# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1974

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1974, per the Billboard 200.
Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the best performing album of 1974 despite not reaching number one at any point during the year. The album achieved 8 weeks atop the chart during 1973.

## Chart history

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label |
| January 5 | The Singles: 1969–1973 | Carpenters | A&M |
| January 12 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | ABC |
| January 19 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | ABC |
| January 26 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | ABC |
| February 2 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | ABC |
| February 9 | You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Jim Croce | ABC |
| February 16 | Planet Waves | Bob Dylan With The Band | Asylum |
| February 23 | Planet Waves | Bob Dylan With The Band | Asylum |
| March 2 | Planet Waves | Bob Dylan With The Band | Asylum |
| March 9 | Planet Waves | Bob Dylan With The Band | Asylum |
| March 16 | The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| March 23 | The Way We Were | Barbra Streisand | Columbia |
| March 30 | John Denver's Greatest Hits | John Denver | RCA Victor |
| April 6 | John Denver's Greatest Hits | John Denver | RCA Victor |
| April 13 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Apple |
| April 20 | John Denver's Greatest Hits | John Denver | RCA Victor |
| April 27 | Chicago VII | Chicago | Columbia |
| May 4 | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack | MCA |
| May 11 | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack | MCA |
| May 18 | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack | MCA |
| May 25 | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack | MCA |
| June 1 | The Sting | Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack | MCA |
| June 8 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Apple |
| June 15 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Apple |
| June 22 | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | Reprise |
| June 29 | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | Reprise |
| July 6 | Band on the Run | Paul McCartney & Wings | Apple |
| July 13 | Caribou | Elton John | MCA |
| July 20 | Caribou | Elton John | MCA |
| July 27 | Caribou | Elton John | MCA |
| August 3 | Caribou | Elton John | MCA |
| August 10 | Back Home Again | John Denver | RCA Victor |
| August 17 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | RSO |
| August 24 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | RSO |
| August 31 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | RSO |
| September 7 | 461 Ocean Boulevard | Eric Clapton | RSO |
| September 14 | Fulfillingness' First Finale | Stevie Wonder | Tamla |
| September 21 | Fulfillingness' First Finale | Stevie Wonder | Tamla |
| September 28 | Bad Company | Bad Company | Swan Song |
| October 5 | Endless Summer | The Beach Boys | Capitol |
| October 12 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John | MCA |
| October 19 | Not Fragile | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | Mercury |
| October 26 | Can't Get Enough | Barry White | 20th Century |
| November 2 | So Far | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Atlantic |
| November 9 | Wrap Around Joy | Carole King | Ode |
| November 16 | Walls and Bridges | John Lennon | Apple |
| November 23 | It's Only Rock 'n' Roll | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones |
| November 30 | Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John | MCA |
| December 7 | Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John | MCA |
| December 14 | Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John | MCA |
| December 21 | Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John | MCA |
| December 28 | Elton John's Greatest Hits | Elton John | MCA |