Top 27 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Purplepash 
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- Chart updated: 06/08/2026 21:15
- (Created: 10/21/2017 12:32).
- Chart size: 27 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1957
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2,769
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[First added to this chart: 07/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,793
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[First added to this chart: 07/19/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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2,443
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[First added to this chart: 05/25/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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21,004
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[First added to this chart: 06/24/2020]
Year of Release:
1958
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3,522
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[First added to this chart: 07/29/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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2,348
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[First added to this chart: 07/28/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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4,192
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[First added to this chart: 08/26/2020]
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2022]
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1959
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6,243
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[First added to this chart: 05/23/2020]
Year of Release:
1958
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5,422
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Total albums: 27. Page 1 of 3
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Top 27 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 2 | 7% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 7% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 7% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 7% | |
| 1954 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1955 | 3 | 11% | |
| 1956 | 3 | 11% | |
| 1957 | 4 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 3 | 11% | |
| 1959 | 5 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Billie Holiday | 3 | 11% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 2 | 7% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 7% | |
| Moondog | 2 | 7% | |
| Tom Lehrer | 1 | 4% | |
| The Crickets | 1 | 4% | |
| Nat King Cole | 1 | 4% | |
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Top 27 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 13th to 14thLady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15thBlack Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee |
| Down 1 from 15th to 16thIn The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra |
| New entries |
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| Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite by Machito |
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