List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1970s

The following lists the number one albums on the Australian Album Charts during the 1970s.
The source for this decade is the "Kent Music Report

Kent Music Report

The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

1970

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
5 January	The Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...	Abbey Road	18 weeks
12 January	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
19 January	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
26 January	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
2 February	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
9 February	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
16 February	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
23 February	The Beatles	Abbey Road	18 weeks
2 March	Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...	Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin II The finished tracks reflect the raw, evolving sound of the band and their ability as live performers. The album has been noted for featuring a further development of the lyrical themes established by Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin's debut album, creating a work which would become more widely...	5 weeks
9 March	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	5 weeks
16 March	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	5 weeks
23 March	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	5 weeks
30 March	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin II	5 weeks
6 April	Simon and Garfunkel Simon and Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel are an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the...	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
13 April	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
20 April	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
27 April	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
4 May	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
9 May	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
18 May	The Beatles	Hey Jude Hey Jude (album) Hey Jude is a 1970 collection of non-album Beatles singles and B-sides, as well as "I Should Have Known Better" and "Can't Buy Me Love", two singles released by Capitol Records whose only previous American album appearance had been on the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album which had been released...	2 weeks
25 May	The Beatles	Hey Jude	2 weeks
1 June	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
8 June	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
15 June	The Beatles	Let It Be Let It Be (album) Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album released by the English rock band The Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970 by the band's Apple Records label shortly after the group announced their break-up....	4 weeks
22 June	The Beatles	Let It Be	4 weeks
29 June	The Beatles	Let It Be	4 weeks
6 July	The Beatles	Let It Be	4 weeks
13 July	Crosby Stills Nash & Young	Déjà Vu	2 weeks
20 July	Crosby Stills Nash & Young	Déjà Vu	2 weeks
27 July	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
3 August	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
10 August	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
17 August	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
24 August	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
31 August	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
7 September	Simon and Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	15 weeks
14 September	Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....	Cosmo's Factory Cosmo's Factory Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in July 1970 and released as Fantasy 8402, the same month as the single release of "Lookin' out My Back Door" b/w "Long As I Can See the Light" .The name of the album comes from...	19 weeks
21 September	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
28 September	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
5 October	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
12 October	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
19 October	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
26 October	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
2 November	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
9 November	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
16 November	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
23 November	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
30 November	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
7 December	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
14 December	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
21 December	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
28 December	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks

