Top 96 Music Albums of the 1950s
by TodFitz 
- Chart updated: 04/22/2025 04:15
- (Created: 11/15/2018 02:59).
- Chart size: 96 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1958
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1,402
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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20,946
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1958
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5,413
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
Year of Release:
1957
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2,692
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1959
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6,835
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1957
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2,517
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1959
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6,289
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1958
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3,513
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1958
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2,958
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2025]
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1959
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3,861
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Total albums: 96. Page 1 of 10
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Top 96 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1952 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1954 | 12 | 13% | |
| 1955 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1956 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1957 | 19 | 20% | |
| 1958 | 23 | 24% | |
| 1959 | 17 | 18% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miles Davis | 9 | 9% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 8 | 8% | |
| Art Blakey | 4 | 4% | |
| Stan Getz | 3 | 3% | |
| Charlie Parker | 3 | 3% | |
| Kenny Burrell | 3 | 3% | |
| Ornette Coleman | 2 | 2% | |
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Excellent chart of primarily jazz. Particularly like the inclusions of the Horace Silver albums, J.J. Johnson, Kenny Burrell's A Night at the Vanguard and Gene Ammons' The Big Sound.
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