List of Number-one Albums of 1961 (U.S.) | List Number-one Albums 1961 (US)

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. The chart is now known as the Billboard 200.

Issue Date	Album (mono)	Artist(s)	Album (stereo)	Artist(s)
January 2	G.I. Blues	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack	String Along	The Kingston Trio
January 9	Nice 'n' Easy	Frank Sinatra	G.I. Blues	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack
January 16	The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!	Bob Newhart
January 23	Wonderland by Night	Bert Kaempfert
January 30			Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
February 6
February 13	Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
February 20	Wonderland by Night	Bert Kaempfert
February 27	Wonderland by Night	Bert Kaempfert
March 6	Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
March 13	Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
March 20	Calcutta!	Lawrence Welk	Calcutta!	Lawrence Welk
March 27
April 3
April 10	G.I. Blues	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack
April 17	Calcutta!	Lawrence Welk
April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22	G.I. Blues	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack
May 29			Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
June 5			Calcutta!	Lawrence Welk
June 12	Camelot	Original Broadway Cast	Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
June 19
June 26
July 3
July 10
July 17
July 24	Carnival!		Stars of a Summer Night	Various Artists
July 31	Stars of a Summer Night	Various Artists
August 7
August 14
August 21
August 28	Something for Everybody	Elvis Presley
September 4
September 11
September 18	Judy at Carnegie Hall	Judy Garland
September 25			Judy at Carnegie Hall	Judy Garland
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
October 30
November 6
November 13
November 20
November 27			Stereo 35/MM	Enoch Light & the Light Brigade
December 4
December 11
December 18	Blue Hawaii	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack
December 25	Blue Hawaii	Elvis Presley / Soundtrack

List of number-one albums in the United States

1945–1959	1940 * 1941 * 1942 * 1943 * 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960–1979	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980–1999	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000–present	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

See also	Year-end albums

Famous quotes containing the words list, number-one:

“Lovers, forget your love,
And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
And he a winter breeze.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“I’m your number-one fan.”
—William Goldman (b. 1931)