List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1971

These are the Billboard number-one pop albums of 1971.

Chart history

Key

†	Indicates best performing album of 1971

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 2	All Things Must Pass	George Harrison	Apple	^[1]
January 9				^[2]
January 16				^[3]
January 23				^[4]
January 30				^[5]
February 6				^[6]
February 13				^[7]
February 20	Jesus Christ Superstar †	Various Artists	Decca	^[8]
February 27	Pearl	Janis Joplin	Columbia	^[9]
March 6				^[10]
March 13				^[11]
March 20				^[12]
March 27				^[13]
April 3				^[14]
April 10				^[15]
April 17				^[16]
April 24				^[17]
May 1	Jesus Christ Superstar †	Various Artists	Decca	^[18]
May 8				^[19]
May 15	4 Way Street	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Atlantic	^[20]
May 22	Sticky Fingers	The Rolling Stones	Rolling Stones	^[21]
May 29				^[22]
June 5				^[23]
June 12				^[24]
June 19	Tapestry	Carole King	Ode 70	^[25]
June 26				^[26]
July 3				^[27]
July 10				^[28]
July 17				^[29]
July 24				^[30]
July 31				^[31]
August 7				^[32]
August 14				^[33]
August 21				^[34]
August 28				^[35]
September 4				^[36]
September 11				^[37]
September 18				^[38]
September 25				^[39]
October 2	Every Picture Tells a Story	Rod Stewart	Mercury	^[40]
October 9				^[41]
October 16				^[42]
October 23				^[43]
October 30	Imagine	John Lennon	Apple	^[44]
November 6	Shaft	Isaac Hayes / Soundtrack	Enterprise	^[45]
November 13	Santana III	Santana	Columbia	^[46]
November 20				^[47]
November 27				^[48]
December 4				^[49]
December 11				^[50]
December 18	There's a Riot Goin' On	Sly & the Family Stone	Epic	^[51]
December 25				^[52]

See also

• 1971 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References

1. "January 2, 1971". Billboard 200.
2. "January 9, 1971". Billboard 200.
3. "January 16, 1971". Billboard 200.
4. "January 23, 1971". Billboard 200.
5. "January 30, 1971". Billboard 200.
6. "February 6, 1971". Billboard 200.
7. "February 13, 1971". Billboard 200.
8. "February 20, 1971". Billboard 200.
9. "February 27, 1971". Billboard 200.
10. "March 6, 1971". Billboard 200.
11. "March 13, 1971". Billboard 200.
12. "March 20, 1971". Billboard 200.
13. "March 27, 1971". Billboard 200.
14. "April 3, 1971". Billboard 200.
15. "April 10, 1971". Billboard 200.
16. "April 17, 1971". Billboard 200.
17. "April 24, 1971". Billboard 200.
18. "May 1, 1971". Billboard 200.
19. "May 8, 1971". Billboard 200.
20. "May 15, 1971". Billboard 200.
21. "May 22, 1971". Billboard 200.
22. "May 29, 1971". Billboard 200.
23. "June 5, 1971". Billboard 200.
24. "June 12, 1971". Billboard 200.
25. "June 19, 1971". Billboard 200.
26. "June 26, 1971". Billboard 200.
27. "July 3, 1971". Billboard 200.
28. "July 10, 1971". Billboard 200.
29. "July 17, 1971". Billboard 200.
30. "July 24, 1971". Billboard 200.
31. "July 31, 1971". Billboard 200.
32. "August 7, 1971". Billboard 200.
33. "August 14, 1971". Billboard 200.
34. "August 21, 1971". Billboard 200.
35. "August 28, 1971". Billboard 200.
36. "September 4, 1971". Billboard 200.
37. "September 11, 1971". Billboard 200.
38. "September 18, 1971". Billboard 200.
39. "September 25, 1971". Billboard 200.
40. "October 2, 1971". Billboard 200.
41. "October 9, 1971". Billboard 200.
42. "October 16, 1971". Billboard 200.
43. "October 23, 1971". Billboard 200.
44. "October 30, 1971". Billboard 200.
45. "November 6, 1971". Billboard 200.
46. "November 13, 1971". Billboard 200.
47. "November 20, 1971". Billboard 200.
48. "November 27, 1971". Billboard 200.
49. "December 4, 1971". Billboard 200.
50. "December 11, 1971". Billboard 200.
51. "December 18, 1971". Billboard 200.
52. "December 25, 1971". Billboard 200.