Best Albums of the 1950s
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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1956
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4,946
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1956
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2,954
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1956
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1,864
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1956
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1,599
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1956
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1,486
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1956
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1,364
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1956
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1,339
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1956
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1,074
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1956
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743
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Total albums: 116. Page 1 of 12
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1950 | 40 | 4% | |
1951 | 40 | 4% | |
1952 | 58 | 6% | |
1953 | 62 | 6% | |
1954 | 77 | 8% | |
1955 | 86 | 9% | |
1956 | 116 | 12% | |
1957 | 152 | 15% | |
1958 | 173 | 17% | |
1959 | 196 | 20% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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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 | % | |
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780 | 78% | ||
40 | 4% | ||
32 | 3% | ||
26 | 3% | ||
20 | 2% | ||
12 | 1% | ||
11 | 1% | ||
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1. The Beatles | |
2. The Velvet Underground | |
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
4. The Doors | |
5. Jimi Hendrix | |
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
7. Love | |
8. Leonard Cohen | |
9. Pink Floyd | |
10. Jefferson Airplane | |
11. Cream | |
12. The Moody Blues | |
13. Aretha Franklin | |
14. The Kinks | |
15. The Who | |
16. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | |
17. The Rolling Stones | |
18. Nico | |
19. Bob Dylan | |
20. The Beach Boys |