BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S TOP ALBUMS OF 1960 (MAGAZINE’S CHART)
No. Album-Recording Act-Peak Month 1 SOUND OF MUSIC-ORIGINAL CAST-MARCH 2 INSIDE SHELLEY BERMAN-Shelley Berman-January 3 BUTTON DOWN MIND OF BOB NEWHART-August 4 60 YEARS OF MUSIC AMERICA LOVES BEST-VARIOUS ARTISTS-March 5 HERE WE GO AGAIN-KINGSTON TRIO-January 6 SOLD OUT-KINGSTON TRIO-May 7 HEAVENLY-JOHNNY MATHIS-January 8 SOUTH PACIFIC-Soundtrack-January 9 FAITHFULLY-Johnny Mathis-March 10 OUTSIDE SHELLEY Berman-Shelley Berman-January 11 String Along-Kingston Trio 12 Belafonte At Carnegie Hall-Harry Belafonte-April 13 Theme From A Summer Place-Billy Vaughn-May 14 Elvis Is Back-Elvis Presley-June 15 Italian Favorites-Connie Francis-April 16 From The Hungry "I"-Kingston Trio-January 17 Fabulous Fabian-January 18 Nice And Easy-Frank Sinatra-November 19 Encore Of Golden Hits-Platters-May 20 The Kingston Trio At Large-Kingston Trio-January 21 Music From Mr.Lucky-Henry Mancini-July 22 My Fair Lady-Original Cast-January 23 Gunfighter Ballads-Marty Robbins-January 24 Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis-January 25 Let's All Sing Along With The Chipmunks-January 26 Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller-January 27 Kingston Trio-Kingston Trio-January 28 That's All-Bobby Darin-March 29 Gigi-Soundtrack-January 30 Oldies But Goodies Volume I-Various Artists-March 31 The Music Man-Original Cast-January 32 This Is Darin-Bobby Darin-April 33 Can Can-Soundtrack-August 34 The Lord's Prayer-Mormon Tabernacle Choir-January 35 Johnny's Moods-Johnny Mathis-October 36 South Pacific-Original Cast-January 37 More Johnny's Greatest Hits-Johnny Mathis-January 38 Edge Of Shelly Berman-Shelly Berman-August 39 Lanza Sings Caruso:Caruso Favorites- Mario Lanza-June 40 Swingin' On A Rainbow-Frankie Avalon-January 41 Hymns-Tennessee Ernie Ford-January 41(tie) Paul Anka Sings His Big 15-Paul Anka-August 43 Ben Hur-Soundtrack-August 44 Rejoice Dear Hearts-Brother David Gardner-October 45 Woody Woodbury's Look At Love & Life-Woody Woodbury-August 46 Come Dance With Me-Frank Sinatra-January 47 Persuasive Percussion,Volume I-Enoch Light,Terry Snyder & The All Stars-August 48 Brenda Lee-Brenda Lee-August 49 Party Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller-January 50 More Sing Along With Mitch-Mitch Miller-June