Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1961

This is a list of Billboard magazine's top Hot 100 songs of 1961.

[1] The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 6, 1962, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1961.

Elvis Presley had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1961.
Chubby Checker had three songs on the Year-End Hot 100.