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Albums in the Year 1954

This page lists the top albums of 1954 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. 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 1954 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Frank Sinatra	Swing Easy	1954	UK 5 - Oct 1960, RYM 9 of 1954, Guiness 56, Acclaimed 2217
2	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	1954	RYM 1 of 1954, Acclaimed 1229
3	Miles Davis	Birth Of The Cool	1954	Guiness 42, Acclaimed 325, WXPN 529
4	Frank Sinatra	Songs for Young Lovers	1954	RYM 3 of 1954, Acclaimed 1533
5	Billie Holiday	Lady Sings The Blues	1954	RYM 4 of 1954, Channel4 38
6	Art Blakey	A Night At Birdland, Vol 1	1954	RYM 5 of 1954, Acclaimed 1236
7	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Sings	1954	RYM 8 of 1954, Acclaimed 1970
8	Art Blakey	A Night At Birdland, Vol 2	1954	RYM 11 of 1954, Acclaimed 2296
9	Dave Brubeck	Jazz Goes to College	1954	RYM 13 of 1954, Acclaimed 2843
10	Dinah Washington	Dinah Jams	1954	RYM 14 of 1954, Acclaimed 1509
11	Sarah Vaughan	Swingin' Easy	1954	RYM 49 of 1957, Acclaimed 1298
12	Charles Mingus	Charlie Mingus	1954	RYM 65 of 1954, Acclaimed 935
13	Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie	Dizzy Gillespie with Roy Eldridge	1954	RYM 134 of 1954, Acclaimed 1572
14	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong Plays WC Handy	1954	RYM 2 of 1954
15	Lester Young	With The Oscar Peterson Trio	1954	RYM 6 of 1954
16	Yma Sumac	Mambo!	1954	RYM 7 of 1954
17	Georges Brassens	Vol 2 - 'Le vent'	1954	RYM 12 of 1954
18	Judy Garland	A Star Is Born	1954	RYM 15 of 1954
19	Eartha Kitt	That Bad Eartha	1954	RYM 16 of 1954
20	Ben Webster	The Consummate Artistry of Ben Webster	1954	RYM 17 of 1954
21	Charles Mingus	The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus	1954	RYM 18 of 1954
22	Max Steiner	Gone with the Wind	1954	RYM 19 of 1954
23	Chet Baker	Chet Baker & Strings	1954	RYM 20 of 1954
24	Erroll Garner	Misty	1954	RYM 21 of 1954
25	Ella Fitzgerald	Songs in a Mellow Mood	1954	RYM 22 of 1954
26	Michel Legrand	I Love Paris	1954	RYM 23 of 1954
27	Richard Rodgers	Victory At Sea	1954	RYM 24 of 1954
28	Dave Brubeck	Jazz: Red Hot & Cool	1954	RYM 25 of 1954
29	Dizzy Gillespie	Afro	1954	RYM 26 of 1954
30	Ludwig van Beethoven	Fidelio (Martha Modl,Wolfgang Windgassen,Sena Jurinac,Gottlob Frick;Wiener Philharmoniker;Wilhelm Furtwangler)	1954	RYM 27 of 1954
31	King Pleasure	King Pleasure Sings / Annie Ross Sings	1954	RYM 28 of 1954
32	Jacques Brel	Jacques Brel & Ses Chansons	1954	RYM 29 of 1954
33	Dave Brubeck	Jazz at College of the Pacific	1954	RYM 30 of 1954
34	Dave Brubeck	Brubeck Time	1954	RYM 31 of 1954
35	Hector Berlioz	Symphonie Fantastique	1954	RYM 33 of 1954
36	Caj Tjader	Mambo With Tjader	1954	RYM 34 of 1954
37	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Cosi Fan Tutte (Schwarzkopf, Otto, Merriman, Simoneau, Panerai, Bruscantini; Karajan w/Philharmonia Choir & Orchestra	1954	RYM 35 of 1954
38	Erroll Garner	Contrasts	1954	RYM 36 of 1954
39	Max Steiner	The Caine Mutiny	1954	RYM 37 of 1954
40	Dinah Washington	After Hours With Miss D	1954	RYM 39 of 1954
41	Artur Rubinstein	Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 15	1954	RYM 40 of 1954
42	Duke Ellington	Ellington '55	1954	RYM 41 of 1954
43	Ludwig van Beethoven	Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' - Piano Sonatas Nos 8 & 23 'Pathetique' & 'Appassionata'	1954	RYM 42 of 1954
