This article lists the Canadian number-one albums of 1974. The chart was compiled and published by RPM every Saturday.
The top position (December 29, 1973, Vol. 20, No. 20) preceding January 12, 1974 (Vol. 20, No. 21-22) was Jim Croce's Life and Times.Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4931&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=6ru5j4sbubbghv45o5f925eqt3 Three acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Love Unlimited on March 2, Gordon Lightfoot on June 22 – 29 and Elton John on August 10. As well, Marvin Hamlisch's "The Entertainer" taken from The Sting topped the chart on May 25 as the soundtrack to the film topped the album charts .List of RPM number-one singles of 1974
(Entries with dates marked thus* are not presently on record at Library and Archives Canada and were inferred from the following week's listing. There was no publication on May 4. The preceding chart for April 27 (Vol. 21, No. 11) is chronologically followed by the chart for May 11 (Vol. 21, No. 12). September 28's listing presently has the singles and album charts reversed; as well, the album chart is that of August 24. Hence, the reading was inferred from the following week's chart.)
Issue date Album Artist January 5 Life and TimesJim Croce January 12 The Joker Steve Miller Band January 19 January 26 The Singles: 1969–1973 The Carpenters February 2 You Don't Mess Around with Jim Jim Croce February 9 February 16 February 23 John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver March 2 Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited Love Unlimited March 9 Planet Waves Bob Dylan March 16 Court and Spark Joni Mitchell March 23* March 30 April 6 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield April 13 April 20 Seasons in the Sun Terry Jacks April 27 May 4 May 11 The Sting Original Soundtrack May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 Band on the Run Wings June 22 Sundown Gordon Lightfoot June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 Diamond Dogs David Bowie August 3 August 10 Caribou Elton John August 17 Back Home Again John Denver August 24 Caribou Elton John August 31 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton September 7 September 14 September 21 September 28* Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder October 5 Endless Summer The Beach Boys October 12 If You Love Me, Let Me Know Olivia Newton-John October 19 Not Fragile Bachman-Turner Overdrive October 26 November 2 So Far Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young November 9 Wrap Around Joy Carole King November 16 Not Fragile Bachman-Turner Overdrive November 23 November 30 Walls and Bridges John Lennon December 6 Photographs & Memories Jim Croce December 14 Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John December 21 December 25 Photographs & Memories Jim Croce
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See also 1974 in music RPM number-one hits of 1974