Editing 1978 in music

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{{YYYY music|1978}}
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[[File:Elo 27041978 04 800.jpg|right|thumb|[[Electric Light Orchestra]] in 1978]]
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year [[1978]].

==Specific locations==
*[[1978 in British music]]
*[[1978 in Norwegian music]]

==Specific genres==
*[[1978 in country music]]
*[[1978 in heavy metal music]]
*[[1978 in jazz]]

==Events==
===January–April===
*[[January 14]] – The [[Sex Pistols]] play their final show (until a 1996 reunion) at San Francisco's [[Winterland Ballroom]].
*[[January 16]] – [[Elton John]] appears on this week's [[People (magazine)|''People'' (magazine)]] without his trademark glasses. John will still wear glasses occasionally for the next ten years until wearing them permanently again.
*[[January 17]] – [[Simple Minds]] make their very first live performance at Glasgow's Satellite City.<ref>{{cite web |title=simpleminds.com 14 Jan, 2022 Out Now – Act Of Love |url=https://www.simpleminds.com/2022/01/14/new-single-act-of-love/ |date= 14 January 2022 |website=simpleminds.com |accessdate= 20 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[January 21]] – As ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' becomes a cultural phenomenon, the soundtrack hits #1 on the [[Billboard 100|Billboard Charts]], where it will stay until July.
*[[January 23]] – [[Terry Kath]], guitarist and founding member of rock band [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]], dies from an accidental gunshot wound to the head from a gun he thought was unloaded, in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]]; he is 32 years old.
*[[January 25]]
**[[Electric Light Orchestra]] kick off their "Out of the Blue" world tour in [[Honolulu]], Hawaii.
**[[Bob Dylan]] makes his directorial debut in the surrealist film ''[[Renaldo and Clara]]'', shot during his [[Rolling Thunder Revue]] tour.
* [[January 26]] – Workers at [[EMI]]'s record processing plant in England refuse to press copies of [[The Buzzcocks]]'s second single "[[What Do I Get?]]" because of its flipside, "Oh Shit!". The single is eventually pressed and goes on to become the band's first hit.
*[[January 28]] – By request, [[Ted Nugent]] autographs his name into a fan's arm with a bowie knife in Philadelphia.
*[[February 4]] – [[Elton John]] appears as the guest star on ''[[The Muppet Show]].''
*[[February 10]] – [[Van Halen]] debuts with a [[Van Halen (album)|self-titled album]]; [[Eddie Van Halen]] introduces a powerful new sound and technique to world, while [[David Lee Roth]] is ushered in as the front man.
*[[February 23]] – The [[20th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[John Denver]]. [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]' "[[Hotel California]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]] and, in a rare tie, [[Barbra Streisand]]'s "[[Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)]]" and [[Debby Boone]]'s "[[You Light Up My Life (song)|You Light Up My Life]]" both collectively win [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]]. Boone also wins [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].
*[[March 11]] – [[Kate Bush]] tops the UK Singles Chart with "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]", becoming the first-ever female artist to top the chart with a self-penned song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/13/kate-bush-only-tour-live |title=Kate Bush's only tour: pop concert or disappearing act? |work=The Guardian |date=13 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[March 18]] – [[California Jam II]] is held at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in California. Over 300,000 fans come to see [[Ted Nugent]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Carlos Santana|Santana]], [[Dave Mason]], [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]] and more.
*[[April 22]]
**In the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978|Eurovision Song Contest]] in Paris, France, victory goes to [[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest|Israel]]'s entry "[[A-Ba-Ni-Bi]]", performed by [[Izhar Cohen]] & [[Alphabeta|The Alphabeta]].
**The "One Love Peace Concert" is held in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], headlined by [[Bob Marley]], making his first concert appearance since December 1976.
**[[Steve Martin]] performs the original "King Tut" on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''; also this night, [[The Blues Brothers]] make their first appearance on the show.

===May–July===
*[[May 6]] – [[The Knack]] is formed (first album released in 1979).
*[[May 13]] – [[Barry Gibb]] becomes the only songwriter in history to have written 4 consecutive #1 singles on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart.
*[[May 18]] – ''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]'', starring [[Gary Busey]], is released. It would win the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Original Music Score|Best Music, Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score]], and earn a nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] (Busey) and [[Academy Award for Sound|Best Sound]].
*[[May 23]] – [[Grieg Hall]] (''Grieghallen'') inaugurated in [[Bergen, Norway]] as a concert venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bergenbyarkiv.no/bergenbyleksikon/arkiv/1424944?s=Grieghallen|title=  Grieghallen|publisher=Bergen byleksikon|access-date=October 1, 2016}}</ref>
*[[May 25]] – In a performance used for ''[[The Kids Are Alright (1979 film)|The Kids Are Alright]]'', [[The Who]] play their last show with [[Keith Moon]].
*June 7 - Prince's debut single Soft and Wet is released by Warner Bros. Records.
*[[June 10]] – [[The Rolling Stones]] begin their 25-date [[The Rolling Stones US Tour 1978|US summer tour]] in [[Lakeland, Florida]].
*[[June 13]] – [[The Cramps]] play a [[Target Video#The Cramps at Napa State Mental Hospital|free concert]] for patients at the Napa State Mental Hospital.
*[[June 16]] – The film adaptation of the musical ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]'', opens in theaters and is a box office hit.
*[[June 20]] – [[Grace Slick]] splits with [[Jefferson Starship]] the day after a disastrous concert in [[Hamburg]], Germany, in which a heavily intoxicated Slick verbally abused the crowd and groped various fans and bandmates.
*[[June 29]] – [[Peter Frampton]] is nearly killed in a car accident in [[The Bahamas]], suffering multiple broken bones, a concussion, and muscle damage.
*[[July 1]] – The first [[Texxas Jam]] is held over the July 4 long weekend at the [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]] in [[Dallas]]. The first day features Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, [[Frank Marino]] and [[Mahogany Rush]], [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Journey (band)|Journey]], [[Head East]], [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]], [[Eddie Money]], [[Van Halen]] and [[Walter Egan]]. Sunday consists of [[Willie Nelson]] headlining his sixth annual Fourth of July picnic.
*[[July 15]] – The Picnic at [[Blackbushe Airport|Blackbushe Aerodrome]], [[Camberley]], Surrey, England, a concert featuring [[Bob Dylan]], [[Eric Clapton]] and [[Joan Armatrading]], attracts some 200,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Picnic at Blackbushe Aerodrome 1978|website=www.ukrockfestivals.com|url=https://www.ukrockfestivals.com/blackbushe.html|accessdate=2022-10-08}}</ref>
*[[July 19]] – [[Dead Kennedys]] play their first concert, at the [[Mabuhay Gardens]] in San Francisco, California.
*[[July 21]] – ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'', a much-hyped musical film starring [[Peter Frampton]] and the [[Bee Gees]] performing the music of [[The Beatles]], opens in theaters. The film is savaged by critics and proves a box office disappointment.
*[[July 29]] – [[Glenn Goins]], one of the lead vocalists for the band [[Parliament-Funkadelic]] dies of [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] at age of 24.
*[[July 30]] – [[Thin Lizzy]] officially announces that [[Gary Moore]] has replaced [[Brian Robertson (guitarist)|Brian Robertson]] on guitar.

===August–December===
*[[August 26]] – 80,000 concertgoers attend [[Mosport International Raceway|Mosport Speedway]] in Ontario for the "[[Canada Jam|Canada Jam Festival]]", featuring sets by [[the Doobie Brothers]], [[Commodores]], [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]], [[Village People]], [[Dave Mason]], the [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]] and [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]].
*[[August 26]] – 67,000 Funk fans assembled at [[Soldier Field]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] to attend the first annual Funk Festival, billed as "One Nation Under A Groove", featuring [[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]], [[Parlet]], [[Con Funk Shun]], the [[Bar-Kays]], and [[Parliament-Funkadelic]].
*[[September 7]] – [[The Who]] drummer [[Keith Moon]] dies in a central London flat after a prescription drug overdose at the age of 32.
*[[September 14]]–16 – [[Grateful Dead|The Grateful Dead]] perform three shows in [[Giza]], Egypt, very close to the [[Great Sphinx of Giza|Sphinx]] and [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Great Pyramid]].
*[[October 12]] – [[Nancy Spungen]], the American girlfriend of [[Sex Pistols]] bassist [[Sid Vicious]], is found dead in a New York hotel room of a stab wound. Sid is arrested and charged with her murder.
*[[October 21]] – Founder members [[John Taylor (bass guitarist)|John Taylor]] and [[Nick Rhodes]] name their newly formed band [[Duran Duran]] after the character "Dr. Durand Durand" from the sci-fi film ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]'' the day after the film had been broadcast on BBC 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://durancompilations.com/early1.html |title=Duran Duran – The Early Days Chapter 1 |publisher=durancompilations.com |access-date=26 May 2022 }}</ref>
*[[October 24]] – [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]] guitarist [[Keith Richards]] pleads guilty to a reduced charge of possessing heroin in Toronto in 1977. The more serious charge of drug trafficking is dropped and Richards is given a one-year suspended sentence as well as ordered to play a charity concert for the blind.<ref name="keithrichards">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/keith-richards-guilty-but-free-19781130 |title= Keith Richards Guilty – But Free |last1=Flippo |first1=Chet |date=November 30, 1978 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref>
*[[October 29]] – [[Michael Schenker]] plays his final show with [[UFO (band)|UFO]] in [[Stanford, California]] before leaving the group to rejoin [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]].
*November – [[Iron Maiden]] hires lead singer [[Paul Di'Anno]].
*[[November 21]] – French pop star [[Dalida]] performs a concert at New York's [[Carnegie Hall]]. 
*[[November 25]] 
**A now sober [[Alice Cooper]] releases the album ''[[From the Inside (Alice Cooper album)|From the Inside]]'', which tells of his stay in rehab for alcoholism.
**[[Aerosmith]] cuts a concert short after [[Steven Tyler]] suffers cuts to his face from a bottle that shatters upon hitting a stage monitor.
**[[Donna Summer]] becomes the first female artist of the modern rock era to have the number one single (Mac Arthur Park) and album (Live and More) on Billboard charts simultaneously.
*[[November 27]] – [[Def Leppard]]'s permanent drummer [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]] joins the band at the age of 15.
*December – Soviet orchestral conductor defects to the Netherlands while on tour there. 
*[[December 2]] – [[OTI Festival 1978|The seventh edition of the OTI Festival]], the [[Latin America]]n [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] takes place in [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]. The winning country is [[Brazil in the OTI Festival|Brazil]], represented by Denisse de Kalafe with her song "El amor...Cosa tan rara" (Love...Such a strange thing)
*[[December 31]] 
**[[Matthias Jabs]] joins [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], replacing [[Uli Jon Roth]].
**The seventh annual [[Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest|New Year's Rockin' Eve]] special airs on ABC, with performances by [[Barry Manilow]], [[Village People]], [[Chuck Mangione]], [[Tanya Tucker]] and [[Rick James]].
**CBS airs ''New Year's Eve with [[Guy Lombardo]]'' for the final time, nearly two years after the band leader's death and ending a 22-year run that began in 1956.
**The [[Winterland Ballroom]] venue in [[San Francisco]] closes with a New Year's Eve performance by the [[Grateful Dead]], [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]] and the [[Blues Brothers]].
**[[Iron Maiden]] records a demo, consisting of four songs, at Spaceward Studios in Cambridge which would eventually become [[The Soundhouse Tapes]].

===Also in 1978===
*[[Kenny Rogers]] continues his highly successful solo career with the single (and album) "The Gambler" and will go on to star in no less than five movies based around the song.
*In the UK, singles sales are at their all-time high this year, boosted by the simultaneous peak of the [[disco]] and [[punk rock|punk]] phenomena and the success of singles from the movie ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''.
*[[Mozambique]] holds its first National Dance Festival, involving half a million people.
* [[Rolnicka Praha]] children's choir is founded in Prague, Czech Republic.

