List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1975

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1975, per the Billboard 200.

Elton John had three number one albums in 1975, Greatest Hits (the best-selling album of the year), Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, and Rock of the Westies, which spent a cumulative 15 weeks at number one during the year.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best performing album of 1975

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 4	Elton John's Greatest Hits †	Elton John	MCA	[1]
January 11				[2]
January 18				[3]
January 25				[4]
February 1				[5]
February 8	Fire	Ohio Players	Mercury	[6]
February 15	Heart Like a Wheel	Linda Ronstadt	Capitol	[7]
February 22	AWB	Average White Band	Atlantic	[8]
March 1	Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan	Columbia	[9]
March 8				[10]
March 15	Have You Never Been Mellow	Olivia Newton-John	MCA	[11]
March 22	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin	Swan Song	[12]
March 29				[13]
April 5				[14]
April 12				[15]
April 19				[16]
April 26				[17]
May 3	Chicago VIII	Chicago	Columbia	[18]
May 10				[19]
May 17	That's the Way of the World	Earth, Wind & Fire	Columbia	[20]
May 24				[21]
May 31				[22]
June 7	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John	MCA	[23]
June 14				[24]
June 21				[25]
June 28				[26]
July 5				[27]
July 12				[28]
July 19	Venus and Mars	Wings	Capitol	[29]
July 26	One of These Nights	Eagles	Asylum	[30]
August 2				[31]
August 9				[32]
August 16				[33]
August 23				[34]
August 30	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John	MCA	[35]
September 6	Red Octopus	Jefferson Starship	Grunt	[36]
September 13	The Heat Is On	The Isley Brothers	T-Neck	[37]
September 20	Between the Lines	Janis Ian	Columbia	[38]
September 27	Red Octopus	Jefferson Starship	Grunt	[39]
October 4	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	Columbia	[40]
October 11				[41]
October 18	Windsong	John Denver	RCA	[42]
October 25				[43]
November 1	Red Octopus	Jefferson Starship	Grunt	[44]
November 8	Rock of the Westies	Elton John	MCA	[45]
November 15				[46]
November 22				[47]
November 29	Red Octopus	Jefferson Starship	Grunt	[48]
December 6	Still Crazy After All These Years	Paul Simon	Columbia	[49]
December 13	Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits	Chicago	Columbia	[50]
December 20				[51]
December 27				[52]

See also

• 1975 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References

1. "January 4, 1975". Billboard 200.
2. "January 11, 1975". Billboard 200.
3. "January 18, 1975". Billboard 200.
4. "January 25, 1975". Billboard 200.
5. "February 1, 1975". Billboard 200.
6. "February 8, 1975". Billboard 200.
7. "February 15, 1975". Billboard 200.
8. "February 22, 1975". Billboard 200.
9. "March 1, 1975". Billboard 200.
10. "March 8, 1975". Billboard 200.
11. "March 15, 1975". Billboard 200.
12. "March 22, 1975". Billboard 200.
13. "March 29, 1975". Billboard 200.
14. "April 5, 1975". Billboard 200.
15. "April 12, 1975". Billboard 200.
16. "April 19, 1975". Billboard 200.
17. "April 26, 1975". Billboard 200.
18. "May 3, 1975". Billboard 200.
19. "May 10, 1975". Billboard 200.
20. "May 17, 1975". Billboard 200.
21. "May 24, 1975". Billboard 200.
22. "May 31, 1975". Billboard 200.
23. "June 7, 1975". Billboard 200.
24. "June 14, 1975". Billboard 200.
25. "June 21, 1975". Billboard 200.
26. "June 28, 1975". Billboard 200.
27. "July 5, 1975". Billboard 200.
28. "July 12, 1975". Billboard 200.
29. "July 19, 1975". Billboard 200.
30. "July 26, 1975". Billboard 200.
31. "August 2, 1975". Billboard 200.
32. "August 9, 1975". Billboard 200.
33. "August 16, 1975". Billboard 200.
34. "August 23, 1975". Billboard 200.
35. "August 30, 1975". Billboard 200.
36. "September 6, 1975". Billboard 200.
37. "September 13, 1975". Billboard 200.
38. "September 20, 1975". Billboard 200.
39. "September 27, 1975". Billboard 200.
40. "October 4, 1975". Billboard 200.
41. "October 11, 1975". Billboard 200.
42. "October 18, 1975". Billboard 200.
43. "October 25, 1975". Billboard 200.
44. "November 1, 1975". Billboard 200.
45. "November 8, 1975". Billboard 200.
46. "November 15, 1975". Billboard 200.
47. "November 22, 1975". Billboard 200.
48. "November 29, 1975". Billboard 200.
49. "December 6, 1975". Billboard 200.
50. "December 13, 1975". Billboard 200.
51. "December 20, 1975". Billboard 200.
52. "December 27, 1975". Billboard 200.