List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1979

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1979, per the Billboard 200.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1979

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label
January 6	Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2	Barbra Streisand	Columbia
January 13
January 20
January 27	52nd Street	Billy Joel	Columbia
February 3	Briefcase Full of Blues	Blues Brothers	Atlantic
February 10	Blondes Have More Fun	Rod Stewart	Warner Bros.
February 17
February 24
March 3	Spirits Having Flown	Bee Gees	RSO
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7	Minute by Minute	Doobie Brothers	Warner Bros.
April 14
April 21	Spirits Having Flown	Bee Gees	RSO
April 28	Minute by Minute	Doobie Brothers	Warner Bros.
May 5
May 12
May 19	Breakfast in America	Supertramp	A&M
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16	Bad Girls	Donna Summer	Casablanca
June 23	Breakfast in America	Supertramp	A&M
June 30
July 7	Bad Girls	Donna Summer	Casablanca
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11	Get the Knack	The Knack	Capitol
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15	In Through the Out Door	Led Zeppelin	Swan Song
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3	The Long Run	Eagles	Asylum
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

See also

• 1979 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)