List of best-selling albums of the 1950s in the United Kingdom

Frank Sinatra had the fourth best-selling album of the 1950s with Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

1950s in music in the UK
Number-one singles
Number-one albums
Best-selling singles
Best-selling albums
Summaries and charts 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
←1949	1960→
Top 10/12 singles
1952, 1953, 1954 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960→

An album is defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks and lasts longer than 25 minutes;^[1] from July 1956, sales of albums in the United Kingdom were monitored by music magazine Record Mirror. From November 1958, album sales were also compiled by music magazine Melody Maker.^[2] The biggest-selling album of the 1950s was the original soundtrack to the movie South Pacific.

Albums

Best-selling albums of the 1950s in the UK
Position	Album	Artist	Record label^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Year^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Peak on the UK Albums Chart^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1	South Pacific	Original soundtrack	RCA Victor	1958	1
2	My Fair Lady	Original Broadway cast	Philips	1958	1
3	Oklahoma!	Original soundtrack	Capitol	1956	1
4	Songs for Swingin' Lovers!	Sinatra, FrankFrank Sinatra	Capitol	1956	1
5	West Side Story	Original Broadway cast	Columbia	1957	3
6	Showcase	Donegan, LonnieLonnie Donegan	Pye Nixa	1956	2
7	Come Dance with Me!	Sinatra, FrankFrank Sinatra	Capitol	1959	2
8	Elvis' Golden Records	Presley, ElvisElvis Presley	Parlophone	1958	2
9	My Fair Lady	Original London cast		1959
10	King and I, TheThe King and I	Original soundtrack	Capitol	1956	1

1 2 3 The record labels, years and chart peaks are those given by the OCC.^[3]

References

General (chart positions)

Lazell, Barry; Rees, Dafydd (1983). The Illustrated Book of Rock Records. 2 (illustrated ed.). Delilah. ISBN 9780933328754. OCLC 8363483. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

Specific

↑ "Rules For Chart Eligibility – Albums" (PDF). London: The Official UK Charts Company. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
↑ Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. viii. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
↑ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

UK Music Charts

UK Singles Chart

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Number one artists Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Scottish Instrumental Simultaneous UK and US Top 10 singles

Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 1900s 2000s (century) All time Yearly Most downloaded Most streamed Million-sellers Platinum singles (pre-2000) Platinum singles (post-2000) Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders Records

UK Albums Chart

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Simultaneous UK and US

Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 2000s (century) All time Yearly Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders

Genre charts

Number ones	Christian & Gospel Classical (singles/albums/compilations) Dance (singles/albums) Indie (singles/albums) Indie Breakers (singles/albums) Progressive R&B (singles/albums) Rock & Metal (singles/albums) Specialist Classical

Other charts

Current	Album Downloads Albums Streaming Audio Streaming Compilations Midweeks Record Store Singles Downloads UKHOT40 Vinyl Albums Vinyl Singles The Vodafone Big Top 40

Former	1952–1969 1Xtra EPs Fab 40 Fresh 40 Hit40UK Mersey Beat The Net 40 The Network Chart Show NME Pepsi Chart Pick of the Pops Record Mirror Subscription Plays Top Pops

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