List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1970s
Number ones
Table:
No.

Artist[a]

Album[a]

Record label[b]

Reached number one
(for the week ending)[a][21]

Weeks at
number one[a]

1970

re

The Beatles

Abbey Road

Apple

27 December 1969

6

74

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin II

Atlantic

7 February 1970

1

75

Various artists

Motown Chartbusters Volume 3

Tamla Motown

14 February 1970

1

76

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

21 February 1970

13

77

The Beatles

Let It Be

Apple

23 May 1970

3

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

13 June 1970

4

78

Bob Dylan

Self Portrait

CBS

11 July 1970

1

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

18 July 1970

5

79

The Moody Blues

A Question of Balance

Threshold

22 August 1970

3

80

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cosmo's Factory

Liberty

12 September 1970

1

81

The Rolling Stones

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert

Decca

19 September 1970

2

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

3 October 1970

1

82

Black Sabbath

Paranoid

Vertigo

10 October 1970

1

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

17 October 1970

1

83

Pink Floyd

Atom Heart Mother

Harvest

24 October 1970

1

84

Various artists

Motown Chartbusters Volume 4

Tamla Motown

31 October 1970

1

85

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin III

Atlantic

7 November 1970

3

86

Bob Dylan

New Morning

CBS

28 November 1970

1

87

Andy Williams

Andy Williams' Greatest Hits

CBS

5 December 1970

1

re

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin III

Atlantic

12 December 1970

1

re

Andy Williams

Andy Williams' Greatest Hits

CBS

19 December 1970

4

1971

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

16 January 1971

3

88

George Harrison

All Things Must Pass

Apple

6 February 1971

8

89

Andy Williams

Home Lovin' Man

CBS

3 April 1971

2

90

Various artists

Motown Chartbusters Volume 5

Tamla Motown

17 April 1971

3

91

The Rolling Stones

Sticky Fingers

Rolling Stones

8 May 1971

4

92

Paul and Linda McCartney

Ram

Apple

5 June 1971

2

re

The Rolling Stones

Sticky Fingers

Rolling Stones

19 June 1971

1

93

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tarkus

Island

26 June 1971

1

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

3 July 1971

5

94

Various artists

Hot Hits 6

Music for Pleasure

7 August 1971

1

95

The Moody Blues

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Threshold

14 August 1971

1

96

Various artists

Top of the Pops, Volume 18

Hallmark

21 August 1971

3

re

Simon & Garfunkel

Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡

CBS

11 September 1971

1

97

The Who

Who's Next

Track

18 September 1971

1

98

Deep Purple

Fireball

Harvest

25 September 1971

1

99

Rod Stewart

Every Picture Tells a Story

Mercury

2 October 1971

4

100

John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band

Imagine

Apple

30 October 1971

2

re

Rod Stewart

Every Picture Tells a Story

Mercury

13 November 1971

2

101

Various artists

Top of the Pops, Volume 20

Hallmark

27 November 1971

1

102

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin IV

Atlantic

4 December 1971

2

103

T.Rex

Electric Warrior

Fly

18 December 1971

6

1972

104

George Harrison, Bob Dylan and others

The Concert for Bangladesh

Apple

29 January 1972

1

re

T.Rex

Electric Warrior

Fly

5 February 1972

2

105

Neil Reid

Neil Reid

Decca

19 February 1972

3

106

Neil Young

Harvest

Reprise

11 March 1972

1

107

Paul Simon

Paul Simon

CBS

18 March 1972

1

108

Lindisfarne

Fog on the Tyne

Charisma

25 March 1972

4

109

Deep Purple

Machine Head

Purple

22 April 1972

2

110

T.Rex

Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages / My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

Fly Double Back

6 May 1972

1

re

Deep Purple

Machine Head

Purple

13 May 1972

1

111

T.Rex

Bolan Boogie

Fly

20 May 1972

3

112

The Rolling Stones

Exile on Main St.

Rolling Stones

10 June 1972

1

113

Various artists

20 Dynamic Hits †

K-tel

17 June 1972

8

114

Various artists

20 Fantastic Hits

Arcade

12 August 1972

5

115

Rod Stewart

Never a Dull Moment

Philips

16 September 1972

2

re

Various artists

20 Fantastic Hits

Arcade

30 September 1972

1

116

Various artists

20 All Time Hits of the 50's

K-tel

7 October 1972

8

117

Various artists

25 Rockin' and Rollin' Greats

K-tel

2 December 1972

3

re

Various artists

20 All Time Hits of the 50's

K-tel

23 December 1972

3

1973

118

Slade

Slayed?

Polydor

13 January 1973

1

119

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Back to Front

MAM

20 January 1973

1

re

Slade

Slayed?

