Albums that generated 4 or more top-40 singles
Jul 10, 2023 15:29:18 GMT -5
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Covering the original Hot 100-based period of AT40, July 1970 through November 1991. "Date" refers to the week that the fourth top-40 hit entered the top 40. Thanks to Bill Carroll and his Ranking books for help.
1970's...
1980s...
1990s...
1970's...
| Artist and title | Top-40 singles | Date |
| SIMON & GARFUNKEL... Bridge over Troubled Water | "The Boxer" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Cecilia" "El Condor Pasa" | 9/26/70 |
| STEVIE WONDER... Signed, Sealed & Delivered | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" "Heaven Help Us All" "Never Had a Dream Come True" "We Can Work It Out" | 3/27/71 |
| BREAD...Baby I'm-a Want You | "Mother Freedom" "Baby I'm-a Want You" "Everything I Own" "Diary" | 5/13/72 |
| THE STYLISTICS...The Stylistics | "Stop, Look, Listen" "You Are Everything" "Betcha By Golly, Wow" "People Make the World Go Round" | 7/1/72 |
| THE CORNELIUS BROTHERS & SISTER ROSE... Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | "Treat Her Like a Lady" "Too Late to Turn Back Now" "Don't Ever Be Lonely" "I'll Never Be Alone Anymore" | 2/3/73 |
| THE SPINNERS...Spinners | "I'll Be Around" "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" "Ghetto Child" | 9/8/73 |
| THE CARPENTERS...A Song for You | "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Top of the World" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" | 10/20/73 |
| GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS...Imagination | "Where Peaceful Waters Flow" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" | 3/9/74 |
| JIM STAFFORD...Jim Stafford | "Swamp Witch" "Spiders and Snakes" "My Girl Bill" "Wildwood Weed" | 7/20/74 |
| PAUL SIMON...Still Crazy After All These Years | "Gone at Last" "My Little Town" "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" "Still Crazy After All These Years" | 5/29/76 |
| KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND...Part 3 | "Shake Your Booty" "I Like to Do It" "I'm Your Boogie Man" "Keep It Comin' Love" | 8/13/77 |
| FLEETWOOD MAC...Rumours | "Go Your Own Way" "Dreams" "Don't Stop" "You Make Loving Fun" | 10/29/77 |
| STEVIE WONDER...Songs in the Key of Life | "I Wish" "Sir Duke" "Another Star" "As" | 12/3/77 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Saturday Night Fever | "How Deep Is Your Love" "Stayin' Alive" "Night Fever" "If I Can't Have You" "Disco Inferno" "Boogie Shoes" "More Than a Woman" | 2/25/78 |
| LINDA RONSTADT...Simple Dreams | "Blue Bayou" "It's So Easy" "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" "Tumbling Dice" | 5/20/78 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Grease | "You're the One That I Want" "Grease" "Hopelessly Devoted to You" "Summer Nights" | 8/19/78 |
| BILLY JOEL...The Stranger | "Just the Way You Are" "Movin' Out" "Only the Good Die Young" "She's Always a Woman" | 9/9/78 |
| BARRY MANILOW...Even Now | "Can't Smile Without You" "Even Now" "Copacabana" "Somewhere in the Night" | 1/6/79 |
| BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND... Stranger in Town | "Still the Same" "Hollywood Nights" "We've Got Tonite" "Old Time Rock & Roll" | 5/5/79 |
1980s...
