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List of UK top-five albums in 1957

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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/|title=The Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=28 December 2014}}{{cite book|title=Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition)|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2005|isbn=1-904994-00-8|pages=14|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited}}{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3196892.stm |title=New singles formats to save the charts

|work=BBC News|date=16 October 2003 |accessdate=21 February 2010}} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 5 of the UK Albums Chart during 1957, as well as albums which peaked in 1956 but were in the top 5 in 1957. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 5 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Nineteen albums were in the top five this year. High Society credited to Various artists was released in 1956 but did not reach its peak until 1957. Three artists scored multiple entries in the top 5 in 1957 (excluding albums by Various artists). Nat King Cole and Tommy Steele were the artists who achieved their first UK charting top 5 album in 1957.

The 1956 Christmas number-one album, The King and I credited to Various artists, remained at number one for the first eight weeks of 1957. The first new number-one album of the year was High Society credited to Various artists. Six different albums peaked at number-one in 1957, with Frank Sinatra and albums credited to Various artists (2) having the most albums hit that position.

Background

=Multiple entries=

Nineteen albums charted in the top 5 in 1957, with thirteen albums reaching their peak this year.

Three artists scored multiple entries in the top 5 in 1957. Frank Sinatra scored five top-ten albums, Elvis Presley entered the top 10 on four occasions and Billy Haley and the Comets secured two spots.

=Chart debuts=

Two artists achieved their first top 5 album in 1957 as a lead artist.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Artist

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Number of top 10s

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| First entry

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Chart position

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Other entries

Tommy Steele

|1

|Tommy Steele Stage Show

|5

|—

Nat King Cole

|1

|Love Is the Thing

|1

|—

=Soundtrack albums=

The cast recording from The Tommy Steele Story reached the top five in 1957, peaking at number one.

Top-five albums

;Key

Class="wikitable"

!Symbol

!Meaning

bgcolor=lightblue|‡

|Album peaked in 1956 but still in chart in 1957.

(#)

|Year-end top ten album position and rank

Entered

|The date that the album first appeared in the chart.

Peak

|Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Entered
(week ending)

! data-sort-type="number"|Weeks
in
top
10

! Single

! Artist

! data-sort-type="number"|Peak

! Peak
reached
(week ending)

! data-sort-type="number"|Weeks
at
peak

colspan="7"|Albums in 1956
rowspan="3"|{{dts|format=dmy|1956|07|28}}

| 13

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|Songs for Swingin' Lovers ‡ {{ref label|Lovers|A|a}}

| align="left"|Frank Sinatra

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|07|28}}

| 3

25

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel: Original Soundtrack ‡ {{ref label|Carousel|B|b}}{{ref label|Original Soundtrack|C|c}}

| align="left"|Various artists

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|07|28}}

| 6

67

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡ {{ref label|Official Soundtrack|C|c}}{{ref label|Oklahoma!|D|d}}

| align="left"|Various artists

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|09|29}}

| 3

{{dts|format=dmy|1956|08|04}}

| 19

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|Rock Around the Clock ‡ {{ref label|Clock|E|e}}

| align="left"|Bill Haley & His Comets

| 2

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|09|22}}

| 2

{{dts|format=dmy|1956|09|22}}

| 94

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|The King and I: Original Soundtrack ‡ {{ref label|Original Soundtrack|C|c}}

| align="left"|Various artists

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|10|13}}

| 48

{{dts|format=dmy|1956|11|17}}

| 22

| align="left" bgcolor=lightblue|Lonnie Donegan Showcase ‡

| align="left"|Lonnie Donegan

| 2

| {{dts|format=dmy|1956|12|01}}

| 7

{{dts|format=dmy|1956|12|22}}

| 26

| align="left"|High Society: Original Soundtrack {{ref label|Original Soundtrack|C|c}}

| align="left"|Various artists

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|02|16}}

| 1

colspan="7"|Albums in 1957
rowspan="2"|{{dts|format=dmy|1957|02|16}}

| 13

| align="left"|This Is Sinatra!

