Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s
by pjerske 
- Chart updated: 05/02/2025 19:15
- (Created: 09/12/2013 14:54).
- Chart size: 29 albums.
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Albumrating: 9/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,867
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Albumrating: 9/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,887
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,080
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Comments:
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,914
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Buy album
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,722
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Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Buy album
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,793
Rank in 1957:
Rank in 1950s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
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Albumrating: 8/10
[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1958
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,285
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Top 29 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1952 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1954 | 2 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1956 | 6 | 21% | |
| 1957 | 6 | 21% | |
| 1958 | 4 | 14% | |
| 1959 | 8 | 28% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Thelonious Monk | 3 | 10% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 7% | |
| Ravi Shankar | 2 | 7% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 1 | 3% | |
| Mary O'Hara | 1 | 3% | |
| Shirley Collins | 1 | 3% | |
| Johnny Cash | 1 | 3% | |
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17 | 59% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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1 | 3% | |
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