BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1976*
No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE-PETER FRAMPTON-A&M 2 FLEETWOOD MAC-FLEETWOOD MAC-Warner Brothers 3 WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND-WINGS-Capitol 4 THEIR GREATEST HITS-EAGLES-Asylum 5 CHICAGO IX (GREATEST HITS)-CHICAGO-Columbia 6 DREAM WEAVER-GARY WRIGHT-Warner Brothers 7 DESIRE-BOB DYLAN-Columbia 8 A NIGHT ON THE TOWN-Rod Stewart-Warner Brothers 9 HISTORY/AMERICA'S GREATEST HITS-America-Warner Brothers 10 GRATITUDE-Earth,Wind & Fire-Columbia 11 Face The Music-Electric Light Orchestra-United Artists 12 Brass Construction-Brass Construction-United Artists 13 Tryin' To Get The Feeling-Barry Manilow-Arista 14 Still Crazy After All These Years-Paul Simon-Columbia 15 Toys In The Attic-Aerosmith-Columbia 16 Red Octopus-Jefferson Starship-Grunt 17 Silk Degrees-Boz Scaggs-Columbia 18 Fool For The City-Foghat 19 Breezin'-George Benson-Warner Brothers 20 Eric Carmen-Eric Carmen-Arista 21 Inseparable-Natalie Cole-Capitol 22 Daryl Hall & John Oates-Daryl Hall & John Oates-RCA 23 Look Out For #1-Brothers Johnson-A&M 24 Main Course-Bee Gees-RSO 25 Love Will Keep Us Together-Captain & Tennille-A&M 26 Windsong-John Denver-RCA Victor 27 Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits-Helen Reddy-Capitol 28 Ted Nugent-Ted Nugent-Epic 29 One Of These Nights-Eagles-Asylum 30 Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan-Rufus & Chaka Khan-ABC 31 Alive!-Kiss-Casablanca 32 Mothership Connection-Parliament-Casablanca 33 Greatest Hits-John Denver-RCA 34 Salsoul Orchestra-Salsoul Orchestra-Salsoul 35 Black & Blue-Rolling Stones-June 36 City Life-Black Byrds-Fantasy 37 Rock Of The Westies-Elton John-Rocket 38 Greatest Hits-Seals & Crofts-RCA 39 Takin' It To The Streets-Doobie Brothers-Warner Brothers 40 Song Of Joy-Captain & Tennille-A&M 41 Diana Ross-Diana Ross-Motown 42 Family Reunion-O'Jays-Philadelphia International 43 Movin' On-Commodores-Motown 44 Rocks-Aerosmith-Columbia 45 Venus And Mars-Paul McCartney & Wings 46 Fly Like An Eagle-Steve Miller Band-Capitol 47 Presence-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 48 Aerosmith-Aerosmith-Columbia 49 Dreamboat Annie-Heart-Mushroom 50 Breakaway-Art Garfunkel-Columbia 51 Station To Station-David Bowie-RCA 52 Get Closer-Seals & Crofts-Warner Brothers 53 I Want You-Marvin Gaye-Tamla 54 The Outlaws-Waylon Jennings,Jessi Colter,Tompall Glaser & Willie Nelson-RCA 55 Struttin' My Stuff-Elvin Bishop-Capricorn 56 Eargasm-Johnnie Taylor-Columbia 57 Firefall-Firefall-Atlantic 58 Love To Love Ya Baby-Donna Summer-Oasis 59 Feels So Good-Grover Washington,Jr.-Kudu 60 Natalie-Natalie Cole-Capitol 61 Harvest For The World-Isley Brothers-T-Neck 62 Manhattans-Manhattans-Columbia 63 The Hungry Years-Neil Sedaka-Rocket 64 City Of Angels-Miracles-Tamla 65 Bay City Rollers-Bay City Rollers-Arista 66 Who Loves You-Four Seasons-Warner Brothers 67 Who I Am-David Ruffin-Motown 68 Run With The Pack-Bad Company-Swan Song 69 Times Of Your Life-Paul Anka-United Artists 70 The Royal Scam-Steely Dan-ABC 71 Chicago X-Chicago-Columbia 72 Tales Of Mystery & Imagination-Alan Parsons Project 73 Hair Of The Dog-Nazareth-A&M 74 K.C. & Sunshine Band-K.C. & Sunshine Band-T.K. 75 Amigos-Santana-Columbia 76 The Who By Numbers-The Who-MCA 77 Jailbreak-Thin Lizzy-Mercury 78 Never Gonna Let You Go-Vickie Sue Robinson-RCA 79 A Love Trilogy-Donna Summer-Oasis 80 Beautiful Noise-Neil Diamond-Columbia 81 Desolation Boulevard-The Sweet-Capitol 82 Rastamann Vibration-Bob Marley & The Wailers-Island 83 Between The Lines-Janis Ian 84 All Things In Time-Lou Rawls-Philadelphia International 85 Thoroughbred-Carole King-Ode 86 Mahogony Soundtrack-Diana Ross-Motown 87 Wake Up Everybody-Harold Melvin & Blue Notes-Philadelphia International 88 Spitfire-Jefferson Starship-Grunt 89 Honey-Ohio Players-Mercury 90 Rock & Roll Music-Beatles-Capitol 91 Silver Convention-Silver Convention-Midland International 92 Sky High-Tavares-Capitol 93 Summertime Dream-Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise 94 Destroyer-Kiss-Casablanca 95 Changesonebowie-David Bowie-RCA 96 Places And Spaces-Donald Byrd-Blue Note 97 Elite Hotel-Emmylou Harris-Reprise 98 Starland Vocal Band-Starland Vocal Band-Windsong 99 Greatest Hits-Elton John-MCA 100 Sparkle Soundtrack-Aretha Franklin-Atlantic * As published in the December 25th,1976 issue of Billboard Magazine