List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1959

These are the number-one albums in the United States per Billboard magazine's Best-Selling Pop 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]

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1959

Through May 18

Issue date	No.	Album	Artist(s)	Label
January 5	86	Christmas Sing Along with Mitch	Mitch Miller	Columbia
January 12	re	Sing Along with Mitch		Columbia
January 19
January 26
February 2	87	Flower Drum Song	Original Cast	Columbia
February 9
February 16
February 23	88	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	89	Gigi	Soundtrack	MGM
May 11
May 18

May 25 to end of year

Issue Date	No.	Album (mono)	Artist(s)	Label	Album (stereo)	Artist(s)	Label
May 25	89	Gigi	Soundtrack	MGM	South Pacific	Soundtrack	RCA Victor
June 1
June 8
June 15					My Fair Lady	Original Broadway Cast	Columbia
June 22	90	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	91	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	92	Heavenly	Johnny Mathis	Columbia
November 16
November 23
November 30
December 7
December 14	93	Here We Go Again!	The Kingston Trio	Capitol
December 21
December 28

See also

• List of number-one albums (United States)

References

1. "Billboard Magazine" (PDF). January 5, 1959.
2. "Billboard Magazine" (PDF). May 25, 1959.