Top 10 Greatest Albums of the 1970S

40M+ copies sold, 4 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year 1978, recorded during the breakdown of multiple band relationships

37M+ copies sold, contains "Stairway to Heaven" (most requested rock radio song ever), no album title or band name on the cover

32M+ copies sold, Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1978 for the title track, one of the best-selling albums in US history

Ranked #1 greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2020, pioneered socially conscious R&B and concept albums

25M+ copies sold, 4 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year 1972 (first won by a female solo artist), spent 302 weeks on Billboard 200

Springsteen appeared simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek in October 1975 (only musician to achieve this); revitalized rock storytelling

Double album recorded in a rented villa in France, considered by critics their greatest artistic achievement and a blueprint for rock authenticity

Launched the punk rock movement, banned by the BBC, reached #1 in UK despite zero radio play

Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1974, recorded entirely by Wonder playing all instruments, two weeks after its release Wonder nearly died in a car crash

40M+ copies sold, 4 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year 1978, recorded during the breakdown of multiple band relationships

37M+ copies sold, contains "Stairway to Heaven" (most requested rock radio song ever), no album title or band name on the cover

32M+ copies sold, Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1978 for the title track, one of the best-selling albums in US history

Ranked #1 greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2020, pioneered socially conscious R&B and concept albums

25M+ copies sold, 4 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year 1972 (first won by a female solo artist), spent 302 weeks on Billboard 200

Springsteen appeared simultaneously on the covers of Time and Newsweek in October 1975 (only musician to achieve this); revitalized rock storytelling

Double album recorded in a rented villa in France, considered by critics their greatest artistic achievement and a blueprint for rock authenticity

Launched the punk rock movement, banned by the BBC, reached #1 in UK despite zero radio play

Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1974, recorded entirely by Wonder playing all instruments, two weeks after its release Wonder nearly died in a car crash