Billboard 200™

Week of November 6, 1971

Billboard 200™

The week’s most popular albums as compiled by Luminate, based on multi-metric consumption (blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums).

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Shaft

Soundtrack

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ghet-O-Vision/LaFace/Arista

Billboard 200™

Week of November 6, 1971

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Shaft
  Soundtrack
- 3
- 1
- 12
- - 3
  - 1
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ghet-O-Vision/LaFace/Arista

RIAA Certification: Gold

2
- Santana III
  Santana
- 4
- 2
- 4
- - 4
  - 2
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

3
- Every Picture Tells A Story
  Rod Stewart
- 2
- 1
- 21
- - 2
  - 1
  - 21

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

4
- Imagine
  John Lennon
- 1
- 1
- 8
- - 1
  - 1
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Apple/Capitol/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

5
- Tapestry
  Carole King
- 5
- 1
- 31
- - 5
  - 1
  - 31

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ode Sounds & Visuals/Epic/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Diamond

6
- Teaser And The Firecat
  Cat Stevens
- 6
- 6
- 5
- - 6
  - 6
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

7
- Carpenters
  Carpenters
- 7
- 2
- 23
- - 7
  - 2
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

8
- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
  The Moody Blues
- 8
- 2
- 12
- - 8
  - 2
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Threshold

9
- Ram
  Paul & Linda McCartney
- 9
- 2
- 23
- - 9
  - 2
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MPL/Capitol/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum

10
- Who's Next
  The Who
- 10
- 4
- 13
- - 10
  - 4
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/UMC/MCA/Geffen/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

11
- Barbra Joan Streisand
  Barbra Streisand
- 13
- 11
- 8
- - 13
  - 11
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

12
- Blessed Are ...
  Joan Baez
- 11
- 11
- 8
- - 11
  - 11
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Vanguard

13
- The Partridge Family Sound Magazine
  The Partridge Family
- 14
- 9
- 11
- - 14
  - 9
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

14
- (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
  The Chi-lites
- 15
- 14
- 12
- - 15
  - 14
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Madison

15
- Master Of Reality
  Black Sabbath
- 16
- 8
- 10
- - 16
  - 8
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Rhino

16
- Harmony
  Three Dog Night
- 24
- 16
- 3
- - 24
  - 16
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill-ABC

17
- Rainbow Bridge (Soundtrack)
  Jimi Hendrix
- 18
- 17
- 5
- - 18
  - 17
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Experience Hendrix/Legacy

18
- Bark
  Jefferson Airplane
- 12
- 11
- 8
- - 12
  - 11
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

19
- Goin' Back To Indiana
  The Jacksons
- 22
- 19
- 5
- - 22
  - 19
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

20
- What's Going On
  Marvin Gaye
- 20
- 6
- 22
- - 20
  - 6
  - 22

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla/Motown/UMe

RIAA Certification: Gold

21
- Cahoots
  The Band
- 21
- 21
- 4
- - 21
  - 21
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

22
- Jesus Christ Superstar
  Various Artists
- 17
- 1
- 51
- - 17
  - 1
  - 51

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca Broadway/Verve/UMe

23
- Aretha's Greatest Hits
  Aretha Franklin
- 19
- 19
- 7
- - 19
  - 19
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

24
- Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
  Cher
- 32
- 24
- 7
- - 32
  - 24
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Weird World

25
- Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
  James Taylor
- 23
- 2
- 27
- - 23
  - 2
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

26
- Welcome To The Canteen
  Traffic, Etc.
- 26
- 26
- 6
- - 26
  - 26
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

27
- Grateful Dead
  Grateful Dead
- 28
- 27
- 4
- - 28
  - 27
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Grateful Dead/Warner/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Gold

28
- The Donny Osmond Album
  Donny Osmond
- 25
- 13
- 18
- - 25
  - 13
  - 18

29
- The Silver Tongued Devil And I
  Kris Kristofferson
- 31
- 21
- 15
- - 31
  - 21
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Thumb

30
- Aqualung
  Jethro Tull
- 27
- 7
- 26
- - 27
  - 7
  - 26

31
- "5th"
  Lee Michaels
- 30
- 16
- 23
- - 30
  - 16
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

32
- A Space In Time
  Ten Years After
- 33
- 17
- 11
- - 33
  - 17
  - 11

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

33
- Surf's Up
  The Beach Boys
- 29
- 29
- 9
- - 29
  - 29
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

34
- Chicago Transit Authority
  Chicago
- 36
- 17
- 130
- - 36
  - 17
  - 130

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

35
- Tea For The Tillerman
  Cat Stevens
- 35
- 8
- 40
- - 35
  - 8
  - 40

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

36
- Poems, Prayers & Promises
  John Denver
- 34
- 15
- 30
- - 34
  - 15
  - 30

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

37
- Trafalgar
  Bee Gees
- 37
- 34
- 7
- - 37
  - 34
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

38
- Hot Pants
  James Brown
- 40
- 22
- 10
- - 40
  - 22
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

39
- New Riders Of The Purple Sage
  New Riders Of The Purple Sage
- 39
- 39
- 9
- - 39
  - 39
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Note

40
- Sticky Fingers
  The Rolling Stones
- 38
- 1
- 26
- - 38
  - 1
  - 26

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Rolling Stones/Capitol/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

41
- The 5th Dimension/Live!!
  The 5th Dimension
- 53
- 41
- 3
- - 53
  - 41
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

