Best Albums of the 1940s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1940s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1940s 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.
1940	69	1,775	Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 (3,750th)by Woody Guthrie
1941	75	1,347	The Midnight Special (And Other ... (4,444th)by Lead Belly
1942	75	755	Her Second Album Of Piano Solos ... (8,697th)by Hazel Scott
1943	77	598	Songs By Lead Belly: Accompanied... (8,835th)by Lead Belly
1944	76	1,294	An Album Of Outstanding Arrangem... (4,947th)by Glenn Miller
1945	79	1,091	Merry Christmas (5,358th)by Bing Crosby
1946	102	1,816	The Voice Of Frank Sinatra (6,605th)by Frank Sinatra
1947	102	1,739	Teddy Wilson - Billie Holiday (5,194th)by Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra F...
1948	102	1,451	Chansons Des Cafés De Paris (5,902nd)by Édith Piaf
1949	104	1,981	Bird Blows The Blues (6,198th)by Charlie Parker
Total	861	13,846

The best artists of the 1940s were Woody Guthrie, Nat King Cole, Lead Belly, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Josh White, Louis Jordan, The King Cole Trio, The Original Broadway Cast and Hazel Scott.

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Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

386

Rank in 1940:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

3,751

Average Rating:

75 (37 votes)

Comments:

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 1940:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,134

Average Rating:

73 (29 votes)

Comments:

37.

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1944

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1944:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

11,455

Average Rating:

72 (8 votes)

Comments:

90.

Ballads From The Dust Bowl

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1946:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

20,190

Average Rating:

68 (5 votes)

Comments:

113.

Songs To Grow On - Nursery Days

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1946:

Rank in 1940s:

113

Overall Rank:

25,284

Average Rating:

69 (5 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 5. Page 1 of 1

Best Albums of the 1940s composition

Year	Albums	%

1940	29	3%
1941	28	3%
1942	24	2%
1943	24	2%
1944	25	3%
1945	25	3%
1946	38	4%
1947	40	4%
1948	39	4%
1949	45	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	3%
Josh White	7	2%
Sir Thomas Beecham / The London Philharmonic Orchestra	6	2%
Bing Crosby	6	2%
The Original Broadway Cast	6	2%
Woody Guthrie	5	2%
Almanac Singers	5	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	246	78%
	20	6%
	14	4%
	7	2%
	6	2%
	5	2%
	2	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	300	95%
Yes	17	5%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	311	98%
Yes	6	2%

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