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. [1] [2] [3] 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).
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | 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 rank |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1956 | ||||||
| 28 July 1956 | 112 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 29 September 1956 | 3 |
| Albums in 1958 | ||||||
| 3 May 1958 | 276 | South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ [B] | Various artists | 1 | 8 November 1958 | 115 |
| Albums in 1959 | ||||||
| 2 May 1959 | 43 | The Buddy Holly Story ‡ [C] | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | 2 | 16 May 1959 | 1 |
| Albums in 1960 | ||||||
| 10 September 1960 | 55 | Oliver! | Original London Cast | 4 | 21 October 1961 | 1 |
| 15 October 1960 | 28 | Me and My Shadows ‡ | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | 2 | 29 October 1960 | 6 |
| 22 October 1960 | 5 | The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers ‡ | The Everly Brothers | 4 | 29 October 1960 | 1 |
| 19 November 1960 | 13 | The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart ‡ | Bob Newhart | 2 | 3 December 1960 | 2 |
| 26 November 1960 | 120 | The Black and White Minstrel Show | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 29 July 1961 | 9 |
| 3 December 1960 | 25 | The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion ‡ | Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus | 3 | 17 December 1960 | 2 |
| 9 | Peter and Sophia | Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren | 5 | 14 January 1961 | 2 | |
| 10 December 1960 | 49 | G.I. Blues | Elvis Presley | 1 | 14 January 1961 | 22 |
| 5 | Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway ‡ | Johnny Mathis | 6 | 24 December 1960 | 1 | |
| 17 December 1960 | 7 | Party Time ‡ | Russ Conway | 7 | 24 December 1960 | 3 |
| Albums in 1961 | ||||||
| 7 January 1961 | 16 | Adam | Adam Faith | 5 | 28 January 1961 | 1 |
| 21 January 1961 | 22 | Nice 'n' Easy | Frank Sinatra | 4 | 11 February 1961 | 4 |
| 18 February 1961 | 1 | Glenn Miller Plays Selections From The Glenn Miller Story | Glenn Miller | 10 | 18 February 1961 | 1 |
| 25 February 1961 | 5 | Song Without End: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | 8 | 8 April 1961 | 1 |
| 4 March 1961 | 12 | A Date With the Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers | 3 | 1 April 1961 | 1 |
| 1 | Shirley | Shirley Bassey | 9 | 4 March 1961 | 1 | |
| 8 April 1961 | 1 | Huckleberry Hound: Original Television Soundtrack | Various artists | 10 | 8 April 1961 | 1 |
| 15 April 1961 | 6 | $1,000,000.00 Worth of Twang | Duane Eddy | 5 | 20 May 1961 | 1 |
| 22 April 1961 | 19 | Listen to Cliff! | Cliff Richard | 2 | 20 May 1961 | 1 |
| 6 May 1961 | 11 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 6 | 6 May 1961 | 3 |
| 20 May 1961 | 16 | His Hand in Mine | Elvis Presley | 3 | 10 June 1961 | 1 |
| 3 June 1961 | 2 | The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 1 | Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | 4 | 1 July 1961 | 9 |
| 7 | The Music Man | Original London Cast | 8 | 3 June 1961 | 3 | |
| 1 July 1961 | 12 | The Sound of Music | Original Broadway Cast | 4 | 15 July 1961 | 2 |
| 8 July 1961 | 6 | Tony | Anthony Newley | 5 | 19 August 1961 | 1 |
| 19 August 1961 | 37 | The Sound of Music | Original London Cast | 3 | 21 October 1961 | 1 |
| 26 August 1961 | 7 | When Your Lover Has Gone | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 23 September 1961 | 1 |
| 9 September 1961 | 1 | The Student Prince/The Vagabond King | John Hanson | 9 | 9 September 1961 | 1 |
| 16 September 1961 | 51 | The Shadows | The Shadows | 1 | 23 September 1961 | 5 |
| 23 September 1961 | 2 | Hell Bent for Leather | Frankie Laine | 7 | 23 September 1961 | 1 |
| 30 September 1961 | 4 | Halfway to Paradise | Billy Fury | 5 | 21 October 1961 | 1 |
| 7 October 1961 | 2 | Stop the World – I Want to Get Off | Original London Cast | 8 | 7 October 1961 | 2 |
| 14 October 1961 | 2 | Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 21 October 1961 | 1 |
| 28 October 1961 | 24 | Another Black and White Minstrel Show | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 11 November 1961 | 8 |
| 8 | 21 Today | Cliff Richard | 1 | 4 November 1961 | 1 | |
| 7 | That'll Be the Day | Buddy Holly | 5 | 4 November 1961 | 1 | |
| 4 November 1961 | 10 | Something for Everybody | Elvis Presley | 2 | 11 November 1961 | 2 |
| 4 | Sinatra Swings | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 4 November 1961 | 3 | |
| 2 December 1961 | 2 | The Best of Barber and Bilk Volume 2 ♦ | Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | 8 | 6 January 1962 | 1 |
| 9 December 1961 | 1 | Sinatra Plus | Frank Sinatra | 7 | 9 December 1961 | 1 |
| 47 | Blue Hawaii ♦ | Elvis Presley | 1 | 6 January 1962 | 18 | |
| 16 December 1961 | 26 | The Roaring 20's: Songs from the TV Series | Dorothy Provine | 3 | 30 December 1961 | 2 |
| 23 December 1961 | 30 | The Young Ones ♦ | Cliff Richard | 1 | 13 January 1962 | 6 |
| 30 December 1961 | 1 | Christmas Carols | Temple Church Choir | 8 | 30 December 1961 | 1 |
| 4 | Ring-a-Ding-Ding! ♦ | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 13 January 1962 | 1 | |
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