List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1961
These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1961.
That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Bert Kaempfert, The Shirelles, Lawrence Welk, The Marcels, Del Shannon, Ernie K-Doe, Roy Orbison, Gary U.S. Bonds, Bobby Lewis, Joe Dowell, The Highwaymen, Bobby Vee, Dion, Jimmy Dean, The Marvelettes, and The Tokens. Pat Boone, despite having most of his songs hit number one prior to the creation of the Hot 100, earns his first number one song on the chart.
| The yellow background indicates the #1 song on Billboard's 1961 Year-End Chart of Pop Singles. |