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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23,481
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1959
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7,116
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1959
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6,564
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1959
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3,913
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1959
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3,576
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1959
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2,374
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1959
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2,175
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1959
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1,690
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1959
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1,660
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1959
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1,245
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Total albums: 193. Page 1 of 20
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
Year | Albums | % | |
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1950 | 41 | 4% | |
1951 | 39 | 4% | |
1952 | 55 | 6% | |
1953 | 62 | 6% | |
1954 | 73 | 7% | |
1955 | 85 | 9% | |
1956 | 118 | 12% | |
1957 | 155 | 16% | |
1958 | 179 | 18% | |
1959 | 193 | 19% |
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Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
Frank Sinatra | 15 | 2% | |
Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
Various Artists | 14 | 1% | |
Ella Fitzgerald | 13 | 1% | |
Doris Day | 11 | 1% | |
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784 | 78% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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