Top 32 Music Albums of the 1950s
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seb7 
- Chart updated: 01/30/2023 19:45
- (Created: 06/04/2021 18:15).
- Chart size: 32 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1956
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1,633
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1955
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1,163
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
2,350
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
1,861
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,423
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
604
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
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1956
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1,460
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[First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]
Year of Release:
1959
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3,826
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9. (=)
[First added to this chart: 01/30/2023]
[First added to this chart: 09/14/2022]
Year of Release:
1954
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2,564
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Total albums: 32. Page 1 of 4
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Top 32 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 3% | |
| 1954 | 2 | 6% | |
| 1955 | 2 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 6 | 19% | |
| 1957 | 9 | 28% | |
| 1958 | 5 | 16% | |
| 1959 | 7 | 22% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Miles Davis | 5 | 16% | |
| Harry Belafonte | 3 | 9% | |
| Billie Holiday | 2 | 6% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 2 | 6% | |
| Dave Brubeck | 2 | 6% | |
| Charles Mingus | 2 | 6% | |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler / Bayreuth Festpiele Orchester Und Chor | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 32 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 14 from 30th to 16thPithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus |
| Up 13 from 28th to 15thThelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins by Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 15th to 19thBeethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Wilhelm Furtwängler / Bayreuth Festpiele Orchester Und Chor |
| Down 4 from 16th to 20thCookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet |
| Down 4 from 17th to 21stKind Of Blue by Miles Davis |
| New entries |
|---|
| Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk |
| Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
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| ! | 06/26/2022 09:30 |  Purplepash | 1,821 | 88/100 |
| ! | 11/27/2021 03:18 |  Rhyner | 1,452 | 99/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2021 18:14 |  Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 |
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If you like Jazz then check out Art Blakey's Moanin', Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners, and Cannonball Adderley's Somethin' Else if you haven't already! Also Miles Davis' Milestones is pretty decent.
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