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 42,000 greatest album charts.

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1950s decade summary

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	101	4,267	The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Ja... (2,368th)by Benny Goodman
1951	116	3,782	Genius Of Modern Music: Volume 1 (3,105th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	138	6,283	Bird & Diz (2,261st)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	174	5,690	Black Coffee (2,083rd)by Peggy Lee
1954	199	9,676	Chet Baker Sings (1,030th)by Chet Baker
1955	272	12,556	In The Wee Small Hours (397th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	359	28,690	Elvis Presley (410th)by Elvis Presley
1957	460	41,716	Blue Train (356th)by John Coltrane
1958	471	36,060	Lady In Satin (658th)by Billie Holiday
1959	488	81,055	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	2,778	229,775

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

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Chet Baker Sings

Chet Baker

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

1,799

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,030

Average Rating:

80 (178 votes)

Comments:

38.

Sarah Vaughan

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

947

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,777

Average Rating:

80 (107 votes)

Comments:

47.

Clifford Brown And Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

735

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,198

Average Rating:

80 (85 votes)

Comments:

73.

Songs For Young Lovers

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

517

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,888

Average Rating:

77 (88 votes)

Comments:

90.

Canções Praieiras

Dorival Caymmi

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

411

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

3,468

Average Rating:

76 (47 votes)

Comments:

107.

Swing Easy!

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

346

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

107

Overall Rank:

4,000

Average Rating:

74 (58 votes)

Comments:

111.

Mambo!

Yma Sumac

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

326

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

111

Overall Rank:

4,184

Average Rating:

68 (40 votes)

Comments:

125.

A Night At Birdland Vol. 1

Art Blakey

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

125

Overall Rank:

4,647

Average Rating:

77 (28 votes)

Comments:

138.

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

138

Overall Rank:

5,079

Average Rating:

78 (51 votes)

Comments:

163.

The Great Artistry Of Django Reinhardt

Django Reinhardt

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

205

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

163

Overall Rank:

6,070

Average Rating:

73 (21 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	43	4%
1951	44	4%
1952	56	6%
1953	61	6%
1954	71	7%
1955	90	9%
1956	120	12%
1957	153	15%
1958	177	18%
1959	185	19%

Artist	Albums	%

Billie Holiday	17	2%
Frank Sinatra	16	2%
Various Artists	16	2%
Miles Davis	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	12	1%
Sarah Vaughan	12	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	767	77%
	56	6%
	32	3%
	28	3%
	24	2%
	12	1%
	6	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	945	95%
Yes	55	6%

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