List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946
Number-ones

List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1946

Section Title: Number-ones
Table Section Text: None

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.

January 5	Merry Christmas	Bing Crosby	Decca

January 12

January 19	On the Moon-Beam	Vaughn Monroe	RCA Victor

January 26

February 2

February 9

February 16

February 23	State Fair	Dick Haymes	Decca

March 2

March 9

March 16

March 23	The Bells of St. Mary's	Bing Crosby

March 30

April 6	The Voice of Frank Sinatra	Frank Sinatra	Columbia

April 13

April 20

April 27

May 4

May 11

May 18

May 25	Benny Goodman Sextet	Benny Goodman Sextet

June 1

June 8	Glenn Miller	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	RCA Victor

June 15	Benny Goodman Sextet	Benny Goodman Sextet	Columbia

June 22	Glenn Miller	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	RCA Victor

June 29

July 6

July 13

July 20	Dancing in the Dark	Carmen Cavallaro	Decca

July 27

August 3

August 10

August 17	King Cole Trio, Volume 2	King Cole Trio	Capitol

August 24

August 31	Cole Porter Review	David Rose & His Orchestra	RCA Victor

September 7

September 14	King Cole Trio, Volume 2	King Cole Trio	Capitol

September 21

September 28	The Ink Spots	The Ink Spots	Decca

October 5

October 12

October 19

October 26

November 2

November 9

November 16	Merry Christmas Music	Perry Como	RCA Victor

November 23	Merry Christmas	Bing Crosby	Decca

November 30

December 7

December 14

December 21

December 28

Sentence(s)

The first album atop the chart was Merry Christmas, a compilation album of Bing Crosby, released by Decca.

final_sentence: The first album atop the chart was Merry Christmas, a compilation album of Bing Crosby, released by Decca.