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
[edit]† | Indicates best performing album of 1961 |
Issue date | Mono | Stereo | Ref. | ||||
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Album | Artist(s) | Label | Album | Artist(s) | Label | ||
January 9 | The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back! | Bob Newhart | Warner Bros. | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [1] |
January 16 | Wonderland by Night | Bert Kaempfert | Decca | [2] | |||
January 23 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [3] | |||
January 30 | [4] | ||||||
February 6 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [5] | |||
February 13 | Wonderland by Night | Bert Kaempfert | Decca | [6] | |||
February 20 | [7] | ||||||
February 27 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [8] | |||
March 6 | [9] | ||||||
March 13 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | [10] |
March 20 | [11] | ||||||
March 27 | [12] | ||||||
April 3 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [13] | |||
April 10 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | ||||
April 17 | [14] | ||||||
April 24 | [15] | ||||||
May 1 | [16] | ||||||
May 8 | [17] | ||||||
May 15 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [18] | |||
May 22 | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [19] | |||
May 29 | Calcutta! | Lawrence Welk | Dot | [20] | |||
June 5 | Camelot † | Original Broadway Cast | Columbia | Exodus | Ernest Gold / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [21] |
June 12 | [22] | ||||||
June 19 | [23] | ||||||
June 26 | [24] | ||||||
July 3 | [25] | ||||||
July 10 | [26] | ||||||
July 17 | Carnival! | Original Broadway Cast | MGM | Stars for a Summer Night | Various Artists | Columbia | [27] |
July 24 | Stars for a Summer Night | Various Artists | Columbia | [28] | |||
July 31 | [29] | ||||||
August 7 | [30] | ||||||
August 14 | [31] | ||||||
August 21 | Something for Everybody | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | [32] | |||
August 28 | [33] | ||||||
September 4 | [34] | ||||||
September 11 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Capitol | [35] | |||
September 18 | Judy at Carnegie Hall | Judy Garland | Capitol | [36] | |||
September 25 | [37] | ||||||
October 2 | [38] | ||||||
October 9 | [39] | ||||||
October 16 | [40] | ||||||
October 23 | [41] | ||||||
October 30 | [42] | ||||||
November 6 | [43] | ||||||
November 13 | [44] | ||||||
November 20 | Stereo 35/MM | Enoch Light & the Light Brigade | Command | [45] | |||
November 27 | [46] | ||||||
December 4 | [47] | ||||||
December 11 | Blue Hawaii | Elvis Presley / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [48] | |||
December 18 | [49] | ||||||
December 25 | [50] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. January 9, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. January 16, 1961. p. 26. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. January 23, 1961. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. January 30, 1961. p. 58. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. February 6, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. February 13, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. February 20, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. February 27, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. March 6, 1961. p. 22. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. March 13, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. March 20, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Best Selling LP'S-Action Albums". Billboard. March 27, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. April 3, 1961. p. 18. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via WorldRadioHistory.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. April 17, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. April 24, 1961. p. 19. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. May 1, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. May 8, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. May 15, 1961. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. May 22, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. May 29, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. June 5, 1961. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. June 12, 1961. p. 32. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. June 19, 1961. p. 34. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. June 26, 1961. p. 32. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. July 3, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. July 10, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. July 17, 1961. p. 38. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via WorldRadioHistory.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. July 24, 1961. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. July 31, 1961. p. 24. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. August 7, 1961. p. 16. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. August 14, 1961. p. 38. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. August 21, 1961. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. August 28, 1961. p. 29. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. September 4, 1961. p. 35. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. September 11, 1961. p. 38. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. September 18, 1961. p. 70. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. September 25, 1961. p. 28. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's" (PDF). Billboard. October 2, 1961. p. 40. Retrieved January 11, 2022 – via WorldRadioHistory.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. October 9, 1961. p. 32. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. October 16, 1961. p. 30. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. October 23, 1961. p. 32. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. October 30, 1961. p. 34. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. November 6, 1961. p. 35. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. November 13, 1961. p. 34. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. November 20, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. November 27, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. December 4, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. December 11, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. December 18, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard Music Week Top LP's". Billboard. December 25, 1961. p. 2. Retrieved January 11, 2022.