List of number-one singles of 1961 (France)

This is a list of the French singles & airplay chart reviews number-ones of 1961.

Number-ones by week

Week	Issue date	Artist(s)	Song	Ref.
1	2 January	Dalida	"Itsy Bitsy Petit Bikini"	^[1]
2	9 January	Johnny Hallyday	"Kili Watch"
3	16 January	André Verchuren	"Les Fiancés D'auvergne"
4	23 January	Édith Piaf	"Non, je ne regrette rien"
5	30 January
6	6 February
7	13 February	Richard Anthony	"Tu Parles Trop "
8	20 February	Richard Anthony	"Tu Parles Trop "
9	27 February	Édith Piaf	Non, je ne regrette rien"
10	6 March	Richard Anthony	"Tu Parles Trop "
11	13 March	André Verchuren [fr]	"Les Fiancés D'auvergne"
12	20 March
13	27 March
14	3 April
15	10 April
16	17 April
17	24 April
18	1 May
19	8 May
20	15 May
21	22 May
22	29 May
23	5 June
24	12 June	Édith Piaf	"Non, je ne regrette rien"
25	19 June
26	26 June
27	3 July	Jean-Claude Pascal	"Nous les amoureux"
28	10 July
29	17 July
30	24 July
31	31 July
32	7 August	André Verchuren [fr]	"Les fiancés d'Auvergne"
33	14 August
34	21 August
35	28 August	Charles Aznavour	"Il faut savoir"
36	4 September	Charles Aznavour	"Il faut savoir"
37	11 September	Les Chaussettes Noires	"Daniela"
38	18 September
39	25 September
40	2 October	Les Compagnons de la chanson	" La Marche Des Anges "
41	9 October
42	16 October
43	23 October
44	30 October
45	6 November
46	13 November	Johnny Hallyday	"Viens Danser Le Twist"
47	20 November
48	27 November
49	4 December
50	11 December	Henri Tisot	"L'Auto-circulation
51	18 December
52	25 December

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