These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1953, per the Billboard 200.
Issue date | 33 1/3 R.P.M. | 45 R.P.M. | Ref. | ||||
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Album | Artist(s) | Label | Album | Artist(s) | Label | ||
January 3 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | Christmas with Eddie Fisher | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | [1] |
January 10 | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | [2] | |||
January 17 | [3] | ||||||
January 24 | [4] | ||||||
January 31 | [5] | ||||||
February 7 | [6] | ||||||
February 14 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [7] | |||
February 21 | Stars and Stripes Forever | Soundtrack | MGM | [8] | |||
February 28 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [9] | |||
March 7 | Stars and Stripes Forever | Soundtrack | MGM | [10] | |||
March 14 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [11] | |||
March 21 | [12] | ||||||
March 28 | [13] | ||||||
April 4 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | [14] | |||
April 11 | [15] | ||||||
April 18 | Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show | Arthur Godfrey | Columbia | [16] | |||
April 25 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [17] | |||
May 2 | [18] | ||||||
May 9 | [19] | ||||||
May 16 | [20] | ||||||
May 23 | [21] | ||||||
May 30 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | [22] |
June 6 | The Music of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg | Mantovani | London | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [23] |
June 13 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | [24] |
June 20 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | [25] | |||
June 27 | [26] | ||||||
July 4 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | [27] | |||
July 11 | [28] | ||||||
July 18 | [29] | ||||||
July 25 | [30] | ||||||
August 1 | [31] | ||||||
August 8 | [32] | ||||||
August 15 | [33] | ||||||
August 22 | [34] |
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August 29 |
September 5 |
September 12 |
September 19 |
September 26 |
October 3 |
October 10 |
October 17 |
October 24 |
October 31 |
November 7 |
November 14 |
November 21 |
November 28 |
December 5 |
December 12 |
December 19 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
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December 26 | Christmas with Arthur Godfrey | Arthur Godfrey | Columbia | [35] |