Best Albums of 1951

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Listed below are the best albums of 1951 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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1951 year summaryThe best artists of 1951 were Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Hank Williams, Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys, Doris Day, Machito, Les Baxter, Louis Armstrong and Les Paul & Mary Ford.

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101.

Folk & Classical Music Of Korea

Various Artists

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1951

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3 charts

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102.

Poulenc Playing His Own Works: Mouvements Perpetuels ‧ Nocturne In D Major ‧ Suite Francaise / Piano Music Of Satie

Francis Poulenc

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1951

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3 charts

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Ted Heath And His Orchestra

Ted Heath And His Music

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1951

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2 charts

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104.

Battle Of The Saxes

Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt

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1951

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5 charts

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105.

Tempo For Dancers

Ted Heath And His Orchestra

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1951

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2 charts

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106.

Enjoy Yourself

Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians

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1951

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2 charts

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107.

Tenor Sax Solos

Lester Young

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1951

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3 charts

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A Place In The Sun
Soundtrack

Franz Waxman

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1951

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5 charts

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109.

Popo

Art Pepper & Shorty Rogers

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1951

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4 charts

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110.

Tenor Sax Favorites

Wardell Gray

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1951

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2 charts

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110

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2,161

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72 (3 votes)

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Best Albums of 1951 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	9%
Andrew Rowan Summers	3	2%
Doris Day	3	2%
Frankie Laine	2	2%
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic	2	2%
Édith Piaf	2	2%
Charlie Parker	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	84	65%
	14	11%
	6	5%
	5	4%
	4	3%
	4	3%
	2	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	116	90%
Yes	13	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	127	98%
Yes	2	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	123	95%
Yes	6	5%

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