Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 10/07/2025 18:45
- (Created: 12/14/2011 02:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/12/2013]
Year of Release:
1958
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564
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[First added to this chart: 04/15/2012]
Year of Release:
1952
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Rank Score:
688
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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1956
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4,957
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[First added to this chart: 03/01/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
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4,164
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[First added to this chart: 03/11/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,393
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[First added to this chart: 03/16/2013]
Year of Release:
1956
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1,590
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Total albums: 92. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1951 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1954 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1957 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1958 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1959 | 21 | 21% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Sinatra | 4 | 4% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 4 | 4% | |
| Ray Charles | 4 | 4% | |
| Billie Holiday | 3 | 3% | |
| Elvis Presley | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Hank Williams | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 11 from 57th to 46th Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 46th to 47th Sarah Vaughan In Hi-Fi by Sarah Vaughan |
| Down 1 from 47th to 48th Satchmo Serenades by Louis Armstrong |
| Down 1 from 48th to 49th The Best Of Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters |
| New entries |
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| Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis |
| Leavers |
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| Benny Goodman Combos by Benny Goodman |
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