List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1974 explained

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1974, per the Billboard 200.

Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was the best performing album of 1974 despite not reaching number one at any point during the year. The album achieved 8 weeks atop the chart during 1973.

Chart history

scope=col	Issue date	scope=col	Album	scope=col	Artist(s)	scope=col	Label	scope=col class="unsortable"
		Carpenters	A&M	^[1]
	You Don't Mess Around with Jim		ABC	^[2]
	^[3]
	^[4]
	^[5]
	^[6]
	Planet Waves	With The Band	Asylum	^[7]
	^[8]
	^[9]
	^[10]
	The Way We Were		Columbia	^[11]
	^[12]
	John Denver's Greatest Hits		RCA Victor	^[13]
	^[14]
	Band on the Run		Apple	^[15]
	John Denver's Greatest Hits	John Denver	RCA Victor	^[16]
	Chicago VII	Chicago	Columbia	^[17]
	The Sting	/ Soundtrack	MCA	^[18]
	^[19]
	^[20]
	^[21]
	^[22]
	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	Apple	^[23]
	^[24]
	Sundown		Reprise	^[25]
	^[26]
	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	Apple	^[27]
	Caribou		MCA	^[28]
	^[29]
	^[30]
	^[31]
	Back Home Again	John Denver	RCA Victor	^[32]
	461 Ocean Boulevard		RSO	^[33]
	^[34]
	^[35]
	^[36]
	Fulfillingness' First Finale		Tamla	^[37]
	^[38]
	Bad Company	Bad Company	Swan Song	^[39]
	Endless Summer	The Beach Boys	Capitol	^[40]
	If You Love Me, Let Me Know		MCA	^[41]
	Not Fragile	Bachman-Turner Overdrive	Mercury	^[42]
	Can't Get Enough		20th Century	^[43]
	So Far	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Atlantic	^[44]
	Wrap Around Joy		Ode	^[45]
	Walls and Bridges		Apple	^[46]
	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	^[47]
	Elton John's Greatest Hits	Elton John	MCA	^[48]
	^[49]
	^[50]
	^[51]
	^[52]

See also

• 1974 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

Notes and References

1. Web site: January 5, 1974. .
2. Web site: January 12, 1974. .
3. Web site: January 19, 1974. .
4. Web site: January 26, 1974. .
5. Web site: February 2, 1974. .
6. Web site: February 9, 1974. .
7. Web site: February 16, 1974. .
8. Web site: February 23, 1974. .
9. Web site: March 2, 1974. .
10. Web site: March 9, 1974. .
11. Web site: March 16, 1974. .
12. Web site: March 23, 1974. .
13. Web site: March 30, 1974. .
14. Web site: April 6, 1974. .
15. Web site: April 13, 1974. .
16. Web site: April 20, 1974. .
17. Web site: April 27, 1974. .
18. Web site: May 4, 1974. .
19. Web site: May 11, 1974. .
20. Web site: May 18, 1974. .
21. Web site: May 25, 1974. .
22. Web site: June 1, 1974. .
23. Web site: June 8, 1974. .
24. Web site: June 15, 1974. .
25. Web site: June 22, 1974. .
26. Web site: June 29, 1974. .
27. Web site: July 6, 1974. .
28. Web site: July 13, 1974. .
29. Web site: July 20, 1974. .
30. Web site: July 27, 1974. .
31. Web site: August 3, 1974. .
32. Web site: August 10, 1974. .
33. Web site: August 17, 1974. .
34. Web site: August 24, 1974. .
35. Web site: August 31, 1974. .
36. Web site: September 7, 1974. .
37. Web site: September 14, 1974. .
38. Web site: September 21, 1974. .
39. Web site: September 28, 1974. .
40. Web site: October 5, 1974. .
41. Web site: October 12, 1974. .
42. Web site: October 19, 1974. .
43. Web site: October 26, 1974. .
44. Web site: November 2, 1974. .
45. Web site: November 9, 1974. .
46. Web site: November 16, 1974. .
47. Web site: November 23, 1974. .
48. Web site: November 30, 1974. .
49. Web site: December 7, 1974. .
50. Web site: December 14, 1974. .
51. Web site: December 21, 1974. .
52. Web site: December 28, 1974. .