List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1972

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1972.

That year, 18 acts earned their first number one song, such as Don McLean, Al Green, Nilsson, Neil Young, America, Roberta Flack, The Chi-Lites, The Staple Singers, Sammy Davis Jr., Bill Withers, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Looking Glass, Mac Davis, Chuck Berry, Johnny Nash, Helen Reddy, and Billy Paul.

Michael Jackson, having previously hit number one with The Jackson 5, also earns his first number one song as a solo act.

Don McLean (pictured in 2012) scored a #1 hit with " American Pie " in 1972.
Roberta Flack 's (pictured in 1995) " The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face " reached the top spot for six weeks and became the #1 song at year's end.