Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 10/18/2019 15:45
- (Created: 02/14/2015 22:50).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,236
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,498
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,388
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1951
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Rank Score:
608
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
784
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[First added to this chart: 10/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
1,295
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1951 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1954 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1955 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1956 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1957 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1958 | 22 | 22% | |
| 1959 | 18 | 18% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Billie Holiday | 11 | 11% | |
| Miles Davis | 10 | 10% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 8 | 8% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 7 | 7% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 5 | 5% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 5 | 5% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 4 | 4% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 12 from 26th to 14th Blue Haze by Miles Davis |
| Up 8 from 18th to 10th Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely by Frank Sinatra |
| Up 3 from 5th to 2nd Vertigo by Bernard Herrmann |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 48 from 25th to 73rd Satch Plays Fats by Louis Armstrong |
| Down 48 from 27th to 75th Stay With Me by Billie Holiday |
| Down 36 from 17th to 53rd Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet |
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