List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1961
These are the number-one albums in the United States per Billboard magazine during the year 1961. From May 25, 1959 through July 1963, separate charts existed for albums in mono and stereo formats. Beginning 1961, these charts were called Top LP's - Action Albums - Monaural and Top LP's - Action Albums - Stereophonic. From the beginning of April 1961, the names changed to Top LP's - 150 Best-Selling Mono LP's and Top LP's - 50 Best-Selling Stereo LP's. On May 8, 1961, the mono chart's name was changed again to Top LP's - 150 Best-Selling Monaural LP's.
Chart history
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Indicates best performing album of 1961 |
| Issue date | Album (mono) | Artist(s) | Label | Album (stereo) | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | Nice 'N' Easy | Frank Sinatra | Capitol |
| January 9 | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! | Bob Newhart | Warner Bros. | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor |
| January 16 | Wonderland by Night | Bert Kaempfert | Decca | |||
| January 23 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| January 30 | ||||||
| February 6 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| February 13 | Wonderland by Night | Bert Kaempfert | Decca | |||
| February 20 | ||||||
| February 27 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| March 6 | ||||||
| March 13 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot |
| March 20 | ||||||
| March 27 | ||||||
| April 3 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| April 10 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | |||
| April 17 | ||||||
| April 24 | ||||||
| May 1 | ||||||
| May 8 | ||||||
| May 15 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| May 22 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| May 29 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | |||
| June 5 | Camelot |
Original Broadway Cast | Columbia | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor |
| June 12 | ||||||
| June 19 | ||||||
| June 26 | ||||||
| July 3 | ||||||
| July 10 | ||||||
| July 17 | Carnival! | MGM | Stars for a Summer Night | Various Artists | Columbia | |
| July 24 | Stars for a Summer Night | Various Artists | Columbia | |||
| July 31 | ||||||
| August 7 | ||||||
| August 14 | ||||||
| August 21 | Something for Everybody | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | |||
| August 28 | ||||||
| September 4 | ||||||
| September 11 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Capitol | |||
| September 18 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Capitol | |||
| September 25 | ||||||
| October 2 | ||||||
| October 9 | ||||||
| October 16 | ||||||
| October 23 | ||||||
| October 30 | ||||||
| November 6 | ||||||
| November 13 | ||||||
| November 20 | Stereo 35/MM | Enoch Light & the Light Brigade | Command | |||
| November 27 | ||||||
| December 4 | ||||||
| December 11 | Blue Hawaii | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor / Soundtrack | |||
| December 18 | ||||||
| December 25 |
See also
- 1961 in music
- List of number-one albums (United States)
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