1976 in music


A list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1976.
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January–February

January

February

March

April

May

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July

August

September

October

November

December

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The following songs achieved the highest
in the charts of 1976.
#ArtistTitleYearCountryChart entries
1ABBADancing Queen1976UK 1 – Aug 1976, US BB 1 – Jan 1977, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1976, Sweden 1 – Aug 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Norway 1 – Aug 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Sep 1976, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1977, POP 1 of 1977, US BB 2 of 1977, Germany 2 – Aug 1976, Party 2 of 2007, US CashBox 3 of 1977, Switzerland 3 – Aug 1976, Australia 3 of 1976, Austria 4 – Sep 1976, RYM 4 of 1976, Canada 6 – Jan 1977, South Africa 10 of 1976, Europe 14 of the 1970s, OzNet 31, Global 33 – 1976, Italy 65 of 1976, Scrobulate 82 of pop, Germany 99 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 122, RIAA 148, Rolling Stone 171, Belgium 224 of all time, WXPN 847
2QueenBohemian Rhapsody1975UK 1 – Nov 1975, Canada 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1975, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1976, Europe 1 of the 1970s, RYM 1 of 1975, US BB 2 of 1992, Australia 2 of 1976, Virgin 2, France 3 – Nov 1975, Belgium 3 of all time, Switzerland 4 – Feb 1976, Norway 4 – Jan 1976, Poland 4 of all time, TOTP 5, POP 5 of 1992, OzNet 6, 8 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 9 of rock, Germany 10 – Jan 1976, Austria 14 – Feb 1992, TheQ 16, Sweden 18 – Feb 1976, US CashBox 22 of 1992, US BB 33 of 1976, Acclaimed 63, WXPN 90, Rolling Stone 163
3ChicagoIf You Leave Me Now1976UK 1 – Oct 1976, US BB 1 – Aug 1976, Canada 1 – Sep 1976, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Dec 1976, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1977, Sweden 2 – Nov 1976, France 3 – Oct 1976, Austria 3 – Jan 1977, Switzerland 3 – Jan 1977, Germany 3 – Jan 1977, Norway 4 – Nov 1976, Australia 10 of 1977, South Africa 11 of 1977, US CashBox 14 of 1976, POP 18 of 1976, Italy 25 of 1977, RYM 31 of 1976, Europe 41 of the 1970s, Germany 168 of the 1970s, OzNet 449
4ABBAFernando1976UK 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Mar 1976, Austria 1 – Apr 1976, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 of 1976, Germany 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 for 14 weeks Nov 1976, Sweden 2 – Apr 1976, Norway 2 – Apr 1976, South Africa 5 of 1976, Canada 7 – Sep 1976, Global 7 – 1976, France 10 – Apr 1976, US BB 13 – Sep 1976, Germany 15 of the 1970s, Italy 23 of 1976, Scrobulate 33 of Swedish, POP 35 of 1976, RYM 36 of 1976
5Elton John Kiki DeeDon't Go Breaking My Heart1976UK 1 – Jul 1976, US BB 1 – Aug 1976, Canada 1 – Jun 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1977, Netherlands 2 – Aug 1976, Sweden 3 – Sep 1976, South Africa 3 of 1976, Switzerland 4 – Sep 1976, US CashBox 5 of 1976, Norway 5 – Aug 1976, Australia 5 of 1976, Germany 5 – Sep 1976, Austria 8 – Oct 1976, Italy 25 of 1976, RYM 50 of 1976, Germany 313 of the 1970s, OzNet 522

Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles

Other hit singles

Most of these singles were top 20 in either the US or the UK.

Published popular music

Musical theater

Grammy Awards

Eurovision Song Contest