Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1950	125	5,291	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,074th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,234	Genius Of Modern Music (2,764th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	6,940	Bird & Diz (1,983rd)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,699	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,848th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,152	Chet Baker Sings (670th)by Chet Baker
1955	326	14,914	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,479	Elvis Presley (365th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,545	Blue Train (306th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,517	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	613	81,789	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,353	250,559

The best artists of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane.

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921.

Jazz Lab

Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

7 charts

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922.

Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six

Don Rendell

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

2 charts

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923.

The Congregation

Johnny Griffin

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

8 charts

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924.

Interpretations Vol. 2

The Stan Getz Quartet

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

13 charts

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924

Overall Rank:

32,294

Average Rating:

70 (9 votes)

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925.

Frontier Ballads

Pete Seeger

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

14 charts

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925

Overall Rank:

32,312

Average Rating:

70 (13 votes)

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926.

Puente In Percussion

Tito Puente

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

8 charts

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927.

Humph At The Conway

Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

5 charts

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927

Overall Rank:

32,365

Average Rating:

71 (6 votes)

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928.

Amália Rodrigues Sings Fado From Portugal, Flamenco From Spain

Amália Rodrigues

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

3 charts

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928

Overall Rank:

32,414

Average Rating:

73 (4 votes)

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929.

Hank Mobley Quartet

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

8 charts

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929

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32,455

Average Rating:

72 (9 votes)

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930.

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 In F Major

Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

9 charts

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930

Overall Rank:

32,523

Average Rating:

72 (4 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	40	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	77	8%
1955	85	9%
1956	116	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	197	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Billie Holiday	18	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	781	78%
	40	4%
	32	3%
	26	3%
	19	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

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