List of number-one R&B albums of 1978 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number-one in 1978.
See also: 1978 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1978 (USA)
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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that reached number-one in 1978.
See also: 1978 in music
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
, R&B number-one hits of 1978 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1978 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1978:See also: 1978 in music, List of number-one R&B hits -Chart comparisons:...
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 7 | All 'N All All 'N All All 'N All is the eighth studio album by the American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1977 on Columbia Records. The album features songs such as "I'll Write A Song For You", "Serpentine Fire", "Love's Holiday", and the pop hit "Fantasy". A remastered version of the LP was issued in 2002... |
Earth, Wind and Fire |
| January 14 | All 'N All | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| January 21 | All 'N All | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| January 28 | All 'N All | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| February 4 | All 'N All | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| February 11 | All 'N All | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| February 18 | Saturday Night Fever | Soundtrack / Bee Gees Bee Gees The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a... |
| February 25 | Saturday Night Fever | Soundtrack / Bee Gees |
| March 4 | Saturday Night Fever | Soundtrack / Bee Gees |
| March 11 | Saturday Night Fever | Soundtrack / Bee Gees |
| March 18 | Saturday Night Fever | Soundtrack / Bee Gees |
| March 25 | Bootsy? Player of the Year Bootsy? Player of the Year Bootsy? Player of the Year is the third album by the American funk band Bootsy's Rubber Band.-Reception:The album was released on Warner Bros. Records on January 27, 1978. At the height of the album's popularity, it competed head to head with Bootsy Collins' mentor George Clinton and his band... |
Bootsy's Rubber Band |
| April 1 | Bootsy? Player of the Year | Bootsy's Rubber Band |
| April 8 | Bootsy? Player of the Year | Bootsy's Rubber Band |
| April 15 | Street Player Street Player -Personnel:*Chaka Khan – lead vocals, background vocals*Tony Maiden – guitar, percussion, lead vocals, background vocals*Kevin Murphy – keyboards*Bobby Watson – bass, percussion*David "Hawk" Wolinski – keyboards, background vocals... |
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... |
| April 22 | Bootsy? Player of the Year | Bootsy's Rubber Band |
| April 29 | Weekend in L.A. | 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 6 | Weekend in L.A. | 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 13 | Showdown Showdown (Isley Brothers album) Showdown is a 1978 funk album released by The Isley Brothers on their T-Neck imprint.-Reception:Spawning the #1 funk/disco hit, "Take Me to the Next Phase" and the top 20 R&B slower, "Groove With You", the album became another platinum album for the Isleys. Many say that this was the last seemingly... |
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... |
| May 20 | Showdown | The Isley Brothers |
| May 27 | Showdown | The Isley Brothers |
| June 3 | So Full Of Love So Full Of Love So Full Of Love is an 1978 album by the The O'Jays. The album contains the #1 R&B hit "Use ta Be My Girl".This album was awarded RIAA Platinum Certification for sales of 1,000,000 copies sold... |
The O'Jays The O'Jays The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005... |
| June 10 | So Full Of Love | The O'Jays |
| June 17 | So Full Of Love | The O'Jays |
| June 24 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| July 1 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| July 8 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| July 15 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| July 22 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| July 29 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| August 5 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| August 12 | Life Is a Song Worth Singing Life Is a Song Worth Singing Life Is a Song Worth Singing was the second album by Contemporary R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass.-Reception:It contained two singles: "Only You" and "Close the Door." "Close The Door" reached #1 on the R&B music charts... |
Teddy Pendergrass Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade... |
| August 19 | Life Is a Song Worth Singing | Teddy Pendergrass |
| August 26 | Natural High | The Commodores |
| September 2 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| September 9 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| September 16 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| September 23 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| September 30 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| October 7 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| October 14 | Blam! | The Brothers Johnson |
| October 21 | Is It Still Good to Ya | Ashford & Simpson Ashford & Simpson Nickolas Ashford , and Valerie Simpson , were a husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists.... |
| October 28 | One Nation Under a Groove One Nation Under a Groove In Europe, the Bonus-EP was replaced by a bonus 12" 45rpm mini-album containing the 3 EP tracks on one side and an extended version of "One Nation Under a Groove" on the other.-Personnel:Funkadelic Main Invasion Force :... |
Funkadelic Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American band most prominent during the 1970s. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:... |
| November 4 | One Nation Under a Groove | Funkadelic |
| November 11 | One Nation Under a Groove | Funkadelic |
| November 18 | One Nation Under a Groove | Funkadelic |
| November 25 | The Man The Man (Barry White album) The Man is the self-produced eighth album by American R&B singer Barry White,-Reception:Released in 1978 on the 20th Century Records label. The album became White's sixth R&B chart topper and peaked at #36 on the pop chart. Lead single "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" reached #2 on the R&B chart,... |
Barry White Barry White Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring... |
| December 2 | The Man | Barry White |
| December 9 | The Man | Barry White |
| December 16 | C'est Chic C'est Chic C'est Chic is the second studio album by American R&B band Chic, released on Atlantic Records in 1978. C'est Chic includes the band's classic hit "Le Freak" which topped the US Hot 100 chart, US R&B, and US Club Play in October 1978, selling six million copies in the US alone and is to date both... |
Chic Chic (band) Chic was an African American disco and R&B band that was organized during 1976 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards. It is known best for its commercially successful disco songs, including "Dance, Dance, Dance " , "Everybody Dance" , "Le Freak" , "I Want Your Love" , "Good Times"... |
| December 23 | C'est Chic | Chic |
| December 30 | C'est Chic | Chic |