Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s by 
calsper 
- Chart updated: 04/20/2015 11:15
- (Created: 04/14/2015 23:57).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
23,612
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168
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
5,171
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,646
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,498
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,841
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,690
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,559
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
Appears in:
Rank Score:
881
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,666
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[First added to this chart: 04/14/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,254
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1954 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1955 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1957 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1958 | 24 | 24% | |
| 1959 | 26 | 26% |
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| Ella Fitzgerald | 9 | 9% | |
| Miles Davis | 8 | 8% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 6 | 6% | |
| Billie Holiday | 5 | 5% | |
| The Louvin Brothers | 4 | 4% | |
| Dinah Washington | 4 | 4% | |
| Ray Charles | 3 | 3% | |
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86 | 86% | |
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From WayneMC 11/14/2016 17:45
Only managed a Top 50 myself. I will investigate some of the albums in your chart that I don't own. Where's Toto? Weren't they around in the 50s?
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