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	5,236	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,073rd)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,198	Genius Of Modern Music (2,813th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	151	6,931	Bird & Diz (1,985th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,698	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,849th)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,122	Chet Baker Sings (670th)by Chet Baker
1955	326	14,865	In The Wee Small Hours (382nd)by Frank Sinatra
1956	435	32,260	Elvis Presley (366th)by Elvis Presley
1957	568	45,387	Blue Train (307th)by John Coltrane
1958	570	41,367	Lady In Satin (566th)by Billie Holiday
1959	613	81,536	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,353	249,601

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:

1,798

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:

1,817

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:

1,849

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:

1,896

Average Rating:

74 (89 votes)

Comments:

46.

Basie

Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

871

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,921

Average Rating:

77 (154 votes)

Comments:

47.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

859

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,942

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:

840

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,981

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:

1,985

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:

2,051

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	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%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	11	1%
Show all

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	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

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

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