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 (682nd)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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851.

Benny Rides Again

Benny Goodman

Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

11 charts

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852.

After Lights Out

The Tubby Hayes Quintet

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

3 charts

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853.

Songs For Rounders

Hank Thompson

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

6 charts

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854.

Chairman Of The Board

Count Basie

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

6 charts

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855.

The Jazz Workshop

George Russell

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1957

Appears in:

7 charts

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856.

Sonny Rollins And Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

13 charts

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856

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30,617

Average Rating:

70 (6 votes)

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857.

Coasters Greatest Hits
Compilation

The Coasters

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

9 charts

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858.

New Sounds Of Africa

Spokes Mashiyane / Miriam Makeba / Leo De Lyon

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1959

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4 charts

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859.

The Man With The Golden Arm (Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Elmer Bernstein

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1956

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6 charts

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860.

Plenty Valente!

Caterina Valente

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1957

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4 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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