List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1976

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1976, per the Billboard 200.

Peter Frampton's live album Frampton Comes Alive! was the best-selling album of 1976, spending ten non-consecutive weeks at number one.

Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder spent 11 consecutive weeks at number one in 1976, along with a further two weeks in 1977.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best performing album of 1976

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 3	Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits	Chicago	Columbia	[1]
January 10				[2]
January 17	Gratitude	Earth, Wind & Fire	Columbia	[3]
January 24				[4]
January 31				[5]
February 7	Desire	Bob Dylan	Columbia	[6]
February 14				[7]
February 21				[8]
February 28				[9]
March 6				[10]
March 13	Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)	Eagles	Asylum	[11]
March 20				[12]
March 27				[13]
April 3				[14]
April 10	Frampton Comes Alive! †	Peter Frampton	A&M	[15]
April 17	Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)	Eagles	Asylum	[16]
April 24	Wings at the Speed of Sound	Wings	Capitol	[17]
May 1	Presence	Led Zeppelin	Swan Song	[18]
May 8				[19]
May 15	Black and Blue	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	[20]
May 22				[21]
May 29	Wings at the Speed of Sound	Wings	Capitol	[22]
June 5	Black and Blue	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	[23]
June 12				[24]
June 19	Wings at the Speed of Sound	Wings	Capitol	[25]
June 26				[26]
July 3				[27]
July 10				[28]
July 17				[29]
July 24	Frampton Comes Alive!†	Peter Frampton	A&M	[30]
July 31	Breezin'	George Benson	Warner Bros.	[31]
August 7				[32]
August 14	Frampton Comes Alive! †	Peter Frampton	A&M	[33]
August 21				[34]
August 28				[35]
September 4	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	Reprise	[36]
September 11	Frampton Comes Alive! †	Peter Frampton	A&M	[37]
September 18				[38]
September 25				[39]
October 2				[40]
October 9				[41]
October 16	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	Tamla	[42]
October 23				[43]
October 30				[44]
November 6				[45]
November 13				[46]
November 20				[47]
November 27				[48]
December 4				[49]
December 11				[50]
December 18				[51]
December 25				[52]

See also

• 1976 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References

1. "January 3, 1976". Billboard 200.
2. "January 10, 1976". Billboard 200.
3. "January 17, 1976". Billboard 200.
4. "January 24, 1976". Billboard 200.
5. "January 31, 1976". Billboard 200.
6. "February 7, 1976". Billboard 200.
7. "February 14, 1976". Billboard 200.
8. "February 21, 1976". Billboard 200.
9. "February 28, 1976". Billboard 200.
10. "March 6, 1976". Billboard 200.
11. "March 13, 1976". Billboard 200.
12. "March 20, 1976". Billboard 200.
13. "March 27, 1976". Billboard 200.
14. "April 3, 1976". Billboard 200.
15. "April 10, 1976". Billboard 200.
16. "April 17, 1976". Billboard 200.
17. "April 24, 1976". Billboard 200.
18. "May 1, 1976". Billboard 200.
19. "May 8, 1976". Billboard 200.
20. "May 15, 1976". Billboard 200.
21. "May 22, 1976". Billboard 200.
22. "May 29, 1976". Billboard 200.
23. "June 5, 1976". Billboard 200.
24. "June 12, 1976". Billboard 200.
25. "June 19, 1976". Billboard 200.
26. "June 26, 1976". Billboard 200.
27. "July 3, 1976". Billboard 200.
28. "July 10, 1976". Billboard 200.
29. "July 17, 1976". Billboard 200.
30. "July 24, 1976". Billboard 200.
31. "July 31, 1976". Billboard 200.
32. "August 7, 1976". Billboard 200.
33. "August 14, 1976". Billboard 200.
34. "August 21, 1976". Billboard 200.
35. "August 28, 1976". Billboard 200.
36. "September 4, 1976". Billboard 200.
37. "September 11, 1976". Billboard 200.
38. "September 18, 1976". Billboard 200.
39. "September 25, 1976". Billboard 200.
40. "October 2, 1976". Billboard 200.
41. "October 9, 1976". Billboard 200.
42. "October 16, 1976". Billboard 200.
43. "October 23, 1976". Billboard 200.
44. "October 30, 1976". Billboard 200.
45. "November 6, 1976". Billboard 200.
46. "November 13, 1976". Billboard 200.
47. "November 20, 1976". Billboard 200.
48. "November 27, 1976". Billboard 200.
49. "December 4, 1976". Billboard 200.
50. "December 11, 1976". Billboard 200.
51. "December 18, 1976". Billboard 200.
52. "December 25, 1976". Billboard 200.