Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
by Exist-en-ciel 
Favorite songs of the decade:
• Autumn Leaves - Cannonball Adderley (1958)
• Better Git It in Your Soul - Charles Mingus (1959)
• Blue Train - John Coltrane (1958)
• Lonely Woman - Ornette Coleman (1959)
• Moanin' - Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers (1958)
• My Baby Just Cares for me - Nina Simone (1959)
• So What - Miles Davis (1959)
• St. Thomas - Sonny Rollins (1957)
• Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday (1956)
• Take Five - The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
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- (Created: 12/10/2025 09:13).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,238
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
894
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[First added to this chart: 12/24/2025]
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,065
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
3,496
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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2025]
Year of Release:
1958
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5,548
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,876
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2025]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,412
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2025]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,741
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[First added to this chart: 12/12/2025]
Year of Release:
1958
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2,884
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1951 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1952 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1953 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1954 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1955 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1956 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1957 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1958 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1959 | 16 | 16% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Thelonious Monk | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis | 3 | 3% | |
| Billie Holiday | 3 | 3% | |
| Clifford Brown & Max Roach | 3 | 3% | |
| Sidney Bechet | 3 | 3% | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | 3 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 3 | 3% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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83 | 83% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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