1971

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
4 January	Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival was an American rock band that gained popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s with a number of successful singles drawn from various albums....	Cosmo's Factory Cosmo's Factory Cosmo's Factory is the fifth studio album by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released by Fantasy Records in July 1970 and released as Fantasy 8402, the same month as the single release of "Lookin' out My Back Door" b/w "Long As I Can See the Light" .The name of the album comes from...	19 weeks
11 January	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
18 January	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Cosmo's Factory	19 weeks
24 January	Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...	Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin III is the third studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was recorded between January and July 1970 and released on 5 October 1970 by Atlantic Records. Composed largely at a remote cottage in Wales known as Bron-Yr-Aur, this work represented a maturing of the band's...	4 weeks
1 February	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	4 weeks
8 February	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	4 weeks
15 February	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin III	4 weeks
22 February	Santana Santana (band) Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...	Abraxas Abraxas (album) Abraxas is the second studio album by the Latin influenced rock band Santana. Consolidating their highly acclaimed live performance at the Woodstock Festival in August of 1969, and the interest generated by their first album, Santana , the band took some time to issue a follow-up...	1 week
1 March	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	3 weeks
8 March	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	3 weeks
15 March	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Pendulum	3 weeks
22 March	George Harrison George Harrison George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...	All Things Must Pass All Things Must Pass All Things Must Pass is a triple album by George Harrison, recorded and released in 1970. The original vinyl release featured two LPs of rock songs as well as Apple Jam, a third LP of informal jams...	8 weeks
29 March	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
5 April	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
12 April	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
19 April	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
26 April	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
3 May	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
10 May	George Harrison	All Things Must Pass	8 weeks
17 May	Janis Joplin Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...	Pearl Pearl (album) -Personnel:* Janis Joplin – vocals, guitar on "Me and Bobby McGee"* Richard Bell – piano* Ken Pearson – organ* John Till – electric guitar* Brad Campbell – bass guitar* Clark Pierson – drums-Additional personnel:...	5 weeks
24 May	Janis Joplin	Pearl	5 weeks
31 May	Janis Joplin	Pearl	5 weeks
7 June	Janis Joplin	Pearl	5 weeks
14 June	Janis Joplin	Pearl	5 weeks
21 June	Deep Purple Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...	In Rock	2 weeks
28 June	Deep Purple	In Rock	2 weeks
5 July	Joe Cocker Joe Cocker John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...	Cocker Happy Cocker Happy Cocker Happy is a "best of" compilation album by English rock/blues singer Joe Cocker, released in Australia in 1971 on Interfusion Records...	8 weeks
12 July	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
19 July	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
26 July	The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...	Sticky Fingers Sticky Fingers -Personnel:The Rolling StonesMick Jagger – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Dead Flowers", electric guitar on "Sway", percussionKeith Richards – electric guitar, six & twelve string acoustic guitar, backing vocals...	2 weeks
2 August	The Rolling Stones	Sticky Fingers	2 weeks
9 August	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
16 August	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
23 August	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
30 August	Daddy Cool Daddy Cool (band) Daddy Cool is an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1970 with the original line-up of Wayne Duncan , Ross Hannaford , Ross Wilson and Gary Young . Their debut single "Eagle Rock" was released in May 1971 and stayed at number 1 on the Australian singles chart for ten weeks...	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool Daddy Who? Daddy Cool Daddy Who?... Daddy Cool was the debut album by Australian rock band Daddy Cool. Released in July, 1971 it was the first on Robie Porter's Sparmac label...	7 weeks
6 September	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weeks
13 September	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weekss
20 September	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weeks
27 September	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weeks
4 October	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weeks
11 October	Daddy Cool	Daddy Who? ... Daddy Cool	7 weeks
18 October	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
25 October	Joe Cocker	Cocker Happy	8 weeks
1 November	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	Every Picture Tells a Story Every Picture Tells a Story Every Picture Tells a Story is the third album by Rod Stewart, released in the middle of 1971. It went to number one on both the UK and U.S. charts and finished third in the Pazz & Jop critics' poll for best album of 1971...	5 weeks
8 November	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	5 weeks
15 November	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	5 weeks
22 November	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	5 weeks
29 November	Rod Stewart	Every Picture Tells a Story	5 weeks
6 December	Cat Stevens Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....	Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat is an album released by Cat Stevens in 1971. It contains 10 songs including hits such as "Morning Has Broken," "Moonshadow," and "Peace Train." It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens...	15 weeks
13 December	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
20 December	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
27 December	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks

1972

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
3 January	Cat Stevens Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....	Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat Teaser and the Firecat is an album released by Cat Stevens in 1971. It contains 10 songs including hits such as "Morning Has Broken," "Moonshadow," and "Peace Train." It is also the title of a children's book written and illustrated by Stevens...	15 weeks
10 January	John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...	Imagine Imagine (album) Imagine is the second album by John Lennon. Recorded and released in 1971, the album tended toward songs that were gentler, more commercial and less avant-garde than those on his critically acclaimed previous album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band. The album is considered the most popular of his works...	2 weeks
17 January	John Lennon	Imagine	2 weeks
24 January	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
31 January	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
7 February	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
14 February	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
21 February	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
28 February	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
6 March	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
13 March	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
19 March	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
27 March	Cat Stevens	Teaser and the Firecat	15 weeks
3 April	Don McLean Don McLean Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...	American Pie American Pie (album) American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The third track, "Vincent," is a tribute to the famed artist Vincent Van Gogh....	11 weeks
10 April	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
17 April	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
24 April	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
1 May	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
8 May	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
15 May	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
22 May	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
29 May	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
5 June	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
12 June	Don McLean	American Pie	11 weeks
19 June	Neil Young Neil Young Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...	Harvest	1 week
26 June	Deep Purple Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...	Machine Head Machine Head (album) Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by the English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland, and released in March 1972....	2 weeks
3 July	Deep Purple	Machine Head	2 weeks
10 July	Jethro Tull Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...	Thick as a Brick Thick as a Brick -Differences between various CD releases:By 2011 the album received three major releases on CD: the first release , the MFSL-release , and the 25th Anniversary Edition . Whereas the first release and the MFSL-release run with identical speed, the 25th Anniversary edition runs 0.5% slower...	11 weeks
17 July	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
24 July	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
31 July	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
7 August	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
14 August	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
21 August	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
28 August	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
4 September	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
11 September	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
18 September	Jethro Tull	Thick as a Brick	11 weeks
25 September	Slade Slade Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...	Slade Alive! Slade Alive! Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts, besides being Slade's first album to dent the Top 200 in the United States. The album contains original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten...	12 weeks
2 October	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
9 October	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
16 October	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
23 October	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four Catch Bull at Four Catch Bull at Four is an album by Cat Stevens. It was Stevens' most successful album in the United States, holding the top spot on Billboards chart for three consecutive weeks...	7 weeks
30 October	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
6 November	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
13 November	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
20 November	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
27 November	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
4 December	Cat Stevens	Catch Bull at Four	7 weeks
11 December	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
18 December	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
25 December	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks

