Top 16 Music Albums of 1960
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 11/23/2025 06:15
- (Created: 03/16/2019 01:55).
- Chart size: 16 albums.
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Best rhythm & blues rock & roll album of the year
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 05/19/2021]
Best USA album of the year [First added to this chart: 05/19/2021]
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Best post-bop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/03/2020]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
1,506
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Bet rhythm and blues album of the year
Best debut album of the year [First added to this chart: 03/17/2019]
Best debut album of the year [First added to this chart: 03/17/2019]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
2,142
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Best big band album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/25/2020]
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Best Chicago blues live album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
495
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Best Yoruba music album of the year
Best Nigerian album of the year
[First added to listening log: 28/07/2019] [First added to this chart: 11/23/2025]
Best Nigerian album of the year
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Best surf rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/11/2020]
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Best rock & roll compilation album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/17/2020]
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Best contemporary folk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/21/2020]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
711
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Best close harmony album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/10/2020]
Year of Release:
1960
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Rank Score:
358
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Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1960 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| João Gilberto | 1 | 6% | |
| Olatunji | 1 | 6% | |
| The Ventures | 1 | 6% | |
| Eddie Cochran | 1 | 6% | |
| Joan Baez | 1 | 6% | |
| The Everly Brothers | 1 | 6% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1960 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 12th to 13th One Foot In The Gutter: A Treasury Of Soul by The Dave Bailey Sextet |
| Down 1 from 13th to 14th Sketches Of Spain by Miles Davis |
| Down 1 from 14th to 15th The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery |
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| Elvis Is Back! by Elvis Presley |
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