List of number-one albums from the 1970s (New Zealand)
This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one albums in New Zealand during the 1970s decade. In May 1975 the Pop-O-Meter singles chart was replaced with the new Record Publications chart, a division of the New Zealand Phonographic Federation. As well as a new singles chart, a weekly album chart was compiled for the first time.[1] The new top 40 album chart was launched in May 1975 by the New Zealand Phonographic Federation, and eventually expanded to a top 50 in 1979. The chart was collated by returns sent in by a representative sample of New Zealand music retailers.[2] ABBA's 1975 compilation album The Best of ABBA charted at number one for a total of 18 weeks. Only two albums by New Zealand artists reached number one: folk-pop duo Bill and Boyd's self-titled album, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's album The World's Great Classics.
The following albums were all number one in New Zealand in the 1970s.
Number ones
- Key
- * – Number-one album of the year[nb 1]
- † – Album of New Zealand origin[nb 2]
- ‡ – Number-one album of the year, of New Zealand origin
Bob Dylan had the first number one album of the new chart with Blood on the Tracks.
ABBA's album The Best of ABBA was number one for 15 weeks, the longest run of the 1970s.
The Grease soundtrack, featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, charted at No. 1 for 16 weeks in 1978.
The soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever, primarily written by The Bee Gees, charted at No, 1 for 15 weeks in 1978.
Supertramp's album Breakfast in America was No.1 for 10 weeks.
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Dylan | Blood on the Tracks | 3 | 2 May 1975 |
| Rick Wakeman | The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | 3 | 23 May 1975 |
| John Denver | An Evening with John Denver | 1 | 13 June 1975 |
| Rick Wakeman | The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table | 1 | 20 June 1975 |
| John Denver | An Evening with John Denver | 1 | 27 June 1975 |
| Elton John | Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy | 5 | 4 July 1975 |
| Wings | Venus and Mars | 1 | 8 August 1975 |
| Roger Whittaker | The Very Best of Roger Whittaker | 8 | 15 August 1975 |
| Helen Reddy | Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits | 3 | 10 October 1975 |
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 3 | 31 October 1975 |
| Helen Reddy | Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits | 3 | 21 November 1975 |
| Freddy Fender | Before the Next Teardrop Falls | 2 | 12 December 1975 |
| Summer break - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
| Summer break - no chart (4 weeks) | |||
| The Doobie Brothers | Listen to the Music: The Best of the Doobie Brothers | 3 | 30 January 1976 |
| ABBA | The Best of ABBA | 1 | 20 February 1976 |
| Neil Diamond | Hot August Night | 1 | 27 February 1976 |
| Bill & Boyd | Bill & Boyd‡ | 1 | 5 March 1976 |
| Queen | A Night at the Opera | 3 | 12 March 1976 |
| 10cc | How Dare You! | 1 | 2 April 1976 |
| Queen | A Night at the Opera | 2 | 9 April 1976 |
| Easter holiday - no chart (1 week) | |||
| ABBA | The Best of ABBA | 15 | 30 April 1976 |
| Neil Diamond | Beautiful Noise | 6 | 13 August 1976 |
| Rod Stewart | A Night on the Town | 1 | 24 September 1976 |
| ABBA | The Best of ABBA | 1 | 1 October 1976 |
| Rod Stewart | A Night on the Town | 5 | 8 October 1976 |
| ABBA | The Best of ABBA | 1 | 12 November 1976 |
| New Zealand Symphony Orchestra | The World's Great Classics‡ | 1 | 19 November 1976 |
| ABBA | Arrival | 4 | 26 November 1976 |
| Summer break - no chart (2 weeks) | |||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
| Summer break - no chart (5 weeks) | |||
| ABBA | Arrival | 1 | 13 February 1977 |
| Eagles | Hotel California | 2 | 20 February 1977 |
| Rod Stewart | A Night on the Town | 3 | 6 March 1977 |
| Pink Floyd | Animals | 3 | 27 March 1977 |
