Top 12 Music Albums of 1961
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 12/08/2025 08:45
- (Created: 05/23/2019 23:56).
- Chart size: 12 albums.
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Best rhythm & blues compilation album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Best debut album of the year
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1961
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434
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Best post bop modal jazz album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/20/2021]
Year of Release:
1961
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611
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Best modern classical album of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
Best hard bop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/14/2021]
Year of Release:
1961
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Rank Score:
540
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Best delta blues archival compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/13/2021]
Year of Release:
1961
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1,721
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Best progressive big band album of the year
Best Canadian album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/21/2021]
Best Canadian album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/21/2021]
Best jazz manouche archival compilation album of the year
Best Belgian album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/14/2021]
Best Belgian album of the year [First added to this chart: 11/14/2021]
Best big band post-bop modal jazz album of the year
[First added to this chart: 11/11/2021]
Year of Release:
1961
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2,778
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Best rhythm & blues album of the year
Best pop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 12/08/2025]
Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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Top 12 Music Albums of 1961 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| John Coltrane | 2 | 17% | |
| Django Reinhardt | 1 | 8% | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | 1 | 8% | |
| Elvis Presley | 1 | 8% | |
| Ornette Coleman | 1 | 8% | |
| Patsy Cline | 1 | 8% | |
| Bobby Bland | 1 | 8% | |
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Top 12 Music Albums of 1961 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 9th to 10thSomething For Everybody by Elvis Presley |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11thFree Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12thShowcase by Patsy Cline |
| New entries |
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| The Soul Of Ike & Tina Turner by Ike & Tina Turner |
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