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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summaryThe best artists of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and John Coltrane.
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1953
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1957
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year Albums %


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 %


Billie Holiday 18 2%
Miles Davis 16 2%
Frank Sinatra 16 2%
Sonny Rollins 15 2%
Various Artists 14 1%
Ella Fitzgerald 13 1%
Doris Day 11 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 787 79%
France 33 3%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
United Kingdom 25 3%
Brazil 17 2%
Canada 12 1%
Austria 11 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 946 95%
Yes 54 5%
Live? Albums %
No 963 96%
Yes 37 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 975 98%
Yes 25 3%
Best Albums of 1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
4. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Forever Changes by Love
6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
7. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
9. Axis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. Strange Days by The Doors
11. Disraeli Gears by Cream
12. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
13. Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
14. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
15. Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks
16. The Who Sell Out by The Who
17. Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
18. Chelsea Girl by Nico
19. John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan
20. Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds
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