Album Chart Milestone events
- Cheap Thrills reaches No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and spends a total of eight non-consecutive weeks at the top. More than a million copies are sold, making it the year’s best-selling album. The cover is created by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb. It was originally intended for the back, but Janis Joplin insisted it be placed on the front. In 2013, the album is added to the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry.
- Olivia Newton-John’s album If You Love Me, Let Me Know reaches No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart for one week. The title track reaches No. 5, while “I Honestly Love You” becomes her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 and later wins the Grammy for Record of the Year.
- The compilation Elvis: 30 #1 Hits reaches No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart, 25 years after Elvis Presley’s death. One account says it stays at the top for three weeks and also succeeds in thirteen other countries. In 2017, it is certified six-times platinum in the United States.