These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1979, per the Billboard 200.

Chart history

Key
† Indicates best performing album of 1979
Issue date Album Artist(s) Label Ref.
January 6 Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 Barbra Streisand Columbia [1]
January 13 [2]
January 20 [3]
January 27 52nd Street † Billy Joel Columbia [4]
February 3 Briefcase Full of Blues Blues Brothers Atlantic [5]
February 10 Blondes Have More Fun Rod Stewart Warner Bros. [6]
February 17 [7]
February 24 [8]
March 3 Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees RSO [9]
March 10 [10]
March 17 [11]
March 24 [12]
March 31 [13]
April 7 Minute by Minute Doobie Brothers Warner Bros. [14]
April 14 [15]
April 21 Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees RSO [16]
April 28 Minute by Minute Doobie Brothers Warner Bros. [17]
May 5 [18]
May 12 [19]
May 19 Breakfast in America Supertramp A&M [20]
May 26 [21]
June 2 [22]
June 9 [23]
June 16 Bad Girls Donna Summer Casablanca [24]
June 23 Breakfast in America Supertramp A&M [25]
June 30 [26]
July 7 Bad Girls Donna Summer Casablanca [27]
July 14 [28]
July 21 [29]
July 28 [30]
August 4 [31]
August 11 Get the Knack The Knack Capitol [32]
August 18 [33]
August 25 [34]
September 1 [35]
September 8 [36]
September 15 In Through the Out Door Led Zeppelin Swan Song [37]
September 22 [38]
September 29 [39]
October 6 [40]
October 13 [41]
October 20 [42]
October 27 [43]
November 3 The Long Run Eagles Asylum [44]
November 10 [45]
November 17 [46]
November 24 [47]
December 1 [48]
December 8 [49]
December 15 [50]
December 22 [51]
December 29 [52]

See also

References

  1. ^ "January 6, 1979". Billboard 200.
  2. ^ "January 13, 1979". Billboard 200.
  3. ^ "January 20, 1979". Billboard 200.
  4. ^ "January 27, 1979". Billboard 200.
  5. ^ "February 3, 1979". Billboard 200.
  6. ^ "February 10, 1979". Billboard 200.
  7. ^ "February 17, 1979". Billboard 200.
  8. ^ "February 24, 1979". Billboard 200.
  9. ^ "March 3, 1979". Billboard 200.
  10. ^ "March 10, 1979". Billboard 200.
  11. ^ "March 17, 1979". Billboard 200.
  12. ^ "March 24, 1979". Billboard 200.
  13. ^ "March 31, 1979". Billboard 200.
  14. ^ "April 7, 1979". Billboard 200.
  15. ^ "April 14, 1979". Billboard 200.
  16. ^ "April 21, 1979". Billboard 200.
  17. ^ "April 28, 1979". Billboard 200.
  18. ^ "May 5, 1979". Billboard 200.
  19. ^ "May 12, 1979". Billboard 200.
  20. ^ "May 19, 1979". Billboard 200.
  21. ^ "May 26, 1979". Billboard 200.
  22. ^ "June 2, 1979". Billboard 200.
  23. ^ "June 9, 1979". Billboard 200.
  24. ^ "June 16, 1979". Billboard 200.
  25. ^ "June 23, 1979". Billboard 200.
  26. ^ "June 30, 1979". Billboard 200.
  27. ^ "July 7, 1979". Billboard 200.
  28. ^ "July 14, 1979". Billboard 200.
  29. ^ "July 21, 1979". Billboard 200.
  30. ^ "July 28, 1979". Billboard 200.
  31. ^ "August 4, 1979". Billboard 200.
  32. ^ "August 11, 1979". Billboard 200.
  33. ^ "August 18, 1979". Billboard 200.
  34. ^ "August 25, 1979". Billboard 200.
  35. ^ "September 1, 1979". Billboard 200.
  36. ^ "September 8, 1979". Billboard 200.
  37. ^ "September 15, 1979". Billboard 200.
  38. ^ "September 22, 1979". Billboard 200.
  39. ^ "September 29, 1979". Billboard 200.
  40. ^ "October 6, 1979". Billboard 200.
  41. ^ "October 13, 1979". Billboard 200.
  42. ^ "October 20, 1979". Billboard 200.
  43. ^ "October 27, 1979". Billboard 200.
  44. ^ "November 3, 1979". Billboard 200.
  45. ^ "November 10, 1979". Billboard 200.
  46. ^ "November 17, 1979". Billboard 200.
  47. ^ "November 24, 1979". Billboard 200.
  48. ^ "December 1, 1979". Billboard 200.
  49. ^ "December 8, 1979". Billboard 200.
  50. ^ "December 15, 1979". Billboard 200.
  51. ^ "December 22, 1979". Billboard 200.
  52. ^ "December 29, 1979". Billboard 200.
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