Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 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.
1950	125	5,233	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,102nd)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,196	Genius Of Modern Music (2,798th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	7,035	Bird & Diz (1,956th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,701	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,805th)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,138	Chet Baker Sings (676th)by Chet Baker
1955	333	14,926	In The Wee Small Hours (376th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	444	32,416	Elvis Presley (365th)by Elvis Presley
1957	576	45,380	Blue Train (307th)by John Coltrane
1958	575	41,331	Lady In Satin (561st)by Billie Holiday
1959	619	81,381	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,387	249,738

The best artists of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Billie Holiday and John Coltrane.

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In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

478 charts

Rank Score:

4,751

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

376

Average Rating:

80 (636 votes)

Comments:

40.

Sarah Vaughan

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,005

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,691

Average Rating:

78 (145 votes)

Comments:

55.

Rock Around The Clock
Compilation

Bill Haley And His Comets

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

775

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,132

Average Rating:

74 (109 votes)

Comments:

65.

Julie Is Her Name

Julie London

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

635

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,485

Average Rating:

75 (94 votes)

Comments:

90.

Ramblin' Man

Hank Williams

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

475

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

3,151

Average Rating:

75 (69 votes)

Comments:

115.

Study In Brown

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

115

Overall Rank:

3,980

Average Rating:

78 (70 votes)

Comments:

121.

Concert By The Sea
Live

Erroll Garner

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

339

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

121

Overall Rank:

4,198

Average Rating:

76 (65 votes)

Comments:

128.

Shake, Rattle And Roll
Compilation

Bill Haley And His Comets

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

128

Overall Rank:

4,398

Average Rating:

72 (43 votes)

Comments:

141.

Dinah Jams
Live

Dinah Washington

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

278

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

141

Overall Rank:

4,912

Average Rating:

74 (55 votes)

Comments:

162.

Satch Plays Fats

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

237

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

162

Overall Rank:

5,586

Average Rating:

75 (69 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	40	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	59	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	76	8%
1955	82	8%
1956	117	12%
1957	153	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	198	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Billie Holiday	18	2%
Various Artists	18	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Sarah Vaughan	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	777	78%
	38	4%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	977	98%
Yes	23	2%

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