==Bands formed==
''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 1978]]''

==Bands disbanded==
*''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1978]]''

==Albums released==
===January===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| valign="top" |2
| ''[[We All Know Who We Are]]''|| [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Level Headed]]'' || [[The Sweet|Sweet]] ||
|- 
| ''[[White Hot (album)|White Hot]]'' || [[Angel (American band)|Angel]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |18
| ''[[Excitable Boy]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Pastiche (album)|Pastiche]]'' || [[The Manhattan Transfer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |20
| ''[[City to City]]'' || [[Gerry Rafferty]] ||
|-
| ''[[White Music]]'' || [[XTC]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Bootsy? Player of the Year]]'' || [[Bootsy's Rubber Band]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |30
| ''[[Infinity (Journey album)|Infinity]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] ||
|-
| rowspan="9" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Attention Shoppers!]]''|| [[Starz (band)|Starz]] ||
|-
| ''[[Endless Wire (Gordon Lightfoot album)|Endless Wire]]'' || [[Gordon Lightfoot]] ||
|-
| ''[[I'm Ready (Muddy Waters album)|I'm Ready]]'' || [[Muddy Waters]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Modern Dance]]'' || [[Pere Ubu (band)|Pere Ubu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Open Fire (Ronnie Montrose album)|Open Fire]]'' || [[Ronnie Montrose]] ||
|-
| ''[[Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] ||
|- 
| ''[[Street Player]]'' || [[Rufus (band)|Rufus]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ten Years of Gold]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Waylon & Willie]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] and [[Willie Nelson]] ||
|}

===February===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| valign="top" |6
| ''[[Earth (Jefferson Starship album)|Earth]]'' || [[Jefferson Starship]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |10
| ''[[British Lions (album)|British Lions]]'' || [[British Lions (band)|British Lions]] ||
|-
| ''[[It Begins Again]]'' || [[Dusty Springfield]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stained Class]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||
|-
| ''[[Van Halen (album)|Van Halen]]'' || [[Van Halen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Waiting for Columbus]]'' || [[Little Feat]] || Live
|-fbritish
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts]]'' || [[The Adverts]] ||
|-
| ''[[Impeckable]]'' || [[Budgie (band)|Budgie]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Kick Inside]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |24
| ''[[Watch (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)|Watch]]'' || [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |27
| ''[[Macho Man (album)|Macho Man]]'' || [[Village People]] ||
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Street Hassle]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] ||
|-
| ''[[Double Live Gonzo!]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Casino (Al Di Meola album)|Casino]]'' || [[Al Di Meola]] ||
|-
| ''All This and Heaven Too'' || [[Andrew Gold]] ||
|-
| ''[[Animal Games]]'' || [[London (punk band)|London]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bring It Back Alive]]'' || [[Outlaws (band)|Outlaws]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Tell Us the Truth]]'' || [[Sham 69]] ||
|-
| ''[[Drastic Plastic]]'' || [[Be-Bop Deluxe]] ||
|-
| ''[[Easter Island (album)|Easter Island]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Even Now (Barry Manilow album)|Even Now]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] ||
|-
| ''Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush – Live'' || [[Mahogany Rush]] || Live
|-
| ''It Happened One Bite'' || [[Dan Hicks (singer)|Dan Hicks]] ||
|-
| ''[[Let's Keep It That Way]]'' || [[Anne Murray]] ||
|-
| ''[[Plastic Letters]]'' || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] ||
|-
| ''[[Street Action]]'' || [[Bachman–Turner Overdrive]] ||
|-
| ''[[What Do You Want from Live]]'' || [[The Tubes]] || Live
|}

===March===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Quiet Riot (1978 album)|Quiet Riot]]'' || [[Quiet Riot]] ||Released only in Japan
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |3
| ''[[A Song for All Seasons]]'' || [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]] ||
|-
| ''[[Easter (Patti Smith Group album)|Easter]]'' || [[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]] ||
|-
| ''[[Southern Winds]]'' || [[Maria Muldaur]] ||
|-
| ''[[Zappa in New York]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |6
| ''[[A Biography]]'' || [[John Mellencamp]] || as Johnny Cougar
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Northwinds]]'' || [[David Coverdale]] ||<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2016 | pages = 234 | isbn = 978-1-908724-42-7}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Another Music in a Different Kitchen]]'' || [[Buzzcocks]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Double Dose (Hot Tuna album)|Double Dose]]'' || [[Hot Tuna]] || Live
|-
| ''Gettin' the Spirit'' || [[Roberta Kelly]] ||
|-
| ''[[Guilty Until Proven Insane]]'' || [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Double Fun]]'' || [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]] ||
|-
| ''[[Generation X (album)|Generation X]]'' || [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]] ||
|-
| ''[[Son of a Son of a Sailor]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||
|-
| ''[[This Year's Model]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] [[The Attractions|and the Attractions]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |23
| ''[[Kaya (album)|Kaya]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |31
| ''[[...And Then There Were Three...]]'' || [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] ||
|-
| ''[[London Town (Wings album)|London Town]]'' || [[Wings (band)|Wings]] ||
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Adolescent Sex]]'' || [[Japan (band)|Japan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Champagne Jam]]'' || [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]] ||
|-
| ''[[First Glance]]'' || [[April Wine]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival]]'' || Various Artists || Live
|-
| ''[[Jesus of Cool]]'' || [[Nick Lowe]] || titled ''Pure Pop for Now People'' in US
|-
| ''[[The Rutles (album)|The Rutles]]'' || [[The Rutles]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Some Things Don't Come Easy]]'' || [[England Dan & John Ford Coley]] ||
|-
| ''[[Squeeze (Squeeze album)|Squeeze]]'' || [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]] ||
|-
| ''[[Warmer Communications]]'' || [[Average White Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[What If (Dixie Dregs album)|What If]]'' || [[Dixie Dregs]] ||
|}

===April===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |7
| ''[[For You (Prince album)|For You]]'' || [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hermit of Mink Hollow]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Last Waltz (1978 album)|The Last Waltz]]'' || [[The Band]] || Soundtrack
|-
| valign="top" |10
| ''[[Heavy Horses]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |12
| ''[[FM (soundtrack)|FM]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |13
| ''[[Almighty Fire]]'' || [[Aretha Franklin]] ||
|-
| ''[[I Would Like to See You Again]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |14
| ''[[Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Long Live Rock 'n' Roll]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] ||<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2016 | pages = 234 | isbn = 978-1-908724-42-7}}</ref>
|-
| valign="top" |17
| ''[[Mutiny Up My Sleeve]]'' || [[Max Webster]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Tasty (Patti LaBelle album)|Tasty]]'' || [[Patti LaBelle]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Come Get It!]]'' || [[Rick James]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Bad Boy (Ringo Starr album)|Bad Boy]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Cold Chisel (album)|Cold Chisel]]'' || [[Cold Chisel]] ||
|-
| ''[[Heaven Tonight]]'' || [[Cheap Trick]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |25
| ''[[Showdown (The Isley Brothers album)|Showdown]]'' || [[The Isley Brothers]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[The Man-Machine]]'' || [[Kraftwerk]] ||
|-
| rowspan="16" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Double Platinum (Kiss album)|Double Platinum]]'' || [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Saga (album)|Saga]]'' || [[Saga (band)|Saga]] ||
|-
| ''[[Magazine (Heart album)|Magazine]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || Re-issue with re-recordings
|-
| ''[[Adventure (Television album)|Adventure]]'' || [[Television (band)|Television]] ||
|-
| ''[[You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish]]'' || [[REO Speedwagon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Boys in the Trees]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Cats Under the Stars]]'' || [[Jerry Garcia Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[Future Bound]]'' || [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]] ||
|-
| ''[[A Live Record]]'' || [[Camel (band)|Camel]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Only Ones (album)|The Only Ones]]'' || [[The Only Ones]] ||
|-
| ''[[Please Don't Touch]]'' || [[Steve Hackett]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rainbow Takeaway]]'' || [[Kevin Ayers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stardust (Willie Nelson album)|Stardust]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||
|-
| ''[[V2 (album)|V2]]'' || [[The Vibrators]] ||
|}

===May===
{|class="wikitable"
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |2
| ''[[David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf]]'' || [[David Bowie]] with the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] ||
|-
| ''[[We'll Sing in the Sunshine (album)|We'll Sing in the Sunshine]]'' || [[Helen Reddy]] ||
|-
| ''[[You're Gonna Get It!]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Powerage]]'' || [[AC/DC]] ||UK
|-
| ''[[Stranger in Town (album)|Stranger in Town]]'' || [[Bob Seger|Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |12
| ''[[Black and White (The Stranglers album)|Black and White]]'' || [[The Stranglers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Natural Force]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |16
| ''[[But Seriously, Folks...]]'' || [[Joe Walsh]] ||
|-
| ''[[Livetime]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Misfits (The Kinks album)|Misfits]]'' || [[The Kinks]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |26
| ''[[David Gilmour (album)|David Gilmour]]'' || [[David Gilmour]] ||Solo Debut
|-
| rowspan="11" valign="top" |?
| ''[[U.K. (album)|U.K.]]'' || [[U.K. (band)|U.K.]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Pyramid (The Alan Parsons Project album)|Pyramid]]'' || [[The Alan Parsons Project]] ||
|-
| ''[[Eternally Yours (album)|Eternally Yours]]'' || [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Image Has Cracked]]'' || [[Alternative TV]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love Me Again (album)|Love Me Again]]'' || [[Rita Coolidge]] ||
|-
| ''[[Natural High (Commodores album)|Natural High]]'' || [[Commodores]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Parkerilla]]'' || [[Graham Parker]] and [[The Rumour]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Reckless (The Sports album)|Reckless]]'' || [[The Sports]] ||
|-
| ''[[Songbird (Barbra Streisand album)|Songbird]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stone Blue]]'' || [[Foghat]] ||
|-
| ''[[Welcome Home (Carole King album)|Welcome Home]]'' || [[Carole King]] ||
|}

===June===
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!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Peter Gabriel (1978 album)|Peter Gabriel]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || second album
|-
| ''[[Snakebite (album)|Snakebite]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] || EP<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family, vol 1 | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2016 | pages = 237 | isbn = 978-1-908724-42-7}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Darkness on the Edge of Town]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Live and Dangerous]]'' || [[Thin Lizzy]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |6
| ''[[The Cars (album)|The Cars]]'' || [[The Cars]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Fame (Grace Jones album)|Fame]]'' || [[Grace Jones]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |9
| ''[[Dire Straits (album)|Dire Straits]]'' || [[Dire Straits]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds]]'' || [[Jeff Wayne]] ||
|-
| ''[[Some Girls]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] ||
|-
| ''[[Octave (album)|Octave]]'' || [[The Moody Blues]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Living Room Suite]]'' || [[Harry Chapin]] ||
|-
| ''[[Street-Legal (album)|Street-Legal]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sunlight (Herbie Hancock album)|Sunlight]]'' || [[Herbie Hancock]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |19
| ''[[Thick as Thieves (Trooper album)|Thick as Thieves]]'' || [[Trooper (band)|Trooper]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Double Vision (Foreigner album)|Double Vision]]'' || [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |23
| ''[[Nightflight to Venus]]'' || [[Boney M]] ||
|-
| ''[[Obsession (UFO album)|Obsession]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Face to Face (The Angels album)|Face to Face]]'' || [[The Angels (Australian band)|The Angels]] ||
|-
| ''If I Weren't So Romantic I'd Shoot You'' || [[Rick Derringer|Derringer]] ||
|-
| ''[[Nested]]'' || [[Laura Nyro]] ||
|-
| ''[[Real Life (Magazine album)|Real Life]]'' || [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]] ||
|-
| ''[[See Forever Eyes]]'' || [[Prism (band)|Prism]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shadow Dancing (album)|Shadow Dancing]]'' || [[Andy Gibb]] ||
|-
| ''[[Struck Down]]'' || [[Y&T|Yesterday and Today]] ||
|-
| ''[[A Tonic for the Troops]]'' || [[The Boomtown Rats]] ||
|-
| ''[[We Have Come for Your Children]]'' || [[Dead Boys]] ||
|}

===July===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| valign="top" |12
| ''[[Nightwatch (album)|Nightwatch]]'' || [[Kenny Loggins]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[More Songs About Buildings and Food]]'' || [[Talking Heads]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (soundtrack)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Cheryl Lynn (album)|Cheryl Lynn]]'' || [[Cheryl Lynn]] ||
|-
| ''[[Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album)|Heartbreaker]]'' || [[Dolly Parton]] ||
|- 
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Touchdown (Bob James album)|Touchdown]]'' || [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |21
| ''[[Can't Stand the Rezillos]]'' || [[The Rezillos]] ||
|-
| rowspan="10" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Under Wraps (Shaun Cassidy album)|Under Wraps]]'' || [[Shaun Cassidy]] ||
|-
| ''[[Alicia Bridges (album)|Alicia Bridges]]'' || [[Alicia Bridges]] ||
|-
| ''[[Americana (Leon Russell album)|Americana]]'' || [[Leon Russell]] ||
|-
| ''Dream of a Child'' || [[Burton Cummings]] ||
|-
| ''[[Hobo with a Grin]]'' || [[Steve Harley]] ||
|-
| ''[[I've Always Been Crazy]]'' || [[Waylon Jennings]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love or Something Like It]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Norma Jean (album)|Norma Jean]]'' || [[Norma Jean Wright]] ||
|-
| ''[[Out of Reach (album)|Out of Reach]]'' || [[Can (band)|Can]] ||
|-
|}

