Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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RockyRaccoon 
- Chart updated: 10/14/2025 17:15
- (Created: 07/12/2017 17:28).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
1,143
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1958
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5,554
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,236
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,411
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,580
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,876
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,063
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,215
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
597
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[First added to this chart: 07/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
611
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1954 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1955 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1957 | 22 | 22% | |
| 1958 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1959 | 23 | 23% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Miles Davis | 5 | 5% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 4 | 4% | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | 3 | 3% | |
| Bud Powell | 3 | 3% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 3 | 3% | |
| Lee Morgan | 3 | 3% | |
| Art Farmer | 2 | 2% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 79th to 80th Django by The Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Down 1 from 80th to 81st Modern Art by Art Farmer |
| Down 1 from 81st to 82nd Before Dawn by Yusef Lateef |
| New entries |
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| LD + 3 by Lou Donaldson With The Three Sounds |
| Leavers |
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| Afro-Cuban (1957) by Kenny Dorham |
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