Best Albums of the 1950s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.
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1959
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23,205
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
7,111
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
6,543
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1958
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Rank Score:
5,476
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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
5,107
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Year of Release:
1955
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Rank Score:
4,646
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
4,261
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1959
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Rank Score:
3,917
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1959
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3,543
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1958
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3,381
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Total albums: 963. Page 1 of 97
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1950 | 45 | 5% | |
1951 | 41 | 4% | |
1952 | 58 | 6% | |
1953 | 63 | 6% | |
1954 | 73 | 7% | |
1955 | 86 | 9% | |
1956 | 116 | 12% | |
1957 | 153 | 15% | |
1958 | 174 | 17% | |
1959 | 191 | 19% |
Artist | Albums | % | |
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Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
Frank Sinatra | 16 | 2% | |
Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
Various Artists | 14 | 1% | |
Ella Fitzgerald | 13 | 1% | |
Sarah Vaughan | 11 | 1% | |
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787 | 79% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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