===August===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| valign="top" |7
| ''[[Roberta Flack (album)|Roberta Flack]]'' || [[Roberta Flack]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |11
| ''[[C'est Chic]]'' || [[Chic (band)|Chic]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |14
| ''[[Lanquidity]]'' || [[Sun Ra]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |15
| ''[[Don't Look Back (Boston album)|Don't Look Back]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Boston#search_section|title=RIAA certifications|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |21
| ''[[Who Are You]]'' || [[The Who]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=The+Who&ti=Who+Are+You&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA certifications}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Along the Red Ledge]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Are We Not Men? We Are Devo!]]'' || [[Devo]] || Debut album
|-
| valign="top" |31
| ''[[Live and More]]'' || [[Donna Summer]] || Double LP; 3 sides live, 1 side studio
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="top" |?
| ''[[All Night Long (Sammy Hagar album)|All Night Long]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Chairs Missing]]'' || [[Wire (band)|Wire]] ||
|-
| ''Danger Zone'' || [[Player (band)|Player]] ||
|-
| ''[[Do It All Night (album)|Do It All Night]]'' || [[Curtis Mayfield]] ||
|-
| ''Frozen in the Night'' || [[Dan Hill]] ||
|-
| ''Is It Still Good To Ya'' || [[Ashford & Simpson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Jass-Ay-Lay-Dee]]'' || [[Ohio Players]] ||
|-
| ''[[Kingdom of Madness (Magnum album)|Kingdom of Madness]]'' || [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] ||
|-
| ''[[Luxury You Can Afford]]'' || [[Joe Cocker]] ||
|-
| ''Rose Royce III: Strikes Again!'' || [[Rose Royce]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sir Army Suit]]'' || [[Klaatu (band)|Klaatu]] ||
|- 
| ''[[Tokyo Tapes (album)|Tokyo Tapes]]'' || [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Twin Sons of Different Mothers]]'' || [[Dan Fogelberg]] and [[Tim Weisberg]] ||
|-
| ''Well Kept Secret'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||
|-
| ''[[White, Hot and Blue]]'' || [[Johnny Winter]] ||
|-
| ''[[Who Do Ya (Love)]]'' || [[KC and the Sunshine Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[With Luv']]'' || [[Luv']] ||
|}

===September===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Bloody Tourists]]'' || [[10cc]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Bride Stripped Bare (album)|The Bride Stripped Bare]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||
|-
| ''[[Molly Hatchet (album)|Molly Hatchet]]'' || [[Molly Hatchet]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |5
| ''[[Blue Valentine (album)|Blue Valentine]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||
|-
| ''[[Skynyrd's First and... Last]]'' || [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] || Recorded 1971–'72
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |8
| ''[[Parallel Lines]]'' || [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] ||
|-
| ''[[Stage (David Bowie album)|Stage]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Systems of Romance]]'' || [[Ultravox]] ||
|-
| ''[[Time Passages]]'' || [[Al Stewart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tracks on Wax 4]]'' || [[Dave Edmunds]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |11
| ''[[Giant for a Day]]'' || [[Gentle Giant]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Studio Tan]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |18
| ''[[Ace Frehley (album)|Ace Frehley]]'' || [[Ace Frehley]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gene Simmons (album)|Gene Simmons]]'' || [[Gene Simmons]] ||
|-
| ''[[Paul Stanley (album)|Paul Stanley]]'' || [[Paul Stanley]] ||
|-
| ''[[Peter Criss (album)|Peter Criss]]'' || [[Peter Criss]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |19
| ''All Fly Home'' || [[Al Jarreau]] ||
|-
| ''[[Living in the USA]]'' || [[Linda Ronstadt]] ||
|-
| rowspan="8" valign="top" |22
| ''[[Tormato]]'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] ||
|-
| ''[[Breathless (Camel album)|Breathless]]'' || [[Camel (band)|Camel]] ||
|-
| ''[[Bursting Out]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| ''[[road to Ruin (Ramones album)|Road to Ruin]]'' || [[Ramones]] ||
|-
| ''[[Love Bites (album)|Love Bites]]'' || [[Buzzcocks]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Man (Barry White album)|The Man]]'' || [[Barry White]] ||
|-
| ''[[One Nation Under a Groove]]'' || [[Funkadelic]] ||
|-
| ''[[Wet Dream (album)|Wet Dream]]'' || [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |25
| ''[[Cruisin' (Village People album)|Cruisin']]'' || [[Village People]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ugly Ego]]'' || [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |29
| ''[[Never Say Die!]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] ||
|-
| ''[[Green Light (Cliff Richard album)|Green Light]]'' || [[Cliff Richard]] ||
|-
| ''[[Nicolette (album)|Nicolette]]'' || [[Nicolette Larson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="17" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Pieces of Eight (Styx album)|Pieces of Eight]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] ||
|-
| ''[[Gillan (album)|Gillan]]'' || [[Gillan (band)|Gillan]] ||Japan
|-
| ''[[Back on the Streets (Gary Moore album)|Back on the Streets]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||
|-
| ''[[Fallen Angel (Uriah Heep album)|Fallen Angel]]'' || [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] ||
|-
| ''[[Flamin' Groovies Now]]'' || [[Flamin' Groovies]] ||
|-
| ''[[Leo Sayer (album)|Leo Sayer]]'' || [[Leo Sayer]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mr. Gone (album)|Mr. Gone]]'' || [[Weather Report]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ross (1978 album)|Ross]]'' || [[Diana Ross]] ||
|-
| ''[[Dog & Butterfly (album)|Dog & Butterfly]]'' || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] ||
|-
| ''[[O Zambezi]]'' || [[Dragon (band)|Dragon]] ||
|-
| ''[[Rough (album)|Rough]]'' || [[Tina Turner]] ||
|-
| ''[[Some Enchanted Evening (Blue Öyster Cult album)|Some Enchanted Evening]]'' || [[Blue Öyster Cult]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Wavelength (album)|Wavelength]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||
|-
| ''[[Weekend Warriors (album)|Weekend Warriors]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||
|-
| ''[[X (Klaus Schulze album)|X]]'' || [[Klaus Schulze]] ||
|-
| ''[[Feel the Need (Leif Garrett album)|Feel the Need]]'' || [[Leif Garrett]] ||
|}

===October===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Hot Streets]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] ||
|-
| ''[[M.I.U. Album]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |6
| ''[[25 Years On]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || as Hawklords
|-
| ''[[Go 2]]'' || [[XTC]] ||
|-
| ''[[Pleasure and Pain (Dr. Hook album)|Pleasure and Pain]]'' || [[Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show|Dr. Hook]] ||
|-
| ''[[So Alone (album)|So Alone]]'' || [[Johnny Thunders]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |11
| ''[[52nd Street (album)|52nd Street]]'' || [[Billy Joel]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |12
| ''[[Chaka (album)|Chaka]]'' || [[Chaka Khan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |13
| ''[[If You Want Blood You've Got It]]'' || [[AC/DC]]|| Live
|-
| ''[[Photo-Finish]]'' || [[Rory Gallagher]] ||
|-
| ''[[Comes a Time]]'' || [[Neil Young]]||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1472-261-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Christmas Portrait]]'' || [[The Carpenters]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Fool Around]]'' || [[Rachel Sweet]] || UK version
|-
| valign="top" |24
| ''[[Hemispheres (Rush album)|Hemispheres]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |27
| ''[[A Single Man (album)|A Single Man]]'' || [[Elton John]] ||
|-
| ''[[Obscure Alternatives]]'' || [[Japan (band)|Japan]] ||
|-
| ''[[Slade Alive, Vol. 2]]'' || [[Slade]]|| Live
|-
| valign="top" |30
| ''[[Pain Killer (Krokus album)|Pain Killer]]'' || [[Krokus (band)|Krokus]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |31
| ''[[Thoroughfare Gap]]'' || [[Stephen Stills]] ||
|-
| rowspan="19" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Toto (album)|Toto]]'' || [[Toto (band)|Toto]]||
|-
| ''Brass Construction IV'' || [[Brass Construction]] ||
|-
| ''[[Coliseum Rock]]'' || [[Starz (band)|Starz]] ||
|-
| ''[[Don't Cry Out Loud (Melissa Manchester album)|Don't Cry Out Loud]]'' || [[Melissa Manchester]] ||
|-
| ''[[If You Can't Stand the Heat...]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Inner Secrets]]'' || [[Carlos Santana|Santana]] ||
|-
| ''[[Live! Bootleg]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Money Talks (The Bar-Kays album)|Money Talks]]'' || [[The Bar-Kays]] ||
|-
| ''[[Music for Films]]'' || [[Brian Eno]] ||
|-
| ''[[New Dimensions]]'' || [[The Three Degrees]] ||
|-
| ''[[Not Available (album)|Not Available]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||
|-
| ''[[Playin' to Win]]'' || [[Outlaws (band)|Outlaws]] ||
|-
| ''[[Prehistoric Sounds]]'' || [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] ||
|-
| ''[[Private Practice (album)|Private Practice]]'' || [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] ||
|-
| ''[[Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)]]'' || [[Captain Beefheart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Trouble (Whitesnake album)|Trouble]]'' || [[Whitesnake]] ||
|-
| ''[[Two for the Show (Kansas album)|Two for the Show]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Pleasure Train]]'' || [[Teri Desario]] ||
|-
| ''[[You Had to Be There]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] || Live
|}

===November===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| valign="top" |1
| ''[[Midnight Oil (Midnight Oil album)|Midnight Oil]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |3
| ''[[Killing Machine]]'' || [[Judas Priest]] ||
|-
| ''[[All Mod Cons]]'' || [[The Jam]] ||
|-
| ''[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers (album)|You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]'' || [[Neil Diamond]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" valign="top" |10
| ''[[Jazz (Queen album)|Jazz]]'' || [[Queen (band)|Queen]] ||
|-
| ''[[Lionheart (Kate Bush album)|Lionheart]]'' || [[Kate Bush]] ||
|-
| ''[[Give 'Em Enough Rope]]'' || [[The Clash]] ||
|-
| ''[[Babylon by Bus]]'' || [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Germfree Adolescents]]'' || [[X-Ray Spex]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |13
| ''[[The Scream (album)|The Scream]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] ||Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |15
| ''[[Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Shakedown Street]]'' || [[Grateful Dead]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |17
| ''[[Outlandos d'Amour]]'' || [[The Police]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Love Beach]]'' || [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]] ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BRIT Certified|website=Bpi.co.uk|access-date=24 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Dub Housing]]'' || [[Pere Ubu]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |20
| ''[[Motor Booty Affair]]'' || [[Parliament (band)|Parliament]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |22
| ''[[Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album)|Variations]]'' || [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |23
| ''[[The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" valign="top" |24
| ''[[Blondes Have More Fun]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] ||
|-
| ''[[Tubeway Army (album)|Tubeway Army]]'' || [[Tubeway Army]] ||
|-
| ''[[Yellow Magic Orchestra (album)|Yellow Magic Orchestra]]'' || [[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]
|-
| rowspan="2" valign="top" |27
| ''[[Wings Greatest]]'' || [[Wings (band)|Wings]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Love Tracks (Gloria Gaynor album)|Love Tracks]]'' || [[Gloria Gaynor]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |28
| ''[[Briefcase Full of Blues]]'' || [[The Blues Brothers]] || Live
|-
| valign="top" |30
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Steely Dan album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Steely Dan]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="18" valign="top" |?
| ''[[Destiny (The Jacksons album)|Destiny]]'' || [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] ||
|-
| ''[[Backless]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] ||
|-
| ''[[Crazy Moon (album)|Crazy Moon]]'' || [[Crazy Horse (band)|Crazy Horse]] ||
|-
| ''[[Nina Hagen Band (album)|Nina Hagen Band]]'' || [[Nina Hagen|Nina Hagen Band]] ||<ref name=chart>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-8784 |title=''Nina Hagen Band'' Album |publisher=offiziellecharts.de|language=de|access-date=April 2, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Crosswinds (Peabo Bryson album)|Crosswinds]]'' || [[Peabo Bryson]] ||
|-
| ''[[Duck Stab/Buster & Glen]]'' || [[The Residents]] ||
|-
| ''[[Energy (Pointer Sisters album)|Energy]]'' || [[The Pointer Sisters]] ||
|-
| ''[[The Gambler (album)|The Gambler]]'' || [[Kenny Rogers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Barry Manilow album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits 1974–78]]'' || [[Steve Miller Band]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Legend (Poco album)|Legend]]'' || [[Poco (band)|Poco]] ||
|-
| ''[[Live: Take No Prisoners]]'' || [[Lou Reed]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Move It On Over (album)|Move It On Over]]'' || [[George Thorogood|George Thorogood & The Destroyers]] ||
|-
| ''[[Profile: Best of Emmylou Harris]]'' || [[Emmylou Harris]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Rose Tattoo (Rose Tattoo album)|Rose Tattoo]]'' || [[Rose Tattoo]] ||
|-
| ''[[Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)|Sanctuary]]'' || [[The J. Geils Band]] ||
|-
| ''[[So Young (album)|So Young]]'' || [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]] || Mini-LP
|-
| ''[[TNT (Tanya Tucker album)|TNT]]'' || [[Tanya Tucker]] ||
|}