1973

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
1 January	Slade Slade Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...	Slade Alive! Slade Alive! Slade Alive! was a live album released by the British rock band Slade. The album was released on 24 March 1972, and reached No. 2 on the UK Charts, besides being Slade's first album to dent the Top 200 in the United States. The album contains original songs, plus cover versions of songs by Ten...	12 weeks
8 January	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
15 January	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
22 January	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
29 January	Slade	Slade Alive!	12 weeks
5 February	Slade	Slayed? Slayed? Slayed? is the third studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on 1 November 1972, and reached No. 1 on the UK charts. The album lasted on the UK charts for a total of 34 weeks, and was also their longest-charting album in the United States where it stayed on the charts for half...	6 weeks
12 February	Slade	Slayed?	6 weeks
19 February	Slade	Slayed?	6 weeks
26 February	Slade	Slayed?	6 weeks
5 March	Slade	Slayed?	6 weeks
12 March	Slade	Slayed?	6 weeks
19 March	Carly Simon Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records, and has since been the recipient of two Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe Award for her work...	No Secrets	6 weeks
26 March	Carly Simon	No Secrets	6 weeks
2 April	Carly Simon	No Secrets	6 weeks
9 April	Carly Simon	No Secrets	6 weeks
16 April	Carly Simon	No Secrets	6 weeks
23 April	Carly Simon	No Secrets	6 weeks
30 April	Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player is the sixth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John. It was released by DJM Records....	3 weeks
7 May	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	3 weeks
14 May	Elton John	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	3 weeks
21 May	Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....	Hot August Night Hot August Night Hot August Night is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. The album is a recording of a Diamond concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles...	29 weeks
28 May	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
4 June	Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...	Houses of the Holy Houses of the Holy Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on 28 March 1973. The album title is a dedication by the band to their fans who appeared at venues they dubbed "Houses of the Holy". It was the second Led Zeppelin album to not...	3 weeks
11 June	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	3 weeks
18 June	Led Zeppelin	Houses of the Holy	3 weeks
25 June	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
2 July	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
9 July	Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100... & Wings Wings (band) Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....	Red Rose Speedway Red Rose Speedway -Additional tracks:-Original LP Recording:Originally planned as a double album, this is the tracklisting from the acetates of the early incarnation of the album dated 13 December 1972...	3 weeks
16 July	Paul McCartney & Wings	Red Rose Speedway	3 weeks
23 July	Paul McCartney & Wings	Red Rose Speedway	3 weeks
30 July	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
6 August	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
13 August	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
20 August	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
27 August	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
3 September	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
10 September	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
17 September	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
24 September	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
1 October	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
8 October	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
15 October	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
22 October	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
29 October	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
5 November	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
12 November	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
19 November	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
26 November	The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...	Goat's Head Soup	4 weeks
3 December	The Rolling Stones	Goat's Head Soup	4 weeks
10 December	The Rolling Stones	Goat's Head Soup	4 weeks
17 December	The Rolling Stones	Goat's Head Soup	4 weeks
24 December	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
31 December	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks

