This article lists the Canadian number-one albums of

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

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'' every Saturday (except September 6 and 13, both of which were Sundays). The top position (December 27, 1969, Vol. 12, No. 19) preceding January 10, 1970 (Vol. 12, No. 20-21) was

The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...

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Abbey Road ''Abbey Road'' is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It is the last album the group started recording, although '' Let It Be'' was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly ...

''. Four acts held the top position in the albums and singles charts simultaneously: Simon & Garfunkel on March 14 – April 4,

The Guess Who The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1965. The band originated in 1962 and achieved an international hit single with a cover of " Shakin' All Over" in 1965 under the name Chad Allan and the Expressions. After ...

on May 16 – 23, Creedence Clearwater Revival on September 20 – October 10 and George Harrison on December 26.

List of RPM number-one singles of 1970 This is a list of the weekly Canadian ''RPM'' magazine number one Top Singles chart of 1970. See also *1970 in music * List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number ones of 1970 * List of ''Cashbox'' Top 100 number-one singles of 1970 References ;N ...

''(Entries with dates marked thus* are not presently on record at Library and Archives Canada and were inferred from the following week's listing. September 13's listing presently has that of August 22; hence, the reading was inferred from the following week's chart. There was no publication on May 30; chart listings indicate the week was discounted.)''