This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1941 according to The Billboard .
The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales.
The new chart was advertised as a trade service feature, based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York to Los Angeles.
Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1941.
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | "Frenesi" | Artie Shaw and His Orchestra | [1] |
| January 11 | [2] | ||
| January 18 | [3] | ||
| January 25 | [4] | ||
| February 1 | [5] | ||
| February 8 | [6] | ||
| February 15 | [7] | ||
| February 22 | [8] | ||
| March 1 | [9] | ||
| March 8 | [10] | ||
| March 15 | "Song of the Volga Boatmen" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra | [11] |
| March 22 | "Frenesi" | Artie Shaw and His Orchestra | [12] |
| March 29 | "Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell | [13] |
| April 5 | [14] | ||
| April 12 | [15] | ||
| April 19 | [16] | ||
| April 26 | [17] | ||
| May 3 | [18] | ||
| May 10 | [19] | ||
| May 17 | [20] | ||
| May 24 | [21] | ||
| May 31 | [22] | ||
| June 7 | "My Sister and I" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly | [23] |
| June 14 | "Maria Elena" | [24] | |
| June 21 | "Daddy" | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with the Kaye Choir | [25] |
| June 28 | "My Sister and I" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly | [26] |
| July 5 | "Maria Elena" | [27] | |
| July 12 | "Daddy" | Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye with the Kaye Choir | [28] |
| July 19 | [29] | ||
| July 26 | [30] | ||
| August 2 | [31] | ||
| August 9 | [32] | ||
| August 16 | [33] | ||
| August 23 | [34] | ||
| August 30 | "Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell | [35] |
| September 6 | [36] | ||
| September 13 | [37] | ||
| September 20 | [38] | ||
| September 27 | "Blue Champagne" | Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly | [39] |
| October 4 | "Piano Concerto in B Flat" | Freddy Martin and His Orchestra | [40] |
| October 11 | [41] | ||
| October 18 | [42] | ||
| October 25 | [43] | ||
| November 1 | [44] | ||
| November 8 | [45] | ||
| November 15 | [46] | ||
| November 22 | [47] | ||
| November 29 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires | [48] |
| December 6 | [49] | ||
| December 13 | [50] | ||
| December 20 | "Elmer's Tune" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires | [51] |
| December 27 | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires | [52] |