===December===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Day
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" valign="top" |1
| ''[[Incantations (album)|Incantations]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3320-2671-2|title=BPI}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Équinoxe]]'' || [[Jean Michel Jarre]] ||
|-
| ''[[If You Knew Suzi...]]'' || [[Suzi Quatro]] ||
|-
| ''[[Minute by Minute]]'' || [[The Doobie Brothers]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" valign="top" |2
| ''[[Quiet Riot II]]'' || [[Quiet Riot]] || Japan
|-
| valign="top" |4
| ''[[D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle]]'' || [[Throbbing Gristle]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |8
| ''[[Public Image: First Issue]]'' || [[Public Image Ltd]] ||
|-
| valign="top" |15
| ''[[Here, My Dear]]'' || [[Marvin Gaye]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6" valign="top" |
| ''[[From the Inside (Alice Cooper album)|From the Inside]]'' || [[Alice Cooper]] ||
|-
| ''[[Back to the Bars]]'' || [[Todd Rundgren]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album)|Back to Earth]]'' || [[Cat Stevens]] ||
|-
| ''American Dreams'' || [[Jesse Colin Young]] ||
|-
| ''[[Natural Act]]'' || [[Kris Kristofferson]] and [[Rita Coolidge]] ||
|}

===Release date unknown===
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*''[[2 Hot]]'' – [[Peaches & Herb]] 
*''[[3 Phasis]]'' – [[Cecil Taylor]]
*''[[After the Heat]]'' – [[Brian Eno|Eno]] [[Dieter Moebius|Moebius]] [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius|Roedelius]]
*''Africa Must Be Free by 1983'' – [[Hugh Mundell]]
*''[[Against the Grain (Phoebe Snow album)|Against the Grain]]'' – [[Phoebe Snow]] 
*''[[Alive on Arrival]]'' – [[Steve Forbert]]
*''[[Ambient 1: Music for Airports]]'' – [[Brian Eno]]
*''[[Awaiting Your Reply]]'' – [[Resurrection Band]]
*''[[National Lampoon's Animal House (soundtrack)|Animal House]]'' – Various Artists – Soundtrack
*''At the Third Stroke'' – [[Russ Ballard]]
*''[[At Yankee Stadium]]'' – [[NRBQ]]
*''[[Best Dressed Chicken in Town]]'' – [[Dr. Alimantado]]
*''[[The Best of Bette (1978 album)|The Best of Bette]]'' – [[Bette Midler]] 
*''[[Blam! (Brothers Johnson album)|Blam!]]'' – [[The Brothers Johnson]] 
*''Bloodbrothers'' – [[The Dictators]]
*''[[Bobby Caldwell (album)|Bobby Caldwell]]'' – [[Bobby Caldwell]]
*''Book Early'' – [[City Boy (band)|City Boy]]
*''[[Bruised Orange]]'' – [[John Prine]]
*''[[Burchfield Nines]]'' – [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]]
*''[[Bush Doctor]]'' – [[Peter Tosh]]
*''[[Caravan to Midnight]]'' – [[Robin Trower]]
*''Carlene Carter'' – [[Carlene Carter]]
*''[[Cecil Taylor Unit]]'' – [[Cecil Taylor]]
*''[[Central Heating (Heatwave album)|Central Heating]]'' – [[Heatwave (band)|Heatwave]]
*''[[Cha Cha (album)|Cha Cha]]'' – [[Herman Brood]] – Live
*''Cheryl Ladd'' – [[Cheryl Ladd]]
*''[[Chuck Berry Live in Concert]]'' – [[Chuck Berry]] – Live
*''Cidade do Salvador'' – [[Gilberto Gil]]
*''[[City Lights (Dr. John album)|City Lights]]'' - [[Dr. John]]
*''[[Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers]]'' – [[Count Basie]] and [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''The Cream'' – [[John Lee Hooker]]
*''Departure from the Northern Wasteland'' – [[Michael Hoenig]]
*''[[The Dirt Band (album)|The Dirt Band]]'' - [[Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]]
*''DMZ'' – [[DMZ (band)|DMZ]]
*''Dream'' – [[Captain & Tennille]]
*''[[Dream Dancing (Ella Fitzgerald album)|Dream Dancing]]''  – [[Ella Fitzgerald]]
*''Dream of a Child'' – [[Burton Cummings]]
*''[[Durch die Wüste]]'' – [[Hans-Joachim Roedelius]]
*''[[Everybody's Dancin']]'' – [[Kool & the Gang]]
*''[[Every Time Two Fools Collide]]'' – [[Kenny Rogers]] & [[Dottie West]]
*''[[Final Exam (album)|Final Exam]]'' – [[Loudon Wainwright III]] 
*''Finzi: Cello Concerto, Clarinet Concerto'' – [[Yo-Yo Ma]] (Debut)
*''[[Fool Around]]'' – [[Rachel Sweet]] 
*''From Rats to Riches'' – [[Good Rats]]
*''[[Funk or Walk]]'' – [[The Brides of Funkenstein]] 
*''[[Funky Situation]]'' – [[Wilson Pickett]] 
*''[[Further Adventures Of]]'' – [[Bruce Cockburn]]
*''[[Génération 78]]'' – [[Dalida]]
*''Get It Out'cha System'' – [[Millie Jackson]]
*''[[Get Off (Foxy album)|Get Off]]'' – [[Foxy (band)|Foxy]]
*''Girl Most Likely'' – [[Claudja Barry]]
*''Golden Country Origins'' – [[Bill Haley (musician)|Bill Haley]] (pre-[[Bill Haley & His Comets|Comets]] recordings)
*''[[Grab It for a Second]]'' – [[Golden Earring]]
*''Greatest Hits'' – [[Captain & Tennille]]
*''[[Guaranteed (Ronnie Drew album)|Guaranteed]]'' – [[Ronnie Drew]]
*''[[Handsworth Revolution]]'' – [[Steel Pulse]]
*''[[Headin' Down into the Mystery Below]]'' - [[John Hartford]] 
*''[[Heat in the Street]]'' – [[Pat Travers]]
*''[[Honky Tonk Masquerade]]'' – [[Joe Ely]]
*''[[Hot Dawg]]'' - [[David Grisman]]
*''[[How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan album)|How Long Has This Been Going On?]]'' – [[Sarah Vaughan]]
*''[[I Love My Music]]'' – [[Wild Cherry (band)|Wild Cherry]]
*''[[The Incredible Shrinking Dickies]]'' – [[The Dickies]]
*''[[Instant Replay (Dan Hartman album)|Instant Replay]]'' – [[Dan Hartman]] 
*''Janis Ian'' – [[Janis Ian]]
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*''[[Killin' Time (Gasolin' album)|Killin' Time]]'' – [[Gasolin']]
*''Life Beyond L.A.'' – [[Ambrosia (band)|Ambrosia]]
*''[[Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2]]'' – [[Ivor Cutler]]
*''[[Lights from the Valley]]'' – [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]] 
*''[[Live at Last (Steeleye Span album)|Live at Last]]'' – [[Steeleye Span]]
*''[[Live Floating Anarchy 1977]]'' – [[Gong (band)|Gong]]
*''Live in London'' – [[Helen Reddy]]
*''[[Live in the Black Forest]]'' – [[Cecil Taylor]]
*''[[Live Tonite (Prism album)|Live Tonite]]'' – [[Prism (band)|Prism]] – live album
*''[[The London Concert (Oscar Peterson album)|The London Concert]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''Mama Let Him Play'' – [[Jerry Doucette]]
*''[[Marcus' Children]]'' – [[Burning Spear]]
*''[[Meanwhile Back in Paris]]'' – [[Streetheart (band)|Streetheart]] 
*''[[Midstream (album)|Midstream]]'' – [[Debby Boone]]
*''[[Midnight Believer]]'' – [[B. B. King]]
*''Modra Rijeka'' – [[Indexi]]
*''[[Music for 18 Musicians]]'' – [[Steve Reich]]
*''[[Natural Force]]'' – [[Bonnie Tyler]] 
*''[[Night Rider (album)|Night Rider]]'' – [[Count Basie]] and [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''[[No New York]]'' – Various Artists
*''[[No Smoke Without Fire]]'' – [[Wishbone Ash]]
*''[[Of Queues and Cures]]'' – [[National Health]]
*''[[The Paris Concert (Oscar Peterson album)|The Paris Concert]]'' – [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''[[Pat Metheny Group (album)|Pat Metheny Group]]'' – [[Pat Metheny Group]]
*''[[Pleasure Principle (album)|Pleasure Principle]]'' – [[Parlet]]
*''[[Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram]]'' – [[Ram Jam]]
*''[[Power in the Darkness]]'' – [[Tom Robinson Band]]
*''[[Pronto Monto]]'' – [[Kate and Anna McGarrigle]]
*''[[Raydio (album)|Raydio]]'' – [[Raydio]]
*''Return of the Wanderer'' – [[Dion DiMucci]]
*''[[Return to Magenta]]'' – [[Mink DeVille]]
*''[[Salterbarty Tales]]'' – [[Earthstar (band)|Earthstar]]
*''[[Sherbet (Sherbet album)|Sherbet]]'' – [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]]
*''[[Shpritsz]]'' – [[Herman Brood]]
*''[[Sleeper Catcher]]'' – [[Little River Band]]
*''[[So Full of Love]]'' – [[The O'Jays]]
*''Solar Music – Live'' – [[Grobschnitt]]
*''[[Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!]]'' – [[Quincy Jones]]
*''[[Spyro Gyra (album)|Spyro Gyra]]'' – [[Spyro Gyra]]
*''Step II'' – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]]
*''[[Strangers in the Wind]]'' – [[Bay City Rollers]]
*''[[Super Blue]]'' – [[Freddie Hubbard]]
*''[[Survivor (Randy Bachman album)|Survivor]]'' – [[Randy Bachman]] 
*''[[A Taste of Honey (album)|A Taste of Honey]]'' – [[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]] 
*''Thank God It's Friday'' – Various Artists – Soundtrack
*''[[That's Life (Sham 69 album)|That's Life]]'' – [[Sham 69]]
*''[[There's a Light Beyond These Woods]]'' - [[Nanci Griffith]]
*''[[Third (Big Star album)|Third]]'' – [[Big Star (band)|Big Star]]
*''[[Together Again: For the First Time]]'' – [[Mel Tormé]], [[Buddy Rich]]
*''[[Togetherness (L.T.D. album)|Togetherness]]'' – [[L.T.D. (band)|L.T.D.]]
*''[[To the Limit (album)|To the Limit]]'' – [[Joan Armatrading]]
*''[[Totally Hot]]'' – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*''A Touch on the Rainy Side'' – [[Jesse Winchester]]
*''[[Truth n' Time]]'' – [[Al Green]]
*''[[Viva (La Düsseldorf album)|Viva]]'' – [[La Düsseldorf]]
*''[[Von Gestern bis Heute]]'' – [[Die Flippers]]
*''Way of the Sun'' – [[Jade Warrior (band)|Jade Warrior]] 
*''[[Weekend in L.A.]]'' – [[George Benson]]
*''[[Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?]]'' – [[Chris Rea]]
*''[[When I Dream]]'' – [[Crystal Gayle]]
*''Who's Happy Now?'' – [[Connie Francis]] 
*''[[The Wonderful Grand Band (album)|The Wonderful Grand Band]]'' – [[Wonderful Grand Band|The Wonderful Grand Band]] 
*''[[Worlds Away (Pablo Cruise album)|Worlds Away]]'' – [[Pablo Cruise]]
*''[[Yessir, That's My Baby (album)|Yessir, That's My Baby]]'' – [[Count Basie]] and [[Oscar Peterson]]
*''You Light Up My Life'' – [[Johnny Mathis]]
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==Biggest hit singles==
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions
in the charts of 1978.<ref>[http://tsort.info/music/yr1978.htm Songs from the Year 1978]</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Artist
! Title
! Year
! Country
! Chart entries
|-
| 1  || [[Bee Gees]] || [[Stayin' Alive]] || 1977 ||{{flagicon|Australia}} / {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} || US BB 1 – Dec 1977, Canada 1 – Jan 1978, Netherlands 1 – Feb 1978, France 1 – Feb 1978, Italy 1 of 1978, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Jan 1979, US CashBox 2 of 1978, Austria 2 – Apr 1978, Switzerland 2 – Mar 1978, Germany 2 – Mar 1978, Scrobulate 2 of disco, Sweden (alt) 3 – Mar 1978, UK 4 – Feb 1978, Norway 4 – Mar 1978, Australia 4 of 1978, South Africa 4 of 1978, US BB 8 of 1978, POP 8 of 1978, AFI 9, OzNet 9, Party 13 of 2007, RYM 34 of 1977, Europe 36 of the 1970s, 80 in 2FM list, RIAA 94, Acclaimed 98, Germany 100 of the 1970s, Rolling Stone 189
|-
| 2  || [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] || [[You're the One That I Want]] || 1978 || {{flagicon|United States}} / {{flagicon|Australia}} || UK 1 – May 1978, US BB 1 – Apr 1978, Canada 1 – Apr 1978, Netherlands 1 – May 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 – Jul 1978, Switzerland 1 – Jul 1978, Norway 1 – Jul 1978, Australia 1 of 1978, Germany 1 – Jun 1978, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jun 1978, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1979, Austria 2 – Jul 1978, France 5 – May 1978, US CashBox 9 of 1978, Italy 12 of 1978, POP 15 of 1978, US BB 17 of 1978, Germany 17 of the 1970s, South Africa 17 of 1978, TOTP 20, Poland 26 – Jul 1998, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1978, Europe 72 of the 1970s, RYM 153 of 1978
|-
| 3  || [[Village People]] || [[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]] || 1978 || {{flagicon|US}} || UK 1 – Nov 1978, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 – Dec 1978, Austria 1 – Jan 1979, Switzerland 1 – Dec 1978, Germany 1 – Jan 1979, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jan 1979, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1979, POP 1 of 1979, US BB 2 – Nov 1978, Canada 2 – Dec 1978, Norway 2 – Jan 1979, US BB 3 of 1979, France 3 – Dec 1978, Party 03 of 1999, US CashBox 4 of 1979, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1978, Australia 15 of 1979, Germany 23 of the 1970s, Scrobulate 38 of disco, Europe 86 of the 1970s, RIAA 86, RYM 95 of 1978, Acclaimed 1662
|-
| 4  || [[Boney M]] || [[Rivers of Babylon]] || 1978 || {{flagicon|Germany}} || UK 1 – Apr 1978, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1978, Sweden (alt) 1 – May 1978, France 1 – May 1978, Austria 1 – May 1978, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1978, Norway 1 – May 1978, Germany 1 – Apr 1978, Republic of Ireland 1 – May 1978, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Apr 1979, South Africa 1 of 1978, Australia 3 of 1978, Germany 3 of the 1970s, TOTP 8, US BB 30 – Jul 1978, Italy 36 of 1978, RYM 77 of 1978, Global 100 (5 M sold) – 1978, OzNet 867
|-
| 5  || [[Bee Gees]] || [[Night Fever]] || 1978 || {{flagicon|Australia}} / {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} || UK 1 – Apr 1978, US BB 1 – Feb 1978, US CashBox 1 of 1978, Canada 1 – Feb 1978, France 1 – Apr 1978, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1978, Norway 2 – May 1978, Germany 2 – May 1978, Netherlands 3 – Apr 1978, Switzerland 3 – May 1978, Austria 4 – Jun 1978, Sweden (alt) 5 – May 1978, US BB 10 of 1978, POP 11 of 1978, South Africa 12 of 1978, Italy 29 of 1978, Scrobulate 39 of 70s, RYM 59 of 1978, Party 77 of 1999, Germany 94 of the 1970s, Europe 96 of the 1970s, OzNet 894, Acclaimed 2046
|}

==Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles==
'''US number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
{{div col}}
* "[[How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees song)|How Deep Is Your Love]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978)
* "[[Baby Come Back (Player song)|Baby Come Back]]" – [[Player (band)|Player]] (3)
* "[[Stayin' Alive]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (4)
* "[[(Love Is) Thicker Than Water]]" – [[Andy Gibb]] (2)
* '''"[[Night Fever]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (8), best selling single of the year'''
* "[[If I Can't Have You (Bee Gees song)|If I Can't Have You]]" – [[Yvonne Elliman]] (1)
* "[[With a Little Luck]]" – [[Paul McCartney & Wings]] (2)
* "[[Too Much, Too Little, Too Late]]" – [[Johnny Mathis]] & [[Deniece Williams]] (1)
* "[[You're The One That I Want]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] (1)
* "[[Shadow Dancing (song)|Shadow Dancing]]" – [[Andy Gibb]] (7)
* "[[Miss You (The Rolling Stones song)|Miss You]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]] (1)
* "[[Three Times a Lady]]" – [[Commodores]] (2)
* "[[Grease (film)|Grease]]" – [[Frankie Valli]] (2)
* "[[Boogie Oogie Oogie]]" – [[A Taste of Honey (band)|A Taste of Honey]] (3)
* "[[Kiss You All Over]]" – [[Exile (American band)|Exile]] (4)
* "[[Hot Child in the City]]" – [[Nick Gilder]] (1)
* "[[You Needed Me]]" – [[Anne Murray]] (1)
* "[[MacArthur Park (song)|MacArthur Park]]" – [[Donna Summer]] (3)
* "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]] & [[Neil Diamond]] (2)
* "[[Le Freak]]" – [[Chic (band)|Chic]] (3 weeks in 1978 + 3 weeks in 1979)
{{div col end}}
'''UK number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
{{div col}}
* "[[Mull of Kintyre (song)|Mull of Kintyre]]" / "[[Girls' School (song)|Girls' School]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney & Wings]] (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978)
* "[[Uptown Top Ranking]]" – [[Althea & Donna]] (1)
* "[[Figaro (song)|Figaro]]" – [[Brotherhood of Man]] (1)
* "[[Take a Chance On Me]]" – [[ABBA]] (3)
* "[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" – [[Kate Bush]] (4)
* "[[Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs]]" – [[Brian and Michael]] (3)
* "[[Night Fever]]" – [[Bee Gees]] (2)
* '''"[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]] (5) best selling single of the year'''
* "[[You're the One That I Want]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]] (9)
* "[[Three Times a Lady]]" – [[Commodores]] (5)
* "[[Dreadlock Holiday]]" – [[10cc]] (1)
* "[[Summer Nights (John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John song)|Summer Nights]]" – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (7)
* "[[Rat Trap]]" – [[The Boomtown Rats]] (2)
* "[[Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?]]" – [[Rod Stewart]] (1)
* "[[Mary's Boy Child]]"/"Oh My Lord" – [[Boney M]] (4)
{{div col end}}
'''Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist'''<br>  (weeks at number one)
{{main|List of Oricon number-one singles of 1978}}
{{div col}}
*"[[UFO (Pink Lady song)|UFO]]" – [[Pink Lady (duo)|Pink Lady]] (2 weeks in 1977 + 8 weeks in 1978)
*"{{ill|Canada Kara no Tegami|ja|カナダからの手紙}}" – {{ill|Masaaki Hirao|ja|平尾昌晃}} & {{ill|Yōko Hatanaka|ja|畑中葉子}} (2)
*"[[Hohoemi Gaeshi]]" – [[Candies (group)|Candies]] (3)
*"[[Southpaw (Pink Lady song)|Southpaw]]" – Pink Lady (9)
*"{{illm|Darling (Kenji Sawada song)|lt=Darling|ja|ダーリング (沢田研二の曲)}}" – [[Kenji Sawada]] (1)
*"{{ill|Jikan yo Tomare|ja|時間よ止まれ (矢沢永吉の曲)}}" – [[Eikichi Yazawa]] (3)
*"{{ill|Mr. Summertime|ja|Mr.サマータイム}}" – {{illm|Circus (Japanese band)|lt=Circus|ja|サーカス (歌手)}} (1)
*"[[Monster (Pink Lady song)|Monster]]" – Pink Lady (8)
*"{{ill|Hikigane|ja|銃爪 (曲)}}" – {{ill|Masanori Sera & Twist|ja|世良公則&ツイスト}} (1)
*"{{ill|Kimi no Hitomi wa 10,000 Volt|ja|君のひとみは10000ボルト}}" – [[Takao Horiuchi]] (4)
*"[[Tōmei Ningen (Pink Lady song)|Tomei Ningen]]" – Pink Lady (4)
*"{{ill|Kisetsu no Naka de|ja|季節の中で|}}" – [[Chiharu Matsuyama]] (6)
*"[[Chameleon Army]]" – Pink Lady (2 weeks in 1978 + 4 weeks in 1979)
{{div col end}}

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song title 
! Artist(s) 
! Release date(s) 
! [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
! [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
! Highest chart position
! Other Chart Performance(s)
|-
|| "5–7–0–5" || [[City Boy (band)|City Boy]] || {{Date table sorting|071978}}|August 1978 || 27 || 8 || 8 (United Kingdom) || 11 (Australia) - 55 (Canada)
|-
|| "[[Airport (song)|Airport]]" || data-sort-value="Motors"|[[The Motors]] || {{Date table sorting|061978}}|June 1978 || n/a || 4 || 3 (Israel) || [[Airport_(song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Alive Again (Chicago song)|Alive Again]]" || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] || {{Date table sorting|101978}}|October 1978 || 14 || n/a || 11 (Canada) || 13 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 39 (US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks)
|-
|| "[[Are You Old Enough?]]" || [[Dragon (band)|Dragon]] || {{Date table sorting|081978}}|August 1978 || n/a || n/a || 1 (Australia) || 6 (New Zealand)
|-
|| "[[B-A-B-Y]]" || [[Rachel Sweet]] || {{Date table sorting|121978}}|December 1978 || n/a || 35 || 35 (United Kingdom) || 47 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Baby Hold On]]" || data-sort-value="Money, Eddie"|[[Eddie Money]] || {{Date table sorting|011978}}|January 1978 ||  11 || n/a || 4 (Canada) || 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 19 (Australia) - 41 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
|| "[[Don't Cry Out Loud (song)|Don't Cry Out Loud]]" || [[Melissa Manchester]] || {{Date table sorting|101979}}|October || 10 || n/a || 9 (Canada) || 2 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) - 9 (US Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 10 (US Cash Box Top 100) - 57 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[Ça plane pour moi]]" || [[Plastic Bertrand]] || {{Date table sorting|011978}}|January 1978 || 47 || 8 || 1 (France, Switzerland) || [[Ça_plane_pour_moi#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Pump It Up (Elvis Costello song)|Pump It Up]]" || [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Attractions]] || {{Date table sorting|061978}}|June 1978 || n/a || 24 || 24 (United Kingdom) || 55 (Australia)
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
{{columns-list|

