Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 12/07/2014 01:45
- (Created: 12/06/2014 15:57).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
22,210
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,606
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,919
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,051
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,495
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
6,401
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1958
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,881
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Buy album
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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,870
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1954 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1955 | 3 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 7 | 14% | |
| 1957 | 12 | 24% | |
| 1958 | 11 | 22% | |
| 1959 | 10 | 20% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Miles Davis | 3 | 6% | |
| John Coltrane | 2 | 4% | |
| Curtis Fuller | 2 | 4% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 4% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 2 | 4% | |
| The Cannonball Adderley Quintet | 1 | 2% | |
| Lennie Tristano | 1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 10 from 28th to 18thArt Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section by Art Pepper |
| Up 5 from 19th to 14thHorace Silver And The Jazz Messengers by Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers |
| Up 5 from 18th to 13thA Blowin' Session by Johnny Griffin |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 30 from 10th to 40thBirth Of The Cool by Miles Davis |
| Down 30 from 16th to 46thMiles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19 |
| Down 22 from 13th to 35thCurtis Fuller Volume 3 by Curtis Fuller |
| New entries |
|---|
| Blues-ette by Curtis Fuller |
| Django by The Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown by J.J. Johnson |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Byrd In Hand by Donald Byrd |
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