These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1977, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1977 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | [1] |
January 8 | [2] | |||
January 15 | Hotel California | Eagles | Asylum | [3] |
January 22 | Wings over America | Wings | Capitol | [4] |
January 29 | Songs in the Key of Life | Stevie Wonder | Tamla | [5] |
February 5 | Hotel California | Eagles | Asylum | [6] |
February 12 | A Star Is Born | Streisand & Kristofferson / Soundtrack | Columbia | [7] |
February 19 | [8] | |||
February 26 | [9] | |||
March 5 | [10] | |||
March 12 | [11] | |||
March 19 | [12] | |||
March 26 | Hotel California | Eagles | Asylum | [13] |
April 2 | Rumours † | Fleetwood Mac | Warner Bros. | [14] |
April 9 | [15] | |||
April 16 | Hotel California | Eagles | Asylum | [16] |
April 23 | [17] | |||
April 30 | [18] | |||
May 7 | [19] | |||
May 14 | [20] | |||
May 21 | Rumours† | Fleetwood Mac | Warner Bros. | [21] |
May 28 | [22] | |||
June 4 | [23] | |||
June 11 | [24] | |||
June 18 | [25] | |||
June 25 | [26] | |||
July 2 | [27] | |||
July 9 | [28] | |||
July 16 | Barry Manilow Live | Barry Manilow | Arista | [29] |
July 23 | Rumours† | Fleetwood Mac | Warner Bros. | [30] |
July 30 | [31] | |||
August 6 | [32] | |||
August 13 | [33] | |||
August 20 | [34] | |||
August 27 | [35] | |||
September 3 | [36] | |||
September 10 | [37] | |||
September 17 | [38] | |||
September 24 | [39] | |||
October 1 | [40] | |||
October 8 | [41] | |||
October 15 | [42] | |||
October 22 | [43] | |||
October 29 | [44] | |||
November 5 | [45] | |||
November 12 | [46] | |||
November 19 | [47] | |||
November 26 | [48] | |||
December 3 | Simple Dreams | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum | [49] |
December 10 | [50] | |||
December 17 | [51] | |||
December 24 | [52] | |||
December 31 | [53] | |||
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