*"[[A-Ba-Ni-Bi]]" – [[Izhar Cohen]] & [[Alphabeta|The Alphabeta]]
*"[[Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"All the Nice Boys and Girls in the World" – [[Riff Regan]]
*"Another Night on the Road" – [[Sherbet (band)|Sherbet]] (# 10 Australia)
*"Babylon's Burning" – [[The Ruts]] (# 7 UK)
*"[[Baker Street (song)|Baker Street]]" – [[Gerry Rafferty]]
*"[[Because the Night]]" – [[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]]
*"[[Best of Both Worlds (Robert Palmer song)|Best of Both Worlds]]" – [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
*"[[Blame It on the Boogie]]" – [[The Jacksons]]
*"[[Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Bluer Than Blue]]" – [[Michael Johnson (singer)|Michael Johnson]]
*"[[Brown Girl in the Ring (song)|Brown Girl in the Ring]]" – [[Boney M]]
*"Ça me fait rêver" – [[Dalida]] & Bruno Guillain
*"[[Can We Still Be Friends]]" – [[Todd Rundgren]]
*"[[Can't Smile Without You]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
*"[[Can't Stand Losing You]]" – [[The Police]]
*"Can't Take the Hurt Anymore" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"Chameleon Army" – [[Pink Lady (band)|Pink Lady]]
*"Charles (EP)" – [[The Skids]]
*"[[Clash City Rockers]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"Coming Home" – [[Marshall Hain]]
*"[[Copacabana (song)|Copacabana (At the Copa)]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
*"Damaged Goods (EP)" – [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang Of Four]]
*"[[Dance with Me (Peter Brown song)|Dance with Me]]" – [[Peter Brown (singer)|Peter Brown]]
*"Dancing In the City" – [[Marshall Hain]]
*"[[David Watts (song)|David Watts]]" – [[The Jam]]
*"Davy's On the Road Again" – [[Manfred Mann's Earth Band]]
*"The Day the World Turned Day-Glo" – [[X-Ray Spex]]
*"[[Deep in the Motherlode]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Déjà Vu (Dionne Warwick song)|Déjà Vu]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]]
*"[[Denis (song)|Denis]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
*"[[Detroit 442]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
*"[[Don't Cry for Me Argentina]]" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Don't Look Back (Boston song)|Don't Look Back]]" – [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
*"[[Don't Look Back (The Temptations song)|(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back]]" – [[Peter Tosh]]
*"[[Down in the Tube Station at Midnight]]" – [[The Jam]]
*"[[Driver's Seat]]" – [[Sniff 'n' the Tears]]
*"[[Dust in the Wind]]" – [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]]
*"[[Eagle (ABBA song)|Eagle]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Ebony Eyes (Bob Welch song)|Ebony Eyes]]" – [[Bob Welch (musician)|Bob Welch]] 
*"[[Ego (Elton John song)|Ego]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Even Now (Barry Manilow album)|Even Now]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
*"[[Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)]]" – [[Buzzcocks]]
*"[[An Everlasting Love]]" – [[Andy Gibb]]
*"[[Every 1's a Winner]]" – [[Hot Chocolate]]
*"[[Every Kinda People]]" – [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
*"[[Everybody Dance (Chic song)|Everybody Dance]]" – [[Chic (band)|Chic]]
*"[[Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione song)|Feels So Good]]" – [[Chuck Mangione]]
*"[[Flash Light (song)|Flash Light]]" –[[Parliament (band)|Parliament]]
*"[[The Floral Dance|Floral Dance]]" – [[Terry Wogan]]
*"Fly At Night" – [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]]
*"[[FM (No Static at All)]]" – [[Steely Dan]]
*"[[Follow You, Follow Me]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Fool (If You Think It's Over)]]" – [[Chris Rea]]
*"[[Forever Autumn (song)|Forever Autumn]]" – [[Justin Hayward]]
*"[[The Gambler (song)|The Gambler]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"Génération 78" – [[Dalida]] & Bruno Guillain
*"[[Germfree Adolescents]]" – [[X-Ray Spex]]
*"Give Me Everything" – [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]
*"[[Goodnight Tonight]]" – [[Wings (band)|Paul McCartney and Wings]]
*"[[Got to Get You into My Life]]" – [[Earth, Wind & Fire]]
*"[[Grease (song)|Grease]]" – [[Frankie Valli]]
*"[[Hammer Horror (song)|Hammer Horror]]" – [[Kate Bush]]
*"[[Hanging on the Telephone]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
*"[[Heartless (Heart song)|Heartless]]" – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Here You Come Again (song)|Here You Come Again]]" – [[Dolly Parton]]
*"[[Hey Deanie]]" – [[Shaun Cassidy]]
*"[[Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick]]" – [[Ian Dury|Ian Dury & The Blockheads]]
*"[[Hold the Line]]" – [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
*"[[Hollywood Nights (song)|Hollywood Nights]]" – [[Bob Seger]] and the Silver Bullet Band
*"[[Hong Kong Garden (song)|Hong Kong Garden]]" – [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
*"[[Hopelessly Devoted to You]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Hot Blooded]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
*"[[Hot Child In The City]]" - [[Nick Gilder]]
*"[[Hot Legs]]" / "[[I Was Only Joking]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[How Much I Feel]]" – [[Ambrosia (band)|Ambrosia]]
*"[[How You Gonna See Me Now]]" – [[Alice Cooper]]
*"I Don't Mind" – [[Buzzcocks]]
*"(I Don't Wanna Go to) Chelsea" – [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Attractions]]
*"[[I Just Wanna Stop]]" – [[Gino Vannelli]]
*"[[I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)]]" – [[Alicia Bridges]]
*"[[I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass]]" – [[Nick Lowe]]
*"[[I See Red (Split Enz song)|I See Red]]" – [[Split Enz]]
*"[[I Was Made for Dancin']]" – [[Leif Garrett]]
*"[[An Ideal for Living]]" – [[Joy Division]]
*"Identity" – [[X-Ray Spex]]
*"[[If the Kids Are United]]" – [[Sham 69]]
*"[[If You Can't Give Me Love]]" – [[Suzi Quatro]]
*"[[I'm Every Woman]]" – [[Chaka Khan]]
*"[[Imaginary Lover]]" – [[Atlanta Rhythm Section]]
*"[[Instant Replay (song)|Instant Replay]]" – [[Dan Hartman]]
*"[[Is This Love (Bob Marley song)|Is This Love]]" – [[Bob Marley & The Wailers]]
*"[[Isn't It Time (The Babys song)|Isn't It Time]]" – [[The Babys]]
*"[[It's a Heartache]]" – [[Bonnie Tyler]]
*"[[I've Had Enough (Wings song)|I've Had Enough]]" – [[Wings (band)|Wings]]
*"Jilted John" – [[Jilted John]]
*"[[Jocko Homo]]" – [[Devo]]
*"[[Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)|Just the Way You Are]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Just What I Needed]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[Just When I Needed You Most]]" – [[Randy Van Warmer]]
*"[[Khe Sanh (song)|Khe Sanh]]" – [[Cold Chisel]]
*"[[Know Your Product]]" – [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]]
*"[[Last Dance (Donna Summer song)|Last Dance]]" – [[Donna Summer]]
*"[[Lay Down Sally]]" – [[Eric Clapton]]
*"Le Lambeth Walk" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Life's Been Good]]" – [[Joe Walsh]]
*"Light Up Your Love" – Ronney Abramson
*"A Little Lovin' (Keeps the Doctor Away)" – [[The Raes]]
*"[[A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song)|A Little More Love]]" – [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Lotta Love]]" – Nicolette Larson
*"Love de Luxe" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Love Is Like Oxygen]]" – [[The Sweet|Sweet]]
*"[[Love Will Find a Way (Pablo Cruise song)|Love Will Find a Way]]" – [[Pablo Cruise]]
*"Love You More" – [[Buzzcocks]]
*"[[Magnet and Steel]]" – [[Walter Egan]]
*"Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" – [[Waylon Jennings]] & [[Willie Nelson]]
*"[[A Man I'll Never Be]]" – [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
*"[[The Man with the Child in His Eyes]]" – [[Kate Bush]]
*"[[Many Rivers to Cross]]" – [[Jimmy Cliff]]
*"[[Many Too Many]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"Monster" – [[Pink Lady (band)|Pink Lady]]
*"[[More than a Woman (Bee Gees song)|More Than a Woman]]" – [[Tavares (band)|Tavares]]
*"[[Mr. Blue Sky]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[My Angel Baby]]" – [[Toby Beau (band)|Toby Beau]]
*"[[My Best Friend's Girl (song)|My Best Friend's Girl]]" – [[The Cars]]
*"[[My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Native New Yorker (song)|Native New Yorker]]" – [[Odyssey (band)|Odyssey]]
*"[[Never Say Die (Black Sabbath song)|Never Say Die]]" – [[Black Sabbath]]
*"[[New York Groove]]" – [[Ace Frehley]]
*"[[Nice 'n' Sleazy]]" – [[The Stranglers]]
*"Nobody's Scared" – [[Subway Sect]]
*"[[Northern Lights (Renaissance song)|Northern Lights]]" – [[Renaissance (band)|Renaissance]]
*"No Time To Be 21" – [[The Adverts]]
*"[[Oh Carol (Smokie song)|Oh Carol]]" – [[Smokie (band)|Smokie]]
*"[[One Nation Under a Groove (song)|One Nation Under a Groove]]" – [[Funkadelic]]
*"Only You Can Rock Me" – [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
*"[[(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away]]" – [[Andy Gibb]]
*"[[Paradise by the Dashboard Light]]" – [[Meat Loaf]]
*"[[Part-Time Love]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Please Remember Me" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"Promises" – [[Buzzcocks]]
*"[[Promises (Eric Clapton song)|Promises]]" – [[Eric Clapton]]
*"[[Prove It All Night]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Public Image (song)|Public Image]]" – [[Public Image Limited]]
*"[[Radio Radio]]" – [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Attractions]]
*"[[Raining in My Heart]]" – [[Leo Sayer]]
*"[[Rasputin (song)|Rasputin]]" – [[Boney M]]
*"Ready Steady Go" – [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]]
*"[[Ready to Take a Chance Again]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
*"[[Reminiscing]]" – [[Little River Band]]
*"[[Renegade (Styx song)|Renegade]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Right Down the Line]]" – [[Gerry Rafferty]]
*"[[Rivers of Babylon]]" – [[Boney M]]
*"Rising Free (EP)" – [[Tom Robinson Band]]
*"[[Rock Lobster]]" – [[The B-52's]]
*"[[Roxanne (The Police song)|Roxanne]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Runaway (Jefferson Starship song)|Runaway]]" – [[Jefferson Starship]]
*"[[Runnin' with the Devil]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Shame (Evelyn "Champagne" King song)|Shame]]" – [[Evelyn King (singer)|Evelyn King]]
*"[[She Believes In Me]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
*"[[Shot by Both Sides]]" – [[Magazine (band)|Magazine]]
*"Sign of the Times" – [[Bryan Ferry]]
*"[[Sing for the Day]]" – [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
*"[[Sometimes When We Touch]]" – [[Dan Hill]]
*"[[Songbird (Barbra Streisand song)|Songbird]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[Song for Guy]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"Southpaw" – [[Pink Lady (band)|Pink Lady]]
*"[[Stay (Maurice Williams song)|Stay]]" – [[Jackson Browne]]
*"Still In Love with You" – [[Dragon (band)|Dragon]]
*"[[Still the Same (Bob Seger song)|Still the Same]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Straight On]]" – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Stuff Like That]]" – [[Quincy Jones]]
*"Suburban Boy" – [[Dave Warner (musician)|Dave Warner]]'s From the Suburbs
*"[[Substitute (Clout song)|Substitute]]" – [[Clout (band)|Clout]]
*"[[Sultans of Swing]]" – [[Dire Straits]]
*"[[Summer Night City]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Summer Nights (Grease song)|Summer Nights]]" – [[John Travolta]] & [[Olivia Newton-John]]
*"[[Sunday Girl]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
*"[[Surfin' Bird|Surfin Bird]]" – [[The Cramps]]
*"Suspect Device" – [[Stiff Little Fingers]]
*"[[Sweet, Sweet Smile]]" – [[The Carpenters]]
*"[[Sweet Talkin' Woman]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Take a Chance on Me]]" – [[ABBA]]
*"[[Take Me I'm Yours]]" – [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
*"[[Take Me to the River]]" – [[Talking Heads]]
*"[[Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)|Talking In Your Sleep]]" – [[Crystal Gayle]]
*"[[Teenage Kicks]]" – [[The Undertones]]
*"[[Thank God It's Friday (Love & Kisses song)|Thank God It's Friday]]" – [[Love & Kisses]]
*"There's No Way Out of Here" – [[David Gilmour]]
*"[[Think It Over (Cheryl Ladd song)|Think It Over]]" – [[Cheryl Ladd]] 
*"[[Thunder Island (song)|Thunder Island]]" – [[Jay Ferguson (American musician)|Jay Ferguson]]
*"[[Time Passages (song)|Time Passages]]" – [[Al Stewart]]
*"[[Tommy Gun (song)|Tommy Gun]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"Too Good to Be True" – [[Tom Robinson Band]]
*"[[Too Much Heaven]]" – [[Bee Gees]]
*"Top of the Pops" – [[The Rezillos]]
*"Toumei Ningen" – [[Pink Lady (band)|Pink Lady]]
*"[[Trojan Horse (Luv' song)|Trojan Horse]]" – [[Luv']]
*"[[Turn to Stone (Electric Light Orchestra song)|Turn to Stone]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[:fr:Twist à Saint-Tropez|Twist à Saint-Tropez]]" – [[Telex (band)|Telex]]
*"[[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad]]" – [[Meat Loaf]]
*"Uganda Stomp" – [[Battered Wives]]
*"[[United/Zyklon B Zombie]]" – [[Throbbing Gristle]]
*"Up Against the Wall" – [[Tom Robinson Band]]
*"[[Use ta Be My Girl]]" – [[O'Jays]]
*"Voilà pourquoi je chante" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Walk Right Back]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"Walking In the Rain" – [[Cheetah (band)|Cheetah]]
*"Warrior In Woolworth's" – [[X-Ray Spex]]
*"[[Werewolves of London]]" – [[Warren Zevon]]
*"[[What a Waste]]" – [[Ian Dury|Ian Dury & The Blockheads]]
*"[[What Do I Get?]]" – [[Buzzcocks]]
*"[[Whenever I Call You Friend]]" – [[Kenny Loggins]]
*"Where Were You?" – [[The Mekons (band)|The Mekons]]
*"[[(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais]]" – [[The Clash]]
*"[[Who Are You (The Who song)|Who Are You]]" – [[The Who]]
*"Who Does Lisa Like" – [[Rachel Sweet]]
*"[[Who Listens to the Radio]]" – [[The Sports]]
*"Wide Open (EP)" – [[The Skids]]
*"[[Wild West Hero]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Women in Uniform]]" – [[Skyhooks (band)|Skyhooks]]
*"[[Wonderful Tonight]]" – [[Eric Clapton]]
*"[[Wuthering Heights (song)|Wuthering Heights]]" – [[Kate Bush]]
*"Yes, He Lives!" – [[Cliff Richard]]
*"[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A.]]" – [[Village People]]
*"[[You Belong to Me (The Doobie Brothers song)|You Belong to Me]]" – [[Carly Simon]]
*"[[You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth]]" – [[Meat Loaf]]
*"[[You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)]]" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[You're the Greatest Lover]]" – [[Luv']]
}}

