Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 06/19/2025 18:15
- (Created: 11/22/2022 21:42).
- Chart size: 60 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/21/2022]
Year of Release:
1958
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5,492
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[First added to this chart: 12/02/2022]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
21,566
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[First added to this chart: 11/23/2022]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
6,360
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[First added to this chart: 03/30/2023]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,484
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[First added to this chart: 11/23/2022]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,225
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[First added to this chart: 12/21/2022]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
6,822
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[First added to this chart: 06/19/2025]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
2,917
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[First added to this chart: 06/17/2024]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,884
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[First added to this chart: 10/24/2023]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
2,344
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2023]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,778
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Total albums: 60. Page 1 of 6
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Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1951 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1955 | 9 | 15% | |
| 1956 | 8 | 13% | |
| 1957 | 11 | 18% | |
| 1958 | 11 | 18% | |
| 1959 | 11 | 18% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Billie Holiday | 9 | 15% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 8% | |
| Chuck Berry | 3 | 5% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 3 | 5% | |
| Yma Sumac | 2 | 3% | |
| Clifford Brown & Max Roach | 2 | 3% | |
| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 2 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 60 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 5 from 26th to 21st'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis |
| Up 4 from 38th to 34thWay Out West by Sonny Rollins |
| Up 4 from 37th to 33rdAfter Midnight by Nat King Cole |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 35 from 11th to 46thOscar Peterson Plays Count Basie by Oscar Peterson |
| Down 20 from 17th to 37thSolitude by Billie Holiday |
| Down 19 from 25th to 44thVelvet Mood: Songs By Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday |
| New entries |
|---|
| Study In Brown by Clifford Brown & Max Roach |
| Dinah Jams by Dinah Washington |
| Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley And His Comets |
| Blue Moods by Miles Davis |
| Leavers |
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| The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets |
| Jerry Lee Lewis by Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Ritual Of The Savage by Les Baxter |
| Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley |
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