1974

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
7 January	Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....	Hot August Night Hot August Night Hot August Night is a 1972 live double album by Neil Diamond. The album is a recording of a Diamond concert on Thursday August 24, 1972, one of ten sold out concerts that Diamond performed that month at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles...	29 weeks
14 January	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
21 January	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
28 January	Soundtrack / Neil Diamond	Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull (album) In 1973 Neil Diamond recorded the soundtrack to the film Jonathan Livingston Seagull on Columbia Records. The album grossed more than the film itself...	4 weeks
4 February	Soundtrack / Neil Diamond	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	4 weeks
11 February	Soundtrack / Neil Diamond	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	4 weeks
18 February	Soundtrack / Neil Diamond	Jonathan Livingston Seagull	4 weeks
25 February	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
4 March	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
11 March	Neil Diamond	Hot August Night	29 weeks
18 March	Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, released in 1973, is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John. It has come to be regarded as Elton John's best and most popular album, and is his best selling studio album with worldwide sales of at least 15 million copies.Recorded at the Château...	3 weeks
25 March	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	3 weeks
1 April	Elton John	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	3 weeks
8 April	Paul McCartney Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100... & Wings Wings (band) Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....	Band on the Run Band on the Run Band on the Run is an album by Paul McCartney & Wings, released in 1973. It was Wings' third album. It became Wings' most successful album and remains the most celebrated of McCartney's post-Beatles albums...	7 weeks
15 April	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
22 April	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
29 April	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
6 May	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
13 May	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
20 May	Mike Oldfield Mike Oldfield Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...	Tubular Bells Tubular Bells Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success...	4 weeks
27 May	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	4 weeks
3 June	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	4 weeks
10 June	Mike Oldfield	Tubular Bells	4 weeks
17 June	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting The Sting The Sting is a 1973 American caper film set in September 1936 that involves a complicated plot by two professional grifters to con a mob boss . The film was directed by George Roy Hill, who previously directed Newman and Redford in the western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.Created by...	7 weeks
24 June	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
1 July	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
8 July	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
15 July	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
22 July	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
29 July	Paul McCartney & Wings	Band on the Run	7 weeks
5 August	Motion Picture Soundtrack	The Sting	7 weeks
12 August	Elton John	Caribou Caribou (album) Caribou is the 8th studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1974 . It was John's 4th chart-topping album in the U.S. and his 3rd in the U.K. The album contains the singles, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", which reached # 16 in the UK Singles Chart and # 2 in the U.S.,...	10 weeks
19 August	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
26 August	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
2 September	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
9 September	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
16 September	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
23 September	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
30 September	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
7 October	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
14 October	Elton John	Caribou	10 weeks
21 October	Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor.She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.-Music:Quatro began her...	Quatro Quatro (album) Quatro is Suzi Quatro's second album released in October 1974 from Rak Records as SRAK 509. It spent 6 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts.Released in Australia on the EMI RAK label as catalogue no 8319792.-Track listing:...	6 weeks
28 October	Suzi Quatro	Quatro	6 weeks
4 November	Suzi Quatro	Quatro	6 weeks
11 November	Suzi Quatro	Quatro	6 weeks
18 November	Suzi Quatro	Quatro	6 weeks
25 November	Suzi Quatro	Quatro	6 weeks
2 December	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks
9 December	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks
16 December	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks
23 December	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks
30 December	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks

