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	5,248	Voice Of The Xtabay (2,138th)by Yma Sumac
1951	142	4,226	Genius Of Modern Music (2,780th)by Thelonious Monk
1952	153	7,017	Bird & Diz (1,950th)by Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
1953	197	6,738	Black Coffee With Peggy Lee (1,812th)by Peggy Lee
1954	232	11,100	Chet Baker Sings (681st)by Chet Baker
1955	342	14,925	In The Wee Small Hours (380th)by Frank Sinatra
1956	454	32,513	Elvis Presley (352nd)by Elvis Presley
1957	583	45,569	Blue Train (294th)by John Coltrane
1958	601	41,579	Lady In Satin (558th)by Billie Holiday
1959	644	81,515	Kind Of Blue (37th)by Miles Davis
Total	3,473	250,431

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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691.

The Artistry Of Stan Getz

Stan Getz

Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

12 charts

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691

Overall Rank:

24,781

Average Rating:

71 (5 votes)

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692.

Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1

Edgard Varèse

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

9 charts

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692

Overall Rank:

24,814

Average Rating:

72 (9 votes)

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693.

Orgy In Rhythm, Volume 2

Art Blakey

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

14 charts

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694.

Autumn In New York

Tal Farlow

Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

13 charts

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Rank in 1950s:

694

Overall Rank:

24,862

Average Rating:

72 (10 votes)

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695.

House Party

Jimmy Smith

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

8 charts

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696.

Detroit-New York Junction

Thad Jones

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

14 charts

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696

Overall Rank:

24,889

Average Rating:

72 (9 votes)

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697.

Jazz Sahara

Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

10 charts

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698.

Rock & Roll

Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

10 charts

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699.

Folk Song Favorites

Patti Page

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

11 charts

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699

Overall Rank:

24,948

Average Rating:

67 (9 votes)

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700.

Blue Soul

Blue Mitchell

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

13 charts

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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	154	15%
1958	172	17%
1959	198	20%

Artist	Albums	%

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	%

	777	78%
	36	4%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	13	1%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	943	94%
Yes	57	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

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

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