JANUARY
Top hit
How Deep Is Your Love · Bee Gees
Top album
Rumours · Fleetwood Mac
Year
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Disco dominance
1978
Mirror balls and polyester collide with stadium rock as the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, and even skeptical guitar bands flirt with the dance floor.
The Year Disco Took Over
Mirror balls, polyester, and unstoppable hooks — pop and dance collide while rock answers from the stadium seats with bigger lights and louder choruses. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer make the charts feel like one endless block party, and even rock bands start flirting with the dance floor. Love it or mock it, disco is the wallpaper of the year.
- disco
- Bee Gees
- Donna Summer
- stadium rock
- dance pop
- Bee Gees dominate with 'Stayin' Alive' and 'Night Fever'
- Donna Summer's 'Last Dance' wins an Oscar
- The Rolling Stones' 'Miss You' goes disco-adjacent
- Village People's 'Y.M.C.A.' becomes a cultural institution
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
Stayin' Alive · Bee Gees
Top album
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MARCH
Top hit
(Love Is) Thicker Than Water · Andy Gibb
Top album
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APRIL
Top hit
Night Fever · Bee Gees
Top album
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MAY
Top hit
Night Fever · Bee Gees
Top album
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JUNE
Top hit
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late · Johnny Mathis/deniece Williams
Top album
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JULY
Top hit
Shadow Dancing · Andy Gibb
Top album
City To City · Gerry Rafferty
AUGUST
Top hit
Miss You · The Rolling Stones
Top album
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SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Grease · Frankie Valli
Top album
Don't Look Back · Boston
OCTOBER
Top hit
Kiss You All Over · Exile
Top album
Don't Look Back · Boston
NOVEMBER
Top hit
You Needed Me · Anne Murray
Top album
Living In The U.S.A. · Linda Ronstadt
DECEMBER
Top hit
You Don't Bring Me Flowers · Barbra Streisand
Top album
52nd Street · Billy Joel
