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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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	122	5,214	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,056th)by Yma Sumac
1951	140	4,224	Genius Of Modern Music (2,768th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,851	Bird & Diz (1,986th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	193	6,468	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,854th)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,179	Chet Baker Sings (674th)by Chet Baker
1955	322	14,876	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	434	32,554	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	564	45,408	Blue Train (300th)by John Coltrane
1958	564	41,280	Lady In Satin (566th)by Billie Holiday
1959	608	82,094	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,326	250,146

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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481.

Finger Poppin'

Horace Silver Quintet

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

482.

Portrait Of Art Farmer

Art Farmer

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

482

Overall Rank:

17,243

Average Rating:

73 (3 votes)

Comments:

483.

Drum Suite

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

483

Overall Rank:

17,250

Average Rating:

76 (12 votes)

Comments:

484.

Lullaby Of Broadway

Doris Day

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1951:

Rank in 1950s:

484

Overall Rank:

17,267

Average Rating:

67 (18 votes)

Comments:

485.

Tennessee Waltz

Patti Page

Year of Release:

1952

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1952:

Rank in 1950s:

485

Overall Rank:

17,299

Average Rating:

69 (12 votes)

Comments:

486.

Encores

Édith Piaf

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1951:

Rank in 1950s:

486

Overall Rank:

17,335

Average Rating:

71 (14 votes)

Comments:

487.

Bobby Darin

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

487

Overall Rank:

17,339

Average Rating:

67 (11 votes)

Comments:

488.

Harmony Time Vol.2

The Chordettes

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1951:

Rank in 1950s:

488

Overall Rank:

17,379

Average Rating:

69 (12 votes)

Comments:

489.

Young Man With A Horn

Doris Day And Harry James

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1950:

Rank in 1950s:

489

Overall Rank:

17,483

Average Rating:

69 (19 votes)

Comments:

490.

Calendar Girl

Julie London

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

490

Overall Rank:

17,603

Average Rating:

71 (15 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	40	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	76	8%
1955	86	9%
1956	118	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	174	17%
1959	194	19%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Billie Holiday	18	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	%

	779	78%
	40	4%
	31	3%
	26	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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