Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Hayden 
- Chart updated: 12/11/2025 11:45
- (Created: 12/04/2011 21:53).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/29/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,388
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[First added to this chart: 03/05/2012]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,065
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2014]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
894
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2013]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,495
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[First added to this chart: 07/06/2018]
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[First added to this chart: 02/19/2012]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,922
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[First added to this chart: 10/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1958
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1,295
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[First added to this chart: 02/07/2018]
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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 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1954 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1955 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1956 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1958 | 19 | 19% | |
| 1959 | 27 | 27% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Various Artists | 5 | 5% | |
| Billie Holiday | 4 | 4% | |
| Ravi Shankar | 2 | 2% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 2% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 2% | |
| Glenn Gould | 2 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 2% | |
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64 | 64% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 10 from 100th to 90th Billie Holiday At Jazz At The Philharmonic by Billie Holiday |
| Up 9 from 81st to 72nd Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker |
| Up 9 from 32nd to 23rd Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 27 from 68th to 95th Jamaican Folk Songs by Louise Bennett |
| Down 27 from 71st to 98th Relaxed Piano Moods by Hazel Scott |
| Down 24 from 73rd to 97th Debut Surbahar Recital by Annapurna Devi |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/29/2020 08:49 |  ExTeaSea | 244 | 89/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2018 16:11 |  Repo | 561 | 100/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2014 15:24 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/27/2013 18:01 |  Antonio-Pedro | 563 | 90/100 |
| ! | 03/23/2012 00:17 | BlueNote | 92 | 74/100 |
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From ExTeaSea 04/29/2020 08:50 | #250657
ExTeaSea 04/29/2020 08:50 | #250657
I should check out this chart if I want more recommendations for the fifties. Thanks again.
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From Antonio-Pedro 10/27/2013 18:01 | #89469
Antonio-Pedro 10/27/2013 18:01 | #89469
Jazz Blues what a great decade
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CellarDoor 12/04/2011 22:17 | #32009
CellarDoor 12/04/2011 22:17 | #32009
My jazz albums are better than yours :P
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