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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4,906
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1956
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2,949
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1956
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1,857
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1956
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1,565
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1956
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1,469
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1956
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1,357
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1956
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1,326
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1956
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1,058
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1956
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741
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 41 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 40 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 58 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 62 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 76 | 8% | |
| 1955 | 85 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 117 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 150 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 174 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 197 | 20% |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 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 | % | |
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778 | 78% | |
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39 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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21 | 2% | |
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13 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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