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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.
Come Dance with Me! is the sixteenth studio album by American vocalist Frank Sinatra, released on January 5, 1959. [4] Come Dance with Me! was Sinatra's most successful album, spending two and a half years on the Billboard charts. Stereo Review wrote in 1959 that "Sinatra swaggers his way with effortless verve through an appealing collection of ...
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]
Ritchie Valens is the debut album by American musician Ritchie Valens, released by Del-Fi Records on January 12, 1959. [1] It is his only studio album entirely composed of master tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles. The album peaked at #23 on the US Billboard album chart.
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.