| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978 |
| TOP 50 BLACK CONTEMPORARY ALBUMS (As published in the December 30, 1978, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | LIFE IS A SONG WORTH SINGING – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 2 | SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – Original Soundtrack / The Bee Gees & Various Artists (RSO) |
| 3 | WEEKEND IN L.A. – George Benson (Warner Bros.) |
| 4 | NATURAL HIGH – Commodores (Motown) |
| 5 | ALL ’N ALL – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 6 | TOGETHERNESS – L.T. D. (A&M) |
| 7 | FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 8 | COME GET IT! – Rick James (Gordy) |
| 9 | SO FULL OF LOVE – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 10 | BLAM!! – The Brothers Johnson (A&M) |
| 11 | SHOWDOWN – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 12 | STREET PLAYER – Rufus / Chaka Khan (ABC) |
| 13 | THANKFUL – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 14 | CENTRAL HEATING – Heatwave (Epic) |
| 15 | BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT – Roberta Flack (Atlantic) |
| 16 | A TASTE OF HONEY (Capitol) |
| 17 | BOOTSY? PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 18 | IS IT STILL GOOD TO YA – Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros.) |
| 19 | SOUNDS... AND STUFF LIKE THAT!! – Quincy Jones (A&M) |
| 20 | GET OFF – Foxy (Dash) |
| 21 | ROSE ROYCE III / STRIKES AGAIN! (Whitfield) |
| 22 | IN THE NIGHT-TIME – Michael Henderson (Buddah) |
| 23 | LIVE! – Commodores (Motown) |
| 24 | LIVE AND MORE – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 25 | ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE – Funkadelic (Warner Bros.) |
| 26 | LOVESHINE – Con Funk Shun (Mercury) |
| 27 | GALAXY – War (MCA) |
| 28 | YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE – Johnny Mathis (Columbia) |
| 29 | FLYING HIGH ON YOUR LOVE – The Bar-Kays (Mercury) |
| 30 | STEP II – Sylvester (Fantasy) |
| 31 | THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY – Original Soundtrack / Various Artists (Casablanca) |
| 32 | IF MY FRIENDS COULD SEE ME NOW – Linda Clifford (Curtom) |
| 33 | GOLDEN TIME OF DAY – Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly (Capitol) |
| 34 | SMOOTH TALK – Evelyn “Champagne” King (RCA) |
| 35 | ROSE ROYCE II / IN FULL BLOOM (Whitfield) |
| 36 | REACH FOR IT – George Duke (Epic) |
| 37 | MENAGERIE – Bill Withers (Columbia) |
| 38 | WHEN YOU HEAR LOU, YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL – Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 39 | REACHING FOR THE SKY – Peabo Bryson (Capitol) |
| 40 | SECRETS – Con Funk Shun (Mercury) |
| 41 | BETTY WRIGHT LIVE (Alston) |
| 42 | SWITCH (Gordy) |
| 43 | BARRY WHITE THE MAN (20th Century-Fox) |
| 44 | ONCE UPON A TIME... – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 45 | NATALIE... LIVE! – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 46 | RAYDIO (Arista) |
| 47 | A FANTASY LOVE AFFAIR – Peter Brown (Drive) |
| 48 | LIVE AT THE BIJOU – Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu) |
| 49 | ONCE UPON A DREAM – Enchantment (Roadshow/United Artists) |
| 50 | SUNBEAM – The Emotions (Columbia) |