List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1971

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George Harrison became the first post-Beatles solo act to hit #1 with "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" in 1970 and 1971. George Harrison 1974 (cropped).jpg
George Harrison became the first post-Beatles solo act to hit #1 with "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" in 1970 and 1971.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1971.

Contents

That year, 16 acts hit number one for the first time, such as Dawn, the Osmonds, Janis Joplin, Honey Cone, Carole King, the Raiders, James Taylor, the Bee Gees, Linda McCartney, Donny Osmond, Rod Stewart, Isaac Hayes, and Melanie. Janis Joplin became the second artist to earn a number one song posthumously after her death in October 1970. Paul McCartney, Cher, and Donny Osmond, having already hit number one with the Beatles, Sonny & Cher, and the Osmonds, respectively, also earn their first number one songs as solo acts.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1971 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No.Issue dateSongArtist(s)Reference
247January 2"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison [1]
January 9 [2]
January 16 [3]
248January 23"Knock Three Times" Dawn [4]
January 30 [5]
February 6 [6]
249February 13"One Bad Apple" The Osmonds [7]
February 20 [8]
February 27 [9]
March 6 [10]
March 13 [11]
250March 20"Me and Bobby McGee" Janis Joplin [12]
March 27 [13]
251April 3"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" The Temptations [14]
April 10 [15]
252April 17"Joy to the World" Three Dog Night [16]
April 24 [17]
May 1 [18]
May 8 [19]
May 15 [20]
May 22 [21]
253May 29"Brown Sugar" The Rolling Stones [22]
June 5 [23]
254June 12"Want Ads" Honey Cone [24]
255June 19"It's Too Late" / "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King [25]
June 26 [26]
July 3 [27]
July 10 [28]
July 17 [29]
256July 24"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" The Raiders [30]
257July 31"You've Got a Friend" James Taylor [31]
258August 7"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" Bee Gees [32]
August 14 [33]
August 21 [34]
August 28 [35]
259September 4"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul & Linda McCartney [36]
260September 11"Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond [37]
September 18 [38]
September 25 [39]
261October 2"Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe" Rod Stewart [40]
October 9 [41]
October 16 [42]
October 23 [43]
October 30 [44]
262November 6"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" Cher [45]
November 13 [46]
263November 20 "Theme from Shaft" Isaac Hayes [47]
November 27 [48]
264December 4"Family Affair" Sly and the Family Stone [49]
December 11 [50]
December 18 [51]
265December 25"Brand New Key" Melanie [52]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
PositionArtistWeeks at No. 1
1Three Dog Night6
2The Osmonds5
Carole King
Rod Stewart
5Bee Gees4
6George Harrison3
Dawn
Donny Osmond
Sly and the Family Stone
10Janis Joplin2
The Temptations
The Rolling Stones
Cher
Isaac Hayes
15Honey Cone1
The Raiders
James Taylor
Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney
Melanie

See also

Sources

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