Best Albums of the 1930s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1930s 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.
1930	6	0
1931	5	0
1932	6	0
1933	7	0
1934	5	0
1935	5	0
1936	7	0
1937	15	0
1938	38	152	Bessie Smith Album (8,125th)by Bessie Smith
1939	43	204	Negro Sinful Songs (6,340th)by Lead Belly
Total	137	356

The best artists of the 1930s were Lead Belly and Bessie Smith.

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Negro Sinful Songs

Lead Belly

Year of Release:

1939

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

204

Rank in 1939:

Rank in 1930s:

Overall Rank:

6,341

Average Rating:

74 (42 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1930s composition

Year	Albums	%

1930	0	0%
1931	0	0%
1932	0	0%
1933	0	0%
1934	0	0%
1935	0	0%
1936	0	0%
1937	0	0%
1938	1	0%
1939	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Bessie Smith	1	50%
Lead Belly	1	50%

Country	Albums	%

	2	100%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1	50%
Yes	1	50%

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