Polydor

27 January 1973

2

120

Elton John

Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player †

DJM

10 February 1973

6

121

Alice Cooper

Billion Dollar Babies

Warner Bros.

24 March 1973

1

122

Various artists

20 Flashback Greats of the Sixties

K-tel

31 March 1973

2

123

Led Zeppelin

Houses of the Holy

Atlantic

14 April 1973

2

124

Faces

Ooh La La

Warner Bros.

28 April 1973

1

125

David Bowie

Aladdin Sane

RCA Victor

5 May 1973

5

126

Various artists

Pure Gold

EMI

9 June 1973

3

127

Original soundtrack

That'll Be the Day

Ronco

30 June 1973

7

128

Peters and Lee

We Can Make It

Philips

18 August 1973

2

129

Rod Stewart

Sing It Again Rod

Mercury

1 September 1973

3

130

The Rolling Stones

Goats Head Soup

Rolling Stones

22 September 1973

2

131

Slade

Sladest

Polydor

6 October 1973

3

132

Status Quo

Hello!

Vertigo

27 October 1973

1

133

David Bowie

Pin Ups

RCA Victor

3 November 1973

5

134

Roxy Music

Stranded

Island

8 December 1973

1

135

David Cassidy

Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes

Bell

15 December 1973

1

136

Elton John

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

DJM

22 December 1973

2

137

Yes

Tales from Topographic Oceans

Atlantic

5 January 1974

2

1974

re

Slade

Sladest

Polydor

19 January 1974

1

138

Perry Como

And I Love You So

RCA Victor

26 January 1974

1

139

The Carpenters

The Singles: 1969–1973 †

A&M

2 February 1974

4

140

Slade

Old New Borrowed and Blue

Polydor

2 March 1974

1

re

The Carpenters

The Singles: 1969–1973 †

A&M

9 March 1974

11

141

Rick Wakeman

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

A&M

25 May 1974

1

re

The Carpenters

The Singles: 1969–1973 †

A&M

1 June 1974

1

142

David Bowie

Diamond Dogs

RCA Victor

8 June 1974

4

re

The Carpenters

The Singles: 1969–1973 †

A&M

6 July 1974

1

143

Elton John

Caribou

DJM

13 July 1974

2

144

Paul McCartney & Wings

Band on the Run

Apple

27 July 1974

7

145

Mike Oldfield

Hergest Ridge

Virgin

14 September 1974

3

146

Mike Oldfield

Tubular Bells

Virgin

5 October 1974

1

147

Bay City Rollers

Rollin'

Bell

12 October 1974

1

148

Rod Stewart

Smiler

Mercury

19 October 1974

1

re

Bay City Rollers

Rollin'

Bell

26 October 1974

1

re

Rod Stewart

Smiler

Mercury

2 November 1974

1

re

Bay City Rollers

Rollin'

Bell

9 November 1974

2

149

Elton John

Elton John's Greatest Hits

DJM

23 November 1974

11

1975

150

Engelbert Humperdinck

His Greatest Hits

Decca

8 February 1975

3

151

Status Quo

On the Level

Vertigo

1 March 1975

2

152

Led Zeppelin

Physical Graffiti

Swan Song

15 March 1975

1

153

Tom Jones

20 Greatest Hits

Decca

22 March 1975

4

154

The Stylistics

The Best of the Stylistics †

Avco

19 April 1975

2

155

Bay City Rollers

Once Upon a Star

Bell

3 May 1975

3

re

The Stylistics

The Best of the Stylistics †

Avco

24 May 1975

5

156

Wings

Venus and Mars

Apple

28 June 1975

1

157

The Carpenters

Horizon

A&M

5 July 1975

2

re

Wings

Venus and Mars

Apple

19 July 1975

1

re

The Carpenters

Horizon

A&M

26 July 1975

3

re

The Stylistics

The Best of the Stylistics †

Avco

16 August 1975

2

158

Rod Stewart

Atlantic Crossing

Warner Bros.

30 August 1975

5

159

Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here

Harvest

4 October 1975

1

re

Rod Stewart

Atlantic Crossing

Warner Bros.

