Pop music: the 1950s
1950–1959 · Event
No. 1 singles and popular music of the 1950s.
On these timelines: UK No. 1 Singles, UK Popular Music, US No. 1 Singles, US Popular Music
More from UK No. 1 Singles
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- Rein Me In (Sam Fender and Olivia Dean) (2026)
- Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (Pink Floyd) (1979)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)
- Pop music: the 1980s (1980)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
Around 1950
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Korean War (1950)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)