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	5,215	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,057th)by Yma Sumac
1951	140	4,224	Genius Of Modern Music (2,769th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,851	Bird & Diz (1,987th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	193	6,464	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,854th)by Peggy Lee
1954	229	11,203	Chet Baker Sings (674th)by Chet Baker
1955	322	14,878	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	434	32,558	Elvis Presley (365th)by Elvis Presley
1957	564	45,404	Blue Train (300th)by John Coltrane
1958	564	41,274	Lady In Satin (567th)by Billie Holiday
1959	608	82,126	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,326	250,199

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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531.

Brubeck Time

Dave Brubeck

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

531

Overall Rank:

19,059

Average Rating:

72 (16 votes)

Comments:

532.

Chet Baker & Strings

Chet Baker

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

16 charts

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Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

532

Overall Rank:

19,073

Average Rating:

73 (13 votes)

Comments:

533.

The Great Caruso

Mario Lanza

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1951:

Rank in 1950s:

533

Overall Rank:

19,091

Average Rating:

70 (23 votes)

Comments:

534.

South Pacific
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

534

Overall Rank:

19,194

Average Rating:

71 (23 votes)

Comments:

535.

Nº 3

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

535

Overall Rank:

19,231

Average Rating:

71 (18 votes)

Comments:

536.

Bernstein: Symphonic Suite From On The Waterfront

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

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Rank in 1950s:

536

Overall Rank:

19,312

Average Rating:

74 (15 votes)

Comments:

537.

Kelly Blue

Wynton Kelly

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

16 charts

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538.

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon

Doris Day

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

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Rank in 1950s:

538

Overall Rank:

19,400

Average Rating:

67 (16 votes)

Comments:

539.

Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, & A Spiritual

Dave Van Ronk

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

13 charts

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540.

Hello Love

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

5 charts

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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%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	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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