Billboard 200

Week of March 23, 1974

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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The Way We Were

Barbra Streisand

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

Barbra Streisand's Memoir ‘My Name Is Barbra’ Finally Has a Release Date

Billboard 200

Week of March 23, 1974

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- The Way We Were
  Barbra Streisand
- 1
- 1
- 6
- - 1
  - 1
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia/Unknown

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

2
- John Denver's Greatest Hits
  John Denver
- 4
- 2
- 16
- - 4
  - 2
  - 16

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA/Legacy

RIAA Certification: Platinum x9

3
- Court And Spark
  Joni Mitchell
- 2
- 2
- 7
- - 2
  - 2
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Asylum

4
- Tubular Bells
  Mike Oldfield
- 7
- 4
- 20
- - 7
  - 4
  - 20

5
- Planet Waves
  Bob Dylan
- 3
- 1
- 7
- - 3
  - 1
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sire

6
- Hotcakes
  Carly Simon
- 5
- 3
- 8
- - 5
  - 3
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra

7
- Band On The Run
  Paul McCartney And Wings
- 8
- 7
- 14
- - 8
  - 7
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MPL/Hear/Concord

RIAA Certification: Platinum x3

8
- Tales From Topographic Oceans
  Yes
- 6
- 6
- 8
- - 6
  - 6
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

9
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
  Elton John
- 9
- 1
- 23
- - 9
  - 1
  - 23

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rocket/Mercury/UMe

RIAA Certification: Platinum x8

10
- Rhapsody In White
  Love Unlimited Orchestra
- 12
- 10
- 7
- - 12
  - 10
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century

11
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  Jim Croce
- 10
- 1
- 57
- - 10
  - 1
  - 57

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

12
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  Black Sabbath
- 11
- 11
- 9
- - 11
  - 11
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Marlin

13
- Head Hunters
  Herbie Hancock
- 15
- 13
- 11
- - 15
  - 13
  - 11

14
- American Graffiti
  Soundtrack
- 18
- 10
- 30
- - 18
  - 10
  - 30

15
- The Sting
  Soundtrack
- 17
- 15
- 9
- - 17
  - 15
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

16
- Behind Closed Doors
  Charlie Rich
- 14
- 8
- 45
- - 14
  - 8
  - 45

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

17
- Love Is The Message
  MFSB
- 23
- 17
- 10
- - 23
  - 17
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

18
- Ship Ahoy
  The O'Jays
- 13
- 11
- 20
- - 13
  - 11
  - 20

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia Int'l.

19
- Under The Influence Of...
  Love Unlimited
- 16
- 3
- 29
- - 16
  - 3
  - 29

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century

20
- Unborn Child
  Seals & Crofts
- 48
- 20
- 4
- - 48
  - 20
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

21
- Imagination
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 22
- 9
- 22
- - 22
  - 9
  - 22

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah

22
- The Way We Were
  Soundtrack
- 20
- 20
- 6
- - 20
  - 20
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

23
- Burn
  Deep Purple
- 45
- 23
- 4
- - 45
  - 23
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner

24
- I Got A Name
  Jim Croce
- 21
- 2
- 15
- - 21
  - 2
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

25
- All American Boy
  Rick Derringer
- 27
- 25
- 17
- - 27
  - 25
  - 17

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Sky

26
- Brain Salad Surgery
  Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- 19
- 11
- 15
- - 19
  - 11
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Manticore

27
- Innervisions
  Stevie Wonder
- 33
- 4
- 32
- - 33
  - 4
  - 32

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

28
- The Singles 1969-1973
  Carpenters
- 25
- 1
- 17
- - 25
  - 1
  - 17

RIAA Certification: Platinum x7

29
- Poems, Prayers & Promises
  John Denver
- 37
- 15
- 50
- - 37
  - 15
  - 50

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

30
- Maria Muldaur
  Maria Muldaur
- 38
- 30
- 27
- - 38
  - 30
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

31
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive II
  Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- 31
- 31
- 10
- - 31
  - 31
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/Unknown

32
- Piano Man
  Billy Joel
- 43
- 32
- 12
- - 43
  - 32
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

33
- Laid Back
  Gregg Allman
- 24
- 13
- 18
- - 24
  - 13
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor/UMe

34
- Energized
  Foghat
- 36
- 34
- 8
- - 36
  - 34
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

35
- Rock On
  David Essex
- 32
- 32
- 12
- - 32
  - 32
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

36
- Stone Gon'
  Barry White
- 26
- 20
- 19
- - 26
  - 20
  - 19

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century

37
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
  The Doobie Brothers
- 64
- 37
- 2
- - 64
  - 37
  - 2

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros./Unknown

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

38
- Sundown
  Gordon Lightfoot
- 39
- 38
- 8
- - 39
  - 38
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise

Billboard 200

Week of March 23, 1974

Billboard 200

The Way We Were

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Barbra Streisand's Memoir ‘My Name Is Barbra’ Finally Has a Release Date

Billboard 200

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

The Way We Were

Imprint/Promotion Label:

John Denver's Greatest Hits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Court And Spark

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tubular Bells

Planet Waves

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hotcakes

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Band On The Run

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tales From Topographic Oceans

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rhapsody In White

Imprint/Promotion Label:

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Head Hunters

American Graffiti

The Sting

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Behind Closed Doors

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Love Is The Message

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ship Ahoy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Under The Influence Of...

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Unborn Child

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Imagination

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Way We Were

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Burn

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Got A Name

Imprint/Promotion Label:

All American Boy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brain Salad Surgery

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Innervisions

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Singles 1969-1973

Poems, Prayers & Promises

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maria Muldaur

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Piano Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Laid Back

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Energized

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rock On

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stone Gon'

Imprint/Promotion Label:

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sundown