Top 70 Music Albums of the 1950s
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- Chart updated: 09/16/2025 11:45
- (Created: 11/22/2012 16:47).
- Chart size: 70 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,057
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[First added to this chart: 02/10/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,921
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[First added to this chart: 01/23/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
22,234
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[First added to this chart: 06/03/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 05/03/2022]
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[First added to this chart: 03/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
723
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[First added to this chart: 10/19/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2021]
Year of Release:
1951
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Rank Score:
608
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Total albums: 70. Page 1 of 7
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Top 70 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1952 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 3 | 4% | |
| 1955 | 7 | 10% | |
| 1956 | 9 | 13% | |
| 1957 | 15 | 21% | |
| 1958 | 16 | 23% | |
| 1959 | 17 | 24% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Charles Mingus | 4 | 6% | |
| Julie London | 4 | 6% | |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 4% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 3 | 4% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 4% | |
| Sam Cooke | 2 | 3% | |
| Jackie Gleason | 2 | 3% | |
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55 | 79% | |
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6 | 9% | |
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3 | 4% | |
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2 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 70 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 26th to 28th Misterioso by The Thelonious Monk Quartet |
| Down 2 from 27th to 29th Blue Train by John Coltrane |
| Down 2 from 28th to 30th Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins by Miles Davis With Sonny Rollins |
| New entries |
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| Thelonious Himself by Thelonious Monk |
| Vaughan Williams : Sinfonia Antartica by Sir John Barbirolli / Hallé Orchestra And Choir / Margaret Ritchie |
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