11 October 1975

2

160

Jim Reeves

40 Golden Greats

Arcade

25 October 1975

3

161

Max Boyce

We All Had Doctors' Papers

EMI

15 November 1975

1

162

Perry Como

40 Greatest Hits

K-tel

22 November 1975

5

163

Queen

A Night at the Opera

EMI

27 December 1975

2

1976

re

Perry Como

40 Greatest Hits

K-tel

10 January 1976

1

re

Queen

A Night at the Opera

EMI

17 January 1976

2

164

Roy Orbison

The Best of Roy Orbison

Arcade

31 January 1976

1

165

Slim Whitman

The Very Best of Slim Whitman

United Artists

7 February 1976

6

166

Status Quo

Blue for You

Vertigo

20 March 1976

3

167

Rock Follies

Rock Follies

Island

10 April 1976

2

168

Led Zeppelin

Presence

Swan Song

24 April 1976

1

re

Rock Follies

Rock Follies

Island

1 May 1976

1

169

ABBA

Greatest Hits †

Epic

8 May 1976

9

170

Rod Stewart

A Night on the Town

Riva

10 July 1976

2

171

The Beach Boys

20 Golden Greats

Capitol

24 July 1976

10

172

The Stylistics

The Best of the Stylistics Volume II

H&L

2 October 1976

1

173

Dr. Feelgood

Stupidity

United Artists

9 October 1976

1

re

ABBA

Greatest Hits †

Epic

16 October 1976

2

174

Various artists

Soul Motion

K-tel

30 October 1976

2

175

Led Zeppelin

The Song Remains the Same

Swan Song

13 November 1976

1

176

Bert Weedon

22 Golden Guitar Greats

Warwick

20 November 1976

1

177

Glen Campbell

20 Golden Greats

Capitol

27 November 1976

6

1977

178

Queen

A Day at the Races

EMI

8 January 1977

1

179

ABBA

Arrival †

Epic

15 January 1977

1

180

Slim Whitman

Red River Valley

United Artists

22 January 1977

4

181

The Shadows

20 Golden Greats

EMI

19 February 1977

6

182

Frank Sinatra

Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man

Reprise

2 April 1977

2

re

ABBA

Arrival †

Epic

16 April 1977

9

183

The Beatles

The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl

Parlophone

18 June 1977

1

184

The Muppets

The Muppet Show

Pye

25 June 1977

1

185

Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson

A Star Is Born

CBS

2 July 1977

2

186

Johnny Mathis

The Mathis Collection

CBS

16 July 1977

4

187

Yes

Going for the One

Atlantic

13 August 1977

2

188

Connie Francis

20 All Time Greats

Polydor

27 August 1977

2

189

Elvis Presley

Elvis' 40 Greatest

Arcade

10 September 1977

1

190

Diana Ross & the Supremes

20 Golden Greats

Motown

17 September 1977

7

191

Cliff Richard & The Shadows

40 Golden Greats

EMI

5 November 1977

1

192

Sex Pistols

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Virgin

12 November 1977

2

193

Bread

The Sound of Bread

Elektra

26 November 1977

2

194

Various artists

Disco Fever

K-tel

10 December 1977

6

1978

re

Bread

The Sound of Bread

Elektra

21 January 1978

1

195

Fleetwood Mac

Rumours

Warner Bros.

28 January 1978

1

196

ABBA

The Album

Epic

4 February 1978

7

197

Buddy Holly & The Crickets

20 Golden Greats

EMI

25 March 1978

3

198

Nat King Cole

20 Golden Greats

Capitol

15 April 1978

3

199

Original soundtrack

Saturday Night Fever †

RSO

6 May 1978

18

200

Boney M.

Nightflight to Venus

Atlantic

9 September 1978

4

201

Original soundtrack

Grease

RSO

7 October 1978

13

202

Showaddywaddy

Greatest Hits

Arista

6 January 1979

2

1979

203

Various artists

Don't Walk – Boogie

EMI

20 January 1979

3

204

Various artists

Action Replay

K-tel

10 February 1979

1

205

Blondie

Parallel Lines †

Chrysalis

17 February 1979

4

206

Bee Gees

Spirits Having Flown

RSO

17 March 1979

2

207

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2

CBS

31 March 1979

4

208

Leo Sayer

The Very Best of Leo Sayer

Chrysalis

28 April 1979

3

209

ABBA

Voulez-Vous

Epic

19 May 1979

4

210

Electric Light Orchestra

Discovery

Jet

16 June 1979

5

211

Tubeway Army

Replicas

Beggars Banquet

21 July 1979

1

212

Various artists

The Best Disco Album in the World

WEA

28 July 1979

6

213

Led Zeppelin

In Through the Out Door

Swan Song

8 September 1979

2

214

Gary Numan

The Pleasure Principle

Beggars Banquet

22 September 1979

1

215

Boney M

Oceans of Fantasy

Atlantic

29 September 1979

1

re

Gary Numan

The Pleasure Principle

Beggars Banquet

6 October 1979

1

216

Blondie

Eat to the Beat[22]

Chrysalis

13 October 1979[23]

1

217

The Police

Reggatta de Blanc

A&M

13 October 1979[24]

4

218

Fleetwood Mac

Tusk

Warner Bros.

10 November 1979

1

219

ABBA

Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Epic

17 November 1979

3

220

Rod Stewart

Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

Riva

8 December 1979

5

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