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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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	122	5,230	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,060th)by Yma Sumac
1951	140	4,242	Genius Of Modern Music (2,766th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,928	Bird & Diz (1,985th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	193	6,513	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,833rd)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,181	Chet Baker Sings (676th)by Chet Baker
1955	322	14,893	In The Wee Small Hours (380th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	434	32,581	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	565	45,497	Blue Train (301st)by John Coltrane
1958	567	41,496	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	609	82,016	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,331	250,578

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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991.

New Orleans Street Singer

Snooks Eaglin

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

7 charts

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992.

This Is Johnny Tillotson

Johnny Tillotson

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

3 charts

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993.

Sing The Best Of Irving Berlin

Billy Eckstine & Sarah Vaughan

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

8 charts

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994.

Galloping Fingers

Ethel Smith

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

5 charts

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994

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34,949

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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995.

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

Cannonball Adderley

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

12 charts

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995

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34,978

Average Rating:

72 (10 votes)

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996.

Lili Marlene

Marlene Dietrich

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

5 charts

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997.

The Pajama Game

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

10 charts

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997

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35,017

Average Rating:

70 (5 votes)

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998.

Saudosa Maloca

Os Demônios Da Garoa Nos Sambas De Adoniran Barbosa

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

3 charts

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998

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35,027

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

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999.

The Weary Blues With Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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1000.

I'm Wild Again

Frances Faye

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

4 charts

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1,000

Overall Rank:

35,049

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	39	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	61	6%
1954	77	8%
1955	87	9%
1956	117	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	196	20%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	781	78%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	26	3%
	20	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	943	94%
Yes	57	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

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

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