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. The chart is now known as the 'Billboard 200'.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1961

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
March 6	Exodus	Ernest Gold / Soundtrack
March 13
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 for a Summer Night	Various Artists
July 31	Stars for 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

See also

• 1961 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)