Best Albums of the 1950s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 47 of 100
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 41 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 39 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 56 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 62 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 74 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 84 | 8% | |
| 1956 | 118 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 155 | 16% | |
| 1958 | 179 | 18% | |
| 1959 | 192 | 19% |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 15 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 15 | 2% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 13 | 1% | |
| Doris Day | 11 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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782 | 78% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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