1975

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
6 January	Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....	Serenade	7 weeks
13 January	Neil Diamond	Serenade	7 weeks
20 January	Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...	Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John's Greatest Hits is the ninth album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released on MCA Records, catalogue MCA 2128, in November 1974. Spanning the years 1970 to 1974, it compiles ten of John's singles, with one track variation for releases in North America and for Europe and Australia...	5 weeks
27 January	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	5 weeks
3 February	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	5 weeks
10 February	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	5 weeks
17 February	Elton John	Elton John's Greatest Hits	5 weeks
24 February	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies Living in the Seventies Living in the 70's was the debut album released by Melbourne band Skyhooks in October 1974 on the Mushroom Records label. Initially charting in Melbourne only in 1974, by early 1975 the rest of the nation began to catch on...	16 weeks
3 March	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
10 March	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
17 March	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
24 March	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
31 March	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
7 April	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
14 April	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
21 April	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
28 April	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
5 May	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
12 May	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
19 May	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
26 May	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
2 June	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
9 June	Skyhooks	Living in the Seventies	16 weeks
16 June	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975. It debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Pop Albums chart, the first album ever to do so, and stayed there for seven weeks. It was certified Gold on 5/21/1975 and was...	5 weeks
23 June	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5 weeks
30 June	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5 weeks
7 July	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5 weeks
14 July	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	5 weeks
21 July	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word Ego Is Not a Dirty Word Ego Is Not a Dirty Word was the second album released by Australian band Skyhooks in mid-1975. The album was the follow-up to their highly successful album, Living in the Seventies. As with the former album, it was also produced by Ross Wilson....	11 weeks
28 July	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
4 August	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
11 August	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
18 August	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
25 August	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
1 September	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
8 September	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
15 September	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
22 September	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
29 September	Skyhooks	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	11 weeks
6 October	Sherbet Sherbet (band) Sherbet was one of the most prominent and successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. Their biggest singles were "Summer Love" and "Howzat" , both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the UK. Though the band's success in the U.S...	Sherbet's Greatest Hits Sherbet's Greatest Hits Sherbet's Greatest Hits was a compilation album released on Infinity Records in Australia in 1975, at the time of the height of Sherbet's popularity in Australia. It spent 1 week at the top of the Australian album chart in 1975...	1 week
13 October	Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...	Wish You Were Here	4 weeks
20 October	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	4 weeks
27 October	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	4 weeks
3 November	Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	4 weeks
10 November	John Denver John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...	Windsong Windsong Windsong is the ninth album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in September 1975. Denver's popularity was at its peak by this time....	2 weeks
17 November	John Denver	Windsong	2 weeks
24 November	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	Atlantic Crossing Atlantic Crossing Atlantic Crossing is Rod Stewart's sixth album, released in 1975, and peaking at number nine on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart. On June 30, 2009, Rhino released a two-disc version with bonus tracks....	2 weeks
1 December	Rod Stewart	Atlantic Crossing	2 weeks
8 December	ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...	ABBA ABBA (album) 1975 Polar Music international AB, Stockholm, Sweden.Stig Anderson helped us with the lyrics on "Mamma Mia", "Tropical Loveland", "SOS", "Bang-A-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "I've Been Waiting for You".-CD re-issues, bonus tracks:...	11 weeks
15 December	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
22 December	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
29 December	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks

