List of Billboard number-one singles of 1941

This is a list of number-one songs in the United States during the year 1941 according to The Billboard.

The National Best Selling Retail Records chart was the first to poll retailers nationwide on record sales.

The new chart was advertised as a trade service feature, based on the "10 best selling records of the past week" at a selection of national retailers from New York to Los Angeles.

Shown is a list of songs that topped the National Best Selling Retail Records chart in 1941.

Issue dateSongArtist(s)January 4"Frenesi"Artie Shaw and His Orchestrahttps://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-01-04.pdfJanuary 11https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-01-11.pdfJanuary 18https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-01-18.pdfJanuary 25https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-01-25.pdfFebruary 1https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-02-01i.pdfFebruary 8https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-02-08.pdfFebruary 15https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-02-15.pdfFebruary 22https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-02-22i.pdfMarch 1https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-01i.pdfMarch 8https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-08i.pdfMarch 15"Song of the Volga Boatmen"Glenn Miller and His Orchestrahttps://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-15i.pdfMarch 22"Frenesi"Artie Shaw and His Orchestra https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-22i.pdfMarch 29"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-03-29i.pdfApril 5https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-04-05.pdfApril 12 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-04-12.pdfApril 19 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-04-19.pdfApril 26 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-04-26.pdfMay 3 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-05-03i.pdfMay 10 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-05-10.pdfMay 17 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-05-17i.pdfMay 24 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-05-24i.pdfMay 31 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-05-31i.pdfJune 7"My Sister and I"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-06-07.pdfJune 14"Maria Elena" https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-06-14.pdfJune 21"Daddy"Sammy Kaye with the Kaye Choir https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-06-21.pdfJune 28"My Sister and I"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-06-28.pdfJuly 5"Maria Elena" https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-07-05.pdfJuly 12"Daddy"Sammy Kaye with the Kaye Choir https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-07-12.pdfJuly 19 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-07-19.pdfJuly 26 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-07-26.pdfAugust 2 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-02.pdfAugust 9 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-09.pdfAugust 16 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-16.pdfAugust 23 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-23.pdfAugust 30"Green Eyes (Aquellos Ojos Verdes)"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Helen O'Connell https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-08-30.pdfSeptember 6 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-09-06.pdfSeptember 13 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-09-13.pdfSeptember 20 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-09-20.pdfSeptember 27"Blue Champagne"Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-09-27.pdfOctober 4"Piano Concerto in B Flat"Freddy Martin and His Orchestra https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-10-04.pdfOctober 11 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-10-11.pdfOctober 18 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-10-18.pdfOctober 25 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-10-25.pdfNovember 1 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-11-01.pdfNovember 8 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-11-08.pdfNovember 15 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-11-15.pdfNovember 22 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-11-22.pdfNovember 29"Chattanooga Choo Choo"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-11-29.pdfDecember 6 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-12-06.pdfDecember 13 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-12-13.pdfDecember 20"Elmer's Tune"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-12-20.pdfDecember 27"Chattanooga Choo Choo"Glenn Miller and His Orchestra with Tex Beneke and the Four Modernaires https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1941/BB-1941-12-27.pdf

Number-one artists +List of number-one artists by total weeks at number oneArtistWeeks at #1Jimmy Dorsey19Artie Shaw11Freddy Martin8Sammy KayeGlenn Miller6

See also 1941 in music

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