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.

Notes[]

^‡ This album is of New Zealand origin

References[]

• Album Top 40 - Charts.org.nz

External links[]

• The Official NZ Music Charts