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Albums in the Year 1951

This page lists the top albums of 1951 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the here. Before 1960 quality chart information for albums is sparse, the result should therefore be assumed to be subjective and liable to be biased. A list of biggest hit songs of 1951 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Thelonious Monk	Genius of Modern Music	1951	RYM 1 of 1951, Guiness 91, Acclaimed 458
2	Bud Powell	The Amazing Bud Powell	1951	RYM 2 of 1951, Acclaimed 792
3	Duke Ellington	Masterpieces by Ellington	1951	RYM 3 of 1951
4	Trio Matamoros	La china en la rumba	1951	RYM 4 of 1951
5	Edith Piaf	La vie en rose	1951	RYM 5 of 1951
6	Erroll Garner	Gems	1951	RYM 6 of 1951
7	Les Baxter	Ritual of the Savage (Le sacre du sauvage)	1951	RYM 7 of 1951
8	Miklos Rozsa	Quo Vadis	1951	RYM 8 of 1951
9	Alex North	A Streetcar Named Desire	1951	RYM 9 of 1951
10	George Shearing	Touch of Genius !	1951	RYM 10 of 1951
11	Lester Young	The Lester Young Trio	1951	RYM 11 of 1951
12	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphony No. 7 in A major	1951	RYM 12 of 1951
13	Oscar Peterson	1951	1951	RYM 13 of 1951
14	Billie Holiday	At Storyville	1951	RYM 14 of 1951
15	Bud Powell	Moods	1951	RYM 15 of 1951
16	Lightnin' Hopkins	The Blues	1951	RYM 16 of 1951
17	Gerry Mulligan	Mulligan Plays Mulligan	1951	RYM 17 of 1951
18	Igor Stravinsky	The Rake's Progress	1951	RYM 18 of 1951
19	Louis Armstrong	Satchmo at Pasadena	1951	RYM 19 of 1951
20	Karlheinz Stockhausen	Formel	1951	RYM 20 of 1951
21	Pierre Henry	Le Microphone Bien Tempere	1951	RYM 21 of 1951
22	Giacomo Puccini	La Boheme	1951	RYM 22 of 1951
23	Judy Garland	Judy Garland Sings	1951	RYM 23 of 1951
24	Various Artists	The King & I	1951	RYM 24 of 1951
25	Various Artists	Show Boat	1951	RYM 25 of 1951
26	Sarah Vaughan	Sarah Vaughan Sings	1951	RYM 26 of 1951
27	Various Artists	An American in Paris	1951	RYM 27 of 1951
28	Various Artists	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	1951	RYM 28 of 1951
29	Paul Lingle	Dance of the Witch Hazels	1951	RYM 29 of 1951
30	Joly Braga Santos	Concerto para Cordas	1951	RYM 30 of 1951
31	Lee Konitz	The New Sound	1951	RYM 31 of 1951
32	Jimmy Dorsey	Dixie by Dorsey	1951	RYM 32 of 1951
33	Ruggiero Leoncavallo	Pagliacci	1951	RYM 33 of 1951
34	Red Norvo	Red Norvo's Fabulous Jam Session	1951	RYM 34 of 1951
35	Paul Lingle	Vintage Piano	1951	RYM 35 of 1951
36	Paul Lingle	The Legend Of Lingle	1951	RYM 36 of 1951
37	Lefty Frizzell	The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers	1951	RYM 37 of 1951
38	Red Foley	Red Foley Souvenir Album	1951	RYM 38 of 1951
39	Erroll Garner	Body & Soul	1951	RYM 39 of 1951
40	Rico's Creole Band	Maria Cristina / Que Me Importa	1951	RYM 40 of 1951
41	Dizzy Gillespie	School Days	1951	RYM 41 of 1951
42	Lightnin' Hopkins	Blues Train	1951	RYM 42 of 1951
43	Johnnie Ray	Johnnie Ray	1951	RYM 43 of 1951
44	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Les Paul's New Sound, Vol 2	1951	RYM 44 of 1951
45	Louis Armstrong	Evening with Louis Armstrong at Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Vol 2	1951	RYM 45 of 1951
46	Olivier Messiaen	Livre d'orgue	1951	RYM 46 of 1951
47	Del Wood	Down Yonder	1951	RYM 47 of 1951
48	Ed Lee Natay	Navajo Singer	1951	RYM 48 of 1951
49	Gilbert & Sullivan	Iolanthe, Record 1	1951	RYM 49 of 1951
50	Gilbert & Sullivan	Iolanthe, Record 2	1951	RYM 50 of 1951
51	Lester Young	Lester Young Live At Birdland	1951	RYM 51 of 1951