| 1970s in music in the UK |
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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1977, as well as albums which peaked in 1976 and 1978 but were in the top 10 in 1977. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by A Day at the Races by Queen. Overall, seventeen different albums peaked at number one in 1977, with seventeen unique artists hitting that position.
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1976 but still in chart in 1977. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1977 but peaked in 1978. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
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| Albums in 1976 | ||||||
| 17 April 1976 | 49 | Greatest Hits ‡ | ABBA | 1 | 8 May 1976 | 11 |
| 23 October 1976 | 19 | Songs in the Key of Life ‡ | Stevie Wonder | 2 | 30 October 1976 | 3 |
| 6 November 1976 | 8 | 22 Golden Guitar Greats ‡ | Bert Weedon | 1 | 20 November 1976 | 1 |
| 13 November 1976 | 9 | 100 Golden Greats ‡ | Max Bygraves | 3 | 27 November 1976 | 3 |
| 20 November 1976 | 10 | Glen Campbell's Twenty Golden Greats ‡ | Glen Campbell | 1 | 27 November 1976 | 6 |
| 27 November 1976 | 34 | Arrival | ABBA | 1 | 15 January 1977 | 10 |
| 4 December 1976 | 7 | The Greatest Hits ‡ | Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons | 4 | 11 December 1976 | 2 |
| 11 December 1976 | 6 | Disco Rocket ‡ | Various artists | 3 | 18 December 1976 | 1 |
| 9 | A New World Record | Electric Light Orchestra | 6 | 25 June 1977 | 1 | |
| 25 December 1976 | 22 | Hotel California | Eagles | 2 | 14 May 1977 | 4 |
| 6 | A Day at the Races | Queen | 1 | 8 January 1977 | 1 | |
| Albums in 1977 | ||||||
| 8 January 1977 | 6 | Greatest Hits | Showaddywaddy | 4 | 8 January 1977 | 1 |
| 15 January 1977 | 7 | Red River Valley | Slim Whitman | 1 | 22 January 1977 | 4 |
| 3 | Wind & Wuthering | Genesis | 7 | 29 January 1977 | 1 | |
| 22 January 1977 | 6 | David Soul | David Soul | 2 | 12 February 1977 | 1 |
| 29 January 1977 | 3 | Wings over America | Wings | 8 | 12 February 1977 | 1 |
| 5 February 1977 | 3 | Low | David Bowie | 2 | 5 February 1977 | 1 |
| 7 | Evita | Various artists | 4 | 12 February 1977 | 2 | |
| 12 February 1977 | 16 | Endless Flight | Leo Sayer | 4 | 26 February 1977 | 2 |
| 19 February 1977 | 14 | 20 Golden Greats | The Shadows | 1 | 19 February 1977 | 6 |
| 11 | Animals | Pink Floyd | 2 | 19 February 1977 | 3 | |
| 1 | Motorvatin': 22 Rock 'n' Roll Classics | Chuck Berry | 7 | 19 February 1977 | 1 | |
| 8 | 20 Great Heartbreakers | Various artists | 2 | 12 March 1977 | 2 | |
| 26 February 1977 | 3 | Dance to the Music | 5 | 26 February 1977 | 1 | |
| 5 March 1977 | 41 | Rumours ♦ | Fleetwood Mac | 1 | 28 January 1978 | 1 |
| 12 March 1977 | 4 | Live! | Status Quo | 3 | 19 March 1977 | 1 |
| 3 | In Your Mind | Bryan Ferry | 5 | 12 March 1977 | 2 | |
| 6 | Peter Gabriel 1 (Car) | Peter Gabriel | 7 | 12 March 1977 | 1 | |
| 26 March 1977 | 8 | Portrait of Sinatra – Forty Songs from the Life of a Man | Frank Sinatra | 1 | 2 April 1977 | 2 |
| 6 | Hollies Live Hits | The Hollies | 4 | 9 April 1977 | 2 | |
| 2 April 1977 | 2 | Every Face Tells a Story | Cliff Richard | 8 | 2 April 1977 | 2 |
| 9 April 1977 | 1 | The Best of John Denver Volume 2 | John Denver | 9 | 9 April 1977 | 1 |
| 16 April 1977 | 3 | The Unforgettable Glenn Miller | Glenn Miller | 4 | 16 April 1977 | 2 |
| 2 | Works Volume 1 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 9 | 16 April 1977 | 1 | |
| 30 April 1977 | 5 | Greatest Hits | Smokie | 6 | 14 May 1977 | 1 |
| 7 May 1977 | 17 | Rattus Norvegicus (The Stranglers IV) | The Stranglers | 4 | 7 May 1977 | 1 |
| 23 | A Star Is Born | Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson | 1 | 2 July 1977 | 2 | |
| 21 May 1977 | 8 | Deceptive Bends | 10cc | 3 | 21 May 1977 | 2 |
