List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number one in 1976.
See also: 1976 in music
, List of number-one R&B singles of 1976 (U.S.)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
that reached number one in 1976.
See also: 1976 in music
1976 in music
-January–February:*January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle....
, List of number-one R&B singles of 1976 (U.S.)
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 3 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of... |
| January 10 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 17 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 24 | Wake Up Everybody Wake Up Everybody -Personnel:*Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings – vocals*Sharon Paige – female vocalist on "You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good" and "I'm Searching for a Love"*MFSB – music-Charts:Album... |
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco... |
| January 31 | Wake Up Everybody | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
| February 7 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| February 14 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| February 21 | Gratitude | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| February 28 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus Rufus (band) Rufus was an American funk band from Chicago, Illinois best known for launching the career of lead singer Chaka Khan. They had several hits throughout their career, including "Tell Me Something Good," "Sweet Thing," and "Ain't Nobody."-Origins:... featuring Chaka Khan Chaka Khan Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career... |
| March 6 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| March 13 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| March 20 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| March 27 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| April 3 | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan | Rufus featuring Chaka Khan |
| April 10 | Eargasm | Johnnie Taylor Johnnie Taylor Johnnie Harrison Taylor was an American vocalist in a wide variety of genres, from rhythm and blues, soul, blues and gospel to pop, doo-wop and disco.-Early years:... |
| April 17 | Eargasm | Johnnie Taylor |
| April 24 | Brass Construction I Brass Construction I Brass Construction is the self titled debut album by the funk band Brass Construction. It was released in 1975 on United Artists Records. The album went number one on the R&B charts in 1976... |
Brass Construction Brass Construction Brass Construction was an American funk group formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1968. They were originally known as Dynamic Soul, and went on to record a string of hit singles and albums through to 1985.-Career:... |
| May 1 | Brass Construction I | Brass Construction |
| May 8 | Brass Construction I | Brass Construction |
| May 15 | I Want You | Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
| May 22 | Breezin' Breezin' Breezin' is an album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.The album marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially. Breezin topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts in Billboard and spun off two hit singles, the title song and "This Masquerade," which was a top ten pop and... |
George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| May 29 | Look Out for #1 | The Brothers Johnson |
| June 5 | Look Out for #1 | The Brothers Johnson |
| June 12 | Look Out for #1 | The Brothers Johnson |
| June 19 | Look Out for #1 | The Brothers Johnson |
| June 26 | Harvest for the World Harvest for the World Harvest for the World is a 1976 album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint.-Reception:The album included the successful socially-conscious title track and the top three R&B record, "Who Loves You Better?" The album sold over 500,000 copies in the first three weeks of release,... |
The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper... |
| July 3 | Breezin | George Benson |
| July 10 | Breezin | George Benson |
| July 17 | Breezin | George Benson |
| July 24 | Contradiction Contradiction (album) -Track listing:All tracks by Ohio Players# "Contradiction" – 4:37# "Precious Love" – 4:57# "Little Lady Maria" – 4:16# "Far East Mississippi" – 4:58# "Who'd She Coo?" – 4:32# "My Life" – 4:01# "Tell the Truth" – 3:37# "My Ladies Run Me Crazy" – 3:54... |
The Ohio Players |
| July 31 | Sparkle Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album) Sparkle is an Aretha Franklin album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The disc is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle, starring Irene Cara... |
Soundtrack / Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... |
| August 7 | Breezin | George Benson |
| August 14 | Breezin | George Benson |
| August 21 | All Things in Time All Things in Time Recorded at the legendary Sigma Sound Studios and produced by such PIR luminaries as Gamble & Huff, Bunny Sigler and Dexter Wansel, All Things in Time became an immediate success on the back of its celebrated lead single "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine", which gave Rawls the biggest hit... |
Lou Rawls Lou Rawls Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer. He was known for his smooth vocal style: Frank Sinatra once said that Rawls had "the classiest singing and silkiest chops in the singing game"... |
| August 28 | Hot on the Tracks Hot on the Tracks Hot on the Tracks is a Commodores album issued on Motown Records in 1976. It includes the Top Ten single "Just to Be Close to You". The album was the band's first one to make it atop the R&B Albums chart where it peaked for six nonconsecutive, and peaked two positions below the Top 10 on the Pop... |
The Commodores |
| September 4 | Hot on the Tracks | The Commodores |
| September 11 | Wild Cherry Wild Cherry (album) Wild Cherry is the first studio album by Wild Cherry, released in 1976.-Track listing:All songs written by Rob Parissi except when noted.# "Play That Funky Music" - 5:01# "The Lady Wants Your Money" - 4:13# "99½" - 3:00... |
Wild Cherry Wild Cherry (band) Wild Cherry was a funk/rock band best known for their funk song "Play That Funky Music".-History:Rob Parissi was raised in the steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed the band Wild Cherry in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of... |
| September 18 | Hot on the Tracks | The Commodores |
| September 25 | Hot on the Tracks | The Commodores |
| October 2 | Hot on the Tracks | The Commodores |
| October 9 | Hot on the Tracks | The Commodores |
| October 16 | Songs in the Key of Life Songs in the Key of Life Songs in the Key of Life is the 13th album by American recording artist Stevie Wonder, released September 28, 1976, on Motown Records. It was the culmination of his "classic period" albums. An ambitious double LP with a 4-song bonus EP, Songs in the Key of Life became among the best-selling and... |
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
| October 23 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| October 30 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| November 6 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| November 13 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| November 20 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| November 27 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| December 4 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| December 11 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| December 18 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |
| December 25 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder |