Top 43 Music Albums of 1961
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Norman Bates 
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- Chart updated: 09/27/2025 21:45
- (Created: 05/07/2012 21:30).
- Chart size: 43 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/26/2012]
Year of Release:
1961
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Rank Score:
980
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[First added to this chart: 05/07/2012]
Year of Release:
1961
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Rank Score:
1,743
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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2019]
Year of Release:
1961
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Rank Score:
688
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2012]
Year of Release:
1961
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2,888
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[First added to this chart: 08/26/2016]
Year of Release:
1961
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Rank Score:
614
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[First added to this chart: 09/13/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 04/17/2014]
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Top 43 Music Albums of 1961 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| John Coltrane | 4 | 9% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 2 | 5% | |
| Louis Armstrong / Duke Ellington | 1 | 2% | |
| Sam Larner | 1 | 2% | |
| Abbey Lincoln | 1 | 2% | |
| The Jimmy Giuffre 3 | 1 | 2% | |
| The Miles Davis Sextet | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 43 Music Albums of 1961 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 1 from 37th to 36thOut Of This World by Pepper Adams Donald Byrd Quintet |
| Up 1 from 36th to 35thBags & Trane by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane |
| Up 1 from 35th to 34thSomeday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 18 from 19th to 37thL'étonnant Serge Gainsbourg by Serge Gainsbourg |
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