==Notable singles==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song title 
! Artist(s) 
! Release date(s) 
! Other Chart Performance(s)
|-
| "Alternative Ulster"  || [[Stiff Little Fingers]] || {{Date table sorting|051978}}|May 1978 || n/a
|-
| "Ambition" || [[Subway Sect]] || {{Date table sorting|111978}}|November 1978 || n/a
|-
|"[[Another Girl, Another Planet]]" || [[The Only Ones]] || {{Date table sorting|041978}}|April 1978 || n/a
|-
||"[[Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)]]" || [[Buzzcocks]] || {{Date table sorting|091978}}|September 1978 || 12 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|| "[[I Don't Mind (Buzzcocks song)|I Don't Mind]]" || [[Buzzcocks]] || {{Date table sorting|041978}}|April 1978 || 55 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|| "[[I See Red (Split Enz song)|I See Red]]" || [[Split Enz]] || {{Date table sorting|121978}}|December 1978 || ''began charting in 1979''
|-
||"[[Know Your Product]]" || [[The Saints (Australian band)|The Saints]] || {{Date table sorting|021978}}|February 1978 || n/a
|-
|| "Ready Steady Go" || [[Generation X (band)|Generation X]] || {{Date table sorting|031978}}|March 1978 || 47 (UK Singles Chart)
|-
|| "[[Rock Lobster]]" || [[The B-52's]] || {{Date table sorting|041978}}|April 1978 || ''Re-recorded version began charting in 1979'' 
|-
|| "[[Teenage Kicks]]" || [[The Undertones]] || {{Date table sorting|101978}}|October 1978 || 33 (UK Singles Chart)
|- 
|| "[[What Do I Get?]]" || [[Buzzcocks]] || {{Date table sorting|021978}}|February 1978 || 37 (UK Singles Chart)
|}

===Other Notable singles===
{{columns-list|

*"Art-I-Ficial" – [[X-Ray Spex]]
*"Human Fly" – [[The Cramps]]
*"[[Lee Remick (The Go-Betweens song)|Lee Remick]]" – [[The Go-Betweens]] 
*"Promises" - [[Buzzcocks]]
*"These Boots Are Made For Walking" - [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Boys Next Door]]
}}

==Published popular music==
* "[[Another Suitcase in Another Hall]]" w. [[Tim Rice]] m. [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] from the musical ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''
* "[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]] theme song" m. [[Jerrold Immel]]
* "[[Don't Cry for Me Argentina]]" w. [[Tim Rice]] m. [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] from the musical ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''
* "[[Grease (song)|Grease]]" w.m. [[Barry Gibb]] from the film ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
* "[[Honesty (Billy Joel song)|Honesty]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Hopelessly Devoted to You]]" w.m. [[John Farrar]] introduced by [[Olivia Newton-John]] in the film ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
* "[[My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Only the Good Die Young]]" w.m. [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Sultans of Swing]]" w.m. [[Mark Knopfler]]
* "[[Thank You for Being a Friend]]" w.m. [[Andrew Gold]]
* "[[Three Times a Lady]]" w.m. [[Lionel Richie]]
* "[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers]]" w. [[Alan Bergman]], [[Marilyn Bergman]] & Neil Diamond m. [[Neil Diamond]]
* "[[You're the One That I Want]]" w.m. [[John Farrar]] introduced by Olivia Newton-John and [[John Travolta]] in the film ''Grease''

==Classical music==
*[[John Adams (composer)]] – ''[[Shaker Loops]]'', for string septet
*[[Malcolm Arnold]] – [[Symphony No. 8 (Arnold)|Symphony No. 8]]
*[[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – ''Salome'', ballet in two acts
*[[Jacob Druckman]] – Viola Concerto
*[[Henri Dutilleux]] – ''[[Timbres, espace, mouvement]]''
*[[Arvo Pärt]] – ''[[Spiegel im Spiegel]]''
*[[Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky]] – ''Requiem pour une marée noire''
*[[Steve Reich]] – ''[[Music for a Large Ensemble]]''
*[[Iannis Xenakis]] – ''Mycènes Alpha''

==Opera==
*[[Robert Ashley]] – ''Perfect Lives''
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]] – ''Rimbaud, ou le fils du soleil''
*[[Vivian Fine]] – ''The Women in the Garden''
*[[György Ligeti]] – ''[[Le Grand Macabre]]''
*[[Krzysztof Penderecki]] – ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' (libretto by [[Christopher Fry]])
*[[Aulis Sallinen]] –  ''[[The Red Line]]'' (''Punainen viiva'')

==Ballet==
*[[Lorenzo Ferrero]] – ''Invito a nozze''

==Jazz==
{{Main|1978 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (Broadway show)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' Broadway [[revue]] opened at the [[Longacre Theatre]] on May 9 and ran for 1604 performances
* ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' opened at the [[Entermedia Theatre]] on April 17 and ran for 85 performances. The show moved to Broadway in June 1978, and ran for 1584 performances.
* ''[[Eubie!|Eubie]]'' Broadway revue opened at the [[Ambassador Theatre (New York)|Ambassador Theatre]] on September 20 and ran for 439 performances
* ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' ([[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Tim Rice]]) – London production opened at the [[Prince Edward Theatre]] on June 21
* ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]'' ([[Jerry Herman]]) –  Broadway revival opened at the [[Lunt-Fontanne Theatre]] on March 5 and ran for 152 performances
* ''[[I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road]]'' Off-Broadway production opened at the [[Anspacher Theater]] on June 14 and ran for 1165 performances
* ''[[Timbuktu (Broadway play)|Timbuktu]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[Mark Hellinger Theatre]] on March 1 and ran for 243 performances
* ''[[On the Twentieth Century|On The Twentieth Century]]'' Broadway production opened at the [[St. James Theatre]] on February 19 and ran for 460 performances

==Musical films==
* ''[[American Hot Wax]]''
* ''[[The Buddy Holly Story]]''
* ''[[Don (1978 film)|Don]]''
* ''[[FM (film)|FM]]''
* ''[[Grease (film)|Grease]]''
* ''[[Heeralaal Pannalaal (1978 film)|Heeralaal Pannalaal]]''
* ''[[Rockers (1978 film)|Rockers]]''
* ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film)|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''
* ''[[Thank God It's Friday (film)|Thank God It's Friday]]''
* ''[[The Wiz (film)|The Wiz]]''

