Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Patman360 
- Chart updated: 07/11/2025 12:45
- (Created: 04/14/2012 03:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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1,649
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
932
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[First added to this chart: 03/02/2023]
[First added to this chart: 08/28/2024]
[First added to this chart: 08/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
887
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[First added to this chart: 09/28/2022]
[First added to this chart: 01/21/2021]
Year of Release:
1952
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Rank Score:
697
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2021]
[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
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1958
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908
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[First added to this chart: 07/11/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,434
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1952 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1954 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1955 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1956 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1957 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1958 | 27 | 27% | |
| 1959 | 15 | 15% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Quintet | 1 | 1% | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | 1 | 1% | |
| Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | 1 | 1% | |
| Johnny Cash | 1 | 1% | |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | 1 | 1% | |
| Rudi Knabl Und Sein Orchester | 1 | 1% | |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 1 | 1% | |
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85 | 85% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 01/31/2025 14:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,095 | 85/100 | |
| 06/11/2013 14:15 | platus | 308 | 81/100 |
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From platus 06/11/2013 14:15 | #78601
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