List of number-one hits of 1961 (Mexico)

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This is a list of the songs that reached number one in Mexico in 1961, according to Billboard magazine with data provided by Audiomusica.

Contents

Chart history

Issue DateSongArtistRef
April 8"Mi pueblo" César Costa [1]
April 21"Chica alborotada" Los Locos del Ritmo [2]
April 28"Creí" Juan Mendoza [3]
May 5"Suspenso infernal" Los Dandys [4]
May 12"Más allá" Los Tres Diamantes [5]
May 19"Ay, mexicanita" Julio Jaramillo [6]
May 26"Y..." Javier Solís [7]
June 5"Escándalo" Marco Antonio Muñiz [8]
June 12 [9]
June 19 [10]
June 26"Presumida" Los Teen Tops [11]
July 3 [12]
July 10 [13]
July 17 [14]
July 24
July 31"Escándalo"Marco Antonio Muñiz/Javier Solís/Juan Mendoza [15]
August 7 [16]
August 14"Agujetas de color de rosa" Los Hooligans [17]
August 21 [18]
August 28 [19]
September 4"Escándalo"Marco Antonio Muñiz/Javier Solís [20]
September 11 [21]
September 18"Agujetas de color de rosa"Los Hooligans [22]
September 25 [23]
October 2 [24]
October 9"Escándalo"Marco Antonio Muñiz/Javier Solís
October 16"Agujetas de color de rosa"Los Hooligans [25]
October 23 [26]
October 30 [27]
November 6"Popotitos"Los Teen Tops [28]
November 13 [29]
November 20 [30]
November 27 [31]
December 4 [32]
December 11 [33]
December 18 [34]
December 25 [35]
December 30 [36]

By country of origin

Number-one artists:

Country of originNumber of artistsArtists
Mexico9César Costa
Los Locos del Ritmo
Juan Mendoza
Los Dandys
Los Tres Diamantes
Javier Solís
Marco Antonio Muñiz
Los Teen Tops
Los Hooligans
Ecuador 1Julio Jaramillo

Number-one compositions (it denotes the country of origin of the song's composer[s]; in case the song is a cover of another one, the name of the original composition is provided in parentheses):

Country of originNumber of compositionsCompositions
Mexico3"Creí"
"Suspenso infernal"
"Escándalo"
United States 3"Chica alborotada" ("Tallahassee Lassie")
"Agujetas de color de rosa" ("Pink Shoelaces")
"Popotitos" ("Bony Moronie")
Canada 1"Mi pueblo" ("My Hometown")
Italy 1"Más allá" ("Al di lá")
Ecuador1"Ay, mexicanita"
Dominican Republic 1"Y..."
United Kingdom 1"Presumida" ("High Class Baby")

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