| Artist and title | Top-40 singles | Date |
| THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA...Discovery | "Shine a Little Love" "Don't Bring Me Down" "Confusion" "Last Train to London" | 1/26/80 |
| MICHAEL JACKSON...Off the Wall | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" "Rock with You" "Off the Wall" "She's Out of My Life" | 5/10/80 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Urban Cowboy | "All Night Long" "Love the World Away" "Stand by Me" "Lookin' for Love" "Look What You've Done to Me" "Could I Have This Dance" | 8/2/80 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Xanadu | "Magic" "I'm Alive" "All over the World" "Xanadu" "Suddenly" | 8/30/80 |
| DONNA SUMMER...Bad Girls | "Hot Stuff" "Bad Girls" "Dim All the Lights" "Walk Away" | 10/11/80 |
| BILLY JOEL...Glass Houses | "You May Be Right" "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" "Don't Ask Me Why" "Sometimes a Fantasy" | 11/1/80 |
| CHRISTOPHER CROSS...Christopher Cross | "Ride Like the Wind" "Sailing" "Never Be the Same" "Say You'll Be Mine" | 4/25/81 |
| DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES...Voices | "How Does It Feel to Be Back" "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" "Kiss on My List" "You Make My Dreams" | 5/16/81 |
| REO SPEEDWAGON...Hi Infidelity | "Keep On Loving You" "Take It on the Run" "Don't Let Him Go" "In Your Letter" | 8/29/81 |
| DAN FOGELBERG...The Innocent Age | "Same Old Lang Syne" "Hard to Say" "Leader of the Band" "Run for the Roses" | 4/24/82 |
| FOREIGNER...4 | "Urgent" "Waiting for a Girl Like You" "Juke Box Hero" "Break It Up" | 6/5/82 |
| JOURNEY...Escape | "Who's Crying Now" "Don't Stop Believin'" "Open Arms" "Still They Ride" | 6/12/82 |
| STEVIE NICKS...Bella Donna | "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" "Leather and Lace" "Edge of Seventeen" "After the Glitter Fades" | 6/12/82 |
| DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES...Private Eyes | "Private Eyes" "I Can't Go for That" "Did It in a Minute" "Your Imagination" | 7/24/82 |
| TOTO...Toto IV | "Rosanna" "Make Believe" "Africa" "I Won't Hold You Back" | 3/26/83 |
| MICHAEL JACKSON...Thriller | "The Girl Is Mine" "Billie Jean" "Beat It" "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" "Human Nature" "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" "Thriller" | 6/4/83 |
| JOURNEY...Frontiers | "Separate Ways" "Faithfully" "After the Fall" "Send Her My Love" | 10/22/83 |
| BILLY JOEL...An Innocent Man | "Tell Her About It" "Uptown Girl" "An Innocent Man" "The Longest Time" "Leave a Tender Moment Alone" "Keeping the Faith" | 4/7/84 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Footloose | "Footloose" "Holding Out for a Hero" "Let's Hear It for the Boy" "Almost Paradise" "Dancing in the Sheets" "I'm Free" | 5/19/84 |
| CULTURE CLUB...Colour by Numbers | "Church of the Poison Mind" "Karma Chameleon" "Miss Me Blind" "It's a Miracle" | 5/19/84 |
| LIONEL RICHIE...Can't Slow Down | "All Night Long (All Night)" "Running with the Night" "Hello" "Stuck on You" "Penny Lover" | 7/7/84 |
| HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS...Sports | "Heart and Soul" "I Want a New Drug" "The Heart of Rock & Roll" "If This Is It" "Walking on a Thin Line" | 7/28/84 |
| CYNDI LAUPER...She's So Unusual | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "Time After Time" "She Bop" "All Through the Night" "Money Changes Everything" | 10/13/84 |
| THE CARS...Heartbeat City | "You Might Think" "Magic" "Drive" "Hello Again" "Why Can't I Have You" | 11/10/84 |
| THE POINTER SISTERS...Break Out | "Automatic" "Jump (for My Love)" "I'm So Excited" "Neutron Dance" | 12/22/84 |
| PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION...Purple Rain | "When Doves Cry" "Let's Go Crazy" "Purple Rain" "I Would Die 4 U" "Take Me with U" | 12/22/84 |
| STEVE PERRY...Street Talk | "Oh Sherrie" "She's Mine" "Strung Out" "Foolish Heart" | 12/22/84 |
| TINA TURNER...Private Dancer | "Let's Stay Together" "What's Love Got to Do with It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "Show Some Respect" | 1/26/85 |
| BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN...Born in the U.S.A. | "Dancing in the Dark" "Cover Me" "Born in the U.S.A." "I'm on Fire" "Glory Days" "I'm Goin' Down" "My Hometown" | 3/2/85 |
| CHICAGO...Chicago 17 | "Stay the Night" "Hard Habit to Break" "You're the Inspiration" "Along Comes a Woman" | 3/9/85 |
