December 13	Feels So Good	Grover Washington, Jr.
December 27

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1988

Starting in 1987, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions.  Here’s a chart of the #1 Top Jazz Albums of 1988:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 9	Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra	Diane Schuur and The Count Basie Orchestra
January 23
February 6
February 20
March 5
March 19
April 2
April 16
April 30
May 14
May 28
June 11
June 25	John Patitucci	John Patitucci
July 9	Ella in Rome – The Birthday Concert	Ella Fitzgerald
July 23
August 6
August 20
September 3
September 17	Look What I Got	Betty Carter
October 1
October 15
October 29	Talkin’ ‘Bout You	Diane Schuur
November 12
November 26
December 10
December 24

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1 Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1970

In 1970, Billboard published a Jazz Album list weekly with twenty albums ranked. Here’s a chart of the #1 jazz albums of 1970:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 3	Hot Buttered Soul	Isaac Hayes
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
February 7	Swiss Movement	Les McCann & Eddie Harris
February 14
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25
May 2
May 9	The Isaac Hayes Movement	Isaac Hayes
May 16
May 23
May 30
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 4
July 11
July 18	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
July 25
August 1
August 8	The Isaac Hayes Movement	Isaac Hayes
August 15
August 22	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
August 29
September 5	The Isaac Hayes Movement	Isaac Hayes
September 12
September 19	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
September 26
October 3
October 10
October 17
October 24	The Isaac Hayes Movement	Isaac Hayes
October 31
November 7	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
November 14	Isaac Hayes Movement	Isaac Hayes
November 21
November 28
December 5	Bitches Brew	Miles Davis
December 12	…To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes
December 19
December 26

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989

#1  Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987 · 1988 · 1989

Billboard #1 Jazz Albums of 1987

Starting with the February 28, 1987 issue, Billboard switched from having one “Top Jazz Albums” chart with forty chart positions to having two jazz albums charts: 1) the existing “Top Jazz Albums” chart was reduced to 15 chart positions, and 2) a new “Top Contemporary Jazz Albums” chart premiered with 25 positions.  From the aforementioned issue:

We’ve already looked at the #1 contemporary jazz albums of 1987.  Here’s a chart of the #1 Top Jazz Albums of 1987:

Week Ending	Album	Artist(s)
January 17	Tutu	Miles Davis
January 31	A Nice Place to Be	George Howard
February 14
February 28	The Other Side of Round Midnight	Dexter Gordon
March 14
March 28
April 11
April 25
May 9
May 23
June 6
June 20	Michael Brecker	Michael Brecker
July 4
July 18
August 1
August 15
August 29
September 12
September 26
October 10
October 24
November 7	Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra	Diane Schuur and the Count Basie Orchestra
November 21
December 5
December 19

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#1 Jazz Albums:
1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979
1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986

#1  Contemporary Jazz Albums:
1987