- Chart history
- See also
{{italic title|string=Billboard}}{{unreferenced|date=March 2018}}These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1956. Chart historyKey{{dagger|alt=Best performing album of 1956}} | Indicates best performing album of 1956 | Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | January 7 | Love Me or Leave Me | Doris Day / Soundtrack | Columbia | January 14 | January 21 | January 28 | Oklahoma! | Soundtrack | Capitol | February 4 | February 11 | February 18 | February 25 | March 3 | March 10 | March 17 | March 24 | Belafonte | Harry Belafonte | RCA Victor | March 31 | April 7 | April 14 | April 21 | April 28 | May 5 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | May 12 | May 19 | May 26 | June 2 | June 9 | June 16 | June 23 | June 30 | July 7 | July 14 | My Fair Lady | Original Broadway Cast | Columbia | July 21 | July 28 | August 4 | August 11 | August 18 | August 25 | September 1 | September 8 | Calypso {{dagger}} | Harry Belafonte | RCA Victor | September 15 | September 22 | September 29 | October 6 | The King And I | Soundtrack | Capitol | October 13 | The Eddy Duchin Story | Carmen Cavallaro / Soundtrack | Decca | October 20 | Calypso {{dagger}} | Harry Belafonte | RCA Victor | October 27 | November 3 | November 10 | November 17 | November 24 | December 1 | December 8 | Elvis | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor | December 15 | December 22 | December 29 | |
See also- 1956 in music
- List of number-one albums (United States)
{{US Albums}} 2 : Lists of number-one albums in the United States|1956 record charts |