Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s
by WilliamFrayer 
- Chart updated: 08/25/2025 15:45
- (Created: 04/17/2017 18:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 06/29/2018]
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1970
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14,014
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2018]
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1971
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15,228
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2018]
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1972
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3,695
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1972
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16,517
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1974
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2,595
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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2018]
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1970
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11,692
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1977
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1,973
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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2018]
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1979
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28,891
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1971
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6,370
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1970 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1971 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1972 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1973 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1974 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1975 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1976 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1977 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1978 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1979 | 7 | 7% |
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| Neil Young | 6 | 6% | |
| Jorge Ben | 4 | 4% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Fela Kuti | 3 | 3% | |
| David Bowie | 3 | 3% | |
| Van Morrison | 3 | 3% | |
| Stevie Wonder | 3 | 3% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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Down 27 from 32nd to 59th |
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Great seventies chart. (Edited)
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