Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s by Ashmark 
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- (Created: 02/25/2018 15:15).
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,225
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25
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,512
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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,119
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
892
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[First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]
Year of Release:
1954
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Rank Score:
2,593
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[First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,799
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[First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
5,069
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1951 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1953 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1955 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1956 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1957 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1958 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1959 | 14 | 14% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Billie Holiday | 4 | 4% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 3 | 3% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 3 | 3% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 3 | 3% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 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 69 from 99th to 30th 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis |
| Up 53 from 93rd to 40th Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus |
| Up 42 from 96th to 54th Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 65th to 71st Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins |
| Down 6 from 66th to 72nd The Duke Plays Ellington by Duke Ellington |
| Down 6 from 67th to 73rd Swing Easy! by Frank Sinatra |
| New entries |
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