42
- Close To You
  Carpenters
- 44
- 2
- 60
- - 44
  - 2
  - 60

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

43
- One World
  Rare Earth
- 42
- 28
- 17
- - 42
  - 28
  - 17

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

44
- 4 Way Street
  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- 45
- 1
- 29
- - 45
  - 1
  - 29

45
- Fireball
  Deep Purple
- 43
- 32
- 12
- - 43
  - 32
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

46
- James Gang Live In Concert
  The James Gang
- 41
- 24
- 9
- - 41
  - 24
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

47
- Another Time, Another Place
  Engelbert Humperdinck
- 49
- 25
- 9
- - 49
  - 25
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Parrot

48
- At Fillmore East
  The Allman Brothers Band
- 46
- 13
- 16
- - 46
  - 13
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/Mercury/Chronicles/UMe

49
- Aretha: Live At Fillmore West
  Aretha Franklin
- 47
- 7
- 23
- - 47
  - 7
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic/Rhino

50
- Greatest Of The Guess Who
  The Guess Who
- 51
- 12
- 30
- - 51
  - 12
  - 30

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Unknown

51
- I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus
  Firesign Theatre
- 50
- 50
- 7
- - 50
  - 50
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

52
- From The Inside
  Poco
- 52
- 52
- 7
- - 52
  - 52
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

53
- Up To Date
  The Partridge Family
- 48
- 3
- 32
- - 48
  - 3
  - 32

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

54
- Buddy Miles Live
  Buddy Miles
- 58
- 54
- 6
- - 58
  - 54
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

55
- Me And Bobby McGee
  Kris Kristofferson
- 57
- 43
- 9
- - 57
  - 43
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Monument

56
- For Ladies Only
  Steppenwolf
- 56
- 56
- 6
- - 56
  - 56
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill-ABC

57
- Tarkus
  Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 55
- 9
- 19
- - 55
  - 9
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cotillion

58
- Chapter Two
  Roberta Flack
- 61
- 33
- 63
- - 61
  - 33
  - 63

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Enterprise

59
- Their 16 Greatest Hits
  The Grass Roots
- 60
- 59
- 6
- - 60
  - 59
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill-ABC

60
- Abraxas
  Santana
- 62
- 1
- 57
- - 62
  - 1
  - 57

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

61
- B.B. King In London
  B.B. King
- 65
- 61
- 4
- - 65
  - 61
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

62 NEW
NEW
- Performance-Rockin' The Fillmore
  Humble Pie
- -
- 62
- 1
- - -
  - 62
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

63
- Blue
  Joni Mitchell
- 63
- 15
- 19
- - 63
  - 15
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Rhino

64
- Paranoid
  Black Sabbath
- 64
- 12
- 38
- - 64
  - 12
  - 38

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x4

65
- Summer Of '42
  Soundtrack
- 69
- 65
- 9
- - 69
  - 65
  - 9

66
- Heavy!
  Victor
- 67
- 66
- 8
- - 67
  - 66
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dore

67
- Easy Loving
  Freddie Hart
- 81
- 67
- 5
- - 81
  - 67
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

68
- Golden Bisquits
  Three Dog Night
- 54
- 5
- 37
- - 54
  - 5
  - 37

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dunhill-ABC

69
- Sonny & Cher Live
  Sonny & Cher
- 71
- 69
- 6
- - 71
  - 69
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kapp

70
- L.A. Woman
  The Doors
- 59
- 9
- 27
- - 59
  - 9
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

DMC/Elektra/Rhino

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

71
- Getting Together
  Bobby Sherman
- 75
- 71
- 5
- - 75
  - 71
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Metromedia

72
- Sweet Baby James
  James Taylor
- 66
- 3
- 87
- - 66
  - 3
  - 87

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

73
- B, S & T; 4
  Blood, Sweat & Tears
- 76
- 10
- 18
- - 76
  - 10
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

74
- Smackwater Jack
  Quincy Jones
- 86
- 74
- 4
- - 86
  - 74
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

75
- Maybe Tomorrow
  The Jackson 5
- 73
- 11
- 28
- - 73
  - 11
  - 28

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

76
- Fiddler On The Roof
  Soundtrack
- 83
- 76
- 2
- - 83
  - 76
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists/Unknown

RIAA Certification: Platinum

77
- Survival
  Grand Funk Railroad
- 80
- 6
- 28
- - 80
  - 6
  - 28

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Note

78
- Street Corner Talking
  Savoy Brown
- 78
- 78
- 8
- - 78
  - 78
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

79
- The Partridge Family Album
  The Partridge Family
- 79
- 4
- 54
- - 79
  - 4
  - 54

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

80
- One Fine Morning
  Lighthouse
- 88
- 80
- 16
- - 88
  - 80
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Evolution

81
- Chicago II
  Chicago
- 84
- 4
- 91
- - 84
  - 4
  - 91

82
- Rock Love
  The Steve Miller Band
- 82
- 82
- 5
- - 82
  - 82
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

83
- The Dionne Warwicke Story
  Dionne Warwick
- 99
- 83
- 2
- - 99
  - 83
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Scepter

84
- Tupelo Honey
  Van Morrison
- 116
- 84
- 2
- - 116
  - 84
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

85
- Curtis/Live!
  Curtis Mayfield
- 85
- 21
- 24
- - 85
  - 21
  - 24

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

86
- Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (Soundtrack)
  Frank Zappa Featuring The Mothers Of Invention & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- 161
- 86
- 2
- - 161
  - 86
  - 2