List of Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums number ones of 1945

The King Cole Trio had the first number-one album of the chart with their self-titled album, which spent twelve weeks atop.
The King Cole Trio (pictured in 1947) had the first number-one album of the chart with their self-titled album. Furthermore, it was the longest reigning album on the chart with 12 non-consecutive weeks.
Glenn Miller's Orchestra topped the chart for eight weeks with Glenn Miller.
The compilation album Glenn Miller by Glenn Miller's Orchestra (pictured in 1941) topped the charts for a total of eight weeks during the year.
Bing Crosby was the only solo artist with two albums atop the chart.
Bing Crosby (pictured in 1951) was the only solo artist with two albums atop the chart.

Billboard published its first popular albums chart, at the time known as Best-Selling Popular Record Albums, in 1945. The chart was first published in the magazine dated March 24 and included ten positions, "based on reports received from more than 200 dealers" throughout the United States. In the 40 weeks that followed, eight albums by five different artists reached the top.

The first number-one album on the chart was the King Cole Trio's self-titled debut released by Capitol. It topped the charts for three weeks until it was replaced by the soundtrack of Song of Norway, an operetta, written by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The soundtrack reached number one for one more week in May. Glenn Miller, a compilation album recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra released posthumously by Victor, topped the charts for two weeks in May and later in summer for an additional six weeks. The album was certified gold 23 years after its release by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 or more units.

The second album credited to an original cast to top the chart was Carousel, released by Decca. The musical was composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein and was atop for six consecutive weeks in August and September. Bing Crosby was the only artist to have two albums atop the chart: Selections from Going My Way for six weeks and Merry Christmas for four weeks. The latter album was certified gold by the RIAA in November 1970. The King Cole Trio was the longest reigning album of the year with 12 weeks at number one, followed by Glenn Miller with seven weeks. Albums released by Decca topped the charts for a total of 18 weeks, followed by Capitol at 17 weeks and Victor for 9 weeks.

Chart history

Issue date Album Artist(s) Ref.
March 24 The King Cole Trio The King Cole Trio
March 31
April 7
April 14 Song of Norway Original cast
April 21 The King Cole Trio The King Cole Trio
April 28
May 5 Song of Norway Original cast
May 12 Glenn Miller Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
May 19
May 19 The King Cole Trio The King Cole Trio
May 26
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30 Glenn Miller Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4 The King Cole Trio The King Cole Trio
August 11 Glenn Miller Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
August 11 Carousel Original cast
August 18
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 15 Boogie Woogie Freddie Slack
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20 Selections from Going My Way Bing Crosby
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1 On the Moon-Beam Vaughn Monroe
December 8 Merry Christmas Bing Crosby
December 15
December 22
December 29

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