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Most number ones Best-selling albums |
The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; during the 1970s, a total of 48 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1970s was English hard rock band Led Zeppelin, who topped the Albums Chart for 87 weeks with six different albums; their untitled fourth studio album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV was the biggest-selling album of both 1971 and 1972; it was also the biggest-selling album of the decade. The first number-one album of the 1970s was Led Zeppelin II – released in 1969, first reached number one in January, and remained at the top for nineteen consecutive weeks. The final number one of the 1970s was The Wall, the eleventh studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd.
Number-one albums
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| † | Best-selling album of the year |
| ‡ | Runner-up album of the year |
| Best-selling album of the decade | |
| Runner-up album of the decade |
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Artists with the most number ones
editThree artists all had at least five number-one albums during the 1970s.
| Artist | Number ones | Albums |
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| Elton John | 7 | List
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| Led Zeppelin | 6 | List
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| ABBA | 5 | List
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Albums with the most weeks at number one
editThe following albums spent more than twenty weeks at number one during the 1970s.
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
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| Led Zeppelin | Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) | 30 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 28 |
Artists with the most weeks at number one
editThree different artists have spent forty-five weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1970s.
| Artist | Weeks at number one |
Albums |
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| Led Zeppelin | 79 | List
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| Elton John | 72 | List
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| ABBA | 48 | List
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