Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Tamthebam 
- Chart updated: 12/12/2025 16:15
- (Created: 04/10/2016 13:20).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,211
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Year of Release:
1956
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1,387
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1955 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1958 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1959 | 25 | 25% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Frank Sinatra | 8 | 8% | |
| Billie Holiday | 6 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 5% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 4% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 4 | 4% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 4 | 4% | |
| Charles Mingus | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 2 from 100th to 98thKing Creole by Elvis Presley |
| Up 1 from 98th to 97thDown And Out Blues by Sonny Boy Williamson |
| Up 1 from 97th to 96thOdetta Sings Ballads And Blues by Odetta |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 96th to 100thLightnin' Hopkins by Lightnin' Hopkins |
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| ! | 03/14/2025 12:20 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/26/2020 04:44 | TheKing | 78 | 90/100 |
| ! | 04/12/2020 11:01 | Seventiesfan | 26 | 92/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2020 09:42 | DJENNY | 4,365 | 100/100 |
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From Seventiesfan 04/12/2020 11:01 | #249836
Great 1950s chart! I haven't made my own chart for this decade yet but I would imagine I would have many of the same albums. Really good to see Sarah Vaughan doing well too.
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