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 54,000 greatest album charts.

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1930s 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.
1930	6	0
1931	6	0
1932	6	0
1933	7	0
1934	8	0
1935	7	0
1936	9	0
1937	17	0
1938	41	144	Bessie Smith Album (8,510th)by Bessie Smith
1939	47	192	Negro Sinful Songs (6,709th)by Lead Belly
Total	154	335

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:

191

Rank in 1939:

Rank in 1930s:

Overall Rank:

6,709

Average Rating:

74 (44 votes)

Comments:

Bessie Smith Album
Compilation

Bessie Smith

Year of Release:

1938

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

144

Rank in 1938:

Rank in 1930s:

Overall Rank:

8,510

Average Rating:

71 (13 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 2. Page 1 of 1

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	%

Lead Belly	1	50%
Bessie Smith	1	50%

Country	Albums	%

	2	100%

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

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