1976

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
5 January	ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...	ABBA ABBA (album) 1975 Polar Music international AB, Stockholm, Sweden.Stig Anderson helped us with the lyrics on "Mamma Mia", "Tropical Loveland", "SOS", "Bang-A-Boomerang", "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "I've Been Waiting for You".-CD re-issues, bonus tracks:...	11 weeks
12 January	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
19 January	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
26 January	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
2 February	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
9 February	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
16 February	ABBA	ABBA	11 weeks
23 February	Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...	Desire	3 weeks
1 March	Bob Dylan	Desire	3 weeks
8 March	Bob Dylan	Desire	3 weeks
15 March	Queen Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...	A Night at the Opera A Night at the Opera (Queen album) A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock group Queen, released in November 1975. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, A Night at the Opera was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever recorded...	2 weeks
22 March	Queen	A Night at the Opera	2 weeks
29 March	ABBA	The Best of ABBA The Best of ABBA The Best of ABBA is a compilation greatest hits album by Swedish pop group ABBA, released in November 1975 in Australia and New Zealand only. Globally ABBA released ABBA - Greatest Hits, but in Australasia, this album was released instead. The album topped the charts in both countries, and went on...	16 weeks
5 April	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
12 April	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
19 April	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
26 April	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
3 May	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
10 May	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
17 May	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
24 May	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
31 May	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
7 June	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
14 June	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
21 June	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
28 June	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
5 July	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
12 July	ABBA	The Best of ABBA	16 weeks
19 July	Sherbet Sherbet (band) Sherbet was one of the most prominent and successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. Their biggest singles were "Summer Love" and "Howzat" , both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the UK. Though the band's success in the U.S...	Howzat Howzat (album) Howzat was an album by Australian band Sherbet released in 1976. It spent two weeks at number one on the Australian album charts in 1976. The title cut was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also...	2 weeks
26 July	Neil Diamond Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....	Beautiful Noise	4 weeks
2 August	Neil Diamond	Beautiful Noise	4 weeks
9 August	Sherbet	Howzat	2 weeks
16 August	Neil Diamond	Beautiful Noise	4 weeks
23 August	Neil Diamond	Beautiful Noise	4 weeks
30 August	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
6 September	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
13 September	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
20 September	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
27 September	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
4 October	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
11 October	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
18 October	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
25 October	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
1 November	Rod Stewart	A Night on the Town	10 weeks
8 November	Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...	Let's Stick Together Let's Stick Together Let's Stick Together is a 1976 album by Bryan Ferry. His third solo release, it was his first following the disbandment of Roxy Music earlier in the year. Unlike Ferry’s two previous solo recordings, Let’s Stick Together was not a dedicated album project, instead being made up of material released...	2 weeks
15 November	Bryan Ferry	Let's Stick Together	2 weeks
22 November	ABBA	Arrival Arrival (ABBA album) -Side one:#"When I Kissed the Teacher" – 2:58#"Dancing Queen" – 3:47#"Dum Dum Diddle" – 2:50#"My Love, My Life" – 3:50...	8 weeks
29 November	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks
6 December	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks
13 December	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks
20 December	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks
27 December	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks

1977

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
3 January	ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...	Arrival Arrival (ABBA album) -Side one:#"When I Kissed the Teacher" – 2:58#"Dancing Queen" – 3:47#"Dum Dum Diddle" – 2:50#"My Love, My Life" – 3:50...	8 weeks
10 January	ABBA	Arrival	8 weeks
17 January	The Eagles	Hotel California Hotel California Hotel California is the fifth studio album released by the American rock band the Eagles, in late 1976. It is the first Eagles album without founding member Bernie Leadon and the first album with Joe Walsh. It is also the last album featuring original bass player and singer Randy Meisner...	12 weeks
23 January	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
31 January	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
7 February	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
14 February	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
21 February	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
28 February	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
7 March	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
14 March	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
21 March	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
28 March	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
4 April	The Eagles	Hotel California	12 weeks
11 April	Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London.The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood...	Rumours	8 weeks
18 April	Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...	A New World Record A New World Record A New World Record is the sixth studio album by Electric Light Orchestra, released in 1976.-Overview:The second album to be recorded at Musicland Studios in Munich, the LP proved to be the band's long awaited breakthrough in the UK: after seeing their previous three studio recordings fail to chart...	9 weeks
25 April	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
2 May	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
9 May	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
16 May	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
23 May	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
30 May	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
6 June	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
13 June	Electric Light Orchestra	A New World Record	9 weeks
20 June	Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs William Royce "Boz" Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He gained fame in the 1970s with several Top 20 hit singles in the United States, along with the #2 album, Silk Degrees. Scaggs continues to write, record music and tour.-Early life and career:Scaggs was born in Canton,...	Silk Degrees Silk Degrees Silk Degrees is the seventh album by Boz Scaggs, released on the Columbia Records label in 1976. The album reached #2 on the U.S. pop albums chart.-Reception:The album marked Scaggs' commercial zenith, mainly spearheaded by the R&B/Soul hit "Lowdown"...	18 weeks
27 June	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
4 July	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
11 July	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
18 July	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
25 July	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
1 August	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
8 August	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
15 August	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
22 August	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
29 August	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
5 September	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
12 September	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
19 September	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
26 September	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
3 October	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
10 October	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
17 October	Boz Scaggs	Silk Degrees	18 weeks
24 October	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
31 October	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
7 November	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
14 November	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
21 November	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
28 November	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	Foot Loose & Fancy Free Foot Loose & Fancy Free Foot Loose & Fancy Free is Rod Stewart's eighth album, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US.The album has sold more 7 million in worldwide-Track listing:# "Hot Legs" – 5:14...	9 weeks
5 December	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
12 December	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
19 December	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
26 December	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks

