Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s by jdizzle123456 
- Chart updated: 06/10/2025 00:45
- (Created: 06/19/2018 03:01).
- Chart size: 20 albums.
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Modal jazz
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
23,114
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169
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Free jazz
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,905
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Post-bop
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,177
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Rock and roll
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,515
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Vocal jazz
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,228
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Hard bop
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,713
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Hard bop
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,498
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Rock and roll, Rockabilly
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
5,074
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Vocal jazz, Traditional pop
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,634
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Hard bop
[First added to this chart: 01/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,909
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Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1955 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1956 | 3 | 15% | |
| 1957 | 4 | 20% | |
| 1958 | 5 | 25% | |
| 1959 | 7 | 35% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Frank Sinatra | 2 | 10% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 10% | |
| Billie Holiday | 1 | 5% | |
| Buddy Holly | 1 | 5% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 1 | 5% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 1 | 5% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 20 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 3 from 19th to 16th Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra |
| Up 3 from 17th to 14th Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley |
| Up 3 from 16th to 13th Porgy And Bess by Miles Davis |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 6th to 15th Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
| Down 5 from 14th to 19th Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
| Down 4 from 7th to 11th Here's Little Richard by Little Richard |
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