Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1961

This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1961. Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. It was released in January 1961, entered the Top 40 on Billboard's country and western chart on April 3, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the chart. George Jones had two records that finished in the year's Top 5 records: "The Window Up Above" spent 34 weeks on the chart and ranked No. 3 on the year-end chart; and "Tender Years" spent 32 weeks on the chart and ranked No. 4 for the year.

Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1961

This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1961. Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. It was released in January 1961, entered the Top 40 on Billboard's country and western chart on April 3, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the chart. George Jones had two records that finished in the year's Top 5 records: "The Window Up Above" spent 34 weeks on the chart and ranked No. 3 on the year-end chart; and "Tender Years" spent 32 weeks on the chart and ranked No. 4 for the year.