Top US Billboard 200 Stereo Albums - Year-end 1961

The best-selling stereo album of 1961 in United States is a soundtrack THE SOUND OF MUSIC (ORIGINAL CAST).

RankArtistAlbumReleased
1 SOUNDTRACK THE SOUND OF MUSIC (ORIGINAL CAST) 1959
2 LAWRENCE WELK CALCUTTA ALBUM 1961
3 SOUNDTRACK EXODUS 1961
4 SOUNDTRACK CAMELOT (ORIGINAL CAST) 1960
5 VARIOUS ARTISTS GREAT MOTION PICTURE THEMES 1961
6 MANTOVANI MUSIC FROM EXODUS AND OTHER GREAT THEMES 1961
7 HARRY BELAFONTE BELAFONTE AT CARNEGIE HALL 1959
8 MITCH MILLER & THE GANG SING ALONG WITH MITCH 1958
9 TERRY SNYDER & THE ALL STARS PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION, VOL. 1 1961
10 ENOCH LIGHT PROVOCATIVE PERCUSSION VOL. I 1959
11 SOUNDTRACK SOUTH PACIFIC 1958
12 ELVIS PRESLEY G.I. BLUES (SOUNDTRACK) 1960
13 VARIOUS ARTISTS STARS FOR A SUMMER NIGHT 1961
14 SOUNDTRACK MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL CAST) 1956
15 FRANK SINATRA ALL THE WAY 1961
16 MITCH MILLER & THE GANG HAPPY TIMES SING ALONG 1961
17 MITCH MILLER & THE GANG TV SING ALONG WITH MITCH 1961
18 LIMELITERS TONIGHT IN PERSON 1961
19 SOUNDTRACK CARNIVAL 1961
20 SOUNDTRACK NEVER ON SUNDAY 1961
21 KINGSTON TRIO MAKE WAY 1961
22 SOUNDTRACK UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN 1961
23 RAY CONNIFF MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS 1960
24 SOUNDTRACK WILDCAT 1961
25 KINGSTON TRIO GOIN' PLACES 1961
26 BILLY VAUGHN ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL AND WHEELS 1961
27 EDDIE HARRIS EXODUS TO JAZZ 1961
28 SOUNDTRACK WEST SIDE STORY 1961
29 SOUNDTRACK OKLAHOMA! 1955
30 RAY CONNIFF SAY IT WITH MUSIC 1961
31 JUDY GARLAND JUDY AT CARNEGIE HALL 1961
32 COMMAND ALL STARS PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION VOL. III 1961
33 BERT KAEMPFERT WONDERLAND BY NIGHT 1960
34 RAY CHARLES GENIUS PLUS SOUL EQUALS JAZZ 1961
35 ELVIS PRESLEY SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY 1961
36 ARTHUR LYMAN YELLOW BIRD 1961
37 LAWRENCE WELK YELLOW BIRD 1961
38 FRANK SINATRA SINATRA SWINGS 1961
39 MITCH MILLER & THE GANG PARTY SING ALONG WITH MITCH 1959
40 LOS ADMIRADORES BONGOS 1961
41 FRANK SINATRA RING-A-DING DING 1961
42 COMMAND ALL STARS PERSUASIVE PERCUSSION VOL. II 1961
43 ENOCH LIGHT PROVOCATIVE PERCUSSION VOL. II 1961
44 JOHNNY MATHIS PORTRAIT OF JOHNNY 1961
45 FRANK SINATRA SINATRA'S SWINGIN' SESSION 1961
46 FRANK SINATRA COME SWING WITH ME 1961
47 SOUNDTRACK BEN-HUR 1961
48 AL HIRT AL HIRT GREATEST HORN IN THE WORLD 1961
49 MITCH MILLER & THE GANG MEMORIES SING ALONG WITH MITCH 1960
50 DAVE BRUBECK TIME OUT 1959

Source: Billboard