1978

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
2 January	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	Foot Loose & Fancy Free Foot Loose & Fancy Free Foot Loose & Fancy Free is Rod Stewart's eighth album, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US.The album has sold more 7 million in worldwide-Track listing:# "Hot Legs" – 5:14...	9 weeks
9 January	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
16 January	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
23 January	Rod Stewart	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	9 weeks
30 January	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
6 February	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	8 weeks
13 February	Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...	Simple Dreams Simple Dreams Simple Dreams is one of the most successful albums of Linda Ronstadt's career, spending five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in late 1977. It also knocked Elvis Presley out of No...	5 weeks
20 February	Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams	5 weeks
27 February	Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams	5 weeks
6 March	Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams	5 weeks
13 March	Linda Ronstadt	Simple Dreams	5 weeks
20 March	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... /Various	Saturday Night Fever Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack) Original Vinyl ReleaseSide A:#"Stayin' Alive" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson – 4:45#"How Deep Is Your Love" performed by Bee Gees, produced by Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson – 4:05...	14 weeks
27 March	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
3 April	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
10 April	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
17 April	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
24 April	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
1 May	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
8 May	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
15 May	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
22 May	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
29 May	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
5 June	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
12 June	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
19 June	Bee Gees/Various	Saturday Night Fever	14 weeks
26 June	Meat Loaf Meat Loaf Michael Lee Aday , better known by his stage name, Meat Loaf, is an American hard rock musician and actor...	Bat out of Hell Bat out of Hell Bat Out of Hell is the second album by American rock musician Meat Loaf, and his first collaboration with composer Jim Steinman, released in October 1977 on Cleveland International/Epic Records #PE-34974. Selling approximately 200,000 copies per year as of 2010, it is the fifth best-selling album...	7 weeks
3 July	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
10 July	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
17 July	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
24 July	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
31 July	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
7 August	Meat Loaf	Bat out of Hell	7 weeks
14 August	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
21 August	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
28 August	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
4 September	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
11 September	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
18 September	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
25 September	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
2 October	Jeff Wayne Jeff Wayne Jeffry "Jeff" Wayne, born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, is a musician best known for Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, his musical version of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds... & various artists	War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds is a 1978 concept album by Jeff Wayne, retelling the story of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. Its format is progressive rock and string orchestra, using narration and leitmotifs to carry the story via rhyming melodic lyrics that express...	7 weeks
9 October	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
16 October	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
23 October	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
30 October	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
6 November	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
13 November	Jeff Wayne & various artists	War of the Worlds	7 weeks
20 November	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
27 November	Motion Picture Soundtrack	Grease	13 weeks¹
4 December	Dire Straits Dire Straits Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...	Dire Straits Dire Straits (album) Dire Straits is the self-titled debut album by British rock band Dire Straits, released in October 1978 by Phonogram Records.-History:...	3 weeks
11 December	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	3 weeks
18 December	Dire Straits	Dire Straits	3 weeks
25 December	Billy Joel Billy Joel William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...	52nd Street 52nd Street (album) 52nd Street is the sixth studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1978. It was also the first of many Joel albums to top the Billboard charts, along with his third and fourth Grammy win....	5 weeks

¹ The Grease soundtrack spent nine of its weeks at number one in 1978 (as is shown here), and four in the 1990s - three in 1991 and one in 1998.

