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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 5 (top 10 from November) of the UK Albums Chart during 1958, as well as albums which peaked in 1957 or 1959 but were in the top 5/10 in 1958. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 5/10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Thirty-nine albums were in the top ten this year. Three albums from 1956 and eleven albums from 1958 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Songs for Swingin' Sellers by Peter Sellers and Time to Celebrate by Russ Conway were both released in 1959 but did not reach their peak until 1960. Five artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1959. were among the artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 1959.

West Side Story progressed to its peak position of number three in 1962. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely by Frank Sinatra, Oh Boy!: Original Television Soundtrack credited to various artists, Pack Up Your Troubles by Russ Conway, Songs by Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer and The Student Prince/The Great Caruso by Mario Lanza were the albums from 1958 to reach their peak in 1959.

The 1958 Christmas number-one album, South Pacific: Original Soundtrack credited to Various artists, remained at number one for the duration of 1959.

Background

Multiple entries

Thirty-nine albums charted in the top 10 in 1959, with twenty-eight albums reaching their peak this year.

Five artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1959. Frank Sinatra secured the record for most hit albums in 1959 with five entries. Peter Sellers' three albums and Duane Eddy's two entries were all released this year.

Chart debuts

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries
Peter Sellers 3 The Best of Sellers 3 The Goon Show (8), Songs for Swingin' Sellers (3)
Mantovani 1 Continental Encores 4 —

Soundtrack albums

Cast recordings from various films and musicals made the top 5/10 this year. These included Carousel, The Duke Wore Jeans, My Fair Lady, The Pajama Game, Pal Joey and South Pacific.

Top-ten albums

Key
Symbol Meaning
‡ Album peaked in 1956 or 1958 but still in chart in 1959.
♦ Album released in 1959 but peaked in 1960.
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending) 		Weeks
in
top
10 		Single Artist Peak Peak
reached
(week ending) 		Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 1956
28 July 1956 67 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡ [][] Various artists 1 29 September 1956 3
28 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Original Soundtrack ‡ [C][] Various artists 1 11 August 1956 6
22 September 1956 94 The King and I: Original Soundtrack ‡ [C][] Various artists 1 13 October 1956 48
Albums in 1958
4 January 1958 15 Songs for Swingin' Lovers ‡ [][] Frank Sinatra 4 4 January 1958 3
3 May 1958 180 South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ [][] Various artists 1 8 November 1958 115
10 May 1958 122 My Fair Lady ‡ [] Original Broadway Cast 1 10 May 1958 19
13 September 1958 22 King Creole ‡ [] Elvis Presley 1 20 September 1958 7
26 Come Fly with Me ‡ [] Frank Sinatra 2 4 October 1958 3
11 October 1958 40 Elvis' Golden Records ‡ [] Elvis Presley 2 25 October 1958 1
8 November 1959 16 Songs by Tom Lehrer Tom Lehrer 7 13 June 1959 1
22 November 1958 6 Pack Up Your Troubles [] Russ Conway 6 3 January 1959 1
6 December 1958 19 The Student Prince and The Great Caruso Mario Lanza 4 17 October 1959 1
13 Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely [] Frank Sinatra 5 17 January 1959 1
13 December 1958 14 Oh Boy!: Original Television Soundtrack Various artists 4 3 January 1959 2
Albums in 1959
24 January 1959 14 West Side Story Original Broadway Cast 6 4 April 1959 1
1 Swing Softly Johnny Mathis 10 24 January 1959 1
31 January 1959 5 Como's Golden Records Perry Como 4 31 January 1959 1
79 Gigi: Original Soundtrack Various artists 2 28 March 1959 32
14 February 1959 39 The Best of Sellers Peter Sellers 3 12 September 1959 3
21 February 1959 12 Continental Encores Mantovani 4 21 February 1959 6
4 April 1959 9 Elvis Presley Rock 'N' Roll Elvis Presley 4 11 April 1959 4
18 April 1959 31 Cliff Cliff Richard and The Drifters 4 9 May 1959 2
2 May 1959 43 The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly and The Crickets 2 16 May 1959 1
10 Songs to Sing in Your Bath Russ Conway 8 15 August 1959 2
9 May 1959 13 Curtains Up Various artists 4 30 May 1959 2
16 May 1959 28 Come Dance with Me! Frank Sinatra 2 23 May 1959 2
6 June 1959 3 Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel Duane Eddy 6 12 September 1959 1
8 August 1959 15 A Date with Elvis Elvis Presley 4 22 August 1959 1
22 August 1959 8 Look to Your Heart Frank Sinatra 5 29 August 1959 1
5 September 1959 2 Frankie Vaughan at the London Palladium Frankie Vaughan 6 5 September 1959 1
19 September 1959 16 Family Favourites Russ Conway 3 3 October 1959 2
26 September 1959 4 Strictly for Grown Ups Paddy Roberts 8 26 September 1959 2
3 Gypsy Camp Fires 101 Strings 9 3 October 1959 2
10 October 1959 5 Porgy and Bess: Original Soundtrack Various artists 7 17 October 1959 2
31 October 1959 6 Especially for You Duane Eddy 6 31 October 1959 2
14 November 1959 31 Cliff Sings Cliff Richard 2 14 November 1959 15
28 November 1959 7 The Goon Show The Goons 8 12 December 1959 3
12 December 1959 22 Songs for Swingin' Sellers ♦ Peter Sellers 3 16 January 1960 3
19 December 1959 7 Time to Celebrate ♦ Russ Conway 3 2 January 1960 2

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more 10 entries in 1959, including albums that reached their peak in 1958 and 1960. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1959 is also shown.

Entries Artist Weeks Albums
5 Frank Sinatra Come Dance with Me!, Come Fly with Me, Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely, Look to Your Heart, Songs for Swingin' Lovers
4 Elvis Presley A Date with Elvis, Elvis' Golden Records, Elvis Presley Rock 'N' Roll, King Creole
Russ Conway Family Favourites, Pack Up Your Troubles, Songs to Sing in Your Bath, Time to Celebrate
3 Peter Sellers The Best of Sellers, The Goon Show, Songs for Swingin' Sellers, The Goons
2 Duane Eddy Especially for You, Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel

Notes

  • Recordings credited to Original Soundtrack by the Official Charts Company but all had different artists as featured performers.
  • Elvis Rock 'N' Roll originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1956.
  • Figure includes album that peaked in 1958.
  • Figure includes album that peak in 1960.
  • Songs for Swingin' Sellers reached its peak of number three on 16 January 1960 (week ending).

See also

References

General

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_top-ten_albums_in_1959

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