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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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	5,228	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,064th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,249	Genius Of Modern Music (2,771st)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,937	Bird & Diz (1,987th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,691	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,839th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,099	Chet Baker Sings (679th)by Chet Baker
1955	325	14,923	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	433	32,450	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	565	45,571	Blue Train (303rd)by John Coltrane
1958	567	41,526	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	609	82,126	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,336	250,800

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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721.

The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 8

Art Tatum

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

11 charts

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721

Overall Rank:

25,873

Average Rating:

73 (14 votes)

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722.

Duets

Dizzy Gillespie With Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

11 charts

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723.

The Cool, Cool Penguins

The Penguins (1950s)

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

7 charts

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724.

Blues In Time

Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond Quartet

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

14 charts

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725.

The Great Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

8 charts

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725

Overall Rank:

26,013

Average Rating:

71 (8 votes)

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726.

Bossa Nova

Carlos Lyra

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

6 charts

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727.

Have Trumpet, Will Excite!

Dizzy Gillespie

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

12 charts

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728.

Off To The Races

Donald Byrd

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

13 charts

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729.

Autumn In New York

Jo Stafford

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

11 charts

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729

Overall Rank:

26,086

Average Rating:

69 (12 votes)

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730.

Hank Snow's Country Guitar

Hank Snow

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

13 charts

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730

Overall Rank:

26,114

Average Rating:

70 (7 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	39	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	77	8%
1955	87	9%
1956	116	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	196	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Billie Holiday	18	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	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	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

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

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

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