Which album won the 1979 Grammy Award for Album of the Year after becoming disco’s biggest soundtrack?

Saturday Night Fever won the 1979 Grammy Award for Album of the Year after becoming disco’s biggest soundtrack.

The double album was released in November 1977 as the soundtrack to the film Saturday Night Fever. It prominently featured songs by the Bee Gees, including “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” and “Night Fever,” alongside tracks by artists such as Yvonne Elliman, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, and the Trammps.

The soundtrack spent 24 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and became one of the best-selling albums of the 1970s. Its success connected disco with a global film audience and made the Bee Gees central figures in the era’s popular sound.

The Grammy recognition was for the soundtrack album, not the movie itself. The film and album are closely linked, but they were separate releases with separate awards histories.