- Chart history
- See also
{{DISPLAYTITLE: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. Prior to August 1963, separate charts existed for albums in mono and stereo formats. Chart historyKey| {{dagger|alt=Best performing album of 1961}} | 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 {{dagger}} | 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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