Best Albums of the 1950s
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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Total albums: 1,000. Page 13 of 100
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 40 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 40 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 59 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 63 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 76 | 8% | |
| 1955 | 82 | 8% | |
| 1956 | 116 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 154 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 172 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 198 | 20% |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 17 | 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 | % | |
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777 | 78% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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19 | 2% | |
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13 | 1% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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| Best Ever Artists | |
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. The Velvet Underground | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 12. Neil Young | |
| 13. The Smiths | |
| 14. Miles Davis | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Kanye West | |
| 17. R.E.M. | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |