blue #
= weekly pop chart peak
| 1 | Joy To The World | 1 | Apr 1971 |  |
| Three Dog Night |
| 2 | Maggie May | 1 | Sep 1971 | |
| Rod Stewart |
| 3 | Brand New Key | 1 | Dec 1971 | |
| Melanie |
| 4 | Knock Three Times | 1 | Jan 1971 | |
| Dawn |
| 5 | Theme From Shaft | 1 | Nov 1971 | |
| Isaac Hayes |
| 6 | Go Away Little Girl | 1 | Sep 1971 | |
| Donny Osmond |
| 7 | Family Affair | 1 | Dec 1971 | |
| Sly & The Family Stone |
| 8 | It's Too Late | 1 | Jun 1971 | |
| Carole King |
| 9 | It Don't Come Easy | 1 | Jun 1971 | |
| Ringo Starr |
| 10 | Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves | 1 | Nov 1971 | |
| Cher |
| 11 | Rose Garden | 1 | Jan 1971 | |
| Lynn Anderson |
| 12 | Want Ads | 1 | May 1971 | |
| The Honey Cone |
| 13 | Got To Be There | 2 | Dec 1971 | |
| Michael Jackson |
| 14 | How Can You Mend A Broken Heart | 1 | Aug 1971 | |
| Bee Gees |
| 15 | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | 1 | Mar 1971 | |
| The Temptations |
| 16 | Put Your Hand In The Hand | 1 | May 1971 | |
| Ocean |
| 17 | Yo-Yo | 1 | Oct 1971 | |
| The Osmonds |
| 18 | One Bad Apple | 1 | Feb 1971 | |
| The Osmonds |
| 19 | Brown Sugar | 1 | Jun 1971 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 20 | Uncle Albert Admiral Halsey | 1 | Sep 1971 | |
| Paul & Linda McCartney |
| 21 | Superstar | 2 | Sep 1971 | |
| Carpenters |
| 22 | Imagine | 1 | Oct 1971 | |
| John Lennon Plastic Ono Band |
| 23 | Treat Her Like A Lady | 1 | Jul 1971 | |
| Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose |
| 24 | Never Can Say Goodbye | 2 | Apr 1971 | |
| The Jackson 5 |
| 25 | Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) | 1 | Jul 1971 | |
| Raiders |