This page lists the album chart entries of John Williams. The albums are listed with the most widely successful first.
| # |
Artist |
Album Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
| 1 |
John Williams |
Star Wars |
1977 |
Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007 (1977), Grammy in 1977 (Nominated), US Platinum (certified by RIAA in Aug 1977), RYM 3 of 1977, UK Gold (certified by BPI in Feb 1978), US CashBox 6 of 1977, UK 21 - Jan 1978 (12 weeks), Sweden 27 - Feb 1978 (4 weeks), Italy 29 of 1977 |
| 2 |
John Williams |
Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone |
2001 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Nov 2001), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 2001), Austria 17 - Dec 2001 (2 months), UK 19 - Nov 2001 (1 week) |
| 3 |
John Williams |
Star Wars Episode 2 : Attack of the Clones |
2002 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in May 2002), UK 15 - May 2002 (1 week), Austria 27 - May 2002 (1 month), Switzerland 30 - Jun 2002 (1 week) |
| 4 |
John Williams |
Jurassic Park |
1993 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Mar 1994), Austria 24 - Sep 1993 (2 months), UK 42 - Jul 1993 (5 weeks), RYM 57 of 1993 |
| 5 |
John Williams |
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind |
1978 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jan 1978), UK 40 - Apr 1978 (6 weeks), US CashBox 79 of 1978, RYM 87 of 1977 |
| 6 |
John Williams |
Star Wars Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith |
2005 |
Austria 14 - May 2005 (1 month), UK 16 - May 2005 (5 weeks), Switzerland 29 - May 2005 (4 weeks), RYM 75 of 2005 |
| 7 |
John Williams |
Star Wars - The Phantom Menace |
1999 |
Austria 4 - Aug 1999 (2 months), UK 8 - May 1999 (5 weeks), Switzerland 17 - Sep 1999 (6 weeks) |
| 8 |
John Williams |
Schindler's List |
1993 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1995), Switzerland 37 - May 1994 (2 weeks), RYM 40 of 1993 |
| 9 |
John Williams |
ET The Extra-Terrestrial |
1982 |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Oct 1982), Sweden 36 - Jan 1983 (2 weeks), RYM 53 of 1982 |
| 10 |
John Williams |
The Empire Strikes Back |
1980 |
RYM 3 of 1980, US CashBox 40 of 1980 |
| 11 |
John Williams |
Rodrigo: Concerto De Aranjuez |
1974 |
UK Gold (certified by BPI in Jan 1981), UK 20 - Feb 1976 (9 weeks) |
| 12 |
John Williams |
Return of the Jedi |
1983 |
RYM 10 of 1983, UK 85 - Jun 1983 (5 weeks) |
| 13 |
John Williams |
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom |
1984 |
Switzerland 19 - Aug 1984 (4 weeks), RYM 82 of 1984 |
| 14 |
John Williams |
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull |
2008 |
Switzerland 80 - Jun 2008 (1 week), UK 83 - May 2008 (1 week) |
| 15 |
John Williams |
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back |
unknown |
US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1980) |
| 16 |
John Williams |
Bridges |
1979 |
UK 5 - Jun 1979 (21 weeks) |
| 17 |
John Williams |
Raiders of the Lost Ark |
1981 |
RYM 7 of 1981 |
| 18 |
John Williams |
Jaws |
1975 |
RYM 12 of 1975 |
| 19 |
John Williams |
Travelling |
1978 |
UK 23 - Jun 1978 (5 weeks) |
| 20 |
John Williams |
Star Wars, Episode One, The Phantom Menace |
1999 |
Norway 29 - Aug 1999 (2 weeks) |
| 21 |
John Williams |
Plays Spanish Music |
1970 |
UK 46 - Oct 1970 (1 week) |
| 22 |
John Williams |
ET the Extra Terrestrial |
1982 |
UK 47 - Dec 1982 (11 weeks) |
| 23 |
John Williams |
Plays the movies |
1996 |
UK 54 - Oct 1996 (3 weeks) |
| 24 |
John Williams |
Superman - The Movie |
1978 |
RYM 56 of 1978 |
| 25 |
John Williams |
Schindlers List |
1994 |
UK 59 - Apr 1994 (2 weeks) |
| 26 |
John Williams |
Cavatina m.fl. |
1979 |
UK 64 - Aug 1979 (3 weeks) |
| 27 |
John Williams |
Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo |
1978 |
Italy 64 of 1978 |
| 28 |
John Williams |
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade |
1989 |
RYM 66 of 1989 |
| 29 |
John Williams |
The Story Of Star Wars |
1978 |
US CashBox 93 of 1978 |
| 30 |
John Williams |
Hook |
1991 |
RYM 182 of 1991 |
| 31 |
John Williams |
Greatest Hits |
1974 |
UK Silver (certified by BPI in Nov 1977) |
| 32 |
John Williams |
Et |
1982 |
UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1982) |
| 33 |
John Williams |
Deer Hunter |
1979 |
UK Silver (certified by BPI in Feb 1981) |
In addition to the above listed albums John Williams also contributed to the
following entries: