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These are the number-one albums in the United States per Billboard magazine's Best-Selling LPs [1] chart during the year 1959. Starting May 25, 1959, separate charts were listed for albums in mono and stereo formats, called Best-Selling Monophonic LPs and Best-Selling Stereophonic LPs, respectively.
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. In 1959, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from surveys of retail outlets and playlists submitted by radio stations respectively, [1] and 16 different singles spent time at number one.
Frankie Avalon had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. Ricky Nelson had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 14, 1959, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1959. №
The Billboard Pop Charts, 1955–1959 (ISBN 0-89820-092-X) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Sixties (ISBN 0-89820-074-1) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
Billboard number-one singles charts preceding the Billboard Hot 100 were updated weekly by Billboard magazine and the leading indicator of popular music for the American music industry since 1940 and until the Billboard Hot 100 chart was established in 1958.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1959. [1] Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] It was released in April 1959, spent 10 weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on Billboard ' s country and western chart for 21 weeks. [2]
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1959 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1959. [1] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1959, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.
The cover of the 1959 edition of Billboard Top Country Hits. Billboard Top Country Hits is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records, each featuring ten hit country music recordings from a specific year, mostly number ones on the Billboard country singles chart. In all, 15 albums were released spanning the years 1959–1968 ...