Top 80 Music Albums of the 1950s
by AgainstMeAgainstYou 
Woo! My first decade chart EVER!
It's been a great ride to finally get to this point, and while I might not have the time to contribute to decade charts like I do to my main overall chart, I'm gonna try and have a lot of fun doing this.
I figured the '50s were a good place to start, as this is a fairly short chart for me to make and it's the earliest decade that I'm allowed to make a chart for. The '50s weren't populated with great albums; rather, it was a decade of great collections of songs. You see, the difference between an album and a collection of songs is this: a group of songs, meant to be listened to in sequence and together as a cohesive whole, vs. a single or two and a bunch of other really good tracks thrown in. In the '50s, people didn't come to the realization that you could make the former, so everyone instead made the latter. This chart intends to show the exceptions to the rule.
You'll find a lot of Miles Davis here, as well as several artists who get two or three nods each.
If you'd like to get to know more about me and my overall musical tastes, check out my overall chart here:
http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=4559
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- Chart updated: 04/07/2019 05:15
- (Created: 05/31/2014 14:23).
- Chart size: 80 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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22,106
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Year of Release:
1955
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4,609
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Year of Release:
1959
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7,057
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Year of Release:
1957
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2,802
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Year of Release:
1958
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5,605
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Year of Release:
1958
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1,296
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,395
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
699
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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4,162
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[First added to this chart: 04/07/2019]
Year of Release:
1957
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2,918
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Top 80 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1953 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1954 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1955 | 6 | 8% | |
| 1956 | 12 | 15% | |
| 1957 | 17 | 21% | |
| 1958 | 20 | 25% | |
| 1959 | 15 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Frank Sinatra | 7 | 9% | |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 5% | |
| Charles Mingus | 4 | 5% | |
| Ray Charles | 3 | 4% | |
| Little Richard | 2 | 3% | |
| Duke Ellington And His Orchestra | 2 | 3% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 2 | 3% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 80 Music Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 8 from 16th to 8thMiles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19 |
| Up 8 from 11th to 3rdMingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus |
| Up 5 from 7th to 2ndIn The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 38 from 19th to 57thElvis by Elvis Presley |
| Down 28 from 20th to 48thPorgy And Bess by Miles Davis |
| Down 22 from 17th to 39thSarah Vaughan by Sarah Vaughan |
| Leavers |
|---|
| Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis |
| Genius Of Modern Music by Thelonious Monk |
| Coltrane Time by John Coltrane |
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