Top 25 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 06/18/2021 19:45
- (Created: 01/21/2017 07:29).
- Chart size: 25 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,590
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,619
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[First added to this chart: 08/04/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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1,127
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Top 25 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1955 | 3 | 12% | |
| 1956 | 3 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 6 | 24% | |
| 1958 | 4 | 16% | |
| 1959 | 8 | 32% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Miles Davis | 3 | 12% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 3 | 12% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 2 | 8% | |
| Chuck Berry | 1 | 4% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 1 | 4% | |
| Little Richard | 1 | 4% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 4% | |
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Top 25 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 4 from 11th to 7th Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan |
| Up 3 from 12th to 9th Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis |
| Up 2 from 14th to 12th Sarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan With George Treadwell And His All Stars |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 5 from 8th to 13th Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus |
| Down 5 from 9th to 14th The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8th Ellington At Newport by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra |
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