List of number-one albums from the 1970s (New Zealand)
This is the Recorded Music NZ list of number-one albums in New Zealand during the 1970s decade. In May 1975 the Pop-O-Meter singles chart was replaced with the new Record Publications chart, a division of the New Zealand Phonographic Federation. As well as a new singles chart, a weekly album chart was compiled for the first time.[1] The new top 40 album chart was launched in May 1975 by the New Zealand Phonographic Federation, and eventually expanded to a top 50 in 1979. The chart was collated by returns sent in by a representative sample of New Zealand music retailers.[2] ABBA's 1975 compilation album The Best of ABBA charted at number one for a total of 18 weeks. Only two albums by New Zealand artists reached number one: folk-pop duo Bill and Boyd's self-titled album, and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra's album The World's Great Classics.
The following albums were all number one in New Zealand in the 1970s.
Number ones
Key
* – Number-one album of the year[nb 1]
† – Album of New Zealand origin[nb 2]
‡ – Number-one album of the year, of New Zealand origin
Notes
^Annual charts are sourced from the RMNZ website.
^Whether or not a song is of New Zealand origin is determined by RMNZ
^‡ This album is of New Zealand origin
References
Album Top 40 - Charts.org.nz
^Dix, John (1988). Stranded in Paradise : New Zealand rock'n'roll, 1955-1988. Wellington, N.Z.: Paradise Publications. p. 342. ISBN 0473006383.
^Staff, Bryan. "New Zealand charts - the genesis". Audioculture. Retrieved 13 January 2015.