Top 24 Music Albums of the 1950s
by davidhuret 
Not an album-oriented era.
- Chart updated: 03/20/2025 19:45
- (Created: 12/12/2012 19:21).
- Chart size: 24 albums.
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Exquisite.
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2012]
Year of Release:
1959
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21,743
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The first stone, the start of it all: the first rock'n'roll album by the first rock-star.
[First added to this chart: 12/13/2012]
Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
4,998
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[First added to this chart: 03/13/2013]
Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
765
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2012]
Year of Release:
1958
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2,643
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2012]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
3,558
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2012]
Year of Release:
1957
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1,693
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2012]
Year of Release:
1957
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4,195
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[First added to this chart: 12/13/2012]
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1958
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564
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9. (10) 1
[First added to this chart: 03/13/2013]
[First added to this chart: 12/18/2012]
Total albums: 24. Page 1 of 3
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Top 24 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1955 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1956 | 4 | 17% | |
| 1957 | 8 | 33% | |
| 1958 | 7 | 29% | |
| 1959 | 3 | 13% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Elvis Presley | 7 | 29% | |
| Miles Davis | 2 | 8% | |
| Hank Williams | 2 | 8% | |
| Johnny Cash | 2 | 8% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 4% | |
| Carl Perkins | 1 | 4% | |
| Lonnie Donegan | 1 | 4% | |
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| 01/16/2013 02:35 | guigs13 | 237 | 88/100 |
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From guigs13 01/16/2013 02:36 | #61630
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