List of UK top-ten singles in 1953

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This is a simplified look at the UK top-ten singles of 1953.

The UK Singles Chart ranks the best-selling singles in the United Kingdom. In 1953 it was based on physical single sales. The chart was first published by NME in 1952, starting as a top 12 and later expanding toward a top 20 by 1954.

This article lists songs that reached the top ten in 1953, including songs that peaked in 1952 or 1954 but were in the top ten in 1953. The entry date is the week the song first hit the top ten.

Key facts
- Seventy-nine singles were in the top ten during 1953. An additional set charted in the top ten that year, with sixty-three of these reaching their peak in 1953.
- The first new number-one of the year was You Belong to Me by Jo Stafford. Thirteen different singles topped the chart in 1953, with Frankie Laine having the most number-one singles (three).
- Frankie Laine had the most top-ten hits in 1953, with eight. David Whitfield had two top-ten entries, including the number-one "Answer Me." Other artists with multiple top-ten entries included Al Martino, Dickie Valentine, Mantovani, Ted Heath & His Music, and Tony Brent.
- Seventy-eight or so artists achieved two or more top-ten entries in 1953 (the list includes both main and featured appearances; some entries count for multiple artists).
- Thirty-eight artists achieved their first top-ten single in 1953. A few of these went on to have another top-ten hit that year, including Billy Cotton and His Band, Frank Chacksfield, and Jimmy Boyd.
- Original songs from films entered the top ten in 1953, such as Terry's Theme (Limelight), The Song from the Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart) (Moulin Rouge), Swedish Rhapsody, and Chicka Boom (Those Redheads from Seattle).

Year-end and lists
- There was no universally recognised year-end best-sellers list until 1970. In 2011, the Official Charts Company released a list of the best-selling singles for each year from 1952 onward.
- According to that 2011 release, I Believe by Frankie Laine is officially recorded as the biggest-selling single of 1953.
- A separate table (not shown here) lists artists who achieved two or more top-ten entries in 1953, including both lead and featured appearances, and shows the total weeks each artist spent in the top ten.