Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Leonard 
- Chart updated: 04/10/2025 11:15
- (Created: 04/15/2015 08:22).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
22,186
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
2,603
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
4,951
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
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[First added to this chart: 04/24/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,606
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
900
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[First added to this chart: 05/01/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2015]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,611
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[First added to this chart: 06/15/2018]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1951 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1952 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1953 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1954 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1955 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1957 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1958 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1959 | 21 | 21% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miles Davis | 6 | 6% | |
| Charles Mingus | 5 | 5% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 4 | 4% | |
| Fats Domino | 3 | 3% | |
| Ray Charles | 3 | 3% | |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 3% | |
| Chuck Berry | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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78 | 78% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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