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. 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. 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
- † – Album of New Zealand origin
- ‡ – Number-one album of the year, of New Zealand origin
| 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.
External links
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