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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1950s decade summary

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	125	5,236	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,073rd)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,186	Genius Of Modern Music (2,816th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	6,929	Bird & Diz (1,985th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,687	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,847th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,114	Chet Baker Sings (671st)by Chet Baker
1955	326	14,829	In The Wee Small Hours (382nd)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,215	Elvis Presley (367th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,280	Blue Train (307th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,285	Lady In Satin (565th)by Billie Holiday
1959	614	81,428	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,354	249,189

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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991.

Julian "Cannonball" Adderley

Cannonball Adderley

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

12 charts

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991

Overall Rank:

35,028

Average Rating:

72 (10 votes)

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992.

The Weary Blues With Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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993.

Lili Marlene

Marlene Dietrich

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

5 charts

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994.

The Pajama Game

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

10 charts

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994

Overall Rank:

35,076

Average Rating:

70 (5 votes)

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995.

Saudosa Maloca

Os Demônios Da Garoa Nos Sambas De Adoniran Barbosa

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

3 charts

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995

Overall Rank:

35,089

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

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996.

I'm Wild Again

Frances Faye

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

4 charts

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996

Overall Rank:

35,111

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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997.

Encontro Com Ary

Ary Barroso

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

2 charts

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998.

Tenderly

Oscar Peterson

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

6 charts

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998

Overall Rank:

35,165

Average Rating:

71 (5 votes)

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999.

Groovin' At Small's Paradise, Volume 1

Jimmy Smith

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

4 charts

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1000.

Other Worlds, Other Sounds

Esquivel

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

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%

Artist	Albums	%

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	%

	778	78%
	39	4%
	32	3%
	26	3%
	21	2%
	13	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	943	94%
Yes	57	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

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