These are the Billboard number-one pop albums of 1971.
Indicates best performing album of 1971 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 2 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | Apple | [1] |
January 9 | [2] | |||
January 16 | [3] | |||
January 23 | [4] | |||
January 30 | [5] | |||
February 6 | [6] | |||
February 13 | [7] | |||
February 20 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Various Artists | Decca | [8] |
February 27 | Pearl | Janis Joplin | Columbia | [9] |
March 6 | [10] | |||
March 13 | [11] | |||
March 20 | [12] | |||
March 27 | [13] | |||
April 3 | [14] | |||
April 10 | [15] | |||
April 17 | [16] | |||
April 24 | [17] | |||
May 1 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Various Artists | Decca | [18] |
May 8 | [19] | |||
May 15 | 4 Way Street | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Atlantic | [20] |
May 22 | Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones | [21] |
May 29 | [22] | |||
June 5 | [23] | |||
June 12 | [24] | |||
June 19 | Tapestry | Carole King | Ode 70 | [25] |
June 26 | [26] | |||
July 3 | [27] | |||
July 10 | [28] | |||
July 17 | [29] | |||
July 24 | [30] | |||
July 31 | [31] | |||
August 7 | [32] | |||
August 14 | [33] | |||
August 21 | [34] | |||
August 28 | [35] | |||
September 4 | [36] | |||
September 11 | [37] | |||
September 18 | [38] | |||
September 25 | [39] | |||
October 2 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart | Mercury | [40] |
October 9 | [41] | |||
October 16 | [42] | |||
October 23 | [43] | |||
October 30 | Imagine | John Lennon | Apple | [44] |
November 6 | Shaft | Isaac Hayes / Soundtrack | Enterprise | [45] |
November 13 | Santana III | Santana | Columbia | [46] |
November 20 | [47] | |||
November 27 | [48] | |||
December 4 | [49] | |||
December 11 | [50] | |||
December 18 | There's a Riot Goin' On | Sly & the Family Stone | Epic | [51] |
December 25 | [52] | |||
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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