Best Albums of the 1950s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1950s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 35,000 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	56	3,031	The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Ja... (2,453rd) by Benny Goodman
1951	87	3,384	Hank Williams Sings (3,263rd) by Hank Williams With His Drifting ...
1952	100	6,404	Anthology Of American Folk Music (2,551st) by Various Artists
1953	106	4,480	Black Coffee (2,403rd) by Peggy Lee
1954	124	9,153	Chet Baker Sings (1,217th) by Chet Baker
1955	175	12,116	In The Wee Small Hours (441st) by Frank Sinatra
1956	258	32,768	Elvis Presley (428th) by Elvis Presley
1957	339	38,210	Blue Train (418th) by John Coltrane
1958	360	32,689	Lady In Satin (702nd) by Billie Holiday
1959	368	98,015	Kind Of Blue (38th) by Miles Davis
Total	1,973	240,250

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

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Album

Artist

Kind Of Blue

Miles Davis

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	1,268 charts
Rank in 1959:	1	Rank Score:	47,137
Rank in 1950s	1	Overall Rank:	38
Average Rating: 89/100 (1,723 votes)
Comments: 124 comments

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Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	454 charts
Rank in 1959:	2	Rank Score:	9,330
Rank in 1950s	2	Overall Rank:	298
Average Rating: 84/100 (500 votes)
Comments: 27 comments

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Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	461 charts
Rank in 1959:	3	Rank Score:	7,814
Rank in 1950s	3	Overall Rank:	354
Average Rating: 84/100 (497 votes)
Comments: 23 comments

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Blue Train

John Coltrane

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	387 charts
Rank in 1957:	1	Rank Score:	6,223
Rank in 1950s	4	Overall Rank:	418
Average Rating: 84/100 (458 votes)
Comments: 16 comments

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Elvis Presley

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	400 charts
Rank in 1956:	1	Rank Score:	6,159
Rank in 1950s	5	Overall Rank:	428
Average Rating: 80/100 (558 votes)
Comments: 23 comments

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In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:	1955	Appears in:	330 charts
Rank in 1955:	1	Rank Score:	5,956
Rank in 1950s	6	Overall Rank:	441
Average Rating: 80/100 (454 votes)
Comments: 26 comments

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The Shape Of Jazz To Come

Ornette Coleman

Year of Release:	1959	Appears in:	322 charts
Rank in 1959:	4	Rank Score:	5,505
Rank in 1950s	7	Overall Rank:	468
Average Rating: 82/100 (359 votes)
Comments: 18 comments

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Here's Little Richard

Little Richard

Year of Release:	1957	Appears in:	268 charts
Rank in 1957:	2	Rank Score:	3,863
Rank in 1950s	8	Overall Rank:	646
Average Rating: 79/100 (334 votes)
Comments: 26 comments

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Lady In Satin

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:	1958	Appears in:	247 charts
Rank in 1958:	1	Rank Score:	3,523
Rank in 1950s	9	Overall Rank:	702
Average Rating: 80/100 (261 votes)
Comments: 13 comments

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10.

Saxophone Colossus

Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:	1956	Appears in:	249 charts
Rank in 1956:	2	Rank Score:	3,332
Rank in 1950s	10	Overall Rank:	739
Average Rating: 81/100 (258 votes)
Comments: 8 comments

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	29	3%
1951	45	5%
1952	50	5%
1953	50	5%
1954	73	7%
1955	87	9%
1956	127	13%
1957	163	16%
1958	181	18%
1959	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	19	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Frank Sinatra	16	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Billie Holiday	13	1%
Ella Fitzgerald	12	1%
Sarah Vaughan	12	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	776	78%
	41	4%
	30	3%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	14	1%
	11	1%
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