| SOUNDTRACK...Beverly Hills Cop | "Neutron Dance" "The Heat Is On" "New Attitude" "Axel F" | 4/13/85 |
| DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES...Big Bam Boom | "Out of Touch" "Method of Modern Love" "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid" "Possession Obsession" | 6/15/85 |
| BRYAN ADAMS...Reckless | "Run to You" "Somebody" "Heaven" "Summer of '69" "One Night Love Affair" "It's Only Love" | 7/13/85 |
| BILLY OCEAN...Suddenly | "Caribbean Queen" "Loverboy" "Suddenly" "Mystery Lady" | 7/27/85 |
| WHAM!...Make It Big | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" "Careless Whisper" "Everything She Wants" "Freedom" | 8/3/85 |
| MADONNA...Like a Virgin | "Like a Virgin" "Material Girl" "Angel" "Dress You Up" | 8/17/85 |
| REO SPEEDWAGON...Wheels Are Turnin' | "I Do'wanna Know" "Can't Fight This Feeling" "One Lonely Night" "Live Every Moment" | 8/17/85 |
| DON HENLEY...Building the Perfect Beast | "The Boys of Summer" "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" "Not Enough Love in the World" "Sunset Grill" | 9/21/85 |
| KOOL & THE GANG...Emergency | "Misled" "Fresh" "Cherish" "Emergency" | 11/23/85 |
| STING...The Dream of the Blue Turtles | "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" "Fortress Around Your Heart" "Love Is the Seventh Wave" "Russians" | 2/1/86 |
| PHIL COLLINS...No Jacket Required | "One More Night" "Sussudio" "Don't Lose My Number" "Take Me Home" | 3/29/86 |
| WHITNEY HOUSTON...Whitney Houston | "You Give Good Love" "Saving All My Love for You" "How Will I Know" "Greatest Love of All" | 4/5/86 |
| HEART...Heart | "What About Love?" "Never" "These Dreams" "Nothin' at All" | 5/3/86 |
| TEARS FOR FEARS...Songs from the Big Chair | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" "Shout" "Head over Heels" "Mothers Talk" | 5/3/86 |
| JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP...Scarecrow | "Lonely Ol' Night" "Small Town" "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." "Rain on the Scarecrow" "Rumbleseat" | 5/17/86 |
| ZZ TOP...Afterburner | "Sleeping Bag" "Stages" "Rough Boy" "Velcro Fly" | 8/30/86 |
| JANET JACKSON...Control | "What Have You Done for Me Lately" "Nasty" "When I Think of You" "Control" "Let's Wait Awhile" "The Pleasure Principle" | 11/22/86 |
| MADONNA...True Blue | "Live to Tell" "Papa Don't Preach" "True Blue" "Open Your Heart" "La Isla Bonita" | 12/13/86 |
| MIAMI SOUND MACHINE...Primitive Love | "Conga" "Bad Boy" "Words Get in the Way" "Falling in Love" | 12/13/86 |
| LIONEL RICHIE...Dancing on the Ceiling | "Say You, Say Me" "Dancing on the Ceiling" "Love Will Conquer All" "Ballerina Girl" "Se La" | 1/10/87 |
| JOURNEY...Raised on Radio | "Be Good to Yourself" "Suzanne" "Girl Can't Help It" "I'll Be Alright Without You" | 1/24/87 |
| GENESIS...Invisible Touch | "Invisible Touch" "Throwing It All Away" "Land of Confusion" "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" "In Too Deep" | 2/21/87 |
| THE BANGLES...Different Light | "Manic Monday" "If She Knew What She Wants" "Walk Like an Egyptian" "Walking down Your Street" | 3/14/87 |
| HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS...Fore! | "Stuck with You" "Hip to Be Square" "Jacob's Ladder" "I Know What I Like" "Doing It All for My Baby" | 4/11/87 |
| STEVE WINWOOD...Back in the High Life | "Higher Love" "Freedom Overspill" "The Finer Things" "Back in the High Life Again" | 7/4/87 |
| EXPOSE...Exposure | "Come Go with Me" "Point of No Return" "Let Me Be the One" "Seasons Change" | 12/5/87 |
| FLEETWOOD MAC...Tango in the Night | "Big Love" "Seven Wonders" "Little Lies" "Everywhere" | 12/26/87 |
| MICHAEL JACKSON...Bad | "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" "Bad" "The Way You Make Me Feel" "Man in the Mirror" "Dirty Diana" "Another Part of Me" "Smooth Criminal" | 2/13/88 |
| WHITNEY HOUSTON...Whitney | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" "Didn't We Almost Have It All" "So Emotional" "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" "Love Will Save the Day" | 3/5/88 |
| GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE... Let It Loose | "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" "Betcha Say That" "Can't Stay Away from You" "Anything for You" "1-2-3" | 3/26/88 |
| GEORGE MICHAEL...Faith | "I Want Your S*x" "Faith" "Father Figure" "One More Try" "Monkey" "Kissing a Fool" | 4/16/88 |
