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List of Canadian number-one albums of 1974

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This article 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.)

Issue date Album Artist
January 5 Life and Times Jim Croce
January 12 The Joker Steve Miller Band
January 19
January 26 The Singles: 1969–1973 The Carpenters
February 2 You Don't Mess Around with Jim Jim Croce
February 9
February 16
February 23 John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver
March 2 Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited Love Unlimited
March 9 Planet Waves Bob Dylan
March 16 Court and Spark Joni Mitchell
March 23*
March 30
April 6 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield
April 13
April 20 Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks
April 27
May 4
May 11 The Sting Original Soundtrack
May 18
May 25
June 1
June 8
June 15 Band on the Run Wings
June 22 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27 Diamond Dogs David Bowie
August 3
August 10 Caribou Elton John
August 17 Back Home Again John Denver
August 24 Caribou Elton John
August 31 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton
September 7
September 14
September 21
September 28* Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder
October 5 Endless Summer The Beach Boys
October 12 If You Love Me, Let Me Know Olivia Newton-John
October 19 Not Fragile Bachman-Turner Overdrive
October 26
November 2 So Far Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
November 9 Wrap Around Joy Carole King
November 16 Not Fragile Bachman-Turner Overdrive
November 23
November 30 Walls and Bridges John Lennon
December 6 Photographs & Memories Jim Croce
December 14 Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John
December 21
December 25 Photographs & Memories Jim Croce

References

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  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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