# List of Billboard 200 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.

## Chart history through August 22

Chart history :
| Issue date | 33 1/3 R.P.M. | 33 1/3 R.P.M. | 33 1/3 R.P.M. | 45 R.P.M. | 45 R.P.M. | 45 R.P.M. | Ref. |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
| January 3 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | Christmas with Eddie Fisher | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| January 10 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| January 17 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| January 24 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| January 31 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| February 7 | 1937–1938 Jazz Concert No. 2 | Benny Goodman | Columbia | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| February 14 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | I'm in the Mood for Love | Eddie Fisher | RCA Victor | |
| February 21 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Stars and Stripes Forever | Soundtrack | MGM | |
| February 28 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| March 7 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Stars and Stripes Forever | Soundtrack | MGM | |
| March 14 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| March 21 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| March 28 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| April 4 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| April 11 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| April 18 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Arthur Godfrey's TV Calendar Show | Arthur Godfrey | Columbia | |
| April 25 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| May 2 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| May 9 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| May 16 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| May 23 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| May 30 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| June 6 | The Music of Victor Herbert and Sigmund Romberg | Mantovani | London | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | |
| June 13 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| June 20 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| June 27 | Hans Christian Andersen | Danny Kaye | Decca | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| July 4 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| July 11 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| July 18 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| July 25 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| August 1 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| August 8 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| August 15 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |
| August 22 | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | Music for Lovers Only | Jackie Gleason | Capitol | |

## Chart history December 26

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
| December 26 | Christmas with Arthur Godfrey | Arthur Godfrey | Columbia | |