Best Albums of the 1950s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 greatest album charts.

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1950s decade summary

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	15	1,264	Chansons Des Cafés De Paris (2,840th) by Edith Piaf
1951	12	549	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (4,674th) by Thelonious Monk
1952	17	1,641	Hank Williams Sings (2,458th) by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
1953	16	1,431	Ellington Uptown (3,344th) by Duke Ellington
1954	26	2,055	Sarah Vaughan (1,831st) by Sarah Vaughan
1955	34	3,166	In The Wee Small Hours (617th) by Frank Sinatra
1956	53	10,782	Elvis Presley (364th) by Elvis Presley
1957	84	11,568	Here's Little Richard (604th) by Little Richard
1958	94	8,518	Lady In Satin (1,021st) by Billie Holiday
1959	96	34,139	Kind Of Blue (43rd) by Miles Davis
Total	447	75,113

The best bands of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Little Richard, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Chuck Berry and Ornette Coleman Trio.

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Band

101.

Little Girl Blue

Nina Simone

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1958:	21	Rank Score:	107
Rank in 1950s	101	Overall Rank:	6,296
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102.

Jazz In Silhouette

Sun Ra And His Arkestra

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 1959:	17	Rank Score:	107
Rank in 1950s	102	Overall Rank:	6,300
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103.

Kenya

Machito

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1957:	21	Rank Score:	106
Rank in 1950s	103	Overall Rank:	6,316
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104.

Du chant à la une!...

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1958:	22	Rank Score:	106
Rank in 1950s	104	Overall Rank:	6,335
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105.

This Is Fats Domino!

Fats Domino

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 1956:	15	Rank Score:	105
Rank in 1950s	105	Overall Rank:	6,356
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106.

Go Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	17 charts
Rank in 1959:	18	Rank Score:	105
Rank in 1950s	106	Overall Rank:	6,364
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107.

Newport 1958

Mahalia Jackson

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1958:	23	Rank Score:	104
Rank in 1950s	107	Overall Rank:	6,415
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108.

Ricky

Ricky Nelson

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1957:	22	Rank Score:	102
Rank in 1950s	108	Overall Rank:	6,492
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109.

Ray Charles

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1957:	23	Rank Score:	102
Rank in 1950s	109	Overall Rank:	6,530
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110.

La Valse à Mille Temps

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1959:	19	Rank Score:	99
Rank in 1950s	110	Overall Rank:	6,784
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	14	1%
1951	9	1%
1952	16	2%
1953	15	2%
1954	24	2%
1955	29	3%
1956	44	4%
1957	73	7%
1958	84	8%
1959	85	9%

Band	Albums	%

Miles Davis	15	2%
Frank Sinatra	12	1%
Thelonious Monk	11	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	9	1%
Billie Holiday	9	1%
Elvis Presley	8	1%
Ray Charles	6	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	346	35%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	4	0%
	3	0%
	3	0%
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