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	5,229	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,061st)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,247	Genius Of Modern Music (2,763rd)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,937	Bird & Diz (1,987th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,692	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,835th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,101	Chet Baker Sings (677th)by Chet Baker
1955	325	14,931	In The Wee Small Hours (380th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	433	32,452	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	565	45,490	Blue Train (301st)by John Coltrane
1958	567	41,489	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	609	82,013	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,336	250,581

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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801.

Anita

Anita O'Day

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

9 charts

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802.

Dream Street

Peggy Lee

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

6 charts

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803.

Louis Under The Stars

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

8 charts

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804.

Sonny Stitt & Bud Powell

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

12 charts

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804

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28,721

Average Rating:

71 (11 votes)

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805.

American Favorite Ballads Volume 3

Pete Seeger

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

11 charts

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806.

Sings The Gershwin Song Book Vol. 1

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

9 charts

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807.

The Lionel Hampton Quintet

Lionel Hampton

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

13 charts

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807

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28,768

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73 (15 votes)

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808.

Charles Aznavour Chante Charles Aznavour Vol. 2

Charles Aznavour

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

3 charts

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808

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28,788

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70 (8 votes)

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809.

Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde (The Song Of The Earth) And Three Rückert Songs

Bruno Walter / The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Kathleen Ferrier / Julius Patzak

Year of Release:

1957

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4 charts

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Dreamsville

Lola Albright

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1959

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5 charts

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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%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Sarah Vaughan	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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