List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1977

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ABBA scored a #1 hit with "Dancing Queen" in 1977.
Debby Boone scored a #1 hit in 1977 with "You Light Up My Life", staying at the top of the chart for ten straight weeks.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1977.

That year, 18 acts earned their first number one songs, such as Leo Sayer, Rose Royce, Mary MacGregor, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Daryl Hall and John Oates, ABBA, David Soul, Thelma Houston, Fleetwood Mac, Bill Conti, Alan O'Day, Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb, The Emotions, Meco, and Debby Boone. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr., already having hit number one with The 5th Dimension, also earn their first number one song as solo acts. Leo Sayer, Stevie Wonder and The Eagles were the only acts to hit number one more than once with each having two songs.

Chart history[edit]

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1977 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
409 January 1 "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" Rod Stewart [1]
410 January 8 "You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. [2]
411 January 15 "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" Leo Sayer [3]
412 January 22 "I Wish" Stevie Wonder [4]
413 January 29 "Car Wash" Rose Royce [5]
414 February 5 "Torn Between Two Lovers" Mary MacGregor [6]
February 12 [7]
415 February 19 "Blinded by the Light" Manfred Mann's Earth Band [8]
416 February 26 "New Kid in Town" Eagles [9]
417 March 5 "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" Barbra Streisand [10]
March 12 [11]
March 19 [12]
418 March 26 "Rich Girl" Daryl Hall and John Oates [13]
April 2 [14]
419 April 9 "Dancing Queen" ABBA [15]
420 April 16 "Don't Give Up on Us" David Soul [16]
421 April 23 "Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston [17]
422 April 30 "Southern Nights" Glen Campbell [18]
423 May 7 "Hotel California" Eagles [19]
424 May 14 "When I Need You" Leo Sayer [20]
425 May 21 "Sir Duke" Stevie Wonder [21]
May 28 [22]
June 4 [23]
426 June 11 "I'm Your Boogie Man" KC and the Sunshine Band [24]
427 June 18 "Dreams" Fleetwood Mac [25]
428 June 25 "Got to Give It Up" Marvin Gaye [26]
429 July 2 "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" Bill Conti [27]
430 July 9 "Undercover Angel" Alan O'Day [28]
431 July 16 "Da Doo Ron Ron" Shaun Cassidy [29]
432 July 23 "Looks Like We Made It" Barry Manilow [30]
433 July 30 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb [31]
August 6 [32]
August 13 [33]
434 August 20 "Best of My Love" The Emotions [34]
August 27 [35]
September 3 [36]
September 10 [37]
re September 17 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" Andy Gibb [38]
re September 24 "Best of My Love" The Emotions [39]
435 October 1 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" Meco [40]
October 8 [41]
436 October 15 "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone [42]
October 22 [43]
October 29 [44]
November 5 [45]
November 12 [46]
November 19 [47]
November 26 [48]
December 3 [49]
December 10 [50]
December 17 [51]
437 December 24 "How Deep Is Your Love" Bee Gees [52]
December 31 [53]

Number-one artists[edit]

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Debby Boone 10
2 The Emotions 5
3 Stevie Wonder 4
Andy Gibb
5 Barbra Streisand 3
6 Mary MacGregor 2
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Eagles
Leo Sayer
Meco
Bee Gees
12 Rod Stewart 1
Marilyn McCoo
Billy Davis Jr.
Rose Royce
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
ABBA
David Soul
Thelma Houston
Glen Campbell
KC and the Sunshine Band
Fleetwood Mac
Marvin Gaye
Bill Conti
Alan O'Day
Shaun Cassidy
Barry Manilow

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "January 1, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  2. ^ "January 8, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. ^ "January 15, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. ^ "January 22, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. ^ "January 29, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. ^ "February 5, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. ^ "February 12, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. ^ "February 19, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. ^ "February 26, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. ^ "March 5, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. ^ "March 12, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. ^ "March 19, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. ^ "March 26, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. ^ "April 2, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. ^ "April 9, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. ^ "April 16, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. ^ "April 23, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. ^ "April 30, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. ^ "May 7, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. ^ "May 14, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. ^ "May 21, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. ^ "May 28, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. ^ "June 4, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. ^ "June 11, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. ^ "June 18, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. ^ "June 25, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. ^ "July 2, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. ^ "July 9, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. ^ "July 16, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. ^ "July 23, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. ^ "July 30, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. ^ "August 6, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. ^ "August 13, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. ^ "August 20, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. ^ "August 27, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. ^ "September 3, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. ^ "September 10, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. ^ "September 17, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. ^ "September 24, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. ^ "October 1, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. ^ "October 8, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. ^ "October 15, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. ^ "October 22, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. ^ "October 29, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. ^ "November 5, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. ^ "November 12, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. ^ "November 19, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. ^ "November 26, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. ^ "December 3, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. ^ "December 10, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. ^ "December 17, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. ^ "December 24, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.
  53. ^ "December 31, 1977". Billboard Hot 100.

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