| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1976 |
| TOP 50 R&B ALBUMS (As published in the December 25, 1976, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE – Stevie Wonder (Tamla) |
| 2 | GRATITUDE – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 3 | BREEZIN’ – George Benson (Warner Bros.) |
| 4 | KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND (T.K.) |
| 5 | SPIRIT – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 6 | LOOK OUT FOR #1 – The Brothers Johnson (A&M) |
| 7 | I WANT YOU – Marvin Gaye (Tamla) |
| 8 | HOT ON THE TRACKS – Commodores (Motown) |
| 9 | MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 10 | GREATEST HITS – War (United Artists) |
| 11 | HARVEST FOR THE WORLD – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 12 | WILD CHERRY (Epic) |
| 13 | SPARKLE – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 14 | SOUL SEARCHING – Average White Band (Atlantic) |
| 15 | NATALIE – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 16 | ALL THINGS IN TIME – Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 17 | EARGASM – Johnnie Taylor (Columbia) |
| 18 | THE CLONES OF DR. FUNKENSTEIN – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 19 | RUFUS FEATURING CHAKA KHAN (ABC) |
| 20 | DIANA ROSS’ GREATEST HITS (Motown) |
| 21 | BRASS CONSTRUCTION (United Artists) |
| 22 | WAKE UP EVERYBODY – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 23 | DIANA ROSS (Motown) |
| 24 | LOVE TO LOVE YOU BABY – Donna Summer (Oasis) |
| 25 | FAMILY REUNION – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 26 | PART 3 – KC & The Sunshine Band (T.K.) |
| 27 | MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 28 | HAPPINESS IS BEING WITH THE SPINNERS (Atlantic) |
| 29 | CAR WASH – Original Soundtrack (MCA) |
| 30 | A LOVE TRILOGY – Donna Summer (Oasis) |
| 31 | THE MANHATTANS (Columbia) |
| 32 | SPINNERS LIVE! – The Spinners (Atlantic) |
| 33 | CITY OF ANGELS – The Miracles (Tamla) |
| 34 | CONTRADICTION – The Ohio Players (Mercury) |
| 35 | PICK OF THE LITTER – The Spinners (Atlantic) |
| 36 | HONEY – The Ohio Players (Mercury) |
| 37 | STRETCHIN’ OUT IN BOOTSY’S RUBBER BAND (Warner Bros.) |
| 38 | BRASS CONSTRUCTION II (United Artists) |
| 39 | BICENTENNIAL NIGGER – Richard Pryor (Warner Bros.) |
| 40 | LET’S DO IT AGAIN – Original Soundtrack / The Staple Singers (Curtom) |
| 41 | AIN’T THAT A BITCH – Johnny Guitar Watson (DJM) |
| 42 | YOU ARE MY STARSHIP – Norman Connors (Buddah) |
| 43 | CITY LIFE – The Blackbyrds (Fantasy) |
| 44 | MIRROR – Graham Central Station (Warner Bros.) |
| 45 | SKY-HIGH! – Tavares (Capitol) |
| 46 | MISTY BLUE – Dorothy Moore (Malaco) |
| 47 | LOVE TO THE WORLD – L.T. D. (A&M) |
| 48 | FLOWERS – The Emotions (Columbia) |
| 49 | GOOD HIGH – Brick (Bang) |
| 50 | I HOPE WE GET TO LOVE IN TIME – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. (ABC) |