These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums that reached number-one in 1974.
Chart history Issue date Album Artist January 5 Imagination Gladys Knight & the Pips January 12 January 19 January 26 February 2 Stone Gon' Barry White February 9 February 16 Ship Ahoy The O'Jays February 23 Livin' for You Al Green March 2 Ship Ahoy The O'Jays March 9 March 16 Love Is the Message MFSB March 23 March 30 April 6 April 13 April 20 April 27 Boogie Down! Eddie Kendricks May 4 The Payback James Brown May 11 May 18 Let Me in Your Life Aretha Franklin May 25 Open Our Eyes Earth, Wind & Fire June 1 Mighty Love The Spinners June 8 Ship Ahoy The O'Jays June 15 June 22 War Live War June 29 July 6 Body Heat Quincy Jones July 13 Claudine Soundtrack / Gladys Knight & the Pips July 20 Skin Tight The Ohio Players July 27 August 3 August 10 August 17 August 24 August 31 Marvin Gaye Live! Marvin Gaye September 7 That Nigger's Crazy Richard Pryor September 14 September 21 September 28 October 5 Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder October 12 October 19 October 26 November 2 November 9 Marvin Gaye Live! Marvin Gaye November 16 Live It Up The Isley Brothers November 23 Can't Get Enough Barry White November 30 December 7 Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder December 14 December 21 December 28 I Feel a Song Gladys Knight & the Pips
See also 1974 in music R&B number-one hits of 1974 (USA)
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