List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1972 explained

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1972, per the Billboard 200.

Chart history

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Indicates best performing album of 1972

scope=col	Issue date	scope=col	Album	scope=col	Artist(s)	scope=col	Label	scope=col class="unsortable"
	Music		Ode 70	^[1]
				^[2]
				^[3]
	American Pie		United Artists	^[4]
				^[5]
				^[6]
				^[7]
				^[8]
				^[9]
				^[10]
	bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan=2	Harvest		Reprise	^[11]
	^[12]
	America	America	Warner Bros.	^[13]
				^[14]
				^[15]
				^[16]
				^[17]
	First Take		Atlantic	^[18]
				^[19]
				^[20]
				^[21]
				^[22]
	Thick as a Brick	Jethro Tull	Reprise	^[23]
				^[24]
	Exile on Main St.	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	^[25]
		^[26]
		^[27]
		^[28]
	Honky Château		Uni	^[29]
				^[30]
				^[31]
				^[32]
				^[33]
	Chicago V	Chicago	Columbia	^[34]
				^[35]
				^[36]
				^[37]
				^[38]
				^[39]
				^[40]
				^[41]
				^[42]
	Super Fly	/ Soundtrack	Curtom	^[43]
				^[44]
				^[45]
				^[46]
	Catch Bull at Four		A&M	^[47]
				^[48]
				^[49]
	Seventh Sojourn	The Moody Blues	Threshold	^[50]
		^[51]
		^[52]
		^[53]

See also

• 1972 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 1, 1972. .
2. Web site: January 8, 1972. .
3. Web site: January 15, 1972. .
4. Web site: January 22, 1972. .
5. Web site: January 29, 1972. .
6. Web site: February 5, 1972. .
7. Web site: February 12, 1972. .
8. Web site: February 19, 1972. .
9. Web site: February 26, 1972. .
10. Web site: March 4, 1972. .
11. Web site: March 11, 1972. .
12. Web site: March 18, 1972. .
13. Web site: March 25, 1972. .
14. Web site: April 1, 1972. .
15. Web site: April 8, 1972. .
16. Web site: April 15, 1972. .
17. Web site: April 22, 1972. .
18. Web site: April 29, 1972. .
19. Web site: May 6, 1972. .
20. Web site: May 13, 1972. .
21. Web site: May 20, 1972. .
22. Web site: May 27, 1972. .
23. Web site: June 3, 1972. .
24. Web site: June 10, 1972. .
25. Web site: June 17, 1972. .
26. Web site: June 24, 1972. .
27. Web site: July 1, 1972. .
28. Web site: July 8, 1972. .
29. Web site: July 15, 1972. .
30. Web site: July 22, 1972. .
31. Web site: July 29, 1972. .
32. Web site: August 5, 1972. .
33. Web site: August 12, 1972. .
34. Web site: August 19, 1972. .
35. Web site: August 26, 1972. .
36. Web site: September 2, 1972. .
37. Web site: September 9, 1972. .
38. Web site: September 16, 1972. .
39. Web site: September 23, 1972. .
40. Web site: September 30, 1972. .
41. Web site: October 7, 1972. .
42. Web site: October 14, 1972. .
43. Web site: October 21, 1972. .
44. Web site: October 28, 1972. .
45. Web site: November 4, 1972. .
46. Web site: November 11, 1972. .
47. Web site: November 18, 1972. .
48. Web site: November 25, 1972. .
49. Web site: December 2, 1972. .
50. Web site: December 9, 1972. .
51. Web site: December 16, 1972. .
52. Web site: December 23, 1972. .
53. Web site: December 30, 1972. .