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April 12, 1978

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 12, 1978, covering April 12, 1978.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Saturday Night Fever by Soundtrack

    Saturday Night Fever

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    34
  2. 2
    Album cover for Slowhand by Eric Clapton

    Slowhand

    Eric Clapton

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    21
  3. 3
    Album cover for Even Now by Barry Manilow

    Even Now

    Barry Manilow

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Stranger by Billy Joel

    The Stranger

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    28
  5. 5
    Album cover for Weekend In L.a. by George Benson

    Weekend In L.a.

    George Benson

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

Guy Berryman

1978Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (Coldplay)[†]

Guy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician, songwriter, producer, businessman and designer. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band Coldplay and electronic supergroup Apparatjik. Raised in Kirkcaldy, he started to play bass at an early age, drawing inspiration from James Brown, the Funk Brothers and Kool & the Gang. His projects beyond music include The Road Rat magazine and Amsterdam-based fashion brand Applied Art Forms.

Scott Crary

1978Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Scott Crary is an American film director, producer and writer, best known for having directed, produced, filmed and edited the film Kill Your Idols, a documentary examining three decades of New York art punk bands.

1978Svetlana Lapina, Russian high jumper[†]

Svetlana Mikhailovna Lapina ; born 12 April 1978) is a Russian high jumper.

Robin Walker

1978Robin Walker, English businessman and politician[†]

Robin Caspar Walker is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Worcester from 2010 to 2024. He chaired the House of Commons Education Select Committee from 2022 to 2024. He served as the Minister of State for School Standards from 2021 to 2022 and as a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at both the Scotland Office and Northern Ireland Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2020. A member of the Conservative Party, he identifies as a one-nation Conservative.

Historical Context for April 12, 1978

In 1978, the world population was approximately 4,292,097,502 people[†]