| 9 | The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl | The Beatles | 1 | 18 June 1977 | 1 | |
| 28 May 1977 | 2 | Time Loves a Hero | Little Feat | 8 | 28 May 1977 | 1 |
| 4 June 1977 | 5 | Sheer Magic | Mr. Acker Bilk | 5 | 11 June 1977 | 1 |
| 1 | All to Yourself | Jack Jones | 10 | 4 June 1977 | 1 | |
| 11 June 1977 | 8 | The Muppet Show | The Muppets | 1 | 25 June 1977 | 1 |
| 1 | Sneakin' Suspicion | Dr. Feelgood | 10 | 25 June 1977 | 1 | |
| 18 June 1977 | 13 | The Mathis Collection | Johnny Mathis | 1 | 16 July 1977 | 4 |
| 25 June 1977 | 7 | Exodus | Bob Marley and the Wailers | 8 | 2 July 1977 | 1 |
| 9 July 1977 | 7 | Love at the Greek | Neil Diamond | 3 | 6 August 1977 | 1 |
| 23 July 1977 | 8 | I Remember Yesterday | Donna Summer | 3 | 23 July 1977 | 1 |
| 2 | The Best of The Mamas & the Papas | The Mamas & the Papas | 6 | 23 July 1977 | 1 | |
| 30 July 1977 | 13 | Going for the One | Yes | 1 | 13 August 1977 | 2 |
| 10 | 20 All Time Greats | Connie Francis | 1 | 27 August 1977 | 2 | |
| 6 August 1977 | 2 | On Stage | Rainbow | 7 | 6 August 1977 | 1 |
| 1 | Live! In The Air Age | Be-Bop Deluxe | 10 | 6 August 1977 | 1 | |
| 27 August 1977 | 11 | Oxygène | Jean-Michel Jarre | 2 | 3 September 1977 | 5 |
| 3 September 1977 | 4 | Elvis' 40 Greatest | Elvis Presley | 1 | 10 September 1977 | 1 |
| 8 | Moody Blue | 3 | 24 September 1977 | 2 | ||
| 10 September 1977 | 1 | Welcome to My World | 7 | 10 September 1977 | 1 | |
| 17 September 1977 | 14 | 20 Golden Greats | Diana Ross & the Supremes | 1 | 17 September 1977 | 7 |
| 24 September 1977 | 2 | Playing to an Audience of One | David Soul | 8 | 24 September 1977 | 1 |
| 1 October 1977 | 1 | Show Some Emotion | Joan Armatrading | 6 | 1 October 1977 | 1 |
| 1 | The Very Best of Frankie Laine | Frankie Laine | 7 | 1 October 1977 | 1 | |
| 8 October 1977 | 3 | Love You Live | The Rolling Stones | 3 | 8 October 1977 | 1 |
| 2 | Bad Reputation | Thin Lizzy | 4 | 8 October 1977 | 1 | |
| 3 | Aja | Steely Dan | 5 | 15 October 1977 | 1 | |
| 6 | No More Heroes | The Stranglers | 2 | 15 October 1977 | 1 | |
| 22 October 1977 | 3 | Home on the Range | Slim Whitman | 2 | 22 October 1977 | 1 |
| 7 | 40 Golden Greats | Cliff Richard | 1 | 5 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 29 October 1977 | 3 | Seconds Out | Genesis | 4 | 5 November 1977 | 1 |
| 3 | Thunder in My Heart | Leo Sayer | 8 | 5 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 5 November 1977 | 3 | "Heroes" | David Bowie | 3 | 5 November 1977 | 1 |
| 1 | Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium | Bing Crosby | 9 | 5 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 12 November 1977 | 10 | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols | 1 | 12 November 1977 | 2 |
| 17 | The Sound of Bread, Their 20 Finest Songs | Bread | 1 | 26 November 1977 | 3 | |
| 4 | Moonflower | Santana | 7 | 26 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 19 November 1977 | 16 | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | Rod Stewart | 3 | 19 November 1977 | 2 |
| 8 | News of the World | Queen | 4 | 19 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 17 | Out of the Blue | Electric Light Orchestra | 4 | 26 November 1977 | 1 | |
| 26 November 1977 | 4 | Rockin' All Over the World | Status Quo | 5 | 3 December 1977 | 1 |
| 8 | 30 Greatest | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 3 | 17 December 1977 | 1 | |
| 3 December 1977 | 13 | Disco Fever | Various artists | 1 | 10 December 1977 | 6 |
| 7 | Feelings ♦ | 3 | 7 January 1978 | 1 | ||
| 10 December 1977 | 1 | 20 Golden Greats | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 10 | 10 December 1977 | 1 |
| 17 December 1977 | 4 | Greatest Hits, Etc. | Paul Simon | 3 | 24 December 1977 | 2 |
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