page_title: List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1976
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1976 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: Earth Wind &amp; Fire: L to R: Maurice White and Philip Bailey performing at the Ahoy Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1982
context_page_description: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs is a chart published by Billboard that ranks the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American-oriented musical genres; the chart has undergone various name changes since its launch in 1942 to reflect the evolution of such genres. In 1976, it was published under the title Hot Soul Singles. During that year, 29 different singles topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations and surveys of retail sales outlets.
  Natalie Cole and the band Earth, Wind & Fire were the only two acts to achieve more than one number one during the year; both acts had two chart-toppers. "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor was the year's longest-running number one, spending six consecutive weeks in the top spot. This also made Taylor the act with the highest total number of weeks atop the chart during the year, ahead of four acts which each spent four weeks at number one. "Disco Lady" was among eight of 1976's soul number ones which also topped the all-genre Hot 100 chart, mostly those in the disco genre which was beginning to dominate American popular music.
caption: Earth, Wind & Fire had two number ones in 1976.
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