List of Canadian number-one albums of 1970

This article lists the Canadian number-one albums of 1970.[1] The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Saturday (except September 6 and 13, both of which were Sundays).

The top position (December 27, 1969, Vol. 12, No. 19) preceding January 10, 1970 (Vol. 12, No. 20-21) was The Beatles' Abbey Road.[2] Four acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Simon & Garfunkel on March 14 – April 4, The Guess Who on May 16 – 23, Creedence Clearwater Revival on September 20 – October 10 and George Harrison on December 26.[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. September 13's listing presently has that of August 22; hence, the reading was inferred from the following week's chart. There was no publication on May 30; chart listings indicate the week was discounted.)

Issue date Album Artist
January 3 (no publication)
January 10 Abbey Road The Beatles
January 17 Abbey Road The Beatles
January 24 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
January 31 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
February 7 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
February 14 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
February 21 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
February 28 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
March 7 Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
March 14 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
March 21 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
March 28 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
April 4 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
April 11 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
April 18 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
April 25 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
May 2 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
May 9 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
May 16 American Woman The Guess Who
May 23 American Woman The Guess Who
May 30 (no publication)
June 6 McCartney Paul McCartney
June 13 Let It Be The Beatles
June 20 Let It Be The Beatles
June 27 Let It Be The Beatles
July 4 Let It Be The Beatles
July 11 Let It Be The Beatles
July 18 Let It Be The Beatles
July 25 Woodstock Original Soundtrack
August 1 Woodstock Original Soundtrack
August 8 Let It Be The Beatles
August 15 Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 22 Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 Blood, Sweat & Tears
August 29 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
September 6 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
September 13 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
September 19 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
September 26 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 3 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 10 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 17 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 24 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
October 31 Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
November 7 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
November 14 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
November 21 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
November 28 Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
December 5 Close to You The Carpenters
December 12 Close to You The Carpenters
December 19 Close to You The Carpenters
December 26 All Things Must Pass George Harrison

References

  1. ^ "RPM Charts Archive (1970)".
  2. ^ Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6122&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=k19lkdjdb0i4o47hv5so1ak6t5
  3. ^ List of RPM number-one singles of 1970

See also