List of Canadian number-one albums of 1970

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This article lists the Canadian number-one albums of 1970. [1] The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Saturday (except September 6 and 13, both of which were Sundays).

The top position (December 27, 1969, Vol. 12, No. 19) preceding January 10, 1970 (Vol. 12, No. 20-21) was The Beatles' Abbey Road . [2] Four acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Simon & Garfunkel on March 14 – April 4, The Guess Who on May 16 – 23, Creedence Clearwater Revival on September 20 – October 10 and George Harrison on December 26. [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. September 13's listing presently has that of August 22; hence, the reading was inferred from the following week's chart. There was no publication on May 30; chart listings indicate the week was discounted.)

Issue DateAlbumArtist
January 3(no publication)
January 10 Abbey Road The Beatles
January 17Abbey RoadThe Beatles
January 24 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
January 31Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
February 7Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
February 14Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
February 21Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
February 28Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
March 7Led Zeppelin IILed Zeppelin
March 14 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
March 21Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
March 28Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
April 4Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
April 11Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
April 18Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
April 25Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
May 2Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
May 9Bridge Over Troubled WaterSimon & Garfunkel
May 16 American Woman The Guess Who
May 23American WomanThe Guess Who
May 30(no publication)
June 6 McCartney Paul McCartney
June 13 Let It Be The Beatles
June 20Let It BeThe Beatles
June 27Let It BeThe Beatles
July 4Let It BeThe Beatles
July 11Let It BeThe Beatles
July 18Let It BeThe Beatles
July 25 Woodstock Original Soundtrack
August 1WoodstockOriginal Soundtrack
August 8Let It Be The Beatles
August 15 Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 22Blood, Sweat & Tears 3Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 29 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
September 6Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
September 13Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
September 19Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
September 26Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
October 3Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
October 10Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
October 17Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
October 24Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
October 31Cosmo's FactoryCreedence Clearwater Revival
November 7 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
November 14Led Zeppelin IIILed Zeppelin
November 21Led Zeppelin IIILed Zeppelin
November 28Led Zeppelin IIILed Zeppelin
December 5 Close to You The Carpenters
December 12Close to YouThe Carpenters
December 19Close to YouThe Carpenters
December 26 All Things Must Pass George Harrison

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References

  1. "RPM Charts Archive (1970)".
  2. Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6122&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=k19lkdjdb0i4o47hv5so1ak6t5
  3. List of RPM number-one singles of 1970

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