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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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,887
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[First added to this chart: 01/09/2018]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
871
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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,592
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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
4,961
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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% |
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| Frank Sinatra | 3 | 5% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 3% | |
| Billie Holiday | 2 | 3% | |
| The Thelonious Monk Quartet | 1 | 2% | |
| Bo Diddley | 1 | 2% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 1 | 2% | |
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From kaduphemingsucks 01/09/2018 18:07 | #205104
Único álbum bom da década mesmo
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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. Led Zeppelin | |
| 9. The Doors | |
| 10. The Rolling Stones | |
| 11. John Coltrane | |
| 12. King Crimson | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Neil Young | |
| 17. Van Morrison | |
| 18. Charles Mingus | |
| 19. Miles Davis | |
| 20. The Zombies |
