A gallery of the top 50 albums of 1974, as voted by UCR staff.

This year’s top-selling country albums, ranked by Nielsen Music.

The best music of 1974 didn't hurl itself at you like it did in previous years. Most of the big rock records, in fact, were more subtle in their assaults, preferring jazz inflections, singer ...

What a strange year 1974 was in pop music. A total of 23 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And sure, there were some expected presences: Paul McCartney and John Lennon ...

This year’s top-selling R&B/Hip-Hop albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen Music.

50 years later: How 1974’s No. 1 albums hold up after a half century Twenty-three different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1974, with these among them.