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 53,000 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	122	5,215	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,057th)by Yma Sumac
1951	140	4,224	Genius Of Modern Music (2,770th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,851	Bird & Diz (1,987th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	193	6,437	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,854th)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,152	Chet Baker Sings (674th)by Chet Baker
1955	322	14,877	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	434	32,556	Elvis Presley (365th)by Elvis Presley
1957	564	45,411	Blue Train (300th)by John Coltrane
1958	564	41,282	Lady In Satin (567th)by Billie Holiday
1959	608	82,110	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,326	250,114

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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991.

The Pajama Game

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

10 charts

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Rank in 1950s:

991

Overall Rank:

34,978

Average Rating:

70 (5 votes)

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992.

Saudosa Maloca

Os Demônios Da Garoa Nos Sambas De Adoniran Barbosa

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

3 charts

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992

Overall Rank:

34,990

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

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993.

The Weary Blues With Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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994.

I'm Wild Again

Frances Faye

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

4 charts

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994

Overall Rank:

35,012

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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995.

Encontro Com Ary

Ary Barroso

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

2 charts

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996.

In Memoriam Django Reinhardt

Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

5 charts

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996

Overall Rank:

35,083

Average Rating:

71 (3 votes)

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997.

Groovin' At Small's Paradise, Volume 1

Jimmy Smith

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

4 charts

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998.

Other Worlds, Other Sounds

Esquivel

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

6 charts

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999.

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite; Waldteufel: The Skaters Waltz; Rossini: William Tell

Arturo Toscanini / NBC Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

7 charts

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1000.

Café Continental

Ruth Welcome / Dick Marta

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

5 charts

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1,000

Overall Rank:

35,100

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	40	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	61	6%
1954	75	8%
1955	86	9%
1956	118	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	175	18%
1959	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Billie Holiday	18	2%
Various Artists	17	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	%

	780	78%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	12	1%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	943	94%
Yes	57	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

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

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