| DEBBIE GIBSON...Out of the Blue | "Only in My Dreams" "Shake Your Love" "Out of the Blue" "Foolish Beat" "Staying Together" | 5/7/88 |
| THE JETS...Magic | "Cross My Broken Heart" "I Do You" "Rocket 2 U' "Make It Real" | 5/7/88 |
| RICHARD MARX...Richard Marx | "Don't Mean Nothing" "Should've Known Better" "Endless Summer Nights" "Hold On to the Nights" | 6/11/88 |
| DEF LEPPARD...Hysteria | "Animal" "Hysteria" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" "Love Bites" "Armageddon It" "Rocket" | 8/20/88 |
| INXS...Kick | "Need You Tonight" "Devil Inside" "New Sensation" "Never Tear Us Apart" | 9/17/88 |
| TAYLOR DAYNE...Tell It to My Heart | "Tell It to My Heart" "Prove Your Love" "I'll Always Love You" "Don't Rush Me" | 11/26/88 |
| POISON...Open Up and Say...Ahhh! | "Nothin' but a Good Time" "Fallen Angel" "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" "Your Mama Don't Dance" | 3/4/89 |
| VAN HALEN...OU812 | "Black and Blue" "When It's Love" "Finish What Ya Started" "Feels So Good" | 3/11/89 |
| BOBBY BROWN...Don't Be Cruel | "Don't Be Cruel" "My Prerogative" "Roni" "Every Little Step" "Rock Wit'cha" | 4/15/89 |
| ROD STEWART...Out of Order | "Lost in You" "Forever Young" "My Heart Can't Tell You No" "Crazy About Her" | 6/10/89 |
| BON JOVI...New Jersey | "Bad Medicine" "Born to Be My Baby" "I'll Be There for You" "Lay Your Hands on Me" "Living in Sin" | 6/17/89 |
| NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK...Hangin' Tough | "Please Don't Go Girl" "You Got It (the Right Stuff)" "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" "Hangin' Tough" "Cover Girl" | 7/22/89 |
| PAULA ABDUL...Forever Your Girl | "Straight Up" "Forever Your Girl" "Cold Hearted" "(It's Just) the Way That You Love Me" "Opposites Attract" | 10/7/89 |
| MILLI VANILLI...Girl You Know It's True | "Girl You Know It's True" "Baby Don't Forget My Number" "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" "Blame It on the Rain" "All or Nothing" | 10/21/89 |
| MADONNA...Like a Prayer | "Like a Prayer" "Express Yourself" "Cherish" "Oh Father" "Keep It Together" | 11/25/89 |
| CHICAGO...Chicago 19 | "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" "Look Away" "You're Not Alone" "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" | 12/23/89 |
1990s...
| Artist and title | Top-40 hits | Date |
| ROXETTE...Look Sharp | "The Look" "Dressed for Success" "Listen to Your Heart" "Dangerous" | 1/6/90 |
| RICHARD MARX...Repeat Offender | "Satisfied" "Right Here Waiting" "Angelia" "Too Late to Say Goodbye" "Children of the Night" | 1/20/90 |
| JANET JACKSON...Rhythm Nation 1814 | "Miss You Much" "Rhythm Nation" "Escapade" "Alright" "Come Back to Me" "Black Cat" "Love Will Never Do" | 4/14/90 |
| EXPOSE...What You Don't Know | "What You Don't Know" "When I Looked at Him" "Tell Me Why" "Your Baby Never Looked Good in Blue" | 4/14/90 |
| MICHAEL BOLTON...Soul Provider | "Soul Provider" "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" "How Can We Be Lovers?" "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" "Georgia on My Mind" | 6/9/90 |
| MOTLEY CRUE...Dr. Feelgood | "Dr. Feelgood" "Kickstart My Heart" "Without You" "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" | 6/30/90 |
| AEROSMITH...Pump | "Love in an Elevator" "Janie's Got a Gun" "What It Takes" "The Other Side" | 7/21/90 |
| BABYFACE...Tender Lover | "It's No Crime" "Tender Lover" "Whip Appeal" "My Kinda Lover" | 7/21/90 |
| PHIL COLLINS...But Seriously... | "Another Day in Paradise" "I Wish It Would Rain Down" "Do You Remember?" "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" "Hang In Long Enough" | 8/18/90 |
| TAYLOR DAYNE...Can't Fight Fate | "With Every Beat of My Heart" "Love Will Lead You Back" "I'll Be Your Shelter" "Heart of Stone" | 8/18/90 |
| WILSON PHILLIPS...Wilson Phillips | "Hold On" "Release Me" "Impulsive" "You're in Love" "The Dream Is Still Alive" | 2/23/91 |
| MARIAH CAREY...Mariah Carey | "Vision of Love" "Love Takes Time" "Someday" "I Don't Wanna Cry" | 4/13/91 |
| POISON...Flesh & Blood | "Unskinny Bop" "Something to Believe In" "Ride the Wind" "Life Goes On" | 6/29/91 |
| NELSON...After the Rain | "Love and Affection" "After the Rain" "More Than Ever" "Only Time Will Tell" | 7/27/91 |
| WHITNEY HOUSTON...I'm Your Baby Tonight | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" "All the Man That I Need" "Miracle" "My Name Is Not Susan" | 8/10/91 |
