page_title: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1953
section_title: National Best Sellers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1953 / Chart history / National Best Sellers
caption_attribution_description: English: Hank Williams publicity photo for WSM in 1951.
context_page_description: In 1953 Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most Played in Juke Boxes, National Best Sellers, and Most Played By Jockeys. All three charts are considered part of the lineage of the current Hot Country Songs chart, which was first published in 1958.
  At the start of the year, Hank Williams was at number one on the best sellers chart with "Jambalaya" and he thus held the top spot when he died in the early hours of January 1, 1953.
  Williams also reached number one in January with the final single released in his lifetime, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive", and went on to have two further posthumous number ones on the best sellers listing during 1953 with "Take These Chains from My Heart" and "Kaw-Liga". The latter song had the longest run of any song in the top spot, spending 13 weeks at number one. In total, he spent 19 weeks at number one on the best sellers chart, the most by any act. In addition, "Your Cheatin' Heart", which fell short of the number one position on the best sellers chart, topped both the other listings, meaning that five songs by Williams reached number one in 1953.
context_section_description: a. Two songs tied for number one.
caption: Hank Williams had four number ones on the best sellers chart in 1953.  He died on January 1 of the year.
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