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.[2]
† | Indicates best performing album of 1959 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
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January 5 | Christmas Sing Along with Mitch | Mitch Miller | Columbia | [3] |
January 12 | Sing Along with Mitch | Columbia | [4] | |
January 19 | [5] | |||
January 26 | [6] | |||
February 2 | Flower Drum Song | Original Cast | Columbia | [7] |
February 9 | [8] | |||
February 16 | [9] | |||
February 23 | The Music from Peter Gunn † | Henry Mancini & His Orchestra / Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [10] |
March 2 | [11] | |||
March 9 | [12] | |||
March 16 | [13] | |||
March 23 | [14] | |||
March 30 | [15] | |||
April 6 | [16] | |||
April 13 | [17] | |||
April 20 | [18] | |||
April 27 | [19] | |||
May 4 | Gigi | Soundtrack | MGM | [20] |
May 11 | [21] | |||
May 18 | [22] |
Issue date | Mono | Stereo | Ref. | ||||
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Album | Artist(s) | Label | Album | Artist(s) | Label | ||
May 25 | Gigi | Soundtrack | MGM | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [23] |
June 1 | [24] | ||||||
June 8 | [25] | ||||||
June 15 | My Fair Lady | Original Broadway Cast | Columbia | [26] | |||
June 22 | Exotica | Martin Denny | Liberty | [27] | |||
June 29 | [28] | ||||||
July 6 | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [29] | |||
July 13 | Film Encores | Mantovani | London | [30] | |||
July 20 | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor | [31] | |||
July 27 | The Kingston Trio At Large | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | [32] | |||
August 3 | [33] | ||||||
August 10 | [34] | ||||||
August 17 | [35] | ||||||
August 24 | [36] | ||||||
August 31 | [37] | ||||||
September 7 | [38] | ||||||
September 14 | [39] | ||||||
September 21 | [40] | ||||||
September 28 | [41] | ||||||
October 5 | [42] | ||||||
October 12 | [43] | ||||||
October 19 | [44] | ||||||
October 26 | [45] | ||||||
November 2 | [46] | ||||||
November 9 | Heavenly | Johnny Mathis | Columbia | [47] | |||
November 16 | [48] | ||||||
November 23 | [49] | ||||||
November 30 | [50] | ||||||
December 7 | [51] | ||||||
December 14 | Here We Go Again! | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | [52] | |||
December 21 | [53] | ||||||
December 28 | [54] |