Best Albums of the 1950s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 49,000 greatest album charts.
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1959
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26,961
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1959
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7,649
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1959
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6,733
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1957
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5,993
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1956
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5,073
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1955
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Rank Score:
4,884
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1959
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4,022
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1957
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3,988
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1959
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3,599
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1958
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3,192
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Total albums: 944. Page 1 of 95
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 42 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 41 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 60 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 62 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 73 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 88 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 118 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 153 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 172 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 191 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 16 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 16 | 2% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 12 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 11 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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778 | 78% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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13 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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