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	125	5,304	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,074th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,236	Genius Of Modern Music (2,764th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,940	Bird & Diz (1,983rd)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,722	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,848th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,157	Chet Baker Sings (670th)by Chet Baker
1955	326	14,931	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,530	Elvis Presley (365th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,596	Blue Train (306th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,578	Lady In Satin (563rd)by Billie Holiday
1959	613	81,819	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,352	250,812

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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41.

Come Fly With Me

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

939

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,799

Average Rating:

74 (119 votes)

Comments:

42.

N° 4

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

928

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,816

Average Rating:

75 (85 votes)

Comments:

43.

One Dozen Berrys

Chuck Berry

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

912

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,845

Average Rating:

74 (108 votes)

Comments:

44.

Black Coffee With Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

911

Rank in 1953:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,848

Average Rating:

74 (111 votes)

Comments:

45.

The Everly Brothers

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

886

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,895

Average Rating:

74 (89 votes)

Comments:

46.

Basie

Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

877

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,915

Average Rating:

77 (154 votes)

Comments:

47.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

874

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,919

Average Rating:

73 (94 votes)

Comments:

48.

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations

Glenn Gould

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

841

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,979

Average Rating:

81 (109 votes)

Comments:

49.

Bird & Diz

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Year of Release:

1952

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

838

Rank in 1952:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,983

Average Rating:

77 (115 votes)

Comments:

50.

Clifford Brown And Max Roach

Clifford Brown & Max Roach

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

809

Rank in 1954:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,050

Average Rating:

79 (111 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	86	9%
1956	116	12%
1957	152	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	196	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%
Sarah Vaughan	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	780	78%
	40	4%
	32	3%
	26	3%
	20	2%
	12	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	942	94%
Yes	58	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

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

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