List of Billboard number-one albums of 1959
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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.[2]
| † | Indicates best performing album of 1959 |
Chart history through May 18
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||
Chart history May 25 to end of year
| Issue date | Mono | Stereo | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 London 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] | ||||||