1979

Date	Artist	Album	Weeks at number one
1 January	Billy Joel Billy Joel William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...	52nd Street 52nd Street (album) 52nd Street is the sixth studio album by Billy Joel, released in 1978. It was also the first of many Joel albums to top the Billboard charts, along with his third and fourth Grammy win....	5 weeks
8 January	Billy Joel	52nd Street	5 weeks
15 January	Billy Joel	52nd Street	5 weeks
22 January	Billy Joel	52nd Street	5 weeks
29 January	Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	Blondes Have More Fun Blondes Have More Fun Blondes Have More Fun is Rod Stewart's ninth album, released in November 1978. This album was also released as a "picture disc", a vinyl album with the entire front cover picture embedded instead of thestandard label/black vinyl configuration...	6 weeks
5 February	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	6 weeks
12 February	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	6 weeks
19 February	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	6 weeks
26 February	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	6 weeks
5 March	Rod Stewart	Blondes Have More Fun	6 weeks
12 March	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...	Spirits Having Flown Spirits Having Flown Spirits Having Flown is the Bee Gees' fifteenth original album, released in 1979. It was the group's first album after their collaboration on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. The album's first three tracks were released as singles which all went to no.1 in the US...	5 weeks
19 March	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	5 weeks
26 March	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	5 weeks
2 April	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	5 weeks
9 April	Bee Gees	Spirits Having Flown	5 weeks
16 April	Supertramp Supertramp Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...	Breakfast in America Breakfast in America Breakfast in America was seen as a departure for the band, with its pop sound deviating from the progressive rock stylings that defined their earlier work...	6 weeks
23 April	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	6 weeks
30 April	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	6 weeks
7 May	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	6 weeks
14 May	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	6 weeks
21 May	Supertramp	Breakfast in America	6 weeks
28 May	Bob Seger Bob Seger Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...	The Bob Seger Collection The Bob Seger Collection The Bob Seger Collection was a compilation album released in 1979, in Australia and New Zealand only.-Side one:# "Night Moves"# "Mainstreet"# "Let It Rock" # "Leaning on My Dream"# "Ship of Fools"# "Still the Same"-Side two:...	2 weeks
4 June	Bob Seger	The Bob Seger Collection	2 weeks
11 June	Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...	Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (album) Rickie Lee Jones is the eponymous debut album of singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. After arriving in California in the mid-70s, Jones started taking songwriting more seriously, and by 1977 had met singer-songwriters Chuck E...	6 weeks
18 June	Rickie Lee Jones	Rickie Lee Jones	6 weeks
25 June	Rickie Lee Jones	Rickie Lee Jones	6 weeks
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23 July	Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...	Discovery Discovery (Electric Light Orchestra album) Discovery is a 1979 album by Electric Light Orchestra.-History:Discovery was the band's first No. 1 album in the UK, entering the chart at that position and staying there for five weeks...	6 weeks
30 July	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	6 weeks
6 August	Leo Sayer Leo Sayer Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...	The Very Best of Leo Sayer The Very Best of Leo Sayer The Very Best of Leo Sayer was a greatest hits compilation album released in 1979. The release followed on chronologically from Leo Sayer's previous six studio albums. The collection reached the number one spot in the UK Albums Chart for 3 weeks, and similarly in Australia for 1 week...	1 week
13 August	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	6 weeks
20 August	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	6 weeks
27 August	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	6 weeks
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10 September	The Knack	Get The Knack	4 weeks
17 September	Electric Light Orchestra	Discovery	6 weeks
24 September	The Knack	Get The Knack	4 weeks
1 October	The Knack	Get The Knack	4 weeks
8 October	Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...	Slow Train Coming Slow Train Coming Slow Train Coming is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 19th studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 1979.It was the artist's first effort since becoming a born-again Christian, and all of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings...	2 weeks
15 October	Bob Dylan	Slow Train Coming	2 weeks
22 October	The Eagles	The Long Run The Long Run (album) The Long Run is the sixth studio album by the Eagles, released in 1979 . This was the first Eagles album not to feature founding member Randy Meisner, who was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit....	3 weeks
29 October	The Eagles	The Long Run	3 weeks
5 November	The Eagles	The Long Run	3 weeks
12 November	Rod Stewart	Rod Stewart's Greatest Hits	5 weeks
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17 December	Bee Gees	Bee Gees Greatest Bee Gees Greatest Bee Gees Greatest is a compilation album of songs by the Bee Gees, released in 1979 by RSO Records. Coming soon after the blockbuster studio album Spirits Having Flown, Greatest was a summary of the Bee Gees' most recent period of success, 1975-1979...	3 weeks
24 December	Bee Gees	Bee Gees Greatest	3 weeks
31 December	Bee Gees	Bee Gees Greatest	3 weeks