==Births==
*[[January 3]] – [[Kimberley Locke]], American singer
*[[January 4]] – [[Mai Meneses]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[January 5]] – [[Karnail Pitts]], American rapper (d. 1999)
*[[January 6]] – [[Oksana Lyniv]], Ukrainian conductor
*[[January 9]] – [[AJ McLean]], American singer ([[Backstreet Boys]])
*[[January 12]]
**Kris Roe, American rock guitarist and singer ([[The Ataris]])
**[[Jeremy Camp]], American Christian guitarist and singer
*[[January 17]] – [[Ricky Williams]], English singer
*[[January 20]] – [[Sid Wilson]], American rock turntablist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[DJ Starscream]])
*[[January 21]] 
**[[Nokio the N-Tity]], American singer-songwriter and producer ([[Dru Hill]])
**[[Phil Stacey]], American singer
*[[January 23]] – [[E. Kidd Bogart]], American music executive, television producer, music publisher and songwriter
*[[January 28]] - [[Big Freedia]], American rapper
*[[January 31]] – [[Ibolya Oláh]], Hungarian singer
*[[February 1]] – [[Jeff Conrad]] ([[Phantom Planet]])
*[[Tim Harding (musician)|Tim Harding]], Australian singer
*[[February 12]] – [[Brian Chase]] ([[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]])
*[[February 14]] – [[Ryan Griffiths (guitarist)|Ryan Griffiths]], guitarist ([[The Vines (band)|The Vines]])
*[[February 19]] – [[Immortal Technique]] Underground rapper
*[[February 22]] – [[Jenny Frost]], British singer ([[Atomic Kitten]])
*[[February 24]] – [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]], American rock lead singer ([[Straylight Run]])
*[[February 28]] – [[Jeanne Cherhal]], French singer-songwriter
*[[March 4]] - [[Giovanni Zarrella]], German-Italian singer ([[Bro'Sis]])
*[[March 10]] – [[Benjamin Burnley]], American musician
*[[March 12]] – [[Claudio Sanchez]], American singer/songwriter ([[Coheed & Cambria]])
*[[March 13]] - [[Kenny Watson (American football)|Kenny Watson]], American football player 
*[[Tom Danielson]], American cyclist 
*[[March 14]] - [[Moon Hee-joon]], South Korean singer and songwriter
*[[Pieter van den Hoogenband]], Dutch swimmer
*[[March 19]] – [[Lenka]], Australian singer and actress
*[[March 21]] – [[Kevin Federline]], American ([[Britney Spears]], [[Shar Jackson]]) 
*[[Rani Mukerji]], Indian actress
*[[March 30]] – [[Simon Webbe]], English singer ([[Blue (boy band)|Blue]])
*[[March 31]] – [[Tony Yayo]], American rapper
*[[April 6]] – [[Myleene Klass]], English singer ([[Hear'Say]]), pianist, media personality and model
*[[April 7]] – [[Duncan James]], English singer ([[Blue (boy band)|Blue]])
*[[April 9]] – [[Rachel Stevens]], English singer, songwriter, actress, television presenter, model and businesswoman ([[S Club 7]])
*[[April 11]] – [[Tom Thacker (musician)|Thomas Thacker]], Canadian singer
*[[April 12]] – [[Guy Berryman]], Scottish rock bass player ([[Coldplay]])
*[[April 13]] – [[Chris Sligh]], American singer
*[[April 15]] – [[Chris Stapleton]], American country musician
*[[April 16]] – [[Jody Marie Gnant]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
*[[April 21]]
**[[Jukka Nevalainen]], Finnish drummer ([[Nightwish]])
**[[Branden Steineckert]] ([[The Used]], [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]])
*[[April 22]] – [[Jason Stollsteimer]], American lead singer and guitarist ([[The Von Bondies]])
*[[May 3]] – [[Paul Banks (musician, born 1978)|Paul Banks]], American rock vocalist ([[Interpol (band)|Interpol]])
* [[May 6]] - [[Nick Littlemore]], Australian musician, record producer, singer and songwriter
* [[May 7]] - [[Shawn Marion]], American basketball player 
* [[May 8]] - [[Jang Woo-hyuk]], South Korean singer and rapper ([[H.O.T.]])
* [[Lúcio]], Brazilian footballer
*[[May 10]] – [[MC Ride]], American rapper, songwriter and visual artist ([[Death Grips]])
*[[May 12]] – [[Wilfred Le Bouthillier]], Canadian singer
*[[May 21]] – [[Adam Gontier]], Canadian-born rock musician ([[Three Days Grace]])
*[[May 22]] – [[Katie Price]], English media personality, model, singer, author, and businesswoman. 
*[[May 23]] 
** [[Scott Raynor]], American rock musician ([[Blink-182]])
** [[Phil Elverum]], An American musician, songwriter, record producer and visual artist, best known for his musical projects The Microphones and Mount Eerie. (Married to deceased [[Geneviève Castrée]], Formerly married to [[Michelle Williams (actress)]]) 
*[[May 25]] – [[Adam Gontier]], Canadian singer, songwriter and musician (Former member of Three Days Grace and member of Saints Asonia)
*[[May 29]] – [[Adam Rickitt]], British actor, singer and model
*[[May 30]] – [[Kianna Alarid]], American indie rock singer and bass guitarist ([[Tilly and the Wall]])
*[[June 6]] 
**[[Carl Barât]], English rock singer and guitarist ([[The Libertines]], [[Dirty Pretty Things (band)|Dirty Pretty Things]])
**[[Joy Enriquez]], American singer and actress
*[[June 7]] – [[Tony Ahn]], South Korean singer 
*[[June 9]] – [[Matthew Bellamy]], English musician, singer and songwriter  ([[Muse (band)|Muse]])
*[[June 10]] – [[Shane West]], American actor, punk rock musician and songwriter
*[[June 13]] – [[Jason Michael Carroll]], American country musician
*[[June 19]] – [[Mía Maestro]], Argentine actress and singer-songwriter
*[[June 24]]
**[[Ariel Pink]], American singer-songwriter, musician, producer ([[Atheif]])
**[[Emppu Vuorinen]], Finnish guitarist and songwriter ([[Nightwish]], [[Brother Firetribe]], [[Altaria (band)|Altaria]] and [[Barilari]])
*[[June 25]] – [[Chuckie (DJ)|Chuckie]], Surinamese DJ and producer  
*[[June 27]] – [[Lolly (singer)|Lolly]], English singer
*[[June 29]] 
** [[Sam Farrar]] ([[Phantom Planet]])
** [[Nicole Scherzinger]], American recording artist, television personality and performer (The Pussycat Dolls) 
*[[July 9]] – [[Sundance Head]], American singer
*[[July 10]] 
** [[Jesse Lacey]], singer/musician, member of [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]] and [[Taking Back Sunday]]
** [[Ray Kay]], Norwegian director, music video director and photographer
*[[July 16]] – [[T. J. Jackson (singer)|T. J. Jackson]], American singer and member 3T
*[[July 17]]
**[[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player ([[Animal Collective]] and [[Jane (American band)|Jane]])
**[[Trevor McNevan]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Thousand Foot Krutch]] and [[FM Static]])
**[[Émilie Simon]], French singer-songwriter
*[[July 18]] – [[Annie Mac]], Irish-born DJ and broadcast presenter
*[[July 20]] – [[Elliott Yamin]], American singer
*[[July 23]] - [[Stefanie Sun]], Singaporean singer and songwriter
*[[July 31]] – [[Will Champion]], English rock drummer ([[Coldplay]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Dhani Harrison]], English musician and son of George Harrison of [[The Beatles]]
*[[August 6]] – [[Andreas Öberg]], Swedish guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Eurovision]], [[Taeyeon]], [[Red Velvet (group)|Red Velvet]], [[EXO (band)|EXO]], [[NCT (group)|NCT]])
*[[August 7]] 
** [[Jamey Jasta]], American rock singer ([[Hatebreed]])
** [[Justin Young (singer, born 1978)]], American Hawaiian singer-songwriter, musician and (former significant other and collaborator of [[Colbie Caillat]], former member of band [[Gone West]])  
*[[August 15]] 
** [[Tim Foreman]], American rock bassist ([[Switchfoot]])
** [[Waleed Aly]], Australian lawyer, activist, academic, journalist, comedian, musician and television host
*[[August 18]] – [[Andy Samberg]], American actor, comedian, filmmaker and musician, member of [[The Lonely Island]] and spouse of [[Joanna Newsom]] 
*[[August 22]] – [[James Corden]], English actor, writer, producer, comedian, television host and singer
*[[August 23]] – [[Julian Casablancas]], American indie rock singer-songwriter and record producer ([[The Strokes]])
*[[August 28]]
**[[Max Collins (musician)|Max Collins]] ([[Eve 6]])
**[[Jess Margera]], American drummer ([[CKY (band)|CKY]])
* [[August 30]] – [[Maino (rapper)|Maino]], rapper
*[[September 4]] - [[Blair Joscelyne]], Australian composer, musician, producer, and film maker.
*[[September 6]] – [[Cisco Adler]], American musician
** [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], American rapper
*[[September 9]]  – [[Johnny Shentall]], English singer
*[[September 11]] – [[Ben Lee]], Australian singer
*[[September 12]] – [[Ruben Studdard]], American singer
*[[September 15]] – [[Charles Grigsby]], American singer
*[[September 20]]
**[[Patrizio Buanne]], Italian singer
**[[Sarit Hadad]], Israeli pop singer
** [[DJ White Shadow]], American music producer and DJ ([[Lady Gaga]]) 
*[[September 24]] - [[Jack Dishel]], Russian-American musician, actor, writer, director, comic and producer. (Married to [[Regina Spektor]]) 
*[[September 28]] – [[Nikki McKibbin]], American singer (d. 2020) 
*[[September 30]] – [[Steve Klein (musician)|Steve Klein]] ([[New Found Glory]])
*[[October 2]] – [[Ayumi Hamasaki]], Japanese singer
*[[October 3]] – [[Jake Shears]], American singer
*[[October 5]] – [[James Valentine (musician)|James Valentine]], American musician
*[[October 7]] – [[Alison Balsom]], English classical trumpeter
*[[October 9]] – [[Nicky Byrne]], Irish singer ([[Westlife]])
*[[Rossa (singer)|Rossa]], Indonesian Singer
*[[October 10]] - [[Kangta]], South Korean singer ([[H.O.T.]])
*[[October 14]] – [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]], American singer, dancer and actor
*[[October 20]]
** [[Kira (German singer)|Kira]], German singer
** [[Michael Johns (singer)|Michael Johns]], Australian singer (d. 2014)
*[[October 22]] - [[Ed Droste]]. American singer-songwriter and musician,
*[[October 27]]  – [[Vanessa-Mae]], British violinist
*[[October 28]] – [[Justin Guarini]], American singer 
*[[November 6]] – [[Taryn Manning]], American actress, singer-songwriter and fashion designer ([[Boomkat]])
*[[November 9]] – [[Sisqó]], American singer
*[[November 10]] – [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]], American rapper
*[[November 11]] – [[Aaron Bruno]], American singer, songwriter, musician and multi-instrumentalist (Awolnation, Under the Influence of Giants, Home Town Hero)
*[[November 13]] – [[Nikolai Fraiture]], American rock bassist ([[The Strokes]])
*[[November 16]] – [[Carolina Parra]] ([[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]])
*[[November 18]] – [[Andris Nelsons]], Latvian conductor
*[[November 22]] – [[Karen O]], South Korean-born American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer ([[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]])
*[[November 23]] – [[Alison Mosshart]], American singer, songwriter and artist, lead vocalist of [[The Kills]] and [[The Dead Weather]] 
*[[November 25]] – [[Shiina Ringo]], Japanese singer and musician
*[[November 30]] 
**[[Clay Aiken]], American singer
** [[Gael García Bernal]], Mexican film actor, director, singer, musician, model and producer
*[[December 1]] – [[Brad Delson]], American alternative rock guitarist ([[Linkin Park]])
*[[December 2]]
**<!--December 2-->[[Nelly Furtado]], Canadian/Portuguese singer, songwriter, record producer, instrumentalist
**<!--December 2-->[[Chris Wolstenholme]], English alternative rock bass guitarist ([[Muse (band)|(Muse)]])
*[[December 9]], – [[Jesse Metcalfe]], American singer and actor
*[[December 13]] – [[laza Morgan]], Jamaican-American singer and rapper
*[[December 15]]
** [[Coffey Anderson]], American singer
** [[Ned Brower]], American rock drummer ([[Rooney (band)|Rooney]])
** [[Mark Jansen]],  Dutch guitarist, vocalist and songwriter ([[After Forever]], [[Epica (band)|Epica]], [[Mayan (band)|MaYaN]])
*[[December 18]] - [[Lindsay Armaou]], Irish singer ([[B*Witched]])
*[[December 21]]
**[[Maya Jupiter]],  Mexican/Turkish Australian rapper, songwriter, MC and radio personality
**[[Shaun Morgan]], South African singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist (Seether)
*[[December 22]] - [[Mia Tyler]], American actress and model daughter of [[Steven Tyler]] 
*[[December 23]] – [[Esthero]], Canadian singer-songwriter
*[[December 24]] – [[Tonedeff]], American rapper
*[[December 28]] 
** [[John Legend]], American singer-songwriter, actor, musician and actor
** [[Phonte]], American rapper
*[[December 29]]
**[[Steve Kemp (musician)|Steve Kemp]], British musician ([[Hard-Fi]])
**[[LaToya London]], American R&B and soul singer

==Deaths==
*[[January 3]] – [[Jack Oakie]], 74, actor in many musical films of the 1940s
*[[January 23]]
**<!--January 23-->[[Terry Kath]], 31, [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] guitarist and vocalist (unintentional self-inflicted gunshot )
**<!--January 23-->Vic Ames, 52, pop singer ([[Ames Brothers]])
*[[January 31]] – [[Gregory Herbert]], [[Blood, Sweat & Tears]] saxophonist
*[[February 7]] – [[Dimitrie Cuclin]], 82, composer and musicologist
*[[February 24]] – [[Mrs Mills]], 59, honky-tonk pianist
*[[March 4]] – [[Joe Marsala]], 71, clarinetist and songwriter
*[[March 11]] – [[Claude François]], 39, singer-songwriter (electrocuted)
*[[March 17]] – [[Malvina Reynolds]], 77, US folk/blues singer-songwriter
*[[March 18]] – [[Peggy Wood]], 86, actress and singer
*[[March 21]] – [[Louis Cottrell, Jr.]], 67, saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1911)
*[[April 3]] – [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]], 74, composer and bandleader
*[[April 21]] – [[Sandy Denny]], 31, folk singer ([[Fairport Convention]]) (cerebral haemorrhage)
*[[May 1]] – [[Aram Khachaturian]], 74, composer
*[[May 5]] – [[Ján Móry]], 85, Slovak composer
*[[May 26]] – [[Tamara Karsavina]], 93, ballerina
*[[July 14]] – [[Maria Grinberg]], 69, pianist
*[[July 29]] – [[Glenn Goins]], 24, [[Parliament Funkadelic]] guitarist and singer ([[Hodgkin's lymphoma]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Rudolf Kolisch]], 82, Viennese and American violinist and quartet leader
*[[August 14]] – [[Joe Venuti]], 74, US jazz violinist
*[[August 24]] – [[Louis Prima]], 67, jazz musician
*[[September 6]] – [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]], 47, producer
*[[September 7]] – [[Keith Moon]], 32, drummer of [[The Who]] (drug overdose)
*[[September 24]] – [[Ruth Etting]], 80, US "torch" singer
*[[October 6]] – [[Johnny O'Keefe]], 43, Australian Singer
*[[October 9]] – [[Jacques Brel]], 49, singer-songwriter
*[[October 12]] – [[Nancy Spungen]], 20, girlfriend of [[Sid Vicious]]
*[[October 23]] – [[Maybelle Carter]] née Addington, 69, US country singer and musician, member of the [[Carter Family]]
*[[November 12]] – [[Howard Swanson]], 71, composer
*[[November 18]] – [[Lennie Tristano]], 59, jazz pianist
*[[December 3]] – [[William Grant Still]], 83, composer
*[[December 27]] – [[Chris Bell (musician)|Chris Bell]], 27, singer-songwriter (auto accident)

==Awards==
* [[19th Annual Grammy Awards]]
* [[1978 Country Music Association Awards]]
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 1978]]
* [[20th Japan Record Awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.popculturemadness.com/Music/Pop-Modern/1978.html Pop Culture Madness 1978 Pop Music Chart]

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