Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s
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kadupheming 
- Chart updated: 06/03/2018 00:15
- (Created: 01/09/2018 17:40).
- Chart size: 60 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/26/2018]
Year of Release:
1952
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Rank Score:
872
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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3,852
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
6,374
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1955
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4,604
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
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1956
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Rank Score:
1,898
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
21,938
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
894
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
1,301
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Total albums: 60. Page 1 of 6
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Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 4 | 7% | |
| 1951 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1955 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1956 | 7 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 8 | 13% | |
| 1958 | 12 | 20% | |
| 1959 | 17 | 28% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 5% | |
| Billie Holiday | 2 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 3% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1 | 2% | |
| Annapurna Devi | 1 | 2% | |
| Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen | 1 | 2% | |
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41 | 68% | |
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6 | 10% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
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| Up 11 from 23rd to 12thMingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus |
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| Down 1 from 12th to 13thDrums Of Passion by Olatunji |
| Down 1 from 13th to 14thRitual Of The Savage by Les Baxter |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15thIndeterminacy: New Aspect Of Form In Instrumental And Electronic Music by John Cage & David Tudor |
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