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 54,000 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	125	5,240	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,113th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,213	Genius Of Modern Music (2,786th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	153	7,088	Bird & Diz (1,960th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	195	6,742	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,813th)by Peggy Lee
1954	231	11,122	Chet Baker Sings (683rd)by Chet Baker
1955	339	14,967	In The Wee Small Hours (378th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	451	32,549	Elvis Presley (356th)by Elvis Presley
1957	577	45,535	Blue Train (302nd)by John Coltrane
1958	588	41,438	Lady In Satin (557th)by Billie Holiday
1959	636	81,484	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,436	250,378

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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961.

The Everly Brothers' Best
Compilation

The Everly Brothers

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

6 charts

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962.

The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad

Bernard Herrmann

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

5 charts

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963.

The Big Sound

Gene Ammons' All-Stars

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

5 charts

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964.

Para Você Ouvir E Dançar

Angela Maria

Year of Release:

1958

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2 charts

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965.

Byrd's Word

Donald Byrd

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

12 charts

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965

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33,893

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72 (7 votes)

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966.

The Weavers At Carnegie Hall
Live

The Weavers

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

8 charts

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967.

Chopin: Waltzes

Dinu Lipatti

Year of Release:

1953

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9 charts

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967

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33,945

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73 (9 votes)

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968.

O Último Malandro

Moreira Da Silva

Year of Release:

1958

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3 charts

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969.

Tomorrow Is The Question! The New Music Of Ornette Coleman

Ornette Coleman

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1959

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16 charts

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Little Klunk

Stan Tracey Trio

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1959

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2 charts

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	40	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	59	6%
1953	63	6%
1954	76	8%
1955	82	8%
1956	116	12%
1957	153	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	198	20%

Artist	Albums	%

Billie Holiday	18	2%
Various Artists	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	%

	776	78%
	38	4%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

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

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Best Artists of 1961
1. John Coltrane
2. Robert Johnson
3. Ornette Coleman
4. Bill Evans
5. Bill Evans Trio
6. Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
7. Miles Davis
8. Oliver Nelson
9. John Coltrane Quartet
10. Ray Charles
11. Yusef Lateef
12. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
13. Art Blakey
14. Patsy Cline
15. The Miles Davis Sextet
16. Roy Orbison
17. Bobby Bland
18. Eric Dolphy
19. Django Reinhardt
20. Elvis Presley