| Label |
Point Total 1957 |
Top Twenty 1957 |
Number Ones 1957 |
| Dot |
2122 |
12 |
5 |
| RCA Victor |
2091 |
15 |
5 |
| Columbia |
1511 |
15 |
2 |
| Capitol |
946 |
10 |
1 |
| Cadence |
921 |
5 |
2 |
| Coral |
675 |
5 |
1 |
| Imperial |
603 |
6 |
0 |
| Roulette |
593 |
5 |
2 |
| Mercury |
447 |
5 |
0 |
| Fraternity |
374 |
1 |
0 |
| ABC-Paramount |
371 |
4 |
1 |
| Cameo |
335 |
2 |
1 |
| Atco |
328 |
2 |
0 |
| Specialty |
250 |
4 |
0 |
| Sun |
249 |
2 |
0 |
| Kapp |
224 |
2 |
0 |
| Keen |
220 |
1 |
1 |
| Chess |
218 |
2 |
0 |
| Brunswick |
214 |
2 |
1 |
| Atlantic |
197 |
3 |
0 |
| Glory |
169 |
2 |
0 |
| Decca |
163 |
3 |
0 |
| Aladdin |
119 |
1 |
0 |
| Phillips |
111 |
1 |
0 |
| Checker |
108 |
1 |
0 |
| Liberty |
100 |
4 |
0 |
| Verve |
90 |
3 |
0 |
| Jubilee |
64 |
1 |
0 |
| J & S |
63 |
1 |
0 |
| EPIC |
44 |
1 |
0 |
| Groove |
40 |
1 |
0 |
| Bally |
28 |
1 |
0 |
| Vik |
8 |
1 |
0 |
| LIN |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Sparton |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| London |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| Main Line |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Chancellor |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| LANCE |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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| Click on the appropriate button above to view an historical acccount of the record labels for the year, a chart ranking the popularity of the labels in the Billboard top twenty for the year, or a list of the labels that had records in the top twenty for the year. |
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| RCA was the top label of 1956 mainly due to Elvis Presley. |
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| "Singing the Blues" was a Columbia's only #1 for 1956, but the label had 14 other top twenty records which made it the second most popular label for the year. |
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| Insturmentals such as "Lisbon Antigua" helped Capitol records achieve its #3 ranking -- as rock and roll's influence grew, the label's popularity would decline. |
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