The following article lists the monthly number-one songs on the

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''Selecciones Musicales'' chart from January 1950 to December 1960. The source for these charts is the book ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'' by Roberto Ayala, who was the director of the ''Selecciones Musicales'' magazine. These charts were based on nationwide record sales, jukebox plays, radio and television airplay, and

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sales. As published in the ''Musicosas'' book, the charts only include the song titles and the names of the composers; the performers credited in this article are included for reference and where many performers are listed for the same song, they appear in alphabetical order, which may not reflect whose version was the most popular. The longest-running number-one song of the decade was "Usted", written by Gabriel Ruiz and

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and recorded by Los Tres Diamantes, which spent six consecutive months at the number-one position from May to October 1951.

1950

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 303-306.

1951

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 307-310.

1952

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 310-313.

1953

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 314-317.

1954

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 317-321.

1955

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 321-324.

1956

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 324-327.

1957

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 328-331.

1958

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 331-334.

1959

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 334-338.

1960

Source: Ayala, R. (1962) ''Musicosas: manual del comentarista de radio y televisión'', pp. 338-341.

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