Top 75 Music Albums of the 1950s by 
RFNAPLES 
- Chart updated: 01/14/2012 13:49
- (Created: 11/18/2011 01:22).
- Chart size: 75 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1959
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23,069
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Year of Release:
1956
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5,056
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
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1955
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4,605
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,534
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1959
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3,904
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1957
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2,494
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
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1959
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7,149
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1956
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2,905
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
Year of Release:
1957
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2,721
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[First added to this chart: 11/17/2011]
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1957
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2,912
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Total albums: 75. Page 1 of 8
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Top 75 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1954 | 4 | 5% | |
| 1955 | 4 | 5% | |
| 1956 | 14 | 19% | |
| 1957 | 14 | 19% | |
| 1958 | 15 | 20% | |
| 1959 | 16 | 21% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Sinatra | 6 | 8% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 7% | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | 3 | 4% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 3 | 4% | |
| Billie Holiday | 3 | 4% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 2 | 3% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 3% | |
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Top 75 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 20 from 52nd to 32nd Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet |
| Up 20 from 37th to 17th Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely by Frank Sinatra |
| Up 18 from 51st to 33rd Porgy & Bess by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 32 from 32nd to 64th Relaxin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet |
| Down 29 from 31st to 60th Calypso by Harry Belafonte |
| Down 24 from 29th to 53rd Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington |
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