1976 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1976
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	136
2	Hotel California	Eagles	129
3	Peace of Mind	Boston	113
4	Stargazer	Rainbow	110
5	Thunder Road	Bruce Springsteen	107
6	Don't Fear the Reaper	Blue Oyster Cult	102
7	Fernando	ABBA	99
8	More Than a Feeling	Boston	98
9	Europa	Santana	96
10	The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Gordon Lightfoot	95
11	Carry on Wayward Son	Kansas	92
12	Silly Love Songs	Wings	91
13	Looking for Space	John Denver	88
14	Rhiannon	Fleetwood Mac	86
15	I'm In Love With My Car	Queen	86
16	Green Grass & High Tides	The Outlaws	85
17	Afternoon Delight	Starland Vocal Band	84
18	Get Down Tonight	KC & the Sunshine Band	84
19	Landslide	Fleetwood Mac	83
20	Rich Girl	Hall & Oates	80
21	Fly Like an Eagle	Steve Miller Band	79
22	American Girl	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	79
23	Jungleland	Bruce Springsteen	78
24	Hello Old Friend	Eric Clapton	77
25	Dance Sister Dance	Santana	77
26	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty	KC & the Sunshine Band	76
27	Wild is the Wind	David Bowie	73
28	Rock and Roll All Nite	Kiss	72
29	America the Beautiful	Ray Charles	72
30	Get Up Offa That Thing	James Brown	72
31	Big Balls	AC/DC	71
32	39	Queen	71
33	Let Em' In	Wings	70
34	My Lady, My Love	Loggins & Messina	69
35	Baby I Love Your Way (live)	Peter Frampton	68
36	Slow Ride	Foghat	67
37	You Won't Dance with Me	April Wine	67
38	Death of Mother Nature Suite	Kansas	66
39	Isis	Bob Dylan	65
40	You're My Best Friend	Queen	65
41	2112	Rush	64
42	Love Rollercoaster	Ohio Players	62
43	Say That You Love Me	Fleetwood Mac	61
44	Play That Funky Music	Wild Cherry	60
45	Black Summer Rain	Eric Clapton	59
46	Blitzkrieg Bop	Ramones	59
47	Dance, Dance, Dance	Steve Miller Band	58
48	Pretty Princess	Loggins & Messina	58
49	Love Hurts	Nazareth	57
50	Salamander	Jethro Tull	57
1976
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen	6.1
2	Boston	Boston	6.1
3	A Night at the Opera	Queen	5.6
4	Fly Like an Eagle	Steve Miller Band	5.2
5	Frampton Comes Alive!	Peter Frampton	4.8
6	Desire	Bob Dylan	4.5
7	Native Sons	Loggins & Messina	4.4
8	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	3.9
9	No Reason to Cry	Eric Clapton	3.6
10	The Hissing of Summer Lawns	Joni Mitchell	3.5
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	Roots	Alex Haley	3.0
2	Trinity	Leon Uris	2.8
3	The Tao of Physics	Fritjof Capra	2.4
4	A River Runs Through It	Norman McLean	2.3
5	The Selfish Gene	Richard Dawkins	2.1
6	Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	Robert M. Pirsig	2.0
7	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry	Mildred D. Taylor	1.7
8	The Face of Battle	John Keegan	1.6
9	Salem's Lot	Stephen King	1.4
10	1876	Gore Vidal	1.4
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Rocky		13.6
2	Taxi Driver		13.2
3	All the President's Men		11.0
4	Marathon Man		10.7
5	The Outlaw Josey Wales		9.3
6	Logan's Run		8.4
7	1900		7.9
8	Carrie		7.9
9	The Shootist		7.4
10	The Tenant		6.9