Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s
by weston 
- Chart updated: 07/11/2024 17:45
- (Created: 09/07/2017 16:30).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,227
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[First added to this chart: 09/30/2019]
[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,062
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
2,279
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,553
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
1,139
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[First added to this chart: 10/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
893
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,908
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[First added to this chart: 10/12/2017]
Year of Release:
1959
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784
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[First added to this chart: 09/07/2017]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
2,874
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Total albums: 50. Page 1 of 5
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 6% | |
| 1955 | 3 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 8 | 16% | |
| 1957 | 10 | 20% | |
| 1958 | 9 | 18% | |
| 1959 | 13 | 26% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Miles Davis | 5 | 10% | |
| Charles Mingus | 5 | 10% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 4 | 8% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 2 | 4% | |
| Billie Holiday | 2 | 4% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 2 | 4% | |
| Nina Simone | 2 | 4% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 11 from 24th to 13th Ahmad Jamal At The Pershing by Ahmad Jamal |
| Up 3 from 10th to 7th J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956) by Glenn Gould |
| Up 2 from 4th to 2nd Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris by Leonard Bernstein / Columbia Symphony Orchestra / New York Philharmonic / André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 19th to 28th Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Down 2 from 3rd to 5th Blue Train by John Coltrane |
| Down 2 from 12th to 14th The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman |
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