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	5,249	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,125th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,213	Genius Of Modern Music (2,784th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	153	6,990	Bird & Diz (1,953rd)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	195	6,736	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,817th)by Peggy Lee
1954	232	11,106	Chet Baker Sings (683rd)by Chet Baker
1955	341	14,963	In The Wee Small Hours (379th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	452	32,518	Elvis Presley (354th)by Elvis Presley
1957	578	45,550	Blue Train (295th)by John Coltrane
1958	591	41,399	Lady In Satin (559th)by Billie Holiday
1959	638	81,437	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,446	250,160

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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451.

Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson Trio

Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

451

Overall Rank:

16,244

Average Rating:

72 (13 votes)

Comments:

452.

Holiday For Skins, Volume 1

Art Blakey

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

452

Overall Rank:

16,314

Average Rating:

71 (6 votes)

Comments:

453.

Tea For Two

Doris Day

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1950:

Rank in 1950s:

453

Overall Rank:

16,496

Average Rating:

66 (17 votes)

Comments:

454.

Let The Good Times Roll

Shirley & Lee

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

454

Overall Rank:

16,555

Average Rating:

67 (12 votes)

Comments:

455.

My Fair Lady

The Original Broadway Cast

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

455

Overall Rank:

16,567

Average Rating:

70 (22 votes)

Comments:

456.

A Jolly Christmas From Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

456

Overall Rank:

16,636

Average Rating:

66 (24 votes)

Comments:

457.

Canção Do Amor Demais

Elizeth Cardoso

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

457

Overall Rank:

16,641

Average Rating:

76 (12 votes)

Comments:

458.

Dig

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

458

Overall Rank:

16,650

Average Rating:

72 (22 votes)

Comments:

459.

The Magnificent Thad Jones

Thad Jones

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

459

Overall Rank:

16,655

Average Rating:

74 (17 votes)

Comments:

460.

Talking And Drum Solos

Baby Dodds

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1951:

Rank in 1950s:

460

Overall Rank:

16,738

Average Rating:

70 (10 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	776	78%
	37	4%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	13	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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