What was the biggest selling album of the 70s ? Here is a clue this album was at number 1 for 33 weeks in 1970 and was the best selling album in both 1970 and 1971. Got it yet? Read on to find out what the album is and more importantly who were the artists or artist that recorded it.
What Was The Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s?
Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s – 1-10
There are a few greatest hits albums in this list, I will list the albums and the year they were released. I will save the biggest selling album for later.
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2. Abba – Greatest Hits (1976)
3. Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973)
4. Simon and Garfunkel – Greatest Hits (1972)
5. Original Soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever (1977)
6. The Carpenters – The Singles 1969-1973 (1974)
7. Abba – Arrival (1976)
8. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
9. Original Soundtrack – Grease (1978)
10. Elvis Presley – 40 Greatest Hits (1974)
Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s – 11-20
11. The Beach Boys – 20 Golden Greats (1976)
12. Paul McCartney and Wings – Band On The Run (1973)
13. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
14. The Stylistics – The Best Of The Stylistics (1975
15. Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978)
16. Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing (1975)
17. The Shadows – 20 Golden Greats (1977)
18. Diana Ross & The Supremes – 20 Golden Greats (1977)
19. Elton John – Greatest Hits (1974)
20. Abba – Abba: The Album (1978)
Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s – 21-30
21. Queen – A Night At The Opera (1975)
22. Bread – The Sound Of Bread (1977)
23. The Eagles – Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) (1976)
24. Electric Light Orchestra – Out Of The Blue (1977)
25. Boney M – Nightflight To Venus (1978)
26. Various Artists – 20 Dynamic Hits (1972)
27. The Beatles – 1967-1970 (1973)
28. The Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
29. Perry Como – 40 Greatest Hits (1975)
30. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s – 31-40
31. Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristoffersen – A Star Is Born (1976)
32. The Beatles – 1962-1966 (1973)
33. Demis Roussos – Forever And Ever (1973)
34. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
35. Perry Como – And I Love You So (1973)
36. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
37. The Bay City Rollers – Once Upon A Star (1975)
38. Various Artists – Disco Fever (1977)
39. Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record (1976)
40. Various Artists – 20 All Time Greats Of The 50’s (1972)
Biggest Selling Album Of The 70s – 41-50
41. Jeff Wayne – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (1978)
42. David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
43. Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bo***cks, Here’s The Sex Pistols (1977)
44. The Bay City Rollers – Rollin’ (1974)
45. Glen Campbell – Glen Campbell’s Twenty Golden Greats (1976)
46. Electric Light Orchestra – Discovery (1979)
47. John Lennon – Imagine (1971)
48. Leo Sayer – The Very Best Of Leo Sayer (1979)
49. Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats (1975)
50. Leo Sayer – Endless Flight (1976)
So what was the biggest selling album of the 70s in the UK? Have you been thinking about it and made a guess? Well it was Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water. Did you guess correctly?
I got the above information from Wikipedia.
That was fun wasn’t it? Leave a comment below and let me know which album was your favourite.
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