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] |
American singer Michael Jackson (1958–2009) released ten studio albums, three soundtrack albums, nineteen compilation albums, three video albums and 1 remix album. Since his death, two albums of unreleased tracks have been posthumously released. Jackson made his debut in 1964 at the age of five with The Jackson 5, who were prominent performers during the 1970s. Jackson is one of the best-selling music artists in history with over 1 billion records sold worldwide. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Jackson has sold 89 million certified albums in the United States, making him the sixth top-selling album artist in that country.
Romances is the twelfth studio album by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, released on 12 August 1997, by WEA Latina. It is the third album of the Romance series, in which Miguel covers Latin songs from 1940 to 1978. Aside from Miguel, the production also involved arranger Bebu Silvetti, and Armando Manzanero, who directed all of Miguel's Romance albums. Romances consists of twelve cover versions and two new compositions by Manzanero and Silvetti. Recording took place in early 1997 at the Ocean Way recording studio in Los Angeles, California.