List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 1959
These are the number-one albums in the United States per Billboard magazine during the year 1959. Starting in late May, separate charts were listed for albums in mono and stereo formats. The chart is now known as the 'Billboard 200'.
Chart history
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Indicates best performing album of 1959 |
Through May 18
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Christmas Sing Along with Mitch | Mitch Miller | Columbia |
| January 12 | Sing Along with Mitch | Columbia | |
| January 19 | |||
| January 26 | |||
| February 2 | Flower Drum Song | Original Cast | Columbia |
| February 9 | |||
| February 16 | |||
| February 23 | The Music From Peter Gunn |
Henry Mancini & His Orchestra / Soundtrack | RCA Victor |
| March 2 | |||
| March 9 | |||
| March 16 | |||
| March 23 | |||
| March 30 | |||
| April 6 | |||
| April 13 | |||
| April 20 | |||
| April 27 | |||
| May 4 | Gigi | Soundtrack | MGM |
| May 11 | |||
| May 18 | |||
May 25 to end of year
| Issue Date | Album (mono) | Artist(s) | Label | Album (stereo) | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | Gigi | Soundtrack | MGM | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor |
| June 1 | ||||||
| June 8 | ||||||
| June 15 | My Fair Lady | Original Broadway Cast | Columbia | |||
| June 22 | Exotica | Martin Denny | Liberty | |||
| June 29 | ||||||
| July 6 | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| July 13 | Film Encores | Mantovani | London | |||
| July 20 | South Pacific | Soundtrack | RCA Victor | |||
| July 27 | The Kingston Trio At Large | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | |||
| August 3 | ||||||
| August 10 | ||||||
| August 17 | ||||||
| August 24 | ||||||
| August 31 | ||||||
| September 7 | ||||||
| September 14 | ||||||
| September 21 | ||||||
| September 28 | ||||||
| October 5 | ||||||
| October 12 | ||||||
| October 19 | ||||||
| October 26 | ||||||
| November 2 | ||||||
| November 9 | Heavenly | Johnny Mathis | Columbia | |||
| November 16 | ||||||
| November 23 | ||||||
| November 30 | ||||||
| December 7 | ||||||
| December 14 | Here We Go Again! | The Kingston Trio | Capitol | |||
| December 21 | ||||||
| December 28 | ||||||
See also
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