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'.

Chart history

Key

Indicates best performing album of 1963

Through August 10

Issue Date	Album (mono)	Artist(s)	Album (stereo)	Artist(s)
January 5	The First Family	Vaughn Meader	West Side Story	Soundtrack
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 2
March 9	My Son, the Celebrity	Allan Sherman	Jazz Samba	Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd
March 16	Songs I Sing on the Jackie Gleason Show	Frank Fontaine	West Side Story	Soundtrack
March 23
March 30
April 6
April 13
April 20	West Side Story	Soundtrack
April 27
May 4	Days of Wine and Roses	Andy Williams
May 11
May 18
May 25
June 1			Days of Wine and Roses	Andy Williams
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10

August 17-End of year

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

See also

• 1963 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)