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 1971, as well as albums which peaked in 1970 and 1972 but were in the top 10 in 1971. 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 All Things Must Pass by George Harrison. Overall, fourteen different albums peaked at number one in 1971, with Various artists (4) having the most albums hit that position.
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 1965, 1969 or 1970 but still in chart in 1971. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1971 but peaked in 1972. | |
| 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) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | data-sort-type="number" | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1965 | |||||||||
| 233 | The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 70 | |||||
| Albums in 1969 | |||||||||
| 9 | My Way ‡ | Frank Sinatra | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 26 | At San Quentin ‡ | Johnny Cash | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 54 | Led Zeppelin II ‡ | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Albums in 1970 | |||||||||
| 135 | Bridge Over Troubled Water ‡ | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 33 | |||||
| 38 | Andy Williams' Greatest Hits ‡ | Andy Williams | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 19 | Let it Be ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 27 | Deep Purple in Rock ‡ | Deep Purple | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Candles in the Rain ‡ | Melanie | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 4 ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | Led Zeppelin III ‡ | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 9 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‡ | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Greatest Hits, Vol. II ‡ | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 2 | |||||
| Albums in 1971 | |||||||||
| 11 | All Things Must Pass | George Harrison | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1 | After the Goldrush | Neil Young | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Watt | Ten Years After | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | Sweet Baby James | James Taylor | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | Tumbleweed Connection | Elton John | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Air Conditioning | Curved Air | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | McGuinness Flint | McGuinness Flint | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | T. Rex | T. Rex | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Pendulum | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Elton John | Elton John | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Stephen Stills | Stephen Stills | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | The Yes Album | Yes | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | Chicago III | Chicago | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Home Lovin' Man | Andy Williams | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 7 | The Cry of Love | Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | Stone Age | The Rolling Stones | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Aqualung | Jethro Tull | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Portrait in Music | Burt Bacharach | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) | Elvis Presley | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 5 | Various artists | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Elegy | The Nice | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Songs of Love and Hate | Leonard Cohen | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 9 | Split | The Groundhogs | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | Sticky Fingers | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 9 | Symphonies for the Seventies | Waldo de los Ríos | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | Something Else | Shirley Bassey | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | 4 Way Street | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon | James Taylor | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | The Good Book | Melanie | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 15 | Ram | Paul and Linda McCartney | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | She's a Lady | Tom Jones | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | Tarkus | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Sinatra & Company | Frank Sinatra | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Free Live! | Free | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Angel Delight | Fairport Convention | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | The Magnificent 7 | The Supremes and the Four Tops | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Love Story: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 10 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Love Letters from Elvis | Elvis Presley | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Blue | Joni Mitchell | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 26 | Every Picture Tells a Story | Rod Stewart | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 5 | Hot Hits 6 | Various artists | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 9 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | The Moody Blues | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 8 | Top of the Pops, Volume 18 | Various artists | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Jim Reeves' Golden Records | Jim Reeves | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | C'mon Everybody | Elvis Presley | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | The Intimate Jim Reeves | Jim Reeves | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 18 | Tapestry | Carole King | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Experience | Jimi Hendrix | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Who's Next | The Who | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Fireball | Deep Purple | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Top of the Pops, Volume 19 | Various artists | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 19 | Teaser and the Firecat ♦ | Cat Stevens | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 29 | Electric Warrior | T. Rex | 1 | 8 | |||||
| 1 | I'm Still Waiting | Diana Ross | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | The World of Your 100 Best Tunes Vol. 2 | Various artists | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 5 | Hot Hits 7 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 19 | Imagine | John Lennon | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | The World of Your 100 Best Tunes | Various artists | 10 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Top of the Pops, Volume 20 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Santana III | Santana | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Meddle | Pink Floyd | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | This is Pourcel | Franck Pourcel | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 13 | Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Pictures at an Exhibition | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 1 | Fragile | Yes | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Twelve Songs of Christmas (RCA Camden Reissue) | Jim Reeves | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Hot Hits 8 | Various artists | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 2 | Elvis' Christmas Album (RCA Camden Reissue) | Elvis Presley | 7 | 2 | |||||
| 12 | A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse ♦ | Faces | 2 | 1 | |||||
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