List of Canadian number-one albums of 1974

This page lists the Canadian number-one albums of 1974.[1] The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Saturday.

The top position (December 29, 1973, Vol. 20, No. 20) preceding January 12, 1974 (Vol. 20, No. 21-22) was Jim Croce's Life and Times.[2] Three acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Love Unlimited on March 2, Gordon Lightfoot on June 22 – 29 and Elton John on August 10. As well, Marvin Hamlisch's "The Entertainer" taken from The Sting topped the chart on May 25 as the soundtrack to the film topped the album charts .[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. There was no publication on May 4. The preceding chart for April 27 (Vol. 21, No. 11) is chronologically followed by the chart for May 11 (Vol. 21, No. 12). September 28's listing presently has the singles and album charts reversed; as well, the album chart is that of August 24. Hence, the reading was inferred from the following week's chart.)

identifies Canadian musical acts.

Issue DateAlbumArtist
January 5(no publication)
January 12The JokerSteve Miller Band
January 19 The JokerSteve Miller Band
January 26The Singles: 1969–1973The Carpenters
February 2You Don't Mess Around with JimJim Croce
February 9You Don't Mess Around with JimJim Croce
February 16You Don't Mess Around with JimJim Croce
February 23John Denver's Greatest HitsJohn Denver
March 2Under the Influence of... Love UnlimitedLove Unlimited
March 9Planet WavesBob Dylan
March 16Court and SparkJoni Mitchell
March 23*Court and SparkJoni Mitchell
March 30Court and SparkJoni Mitchell
April 6Tubular BellsMike Oldfield
April 13Tubular BellsMike Oldfield
April 20Seasons in the SunTerry Jacks
April 27Seasons in the SunTerry Jacks
May 4(no publication)
May 11The StingOriginal Soundtrack
May 18The StingOriginal Soundtrack
May 25The StingOriginal Soundtrack
June 1The StingOriginal Soundtrack
June 8The StingOriginal Soundtrack
June 15Band on the RunWings
June 22SundownGordon Lightfoot
June 29SundownGordon Lightfoot
July 6SundownGordon Lightfoot
July 13SundownGordon Lightfoot
July 20SundownGordon Lightfoot
July 27Diamond DogsDavid Bowie
August 3Diamond DogsDavid Bowie
August 10CaribouElton John
August 17Back Home AgainJohn Denver
August 24CaribouElton John
August 31461 Ocean BoulevardEric Clapton
September 7461 Ocean BoulevardEric Clapton
September 14461 Ocean BoulevardEric Clapton
September 21461 Ocean BoulevardEric Clapton
September 28*Fulfillingness' First FinaleStevie Wonder
October 5Endless SummerThe Beach Boys
October 12If You Love Me, Let Me KnowOlivia Newton-John
October 19Not FragileBachman-Turner Overdrive
October 26 Not FragileBachman-Turner Overdrive
November 2So FarCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young
November 9Wrap Around JoyCarole King
November 16 Not FragileBachman-Turner Overdrive
November 23 Not FragileBachman-Turner Overdrive
November 30Walls and BridgesJohn Lennon
December 6Photographs & MemoriesJim Croce
December 14Elton John's Greatest HitsElton John
December 21Elton John's Greatest HitsElton John
December 25Photographs & MemoriesJim Croce

References
  1. "RPM Charts Archive (1974)".
  2. Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4931&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=6ru5j4sbubbghv45o5f925eqt3
  3. List of RPM number-one singles of 1974

See also
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