List of Canadian number-one albums of 1977

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This article lists the Canadian number-one albums of 1977. [1] The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Saturday.

Peter Frampton's I'm in You entered the chart at #1. [2] Two acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Barbra Streisand on March 19 – 26 and Fleetwood Mac on September 10. [3]

(Entries with dates marked thus* are not presently on record at Library and Archives Canada and were inferred from the following week's listing. The first page of the chart displayed for July 30 is erroneously the Country Albums chart; the entry for this date was inferred from the following week's issue. The entries for January 15 and 26 appear with the incorrect date January 15, 1976 at the top of the page; the column showing number of weeks for listings reveals them however to be accurate.) [4] [5] [6]

Issue DateAlbumArtist
January 1(no publication)
January 8 Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder
January 15Songs in the Key of LifeStevie Wonder
January 22 Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton
January 29Frampton Comes Alive!Peter Frampton
February 5Frampton Comes Alive!Peter Frampton
February 12Songs in the Key of LifeStevie Wonder
February 19 Wings over America Wings
February 26Frampton Comes Alive!Peter Frampton
March 5 A New World Record Electric Light Orchestra
March 12 Car Wash Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
March 19 A Star Is Born Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
March 26A Star is BornBarbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson
April 2 Hotel California The Eagles
April 9 Rumours Fleetwood Mac
April 16 Even in the Quietest Moments... Supertramp
April 23Even in the Quietest Moments...Supertramp
April 30Even in the Quietest Moments...Supertramp
May 7RumoursFleetwood Mac
May 14Even in the Quietest Moments...Supertramp
May 21Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles
May 28Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles
June 4Hotel CaliforniaThe Eagles
June 11 Endless Flight Leo Sayer
June 18Endless FlightLeo Sayer
June 25 I'm in You Peter Frampton
July 2RumoursFleetwood Mac
July 9RumoursFleetwood Mac
July 16 Book of Dreams Steve Miller Band
July 23Book of DreamsSteve Miller Band
July 30*Book of DreamsSteve Miller Band
August 6RumoursFleetwood Mac
August 13RumoursFleetwood Mac
August 20RumoursFleetwood Mac
August 27 Superman Barbra Streisand
September 3SupermanBarbra Streisand
September 10RumoursFleetwood Mac
September 17RumoursFleetwood Mac
September 24RumoursFleetwood Mac
October 1RumoursFleetwood Mac
October 8RumoursFleetwood Mac
October 15RumoursFleetwood Mac
October 22RumoursFleetwood Mac
October 29RumoursFleetwood Mac
November 5RumoursFleetwood Mac
November 12RumoursFleetwood Mac
November 19RumoursFleetwood Mac
November 26RumoursFleetwood Mac
December 3RumoursFleetwood Mac
December 10 Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt
December 17Simple DreamsLinda Ronstadt
December 24Simple DreamsLinda Ronstadt
December 31 You Light Up My Life Debby Boone

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References

  1. "RPM Charts Archive (1977)". 17 July 2013.
  2. Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5250a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=7in04kanj2n5jqqsj4erg10u03
  3. List of RPM number-one singles of 1977
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