# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1979

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1979, per the Billboard 200.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best performing album of 1979 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label |
| January 6 | Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| January 13 | Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| January 20 | Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| January 27 | 52nd Street † | Billy Joel | Columbia |
| February 3 | Briefcase Full of Blues | Blues Brothers | Atlantic |
| February 10 | Blondes Have More Fun | Rod Stewart | Warner Bros. |
| February 17 | Blondes Have More Fun | Rod Stewart | Warner Bros. |
| February 24 | Blondes Have More Fun | Rod Stewart | Warner Bros. |
| March 3 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| March 10 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| March 17 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| March 24 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| March 31 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| April 7 | Minute by Minute | Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| April 14 | Minute by Minute | Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| April 21 | Spirits Having Flown | Bee Gees | RSO |
| April 28 | Minute by Minute | Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| May 5 | Minute by Minute | Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| May 12 | Minute by Minute | Doobie Brothers | Warner Bros. |
| May 19 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| May 26 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| June 2 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| June 9 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| June 16 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| June 23 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| June 30 | Breakfast in America | Supertramp | A&M |
| July 7 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| July 14 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| July 21 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| July 28 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| August 4 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer | Casablanca |
| August 11 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Capitol |
| August 18 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Capitol |
| August 25 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Capitol |
| September 1 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Capitol |
| September 8 | Get the Knack | The Knack | Capitol |
| September 15 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| September 22 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| September 29 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| October 6 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| October 13 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| October 20 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| October 27 | In Through the Out Door | Led Zeppelin | Swan Song |
| November 3 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| November 10 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| November 17 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| November 24 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| December 1 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| December 8 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| December 15 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| December 22 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |
| December 29 | The Long Run | Eagles | Asylum |