The Biggest Selling Album of 1970

The #1 selling album in the UK for 1970 and 1971 was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel.  They spent a total of 41 weeks at #1 on the UK Album Chart in 1970-71.

This was also the biggest selling album in the US for 1970 with 10 consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard Album chart.

The title track went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 6 weeks in Feb 1970 and #1 on the UK Top 40 for 3 weeks in March of 1970.  The other singles released were Cecilia, which went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 but did not chart in the UK.   The Boxer reached #7 on the Hot 100 and El Condor Pasa made it to #18.