List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1972
These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1972, per the Billboard 200.
Chart history
† | Indicates best performing album of 1972 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
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January 1 | Music | Carole King | Ode 70 | |
January 8 | ||||
January 15 | ||||
January 22 | American Pie | Don McLean | United Artists | |
January 29 | ||||
February 5 | ||||
February 12 | ||||
February 19 | ||||
February 26 | ||||
March 4 | ||||
March 11 | Harvest † | Neil Young | Reprise | |
March 18 | ||||
March 25 | America | America | Warner Bros. | |
April 1 | ||||
April 8 | ||||
April 15 | ||||
April 22 | ||||
April 29 | First Take | Roberta Flack | Atlantic | |
May 6 | ||||
May 13 | ||||
May 20 | ||||
May 27 | ||||
June 3 | Thick as a Brick | Jethro Tull | Reprise | |
June 10 | ||||
June 17 | Exile on Main St. | The Rolling Stones | Rolling Stones | |
June 24 | ||||
July 1 | ||||
July 8 | ||||
July 15 | Honky Château | Elton John | Uni | |
July 22 | ||||
July 29 | ||||
August 5 | ||||
August 12 | ||||
August 19 | Chicago V | Chicago | Columbia | |
August 26 | ||||
September 2 | ||||
September 9 | ||||
September 16 | ||||
September 23 | ||||
September 30 | ||||
October 7 | ||||
October 14 | ||||
October 21 | Super Fly | Curtis Mayfield / Soundtrack | Curtom | |
October 28 | ||||
November 4 | ||||
November 11 | ||||
November 18 | Catch Bull at Four | Cat Stevens | A&M | |
November 25 | ||||
December 2 | ||||
December 9 | Seventh Sojourn | The Moody Blues | Threshold | |
December 16 | ||||
December 23 | ||||
December 30 |