The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1961, as well as albums which peaked in 1960 or 1962 but were in the top 10 in 1960. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked between 1958 and 1960 but still in chart in 1961.♦Album released in 1961 but peaked in 1962.(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rankEnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Single ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 1956 112Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡Various artists 1 3Albums in 1958 276South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ Various artists 1 115Albums in 1959 43The Buddy Holly Story ‡ Buddy Holly and The Crickets 2 1Albums in 1960 55Oliver!Original London Cast 4 1 28Me and My Shadows ‡Cliff Richard and The Shadows 2 6 5The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers ‡The Everly Brothers 4 1 13The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart ‡Bob Newhart 2 2 120The Black and White Minstrel Show 1 9 25The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion ‡Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus 3 2 9Peter and SophiaPeter Sellers & Sophia Loren 5 2 49G.I. BluesElvis Presley 1 22 5Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway ‡Johnny Mathis 6 1 7Party Time ‡Russ Conway 7 3Albums in 1961 16AdamAdam Faith 5 1 22Nice 'n' EasyFrank Sinatra 4 4 1Glenn Miller Plays Selections From The Glenn Miller StoryGlenn Miller 10 1 5Song Without End: Original SoundtrackVarious Artists 8 1 12A Date With the Everly BrothersThe Everly Brothers 3 1 1ShirleyShirley Bassey 9 1 1Huckleberry Hound: Original Television SoundtrackVarious artists 10 1 6$1,000,000.00 Worth of TwangDuane Eddy 5 1 19Listen to Cliff!Cliff Richard 2 1 11Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Original SoundtrackVarious artists 6 3 16His Hand in MineElvis Presley 3 1 2The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 1Chris Barber and Acker Bilk 4 9 7The Music ManOriginal London Cast 8 3 12The Sound of MusicOriginal Broadway Cast 4 2 6TonyAnthony Newley 5 1 37The Sound of MusicOriginal London Cast 3 1 7When Your Lover Has GoneFrank Sinatra 6 1 1The Student Prince/The Vagabond KingJohn Hanson 9 1 51The Shadows 1 5 2Hell Bent for LeatherFrankie Laine 7 1 4Halfway to ParadiseBilly Fury 5 1 2Stop the World – I Want to Get OffOriginal London Cast 8 2 2Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!!Frank Sinatra 6 1 24Another Black and White Minstrel Show 1 8 821 TodayCliff Richard 1 1 7That'll Be the DayBuddy Holly 5 1 10Something for EverybodyElvis Presley 2 2 4Sinatra SwingsFrank Sinatra 8 3 2The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 2 ♦Chris Barber and Acker Bilk 8 1 1Sinatra Plus Frank Sinatra 7 1 47Blue Hawaii ♦Elvis Presley 1 18 26The Roaring 20's: Songs from the TV Series Dorothy Provine 3 2 30The Young Ones ♦Cliff Richard 1 6 1Christmas Carols Temple Church Choir 8 1 4Ring-a-Ding-Ding! ♦Frank Sinatra 8 1
See also 1961 in British music List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)
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External links 1961 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)