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

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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.

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Best-selling albums of the 1950s in the UK
No.^{[citation needed]}	Album	Artist	Record label^[a]	Year^[a]	Chart peak^[a]
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!	Frank Sinatra	Capitol	1956	1
5	West Side Story	Original Broadway cast	Columbia	1957	3
6	Showcase	Lonnie Donegan	Pye Nixa	1956	2
7	Come Dance with Me!	Frank Sinatra	Capitol	1959	2
8	Elvis' Golden Records	Elvis Presley	Parlophone	1958	2
9	My Fair Lady	Original London cast		1959
10	The King and I	Original soundtrack	Capitol	1956	1

^ ^a ^b ^c 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. Vol. 2 (illustrated ed.). Delilah. ISBN 9780933328754. OCLC 8363483.

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. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

UK Music Charts

UK Singles

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Number one artists Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Scottish One-hit wonders in Scotland Instrumental Simultaneous UK and US Simultaneous with album
Top tens	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Most top-ten
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 1900s 21st century All time Yearly Most-downloaded (2000s) Most streamed Million-sellers Platinum singles (pre-2000) Platinum singles (post-2000) Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders Records and statistics

UK Albums

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Most number ones Number-one in most decades Christmas Posthumous Simultaneous UK and US Simultaneous with single
Top tens	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Most top-ten
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 21st century All time Yearly Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders

Genre charts

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Other charts

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