Top 50 Music Albums of 1956
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- Chart updated: 11/29/2025 06:15
- (Created: 08/07/2018 19:39).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,387
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Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,909
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[First added to this chart: 09/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,645
Rank in 1956:
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Comments:
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[First added to this chart: 09/29/2018]
Year of Release:
1956
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,605
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Total albums: 34. Page 1 of 4
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Top 50 Music Albums of 1956 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Billie Holiday | 2 | 4% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 4% | |
| Toshiko Akiyoshi | 2 | 4% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 2 | 4% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 2 | 4% | |
| Violeta Parra | 2 | 4% | |
| Moondog | 2 | 4% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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34 | 68% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of 1956 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 8 from 50th to 42ndDown Mexico Way by José Alfredo Jiménez |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 46th to 48thWorld Statesman by Dizzy Gillespie |
| Down 2 from 47th to 49thAmerican Street Songs by Rev. Gary Davis & Pink Anderson |
| Down 2 from 48th to 50thBound For Glory by Woody Guthrie |
| New entries |
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| Mal-1 by Mal Waldron Quintet Feat. Gigi Gryce & Idrees Sulieman |
| Canta Solo Para Enamorados by José Antonio Méndez |
| Leavers |
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| At The Hickory House, Volume 1 by Jutta Hipp |
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