1970s Best Selling Albums

From the sweet country sounds of John Denver, Kenny Rogers, and Willie Nelson to Saturday Night Fever disco to classic and glam rock, the decade of the 1970s produced some of the best classic rock albums by artists such as Pink Floyd, Elton John, and Led Zeppelin. This list is based on recording industry sales.

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No.

Title

Artist

Year

Grammy Awards

1	The Wall	Pink Floyd	1979
2	Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols)	Led Zeppelin	1971
3	Rumours	Fleetwood Mac	1977	Album of the Year
4	Boston	Boston	1977
5	Saturday Night Fever	The Bee Gees, Yvonne Elliman, Walter Murphy, David Shire, Ralph MacDonald, Kool & The Gang, KC & The Sunshine Band, MFSB, Tavares, The Trammps	1977	Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance; Best Arrangement for Voices - Stayin' Alive, Producer of the Year
6	Hotel California	The Eagles	1976	Record of the Year; Best Arrangement of Voices
7	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin	1975
8	Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	1973	Best Engineered Album
9	Bat Out Of Hell	Meatloaf	1977
10	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin	1973
11	Van Halen	Van Halen	1978
12	The Stranger	Billy Joel	1977	Record of the Year; Song of the Year - Just The Way You Are
13	Tapestry	Carole King	1971	Record of the Year; Album of the Year; Best Pop Vocal Performance (female); Song of the Year - You've Got A Friend
14	Songs in the Key of Life	Stevie Wonder	1976
15	Grease	John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Frankie Valli, Frankie Avalon, Stockard Channing, Cindy Bullens, Sha-Na-Na	1978
16	Toys In The Attic	Aerosmith	1975
17	Bridge Over Troubled Waters	Simon & Garfunkel	1970	Album of the Year; Record of the Year; Song of the Year; Best Contemporary Song; Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists; Best Engineered Record
18	The Long Run	The Eagles	1979	Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo or Group
19	Off The Wall	Michael Jackson	1979
20	52nd Street	Billy Joel	1978
21	Don't Look Back	Boston	1978
22	Double Vision	Foreigner	1978
23	Running On Empty	Jackson Browne	1978
24	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John	1973
25	Déjá Vu	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1970

26	In Through the Out Door	Led Zeppelin	1979
27	Highway To Hell	AC/DC	1979
28	The Cars	The Cars	1978
29	Some Girls	The Rolling Stones	1978
30	Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap	AC/DC	1976
31	Night Moves	Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	1976
32	Frampton Comes Alive	Peter Frampton	1976
33	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	1975
34	Born To Run	Bruce Springsteen	1975
35	So Far	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1974
36	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	1970
37	Led Zeppelin III	Led Zeppelin	1970
38	Head Games	Foreigner	1979
39	The Gambler	Kenny Rogers	1978	Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - The Gambler
40	Stranger In Town	Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	1978
41	Stardust	Willie Nelson	1978	Best Country Vocal Performance Male - Georgia On My Mind
42	Foreigner	Foreigner	1977
43	Silk Degrees	Boz Scaggs	1976	Best Rhythm & Blues Song - Lowdown
44	'Live' Bullet	Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band	1976
45	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	1975
46	Bad Co.	Bad Company	1974
47	Aloha From Hawaii	Elvis Presley	1973
48	Abraxas	Carlos Santana	1970
49	Candy-O	The Cars	1979
50	Breakfast In America	Supertramp	1979

51	Blondes Have More Fun	Rod Stewart	1978
52	News Of The World	Queen	1977
53	Animals	Pink Floyd	1977
54	A Star Is Born	Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson	1976	Song of the Year - Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen); Best Pop Vocal Performance, female
55	The Song Remains the Same	Led Zeppelin	1976
56	Fly Like An Eagle	Steve Miller Band	1976
57	Rocks	Aerosmith	1976
58	One Of These Nights	The Eagles	1975	Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group or Chorus
59	Behind Closed Doors	Charlie Rich	1973	Best Country Performance
60	Harvest	Neil Young	1972
61	4 Way Street	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	1971
62	Cosmo's Factory	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1970
63	Paranoid	Black Sabbath	1970
64	Let It Be	The Beatles	1970
65	Minute By Minute	The Doobie Brothers	1978	Song of the Year - What A Fool Believes; Record of the Year; Best Pop Vocal performance by a Duo, Group, or Chorus; Best Arrangement accompanying vocals - What A Fool Believes
66	Pieces Of Eight	STYX	1978
67	Darkness On the Edge of Town	Bruce Springsteen	1978
68	All 'N All	Earth Wind & Fire	1978	Best R&B instrumental performance by a duo, group or chorus
69	Slowhand	Eric Clapton	1977
70	Foot Loose & Fancy Free	Rod Stewart	1977
71	Goats Head Soup	The Rolling Stones	1973
72	Simple Dreams	Linda Ronstadt	1977	Album Package
73	The Grand Illusion	STYX	1977
74	JT	James Taylor	1977	Best Pop Vocal Performance
75	Book of Dreams	Steve Miller Band	1977

76	One More From the Road	Lynard Skynard	1976
77	A Night At the Opera	Queen	1975
78	Gratitude	Earth Wind & Fire	1975
79	Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John	1975
80	Straight Shooter	Bad Company	1975
81	That's The Way of the World	Earth Wind & Fire	1975	Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group, or Chorus
82	An Evening With John Denver	John Denver	1975
83	Back Home Again	John Denver	1974
84	Band On the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	1973
85	Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player	Elton John	1973
86	A Song For You	The Carpenters	1972
87	Teaser And The Firecat	Cat Stevens	1971
88	Who's Next	The Who	1971
89	Sticky Fingers	The Rolling Stones	1971
90	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	1971
91	Pearl	Janis Joplin	1971
92	Tea for the Tillerman	Cat Stevens	1970
93	Sweet Baby James	James Taylor	1970
94	Desire	Bob Dylan	1976
95	Red Headed Stranger	Willie Nelson	1975	Best Country Vocal Performance, Male
96	Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan	1975
97	What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits	The Doobie Brothers	1974
98	Court and Spark	Joni Mitchell	1974	Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists - Down To You
99	Rocky Mountain High	John Denver	1972
100	L.A. Woman	The Doors	1971