List of Billboard number-one albums of 1953

These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1953, per the Billboard 200.

No chart was issued from August 29 to December 19.

Issue date	33 1/3 R.P.M.			45 R.P.M.			Ref.
Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Album	Artist(s)	Label	Ref.
January 3	1937–'38 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				Music for Lovers Only	Jackie Gleason	Capitol	^[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	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	Hans Christian Andersen	Danny Kaye	Decca				^[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]

Chart history through August 22