# List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1963

These are the number-one albums in the United States per Billboard magazine during the year 1963. Prior to August 1963, separate charts existed for albums in mono and stereo formats. The chart is now known as the 'Billboard 200'.
Key :
| † | Indicates best performing album of 1963 |

## Chart history through August 10

Chart history :
| Issue date | Mono | Mono | Mono | Stereo | Stereo | Stereo | Ref. |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
| January 5 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| January 12 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| January 19 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| January 26 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| February 2 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| February 9 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| February 16 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| February 23 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| March 2 | The First Family | Vaughn Meader | Cadence | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| March 9 | My Son, the Celebrity | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. | Jazz Samba | Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd | Verve | |
| March 16 | Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show | Frank Fontaine | ABC/Paramount | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| March 23 | Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show | Frank Fontaine | ABC/Paramount | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| March 30 | Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show | Frank Fontaine | ABC/Paramount | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| April 6 | Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show | Frank Fontaine | ABC/Paramount | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| April 13 | Songs I Sing on The Jackie Gleason Show | Frank Fontaine | ABC/Paramount | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| April 20 | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| April 27 | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| May 4 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| May 11 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| May 18 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| May 25 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | West Side Story † | Soundtrack | Columbia | |
| June 1 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| June 8 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| June 15 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| June 22 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| June 29 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| July 6 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| July 13 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| July 20 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| July 27 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| August 3 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |
| August 10 | Days of Wine and Roses and Other TV Requests | Andy Williams | Columbia | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia | |

## Chart history August 17 to end of year

| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label |
| August 17 | Days of Wine and Roses | Andy Williams | Columbia |
| August 24 | Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius | Little Stevie Wonder | Tamla |
| August 31 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| September 7 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| September 14 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| September 21 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| September 28 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| October 5 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| October 12 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| October 19 | My Son, the Nut | Allan Sherman | Warner Bros. |
| October 26 | Peter, Paul and Mary | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| November 2 | In the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| November 9 | In the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| November 16 | In the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| November 23 | In the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| November 30 | In the Wind | Peter, Paul and Mary | Warner Bros. |
| December 7 | The Singing Nun | Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun | Philips |
| December 14 | The Singing Nun | Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun | Philips |
| December 21 | The Singing Nun | Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun | Philips |
| December 28 | The Singing Nun | Soeur Sourire, the Singing Nun | Philips |