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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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	5,234	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,073rd)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,185	Genius Of Modern Music (2,815th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	6,927	Bird & Diz (1,990th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,686	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,848th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,109	Chet Baker Sings (671st)by Chet Baker
1955	327	14,823	In The Wee Small Hours (382nd)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,196	Elvis Presley (367th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,292	Blue Train (309th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,345	Lady In Satin (558th)by Billie Holiday
1959	615	81,408	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,356	249,205

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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831.

Dolores Duran Canta Para Você Dançar

Dolores Duran

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

3 charts

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832.

The Tal Farlow Album

Tal Farlow

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

7 charts

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832

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29,853

Average Rating:

72 (6 votes)

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833.

Come Fill Your Glass With Us

The Clancy Brothers

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

10 charts

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834.

City Lights

Lee Morgan

Year of Release:

1957

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10 charts

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835.

Selections From Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

6 charts

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835

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29,951

Average Rating:

72 (4 votes)

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836.

Nothing But The Blues

Herb Ellis

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

5 charts

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837.

Norwegian Folk Songs

Pelle Joner

Year of Release:

1958

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10 charts

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838.

Rollins Plays For Bird

Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:

1956

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12 charts

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839.

The Bewitching Miss Bassey

Shirley Bassey

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1959

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7 charts

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840.

Sound Patterns

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1953

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5 charts

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840

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30,052

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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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	%

Various Artists	18	2%
Billie Holiday	18	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	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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