List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1974

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1974, per the Billboard 200.

Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the best performing album of 1974 despite not reaching number one at any point during the year. The album achieved 8 weeks atop the chart during 1973.

Elton John had two number one albums in 1974, Caribou and Greatest Hits, along with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which was the year's best-selling album despite not being number one at any point during the year.

Chart history

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 5	The Singles: 1969–1973	Carpenters	A&M	[1]
January 12	You Don't Mess Around with Jim	Jim Croce	ABC	[2]
January 19				[3]
January 26				[4]
February 2				[5]
February 9				[6]
February 16	Planet Waves	Bob Dylan With The Band	Asylum	[7]
February 23				[8]
March 2				[9]
March 9				[10]
March 16	The Way We Were	Barbra Streisand	Columbia	[11]
March 23				[12]
March 30	John Denver's Greatest Hits	John Denver	RCA Victor	[13]
April 6				[14]
April 13	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	Apple	[15]
April 20	John Denver's Greatest Hits	John Denver	RCA Victor	[16]
April 27	Chicago VII	Chicago	Columbia	[17]
May 4	The Sting	Marvin Hamlisch / Soundtrack	MCA	[18]
May 11				[19]
May 18				[20]
May 25				[21]
June 1				[22]
June 8	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	Apple	[23]
June 15				[24]
June 22	Sundown	Gordon Lightfoot	Reprise	[25]
June 29				[26]
July 6	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	Apple	[27]
July 13	Caribou	Elton John	MCA	[28]
July 20				[29]
July 27				[30]
August 3				[31]
August 10	Back Home Again	John Denver	RCA Victor	[32]
August 17	461 Ocean Boulevard	Eric Clapton	RSO	[33]
August 24				[34]
August 31				[35]
September 7				[36]
September 14	Fulfillingness' First Finale	Stevie Wonder	Tamla	[37]
September 21				[38]
September 28	Bad Company	Bad Company	Swan Song	[39]
October 5	Endless Summer	The Beach Boys	Capitol	[40]
October 12	If You Love Me, Let Me Know	Olivia Newton-John	MCA	[41]
October 19	Not Fragile	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	Mercury	[42]
October 26	Can't Get Enough	Barry White	20th Century	[43]
November 2	So Far	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Atlantic	[44]
November 9	Wrap Around Joy	Carole King	Ode	[45]
November 16	Walls and Bridges	John Lennon	Apple	[46]
November 23	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	[47]
November 30	Elton John's Greatest Hits	Elton John	MCA	[48]
December 7				[49]
December 14				[50]
December 21				[51]
December 28				[52]

See also

• 1974 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References

1. "January 5, 1974". Billboard 200.
2. "January 12, 1974". Billboard 200.
3. "January 19, 1974". Billboard 200.
4. "January 26, 1974". Billboard 200.
5. "February 2, 1974". Billboard 200.
6. "February 9, 1974". Billboard 200.
7. "February 16, 1974". Billboard 200.
8. "February 23, 1974". Billboard 200.
9. "March 2, 1974". Billboard 200.
10. "March 9, 1974". Billboard 200.
11. "March 16, 1974". Billboard 200.
12. "March 23, 1974". Billboard 200.
13. "March 30, 1974". Billboard 200.
14. "April 6, 1974". Billboard 200.
15. "April 13, 1974". Billboard 200.
16. "April 20, 1974". Billboard 200.
17. "April 27, 1974". Billboard 200.
18. "May 4, 1974". Billboard 200.
19. "May 11, 1974". Billboard 200.
20. "May 18, 1974". Billboard 200.
21. "May 25, 1974". Billboard 200.
22. "June 1, 1974". Billboard 200.
23. "June 8, 1974". Billboard 200.
24. "June 15, 1974". Billboard 200.
25. "June 22, 1974". Billboard 200.
26. "June 29, 1974". Billboard 200.
27. "July 6, 1974". Billboard 200.
28. "July 13, 1974". Billboard 200.
29. "July 20, 1974". Billboard 200.
30. "July 27, 1974". Billboard 200.
31. "August 3, 1974". Billboard 200.
32. "August 10, 1974". Billboard 200.
33. "August 17, 1974". Billboard 200.
34. "August 24, 1974". Billboard 200.
35. "August 31, 1974". Billboard 200.
36. "September 7, 1974". Billboard 200.
37. "September 14, 1974". Billboard 200.
38. "September 21, 1974". Billboard 200.
39. "September 28, 1974". Billboard 200.
40. "October 5, 1974". Billboard 200.
41. "October 12, 1974". Billboard 200.
42. "October 19, 1974". Billboard 200.
43. "October 26, 1974". Billboard 200.
44. "November 2, 1974". Billboard 200.
45. "November 9, 1974". Billboard 200.
46. "November 16, 1974". Billboard 200.
47. "November 23, 1974". Billboard 200.
48. "November 30, 1974". Billboard 200.
49. "December 7, 1974". Billboard 200.
50. "December 14, 1974". Billboard 200.
51. "December 21, 1974". Billboard 200.
52. "December 28, 1974". Billboard 200.