Top-rated albums of 1950

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1950 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Charlie Parker With Strings 

 Charlie Parker

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

407

Rank in 1950:

3

Rank in 1950s:

102

Overall Rank:

3,590

Average Rating:

 76 (83 votes)

Comments:

8

2.

Voice Of The Xtabay 

 Yma Sumac

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

798

Rank in 1950:

1

Rank in 1950s:

53

Overall Rank:

2,074

Average Rating:

 75 (71 votes)

Comments:

7

3.

Ella Sings Gershwin 

 Ella Fitzgerald

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

234

Rank in 1950:

6

Rank in 1950s:

165

Overall Rank:

5,652

Average Rating:

 74 (46 votes)

Comments:

5

4.

Hot Jazz 

 Sarah Vaughan

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

37

Rank in 1950:

31

Rank in 1950s:

699

Overall Rank:

24,960

Average Rating:

 73 (19 votes)

Comments:

2

5.

Sarah Vaughan 

 Sarah Vaughan With George Treadwell And His All Stars

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

43

Rank in 1950:

25

Rank in 1950s:

631

Overall Rank:

22,628

Average Rating:

 73 (12 votes)

Comments:

0

6.

Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

39

Rank in 1950:

29

Rank in 1950s:

673

Overall Rank:

24,252

Average Rating:

 73 (14 votes)

Comments:

1

7.

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert 
Live

 Benny Goodman

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

596

Rank in 1950:

2

Rank in 1950s:

71

Overall Rank:

2,617

Average Rating:

 73 (82 votes)

Comments:

11

8.

Night In Manhattan 

 Lee Wiley

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

37

Rank in 1950:

32

Rank in 1950s:

706

Overall Rank:

25,088

Average Rating:

 73 (10 votes)

Comments:

0

9.

Talking Dust Bowl 
Compilation

 Woody Guthrie

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

405

Rank in 1950:

4

Rank in 1950s:

103

Overall Rank:

3,604

Average Rating:

 72 (45 votes)

Comments:

4

10.

Pearl Bailey Entertains 

 Pearl Bailey

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

58

Rank in 1950:

18

Rank in 1950s:

510

Overall Rank:

18,389

Average Rating:

 72 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).