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 (2,845th) by Edith Piaf
1951	12	537	Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (4,690th) by Thelonious Monk
1952	17	1,629	Hank Williams Sings (2,470th) by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
1953	15	1,403	Ellington Uptown (3,353rd) by Duke Ellington
1954	26	2,047	Sarah Vaughan (1,835th) by Sarah Vaughan
1955	34	3,177	In The Wee Small Hours (618th) by Frank Sinatra
1956	54	10,659	Elvis Presley (368th) by Elvis Presley
1957	86	11,485	Here's Little Richard (604th) by Little Richard
1958	94	8,435	Lady In Satin (1,026th) by Billie Holiday
1959	96	34,063	Kind Of Blue (44th) by Miles Davis
Total	449	74,672

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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Band

191.

Ricky Nelson

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1958:	42	Rank Score:	35
Rank in 1950s	191	Overall Rank:	13,278
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192.

The Call Of The Wildest

Louis Prima

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 1957:	40	Rank Score:	34
Rank in 1950s	192	Overall Rank:	13,303
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193.

I'm John Lee Hooker

John Lee Hooker

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 1959:	33	Rank Score:	34
Rank in 1950s	193	Overall Rank:	13,326
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194.

Legrand Jazz

Michel Legrand

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1958:	43	Rank Score:	34
Rank in 1950s	194	Overall Rank:	13,374
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195.

The Music From Peter Gunn

Henry Mancini

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1959:	34	Rank Score:	34
Rank in 1950s	195	Overall Rank:	13,388
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196.

All Or Nothing At All

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1959:	35	Rank Score:	32
Rank in 1950s	196	Overall Rank:	13,574
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197.

Finger-Style Guitar

Chet Atkins

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1956:	26	Rank Score:	32
Rank in 1950s	197	Overall Rank:	13,631
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198.

Sleep Warm

Dean Martin

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1959:	36	Rank Score:	32
Rank in 1950s	198	Overall Rank:	13,633
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199.

Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions

Chet Atkins

Year of Release:	1955	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1955:	14	Rank Score:	32
Rank in 1950s	199	Overall Rank:	13,636
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200.

Lonnie

Lonnie Donegan

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1957:	41	Rank Score:	31
Rank in 1950s	200	Overall Rank:	13,690
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	14	1%
1951	10	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%
Billie Holiday	9	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	9	1%
Elvis Presley	8	1%
Ray Charles	6	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	345	35%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	8	1%
	4	0%
	3	0%
	3	0%
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