44	Maria Callas	Puccini Arias	1954	RYM 43 of 1954
45	Various Artists	Seven Brides For Seven Brothers	1954	RYM 44 of 1954
46	Miles Davis	Miles Davis All Star Sextet	1954	RYM 45 of 1954
47	Barney Kessel	Kessel Plays Standards	1954	RYM 46 of 1954
48	Duke Ellington	Early Ellington	1954	RYM 47 of 1954
49	Jackson do Pandeiro	Sua Majestade, o Rei do Ritmo	1954	RYM 48 of 1954
50	Various Artists	Glenn Miller Story	1954	RYM 49 of 1954
51	Les Baxter	The Passions: Featuring Bas Sheva	1954	RYM 50 of 1954
52	Fumio Hayasaka	Seven Samurai	1954	RYM 51 of 1954
53	Louis Armstrong	Louis Armstrong Sings the Blues	1954	RYM 52 of 1954
54	Fafa Lemos	Jantar No Rio	1954	RYM 53 of 1954
55	Doris Monteiro	Minhas Musicas	1954	RYM 54 of 1954
56	Various Artists	The Pajama Game	1954	RYM 55 of 1954
57	Chet Baker	Sextet	1954	RYM 56 of 1954
58	Art Blakey	Blakey	1954	RYM 57 of 1954
59	Billy May Orchestra	Billy May's Bacchanalia!	1954	RYM 58 of 1954
60	Ella Fitzgerald	Lullabies of Birdland	1954	RYM 59 of 1954
61	Elmo Hope	Elmo Hope Quintet, Vol 2	1954	RYM 60 of 1954
62	Ludwig van Beethoven	Symphonies No. 3, No. 5 & No. 7 (Vienna Philharmonic, Wilhelm Furtwangler) (3 LP)	1954	RYM 61 of 1954
63	Sarah Vaughan	The Divine Sarah Sings	1954	RYM 62 of 1954
64	Stan Kenton	Portraits On Standards	1954	RYM 63 of 1954
65	Pete Seeger	The Goofing-Off Suite	1954	RYM 64 of 1954
66	Lowell Fulson	Hung Down Head	1954	RYM 66 of 1954
67	Kid Ory	Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band	1954	RYM 67 of 1954
68	Dorival Caymmi	Cancoes Praieiras	1954	RYM 69 of 1954
69	Lionel Hampton	The Lionel Hampton Quintet	1954	RYM 70 of 1954
70	Louis Bellson	Skin Deep	1954	RYM 71 of 1954
71	Pete Seeger	American Folk Songs for Children	1954	RYM 72 of 1954
72	Richard Strauss	Also sprach Zarathustra	1954	RYM 73 of 1954
73	Pete Seeger	How to Play the 5-String Banjo	1954	RYM 74 of 1954
74	Horace Silver	Horace Silver Trio Vol 2	1954	RYM 75 of 1954
75	Laurindo Almeida	Laurindo Almeida Quartet	1954	RYM 76 of 1954
76	Harry Belafonte	Mark Twain (And Other Folk Favorites)	1954	RYM 77 of 1954
77	Bob Cooper	Group activity	1954	RYM 78 of 1954
78	Benny Goodman	BG In Hi-Fi	1954	RYM 79 of 1954
79	Gerry Mulligan	Pleyel Concert, Vol 2	1954	RYM 80 of 1954
80	Jackie Gleason	Music, Martinis, & Memories	1954	RYM 81 of 1954
81	Anita O'Day	An Evening With Anita O'Day	1954	RYM 82 of 1954
82	Art Blakey	A Night At Birdland, Vol. 3	1954	RYM 83 of 1954
83	Stan Purdy & Mickey Spillane	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	1954	RYM 84 of 1954
84	Chet Baker	Chet Baker Ensemble	1954	RYM 86 of 1954
85	Bas Sheva	Soul of a People	1954	RYM 87 of 1954
86	Odetta	The Tin Angel	1954	RYM 88 of 1954
87	Various Artists	The Boy Friend	1954	RYM 89 of 1954
88	Quintet of The Hot Club of France	Hot Club Quintet	1954	RYM 90 of 1954
89	Roy Haynes	Busman's Holiday	1954	RYM 91 of 1954
90	Willie 'The Lion' Smith	Relaxin' After Hours	1954	RYM 92 of 1954
91	Maynard Ferguson	Jam Session	1954	RYM 93 of 1954
92	Gerry Mulligan	Pleyel Concert, Vol 1	1954	RYM 95 of 1954
93	Igor Stravinsky	In Memoriam Dylan Thomas	1954	RYM 96 of 1954
94	George Wallington	Showcase	1954	RYM 97 of 1954
95	Lee Konitz	Jazz at Storyville	1954	RYM 98 of 1954
96	Maria Elena Walsh	Argentine Folk Songs	1954	RYM 99 of 1954
97	Maria Elena Walsh	Chants D'Argentine	1954	RYM 100 of 1954
98	Jimmy Giuffre	Tangents in Jazz	1954	RYM 101 of 1954
99	Peggy Lee	Songs in an Intimate Style	1954	RYM 102 of 1954
100	Guy Lafitte	Blue & Sentimental	1954	RYM 103 of 1954