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	1,237	Chansons Des Cafés De Paris (2,844th) by Edith Piaf
1951	12	536	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (4,680th) by Thelonious Monk
1952	17	1,629	Hank Williams Sings (2,466th) by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
1953	15	1,403	Ellington Uptown (3,350th) by Duke Ellington
1954	26	2,047	Sarah Vaughan (1,832nd) by Sarah Vaughan
1955	34	3,178	In The Wee Small Hours (615th) by Frank Sinatra
1956	54	10,691	Elvis Presley (360th) by Elvis Presley
1957	86	11,483	Here's Little Richard (601st) by Little Richard
1958	94	8,403	Lady In Satin (1,022nd) by Billie Holiday
1959	96	33,950	Kind Of Blue (43rd) by Miles Davis
Total	449	74,557

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 Buddy Holly.

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121.

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1957:	27	Rank Score:	88
Rank in 1950s	121	Overall Rank:	7,685
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122.

The Amazing Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 1959:	23	Rank Score:	87
Rank in 1950s	122	Overall Rank:	7,756
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123.

Soultrane

John Coltrane

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 1958:	24	Rank Score:	87
Rank in 1950s	123	Overall Rank:	7,759
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124.

Singing To My Baby

Eddie Cochran

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1957:	28	Rank Score:	86
Rank in 1950s	124	Overall Rank:	7,847
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125.

The Clown

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1957:	29	Rank Score:	85
Rank in 1950s	125	Overall Rank:	7,978
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126.

Three Ragas

Ravi Shankar

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1956:	17	Rank Score:	84
Rank in 1950s	126	Overall Rank:	8,015
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127.

Looking Ahead!

Cecil Taylor Quartet

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1959:	24	Rank Score:	84
Rank in 1950s	127	Overall Rank:	8,072
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128.

Nina Simone at Town Hall

Nina Simone

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1959:	25	Rank Score:	79
Rank in 1950s	128	Overall Rank:	8,494
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129.

The Best Of Little Walter

Little Walter

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1958:	25	Rank Score:	79
Rank in 1950s	129	Overall Rank:	8,515
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130.

Ella Sings Gershwin

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of Release:	1950	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1950:	5	Rank Score:	79
Rank in 1950s	130	Overall Rank:	8,547
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	14	1%
1951	9	1%
1952	15	2%
1953	14	1%
1954	22	2%
1955	29	3%
1956	44	4%
1957	74	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	%

	344	34%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	4	0%
	3	0%
	3	0%
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