American singer and actress Doris Day opened the chart of the year.
Harry Belafonte was the leader for 17 weeks with two of his albums: Belafonte (6 weeks at No. 1) and Calypso (11 weeks).
Elvis 's debut studio album, Elvis Presley, became the first ever rock'n'roll disc on top of the American chart.
List of No. 1 albums in the USA in 1956 - includes albums that led the main hit parade of North America, which takes into account the best-selling albums of US artists on physical media ( records ). Compiled by the editors of the oldest US music magazine, Billboard and is therefore called Billboard 200 (Top 200 of Billboard magazine) [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Content
- 1 Album List No. 1
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 References
List of Albums No. 1
| date of | Album | Executor |
|---|---|---|
| January 7 | Love me or leave me | Doris Day / Soundtrack |
| January 14th | ||
| January 21 | ||
| 28 January | Oklahoma! | Soundtrack |
| February 4 | ||
| 11 February | ||
| February 18 | ||
| 25 February | ||
| March, 3rd | ||
| 10th of March | ||
| March 17 | ||
| March 24 | Belafonte | Harry Belafonte |
| March 31 | ||
| April 7th | ||
| 14th of April | ||
| The 21st of April | ||
| April 28th | ||
| 5 May | Elvis presley | Elvis Presley |
| 12 May | ||
| May 19 | ||
| 26 of May | ||
| 2 June | ||
| the 9th of June | ||
| June 16th | ||
| June 23 | ||
| 30 June | ||
| July 7th | ||
| the 14 th of July | My fair lady | Original broadway cast |
| 21 July | ||
| July 28th | ||
| August 4 | ||
| 11th August | ||
| August 18 | ||
| 25-th of August | ||
| September 1 | ||
| 8 September | Calalypso | Harry Belafonte |
| September 15th | ||
| September 22nd | ||
| September 29th | ||
| October 6th | The king and i | Soundtrack |
| October 13th | The eddy duchin story | Carmen Cavallaro / Soundtrack |
| The 20th of October | Calalypso | Harry Belafonte |
| 27th October | ||
| the 3rd of November | ||
| 10th of November | ||
| November 17th | ||
| November 24th | ||
| December 1st | ||
| December 8th | Elvis | Elvis Presley |
| December 15th | ||
| December 22 | ||
| December 29th |
See also
- List of US No. 1 Singles in 1956 (Billboard)
- 1956 in music
Notes
- ↑ Billboard Methodology, Nielsen Business Media, Inc
- ↑ Billboard 200 1956 Archive on books.google.com . Billboard . Date of appeal April 27, 2012.
- ↑ Joel Whitburn. Top Pop Albums, 1955-2001 . - Record Research, 2001. - 1188 p. - ISBN 0-89820-147-0 .
- ↑ Joel Whitburn. The Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album That Made the Billboard 200 Chart . - Record Research Incorporated, 2007. - 1433 p.