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List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1970

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The Jackson 5 scored four #1 hits with "I Want You Back", "ABC", "The Love You Save" and "I'll Be There" in 1970.
The Carpenters scored their first #1 hit with "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaching the top spot for four consecutive weeks in 1970.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970.

That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as B. J. Thomas, the Jackson 5, Shocking Blue, the Guess Who, Ray Stevens, Three Dog Night, the Carpenters, Bread, Edwin Starr, Neil Diamond, the Partridge Family, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. Diana Ross and George Harrison, having already hit number one with the Supremes and the Beatles, respectively, hit number one for the first time as solo acts, Ross being the only single female to reach the top of the charts. The Jackson 5 and the Beatles had more than one song hit number one that year, the Jackson 5 having the most with four, while the Beatles had two.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1970 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles.
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Reference
227 January 3 "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" B. J. Thomas
January 10
January 17
January 24
228 January 31 "I Want You Back" The Jackson 5
229 February 7 "Venus" Shocking Blue
230 February 14 "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" / "Everybody Is a Star" Sly & the Family Stone
February 21
231 February 28 "Bridge over Troubled Water" Simon & Garfunkel
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
232 April 11 "Let It Be" The Beatles
April 18
233 April 25 "ABC" The Jackson 5
May 2
234 May 9 "American Woman" / "No Sugar Tonight" The Guess Who
May 16
May 23
235 May 30 "Everything Is Beautiful" Ray Stevens
June 6
236 June 13 "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue" The Beatles
June 20
237 June 27 "The Love You Save" The Jackson 5
July 4
238 July 11 "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Three Dog Night
July 18
239 July 25 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" The Carpenters
August 1
August 8
August 15
240 August 22 "Make It with You" Bread
241 August 29 "War" Edwin Starr
September 5
September 12
242 September 19 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross
September 26
October 3
243 October 10 "Cracklin' Rosie" Neil Diamond
244 October 17 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5
October 24
October 31
November 7
November 14
245 November 21 "I Think I Love You" The Partridge Family
November 28
December 5
246 December 12 "The Tears of a Clown" Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
December 19
247 December 26 "My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity" George Harrison

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 The Jackson 5 10
2 Simon & Garfunkel 6
3 B.J. Thomas 4
The Beatles
The Carpenters
6 The Guess Who 3
Edwin Starr
Diana Ross
The Partridge Family
10 Sly & the Family Stone 2
Ray Stevens
Three Dog Night
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
14 Shocking Blue 1
Bread
Neil Diamond
George Harrison

See also

Sources

References

  1. "January 3, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  2. "January 10, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  3. "January 17, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  4. "January 24, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  5. "January 31, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  6. "February 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  7. "February 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  8. "February 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  9. "February 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  10. "March 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  11. "March 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  12. "March 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  13. "March 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  14. "April 4, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  15. "April 11, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  16. "April 18, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  17. "April 25, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  18. "May 2, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  19. "May 9, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  20. "May 16, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  21. "May 23, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  22. "May 30, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  23. "June 6, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  24. "June 13, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  25. "June 20, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  26. "June 27, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  27. "July 4, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  28. "July 11, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  29. "July 18, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  30. "July 25, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  31. "August 1, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  32. "August 8, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  33. "August 15, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  34. "August 22, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  35. "August 29, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  36. "September 5, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  37. "September 12, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  38. "September 19, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  39. "September 26, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  40. "October 3, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  41. "October 10, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  42. "October 17, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  43. "October 24, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  44. "October 31, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  45. "November 7, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  46. "November 14, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  47. "November 21, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  48. "November 28, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  49. "December 5, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  50. "December 12, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  51. "December 19, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
  52. "December 26, 1970". Billboard Hot 100.
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