Top 21 Music Albums of the 1950s
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DommeDamian 
- Chart updated: 02/12/2026 09:15
- (Created: 04/02/2025 19:37).
- Chart size: 21 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,621
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,484
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
4,215
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[First added to this chart: 02/11/2026]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
5,491
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
Appears in:
Rank Score:
709
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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21,578
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
[First added to this chart: 09/18/2025]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
1,898
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Total albums: 21. Page 1 of 3
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Top 21 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 5% | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1955 | 3 | 14% | |
| 1956 | 4 | 19% | |
| 1957 | 5 | 24% | |
| 1958 | 4 | 19% | |
| 1959 | 3 | 14% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Sonny Rollins | 2 | 10% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 10% | |
| Little Richard | 1 | 5% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 1 | 5% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 5% | |
| Edmundo Zaldivar | 1 | 5% | |
| Ethel Ennis | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 21 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 19th to 20thTanganyika Strut by Wilbur Harden |
| Down 1 from 20th to 21st'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis |
| New entries |
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| Traneing In by John Coltrane With The Red Garland Trio |
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