List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1971

These are the Billboard number-one pop albums of 1971.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1971

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label
January 2	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	Apple
January 9
January 16
January 23
January 30
February 6
February 13
February 20	Jesus Christ Superstar	Various Artists	Decca
February 27	Pearl	Janis Joplin	Columbia
March 6
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24
May 1	Jesus Christ Superstar	Various Artists	Decca
May 8
May 15	4 Way Street	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Atlantic
May 22	Sticky Fingers	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones
May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19	Tapestry	Carole King	Ode 70
June 26
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25
October 2	Every Picture Tells a Story	Rod Stewart	Mercury
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30	Imagine	John Lennon	Apple
November 6	Shaft	Isaac Hayes / Soundtrack	Enterprise
November 13	Santana III	Santana	Columbia
November 20
November 27
December 4
December 11
December 18	There's a Riot Goin' On	Sly & the Family Stone	Epic
December 25

See also

• 1971 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)