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	5,212	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,056th)by Yma Sumac
1951	140	4,223	Genius Of Modern Music (2,768th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,914	Bird & Diz (1,988th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	193	6,476	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,856th)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,168	Chet Baker Sings (676th)by Chet Baker
1955	322	14,877	In The Wee Small Hours (380th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	434	32,568	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	565	45,427	Blue Train (300th)by John Coltrane
1958	567	41,372	Lady In Satin (570th)by Billie Holiday
1959	609	82,089	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,331	250,325

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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911.

Scriabin: First Symphony In E Major, Op. 26

Nikolai Golovanov / The Great Symphony Orchestra Of The All-Union Radio And Central TV

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

3 charts

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911

Overall Rank:

31,947

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

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912.

Piano

Wynton Kelly

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

9 charts

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913.

Sonny Rollins And The Contemporary Leaders

Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

12 charts

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914.

Helen Merrill With Strings

Helen Merrill

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

9 charts

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914

Overall Rank:

31,978

Average Rating:

74 (7 votes)

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915.

Songs Of A Love Affair

Jean Shepard

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

2 charts

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915.

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Tullio Serafin / Orchestra And Chorus Of La Scala Opera House, Milan / Maria Callas/ Giuseppe Di Stefano/ Rolando Panerai/ Ebe Ticozzi

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

4 charts

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915

Overall Rank:

32,035

Average Rating:

71 (4 votes)

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917.

Jazz Lab

Donald Byrd & Gigi Gryce

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

7 charts

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918.

Don Rendell Presents The Jazz Six

Don Rendell

Year of Release:

1957

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2 charts

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919.

Interpretations Vol. 2

The Stan Getz Quartet

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

13 charts

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919

Overall Rank:

32,105

Average Rating:

70 (9 votes)

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920.

The Congregation

Johnny Griffin

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

8 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	76	8%
1955	86	9%
1956	118	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	174	17%
1959	195	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	%

	780	78%
	39	4%
	31	3%
	26	3%
	21	2%
	12	1%
	10	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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