JANUARY
Top hit
Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) · Rod Stewart
Top album
Songs In The Key Of Life · Stevie Wonder
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Disco goes cinematic
1977
Saturday Night Fever turns the dance floor cinematic, the Bee Gees brand disco globally, and Fleetwood Mac proves heartbreak can sell thirty million copies.
Saturday Night Fever
Four-on-the-floor energy takes the mainstream — rock still packs arenas, but the pulse of the city gets faster and the collars get wider. The Bee Gees turn disco into a global brand while Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' proves that heartbreak can sell thirty million copies. Every dance floor feels like a movie set, and every movie wants a soundtrack that moves.
- Saturday Night Fever
- Bee Gees
- disco
- Fleetwood Mac
- soundtrack era
- Saturday Night Fever soundtrack redefines the movie album
- Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' becomes one of the best-selling albums ever
- Elvis Presley dies — rock and roll mourns its founding king
- The Sex Pistols' 'Never Mind the Bollocks' detonates punk
Hot 100 · weeks at #1
Top songs
Album chart · weeks at #1
Top albums
Through the year
Tap a month to drill into chart weeks.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Torn Between Two Lovers · Mary Macgregor
Top album
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MARCH
Top hit
Evergreen (Love Theme From "A Star Is Born") · Barbra Streisand
Top album
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APRIL
Top hit
Rich Girl · Daryl Hall Undefined John Oates
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
MAY
Top hit
Hotel California · Eagles
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
JUNE
Top hit
Sir Duke · Stevie Wonder
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
JULY
Top hit
Gonna Fly Now · Bill Conti
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
AUGUST
Top hit
I Just Want To Be Your Everything · Andy Gibb
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Best Of My Love · The Emotions
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
OCTOBER
Top hit
Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band · Meco
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
NOVEMBER
Top hit
You Light Up My Life · Debby Boone
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
DECEMBER
Top hit
You Light Up My Life · Debby Boone
Top album
Simple Dreams · Linda Ronstadt