List of Billboard number-one albums of 1949

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums from 1949.

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 1	Merry Christmas	Bing Crosby	Decca	^[1]
January 8				^[2]
January 15				^[3]
January 22	Vaughn Monroe Sings	Vaughn Monroe	RCA Victor	^[4]
January 29	Roses in Rhythm	Frankie Carle	Columbia	^[5]
February 5	Vaughn Monroe Sings	Vaughn Monroe	RCA Victor	^[6]
February 12	Words and Music	Soundtrack	MGM	^[7]
February 19				^[8]
February 26				^[9]
March 5				^[10]
March 12				^[11]
March 19	Kiss Me, Kate	Original Cast	Columbia	^[12]
March 26	Words and Music	Soundtrack	MGM	^[13]
April 2	Kiss Me, Kate	Original Cast	Columbia	^[14]
April 9				^[15]
April 16				^[16]
April 23				^[17]
April 30				^[18]
May 7				^[19]
May 14				^[20]
May 21				^[21]
May 28				^[22]
June 4	South Pacific	Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza	Columbia	^[23]
June 11				^[24]
June 18				^[25]
June 25				^[26]
July 2				^[27]
July 9				^[28]
July 16				^[29]
July 23				^[30]
July 30				^[31]
August 6				^[32]
August 13				^[33]
August 20				^[34]
August 27				^[35]
September 3				^[36]
September 10				^[37]
September 17				^[38]
September 24				^[39]
October 1				^[40]
October 8				^[41]
October 15				^[42]
October 22				^[43]
October 29				^[44]
November 5				^[45]
November 12				^[46]
November 19				^[47]
November 26				^[48]
December 3				^[49]
December 10				^[50]
December 17				^[51]
December 24	Merry Christmas	Bing Crosby	Decca	^[52]
December 31	Merry Christmas	Bing Crosby	Decca	^[53]

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