| Easter holiday - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Eagles | Hotel California | 1 | 24 April 1977 |
| Barbra Streisand / Kris Kristofferson | A Star Is Born | 1 | 1 May 1977 |
| Neil Diamond | Love at the Greek | 1 | 8 May 1977 |
| Various artists | Masterpiece | 2 | 15 May 1977 |
| Various artists | Disco Magic | 1 | 29 May 1977 |
| Barbra Streisand / Kris Kristofferson | A Star Is Born | 8 | 5 June 1977 |
| Bee Gees | Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live | 5 | 31 July 1977 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1 | 4 September 1977 |
| Pussycat | Souvenirs | 2 | 11 September 1977 |
| Elvis Presley | Moody Blue | 4 | 25 September 1977 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 4 | 23 October 1977 |
| Rod Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 2 | 20 November 1977 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 3 | 4 December 1977 |
| Summer break - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
| Summer break - no chart (4 weeks) | |||
| Rod Stewart | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | 1 | 29 January 1978 |
| Fleetwood Mac | Rumours | 1 | 5 February 1978 |
| ABBA | ABBA: The Album | 5 | 12 February 1978 |
| Neil Diamond | I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight | 19 March 1978 | |
| Soundtrack | Saturday Night Fever | 1 | 26 March 1978 |
| Easter holiday - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Soundtrack | Saturday Night Fever | 13 | 9 April 1978 |
| Kamahl | Kamahl | 1 | 9 July 1978 |
| The Rolling Stones | Some Girls | 2 | 16 July 1978 |
| Soundtrack | FM | 1 | 30 July 1978 |
| Soundtrack | Saturday Night Fever | 1 | 6 August 1978 |
| Soundtrack | Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | 3 | 13 August 1978 |
| Meat Loaf | Bat Out of Hell | 1 | 3 September 1978 |
| Soundtrack | Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | 13 | 10 September 1978 |
| David Bowie | Stage | 2 | 10 December 1978 |
| Summer break - no chart (2 weeks) | |||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
| Summer break - no chart (2 weeks) | |||
| Billy Joel | 52nd Street | 2 | 21 January 1979 |
| Barbra Streisand | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | 4 | 4 February 1979 |
| Rod Stewart | Blondes Have More Fun | 3 | 4 March 1979 |
| Bee Gees | Spirits Having Flown | 4 | 25 March 1979 |
| Easter holiday - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Various artists | Don't Walk, Boogie | 5 | 25 April 1979 |
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | 4 | 3 June 1979 |
| Leo Sayer | The Very Best of Leo Sayer | 1 | 1 July 1979 |
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | 4 | 6 July 1979 |
| Dire Straits | Communiqué | 2 | 5 August 1979 |
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | 1 | 19 August 1979 |
| Art Garfunkel | Fate for Breakfast | 1 | 26 August 1979 |
| Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door | 2 | 2 September 1979 |
| Supertramp | Breakfast in America | 1 | 16 September 1979 |
| Led Zeppelin | In Through the Out Door | 1 | 23 September 1979 |
| Bob Dylan | Slow Train Coming | 2 | 30 September 1979 |
| Various artists | Don't Walk, Boogie On | 4 | 14 October 1979 |
| Rod Stewart | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | 6 | 11 November 1979 |
| Pink Floyd | The Wall | 1 | 23 December 1979 |
| Summer break - no chart (1 week) | |||
| Artist | Album | Weeks at number one |
Reached number one |
Notes
- Annual charts are sourced from the RMNZ website.
- Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by RMNZ
- ^‡ This album is of New Zealand origin
References
- Dix, John (1988). Stranded in Paradise : New Zealand rock'n'roll, 1955-1988. Wellington, N.Z.: Paradise Publications. p. 342. ISBN 0473006383.
- Staff, Bryan. "New Zealand charts - the genesis". Audioculture. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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