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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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	5,293	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,075th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,234	Genius Of Modern Music (2,764th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	6,945	Bird & Diz (1,983rd)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,699	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,849th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,151	Chet Baker Sings (670th)by Chet Baker
1955	326	14,914	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,477	Elvis Presley (366th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,573	Blue Train (307th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,530	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	613	81,806	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,353	250,621

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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181.

No. 4

Georges Brassens

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

181

Overall Rank:

6,137

Average Rating:

74 (21 votes)

Comments:

182.

Patsy Cline

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

182

Overall Rank:

6,231

Average Rating:

73 (19 votes)

Comments:

183.

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

183

Overall Rank:

6,267

Average Rating:

77 (36 votes)

Comments:

184.

No One Cares

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

184

Overall Rank:

6,276

Average Rating:

76 (45 votes)

Comments:

185.

Coltrane

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

203

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

185

Overall Rank:

6,368

Average Rating:

74 (52 votes)

Comments:

186.

Elvis' Christmas Album

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

202

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

186

Overall Rank:

6,406

Average Rating:

71 (66 votes)

Comments:

187.

Ella And Louis Again

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

202

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

187

Overall Rank:

6,412

Average Rating:

76 (35 votes)

Comments:

188.

We Are The Chantels

The Chantels

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

198

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

188

Overall Rank:

6,541

Average Rating:

73 (21 votes)

Comments:

189.

N°3

Georges Brassens

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

198

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

189

Overall Rank:

6,545

Average Rating:

71 (18 votes)

Comments:

190.

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Evans

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

190

Overall Rank:

6,587

Average Rating:

76 (37 votes)

Comments:

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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	77	8%
1955	85	9%
1956	116	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	197	20%

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%
Elvis Presley	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	781	78%
	40	4%
	32	3%
	26	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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