Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Helios 
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- Chart updated: 10/02/2023 17:15
- (Created: 11/04/2015 00:43).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1958
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588
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,229
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[First added to this chart: 04/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1958
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872
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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2021]
[First added to this chart: 05/22/2021]
[First added to this chart: 05/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1958
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595
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[First added to this chart: 05/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1958
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Total albums: 12. Page 1 of 2
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1951 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1952 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1953 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1954 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1956 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1957 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1958 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1959 | 13 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Machito | 2 | 2% | |
| Elvis Presley | 2 | 2% | |
| Charlie Parker | 2 | 2% | |
| Stan Kenton | 2 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 2 | 2% | |
| Hank Williams | 2 | 2% | |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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76 | 76% | |
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8 | 8% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 19th to 21stChante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 by Georges Brassens |
| Down 2 from 20th to 22ndThe Great Caruso by Mario Lanza |
| Down 2 from 21st to 23rdMoanin' The Blues by Hank Williams |
| New entries |
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| Exotica by Martin Denny |
| Primitiva by Martin Denny |
| Leavers |
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| Nagauta Music And Original Music And Arrangements From Older Classics by The Azuma Kabuki Musicians |
| Bird & Diz by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie |
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