Best Albums of 1943

« View best albums of 1942View best albums of 1944 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1943 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1943 year summaryThe best artists of 1943 were Lead Belly, Benny Goodman And His Boys, Paul Robeson, The Original Broadway Cast, The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Judy Garland and Cab Calloway And His Orchestra.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summaryLog in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

Songs By Lead Belly: Accompanied By Sonny Terry

Lead Belly

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

137

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

8,831

Average Rating:

70 (10 votes)

Comments:

Chicago Jazz Classics

Benny Goodman And His Boys

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

15,828

Average Rating:

70 (12 votes)

Comments:

Oklahoma!

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

17,517

Average Rating:

71 (11 votes)

Comments:

The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France - Volume 2

The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

21,913

Average Rating:

74 (5 votes)

Comments:

Four Star Favorites
Compilation

Artie Shaw

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

130

Overall Rank:

29,970

Average Rating:

70 (7 votes)

Comments:

Six Songs By Kurt Weill

Lotte Lenya

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

151

Overall Rank:

34,010

Average Rating:

73 (4 votes)

Comments:

Second Souvenir Album

Judy Garland

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

154

Overall Rank:

35,034

Average Rating:

73 (6 votes)

Comments:

A Duke Ellington Panorama

Duke Ellington

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

163

Overall Rank:

36,538

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

Comments:

10.

Cab Calloway And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

4 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

169

Overall Rank:

37,708

Average Rating:

73 (3 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
next »

Total albums: 24. Page 1 of 3

Best Albums of 1943 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Sir Thomas Beecham / The London Philharmonic Orchestra	2	8%
The Original Broadway Cast	1	4%
David Rose And His Orchestra	1	4%
Lead Belly	1	4%
Victor Young And His Concert Orchestra	1	4%
Paul Robeson	1	4%
Artie Shaw	1	4%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	17	71%
	3	13%
	2	8%
	1	4%
	1	4%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	22	92%
Yes	2	8%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	23	96%
Yes	1	4%

« View best albums of 1942View best albums of 1944 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Popular Charts
1. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
2. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
3. 200 Greatest Albums of All Time by Uncut (2016)
4. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone (2020)
5. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
6. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
7. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
8. Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte by radioeins (2019)
9. The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time by Consequence of Sound (2022)
10. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
11. Mojo Readers: The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made by Mojo (1996)
12. The Greatest Rock Albums by uDiscoverMusic (2015)
13. Die 20 besten Alben der Geschichte by Musikexpress.de (2011)
14. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
15. Die 100 besten Platten des Jahrhunderts by Wiener (1999)
16. Die 100 Alben des Jahrhunderts by Spex (2000)
17. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Melody Maker (2000)
18. 100 Greatest Albums Ever by Q (2006)
19. All Time Top 100 Albums by Sounds (UK) (1985)
20. The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Of All Time by Classic Rock (2001)