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	122	5,226	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,069th)by Yma Sumac
1951	141	4,238	Genius Of Modern Music (2,772nd)by Thelonious Monk
1952	150	6,923	Bird & Diz (1,990th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	194	6,689	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,841st)by Peggy Lee
1954	230	11,094	Chet Baker Sings (680th)by Chet Baker
1955	325	14,934	In The Wee Small Hours (381st)by Frank Sinatra
1956	433	32,484	Elvis Presley (364th)by Elvis Presley
1957	565	45,534	Blue Train (304th)by John Coltrane
1958	568	41,496	Lady In Satin (564th)by Billie Holiday
1959	611	82,054	Kind Of Blue (38th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,339	250,673

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:

132 charts

Rank Score:

941

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,795

Average Rating:

74 (119 votes)

Comments:

42.

N° 4

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

931

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,814

Average Rating:

75 (85 votes)

Comments:

43.

Black Coffee With Peggy Lee

Peggy Lee

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

915

Rank in 1953:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,841

Average Rating:

74 (110 votes)

Comments:

44.

One Dozen Berrys

Chuck Berry

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

904

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,864

Average Rating:

75 (107 votes)

Comments:

45.

Basie

Count Basie And His Orchestra & Neal Hefti

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

895

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,879

Average Rating:

77 (153 votes)

Comments:

46.

The Everly Brothers

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

884

Rank in 1958:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,899

Average Rating:

74 (89 votes)

Comments:

47.

Jerry Lee Lewis

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

863

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:

97 charts

Rank Score:

843

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,980

Average Rating:

81 (108 votes)

Comments:

49.

Bird & Diz

Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Year of Release:

1952

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

837

Rank in 1952:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

1,990

Average Rating:

77 (115 votes)

Comments:

50.

What'd I Say

Ray Charles

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

810

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,052

Average Rating:

77 (96 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Year	Albums	%

1950	39	4%
1951	40	4%
1952	58	6%
1953	62	6%
1954	77	8%
1955	87	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%
Frank Sinatra	15	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Sarah Vaughan	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	781	78%
	39	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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