Best Albums of the 1950s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 47,000 greatest album charts.
Year of Release:
1959
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3,131
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
3,056
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Year of Release:
1956
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Rank Score:
2,943
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,854
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
2,836
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,619
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Year of Release:
1957
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Rank Score:
2,479
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Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
2,405
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Year of Release:
1958
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Rank Score:
2,383
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Year of Release:
1954
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2,344
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 2 of 100
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 45 | 5% | |
| 1951 | 42 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 58 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 61 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 75 | 8% | |
| 1955 | 88 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 114 | 11% | |
| 1957 | 158 | 16% | |
| 1958 | 172 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 187 | 19% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 17 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 16 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 12 | 1% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 12 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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777 | 78% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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30 | 3% | |
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21 | 2% | |
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14 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 1960s | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. The Velvet Underground | |
| 3. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 4. Bob Dylan | |
| 5. The Beach Boys | |
| 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| 7. The Velvet Underground & Nico | |
| 8. Led Zeppelin | |
| 9. The Doors | |
| 10. The Rolling Stones | |
| 11. King Crimson | |
| 12. John Coltrane | |
| 13. Frank Zappa | |
| 14. The Kinks | |
| 15. Love | |
| 16. Van Morrison | |
| 17. Charles Mingus | |
| 18. Neil Young | |
| 19. The Zombies | |
| 20. Miles Davis |