List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1972

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1972, per the Billboard 200.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1972

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label
January 1	Music	Carole King	Ode 70
January 8
January 15
January 22	American Pie	Don McLean	United Artists
January 29
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26
March 4
March 11	Harvest	Neil Young	Reprise
March 18
March 25	America	America	Warner Bros.
April 1
April 8
April 15
April 22
April 29	First Take	Roberta Flack	Atlantic
May 6
May 13
May 20
May 27
June 3	Thick as a Brick	Jethro Tull	Reprise
June 10
June 17	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones
June 24
July 1
July 8
July 15	Honky Château	Elton John	Uni
July 22
July 29
August 5
August 12
August 19	Chicago V	Chicago	Columbia
August 26
September 2
September 9
September 16
September 23
September 30
October 7
October 14
October 21	Super Fly	Curtis Mayfield / Soundtrack	Curtom
October 28
November 4
November 11
November 18	Catch Bull at Four	Cat Stevens	A&M
November 25
December 2
December 9	Seventh Sojourn	The Moody Blues	Threshold
December 16
December 23
December 30

See also

• 1972 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)