| align="left"|Frank Sinatra

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|03|02}}

| 4

1

| align="left"|Rock the Joint

| align="left"|Bill Haley & His Comets

| 4

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|02|16}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|04|27}}

| 1

| align="left"|Tommy Steele Stage Show

| align="left"|Tommy Steele

| 5

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|04|27}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|05|04}}

| 3

| align="left"|Rock 'N' Roll No. 2 {{ref label|Presley|F|f}}

| align="left"|Elvis Presley

| 3

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|05|18}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|05|18}}

| 14

| align="left"|Love Is the Thing {{ref label|Love Is the Thing|G|g}}

| align="left"|Nat King Cole

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|06|08}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|05|25}}

| 9

| align="left"|Close to You

| align="left"|Frank Sinatra

| 2

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|05|25}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|06|08}}

| 21

| align="left"|The Tommy Steele Story: Original Soundtrack {{ref label|Original Soundtrack|C|c}}{{ref label|Tommy Steele|H|h}}

| align="left"|Various artists

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|07|20}}

| 4

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|07|20}}

| 7

| align="left"|Frankie

| align="left"|Frank Sinatra

| 3

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|08|03}}

| 2

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|08|31}}

| 25

| align="left"|Loving You {{ref label|Loving You|I|i}}

| align="left"|Elvis Presley

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|09|07}}

| 3

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|09|07}}

| 20

| align="left"|A Swingin' Affair! {{ref label|Swingin' Affair|J|j}}

| align="left"|Frank Sinatra

| 1

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|09|21}}

| 7

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|10|26}}

| 7

| align="left"|The Best of Elvis

| align="left"|Elvis Presley

| 3

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|11|30}}

| 1

{{dts|format=dmy|1957|11|30}}

| 6

| align="left"|Elvis' Christmas Album

| align="left"|Elvis Presley

| 2

| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|12|21}}

| 2

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 5 entries in 1957, including albums that reached their peak in 1956. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 1957 is also shown.

class="wikitable sortable" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Entries

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Artist

! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Weeks

! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Albums

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center"| 5

|Frank Sinatra {{ref label|1956|K|k}}

|47

|A Swingin' Affair!, Close to You, Frankie, Songs for Swingin' Lovers, This Is Sinatra!

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" | 4

|Elvis Presley

|21

|Elvis' Christmas Album, Loving You, Rock 'N' Roll No. 2, The Best of Elvis

rowspan="1" style="text-align:center" | 2

|Bill Haley & His Comets {{ref label|1956|K|k}}

|4

|Rock Around the Clock, Rock the Joint

Notes

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  • {{note label|Lovers|A|a}} Songs for Swingin' Lovers re-entered the top 5 at number 5 on 5 January 1957 (week ending) and at number 5 on 9 February 1957 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Carousel|B|b}} Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel re-entered the top 5 at number 4 on 12 January 1957 (week ending) for 3 weeks and at number 5 on 20 April 1957 (week ending). It also appeared in the expanded top 10 for one week at the end of 1959, and two further weeks in 1960, for a total of 28 weeks in the top 10 overall.
  • {{note label|Original Soundtrack|C|c}} Recordings credited to Original Soundtrack by the Official Charts Company but all had different artists as featured performers.
  • {{note label|Oklahoma!|D|d}} Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! re-entered the top 5 at number 5 on 12 January 1957 (week ending) for 37 weeks, at number 5 on 23 November 1957 (week ending) and at number 5 on 14 December 1957 (week ending) for 10 weeks. It also returned to the top 5 for five weeks in 1958, appeared in the expanded top 10 for a further six weeks that year, another eleven weeks in 1959, fifteen weeks in 1960 and eight weeks in 1961. This gave it a total of 112 weeks in the top 10 overall.
  • {{note label|Clock|E|e}} Rock Around the Clock re-entered the top 5 at number 4 on 2 February 1957 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Presley|F|f}} Rock N' Roll No. 2 was re-issued by RCA Victor in 1962 and re-appeared in the expanded top 10 from 15 December 1962 (week ending) for fourteen weeks, including a second week at its peak of number 3 on 26 January 1963 (week ending). This gave it a total of 17 weeks in the top 10 overall.
  • {{note label|Love Is the Thing|G|g}} Love Is the Thing re-entered the top 5 at number 5 on 27 July 1957 (week ending) for 5 weeks.
  • {{note label|Tommy Steele|H|h}} The Tommy Steele Story re-entered the top 5 at number 5 on 22 June 1957 (week ending) for 18 weeks and at number 5 on 9 November 1957 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
  • {{note label|Loving You|I|i}} Loving You re-entered the top 5 at number 5 on 22 February 1958 (week ending).
  • {{note label|Swingin' Affair|J|j}} A Swingin' Affair re-entered the top 5 at number 4 on 11 January 1958 (week ending) and at number 5 on 1 February 1958 (week ending) for 2 weeks.
  • {{note label|1956|K|k}} Figure includes album that peaked in 1956.

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See also

References

General

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ |title=Six decades of singles charts |publisher=The Official Charts Company |accessdate=23 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ |archivedate=3 March 2011 }}

Specific

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.officialcharts.com/archive/ 1957 album chart archive] at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

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Top 5 albums

1957