List of Billboard number-one singles of 1941

Last updated

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 dateSongArtist(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]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gene Autry</span> American actor (1907–1998)

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry, nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball owner who gained fame largely by singing in a crooning style on radio, in films, and on television for more than three decades beginning in the early 1930s. Autry was the owner of a television station and several radio stations in Southern California. He was the founding owner of the California Angels franchise of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1997.

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, online streaming, and radio play in the U.S.

The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine and is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 list in May 1967, and acquired its current name in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985) and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in Billboard magazine. Billboard biz, the online extension of the Billboard charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the Billboard Hot 100 for songs and Billboard 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the Billboard 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lady Gaga discography</span>

American singer Lady Gaga has released five solo studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, two film soundtracks, three remix albums, two compilation albums, four EPs, two live albums, 39 singles, and 14 promotional singles. Gaga made her debut in August 2008 with the studio album The Fame, which peaked at number two in the United States, where it was subsequently certified triple Platinum, while topping the charts in Austria, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its first two singles, "Just Dance" and "Poker Face", reached number one in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and for the latter, becoming the world's biggest single of the 2009 calendar year. The album spawned three more singles: "Eh, Eh ", "LoveGame" and "Paparazzi". The latter reached the top ten in many countries worldwide, and number one in Germany.

Philippines Songs is a music record chart in the Philippines, compiled by Billboard since February 2022. Updated every Tuesday on Billboard's website, the chart was announced on February 14, 2022 as part of Billboard's Hits of the World chart collection, ranking the top 25 songs weekly in more than 40 countries around the globe. This is the first local Billboard chart in the Philippines since the discontinuation of the Philippine Hot 100 and four other charts after Billboard Philippines ceased its operation for an undisclosed reason on January 15, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 27, 1940". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 4 January 1941. p. 12.
  2. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending January 3, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 11 January 1941. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending January 10, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 18 January 1941. p. 11.
  4. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending January 17, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 25 January 1941. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending January 24, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1 February 1941. p. 10.
  6. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending January 31, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 8 February 1941. p. 14.
  7. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending February 7, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 15 February 1941. p. 11.
  8. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending February 14, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 February 1941. p. 12.
  9. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending February 21, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1 March 1941. p. 11.
  10. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending February 28, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 8 March 1941. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending March 7, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 15 March 1941. p. 11.
  12. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending March 14, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 March 1941. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending March 21, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 29 March 1941. p. 10.
  14. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending March 28, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 5 April 1941. p. 13.
  15. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending April 3, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 12 April 1941. p. 19.
  16. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending April 11, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 19 April 1941. p. 11.
  17. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending April 18, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 26 April 1941. p. 12.
  18. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending April 25, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 3 May 1941. p. 13.
  19. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending May 2, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 10 May 1941. p. 12.
  20. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending May 9, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 17 May 1941. p. 11.
  21. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending May 16, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 24 May 1941. p. 10.
  22. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending May 23, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 31 May 1941. p. 11.
  23. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending May 30, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 7 June 1941. p. 10.
  24. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending June 6, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 14 June 1941. p. 12.
  25. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending June 13, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 21 June 1941. p. 12.
  26. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending June 20, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 28 June 1941. p. 10.
  27. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending June 27, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 5 July 1941. p. 11.
  28. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending July 4, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 12 July 1941. p. 10.
  29. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending July 11, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 19 July 1941. p. 10.
  30. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending July 18, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 26 July 1941. p. 11.
  31. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending July 25, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 2 August 1941. p. 10.
  32. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending August 1, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 9 August 1941. p. 10.
  33. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending August 8, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 16 August 1941. p. 11.
  34. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending August 15, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 23 August 1941. p. 10.
  35. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending August 21, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 30 August 1941. p. 16.
  36. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending August 29, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 6 September 1941. p. 10.
  37. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending September 5, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 13 September 1941. p. 10.
  38. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending September 12, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 September 1941. p. 11.
  39. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending September 19, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 27 September 1941. p. 11.
  40. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending September 26, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 4 October 1941. p. 11.
  41. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending October 3, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 11 October 1941. p. 10.
  42. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending October 10, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 18 October 1941. p. 11.
  43. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending October 17, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 25 October 1941. p. 10.
  44. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending October 24, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1 November 1941. p. 12.
  45. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending October 31, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 8 November 1941. p. 10.
  46. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending November 7, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 15 November 1941. p. 12.
  47. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending November 14, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 22 November 1941. p. 12.
  48. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending November 21, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 29 November 1941. p. 12.
  49. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending November 28, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 6 December 1941. p. 10.
  50. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 5, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 13 December 1941. p. 12.
  51. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 12, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 20 December 1941. p. 10.
  52. ↑ "Music Popularity Chart – Week Ending December 19, 1941". The Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio. 27 December 1941. p. 36.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.