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Contents

Events

Albums released

Album Artist Release Date Album Type
Inertia Exies (January 7) LP
Living Out Loud Aaron Lines (January 7) LP
Redemption Benzino (January 14) LP
Sexy, Funny, Bastard! Mystro Clark (January 14) LP
Pain to Kill Terri Clark (January 14) LP
From Here and On Bombshell Rocks (January 21) LP
Bigger Cages, Longer Chains The International Noise Conspiracy (January 21) LP
Music in High Places Unwritten Law (January 21) LP
Realist Kizzy Rock (January 21) LP
Other People's Songs Erasure (January 28) LP
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More Faith No More (January 28) Greatest Hits
The Show Must Go Off Mest (January 28) DVD
Chasing Daylight Sister Hazel (February 4) LP
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent (February 6) LP
A Flame to the Ground Beneath Lost Horizon (February 10) LP
100th Window Massive Attack (February 10) LP
Live at Warfield Slayer (February 11) DVD
Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad (February 11) LP
Essential Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne (February 11) Greatest Hits
Michael Bublé Michael Bublé (February 11) LP
The Myth Of Reality T-Rock (February 18) LP
Cyclorama Styx (February 18) LP
Chocolate Factory R. Kelly (February 18) LP
Under the Tray Reggie and the Full Effect (February 18) LP
Everything's Eventual Appleton (February 24) LP
1st Round Draft Picks Magno & Mike Jones (February 25) LP
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend Fall Out Boy (February 25) EP
Nocturama Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (February 25) LP
The Art of Losing American Hi-Fi (February 25) LP
Da Capo (Released in Japan) Ace of Base (March 3)
Avalanche Matthew Good (March 4) LP
Fallen Evanescence (March 4) LP
So Long, Astoria The Ataris (March 4) LP
Joyride Oleander (March 4) LP
Sing the Sorrow AFI (March 11) LP
The Black Mages The Black Mages
Slow Motion Daydream Everclear (March 11) LP
Monster Killer Mike (March 11) LP
26 Songs Melvins (March 11) LP
Loser Cory P (March 11) LP
Covert Action US Bombs (March 11) LP
Blackout (Həd) P.E. (March 18) LP
Dix infernal Moi dix Mois (March 19)
Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem (March 23) LP
One Heart Céline Dion (March 25) LP
Meteora Linkin Park (March 25) LP
The Trouble Being Myself Macy Gray (March 25) LP
Go For Broke Kazzer (April 1) LP
Keep on Your Mean Side The Kills (April 1) LP
Sleeping With Ghosts Placebo (April 1) LP
Elephant The White Stripes (April 1) LP
Faceless Godsmack (April 8) LP
Mescalero ZZ Top (April 15) LP
Ball Widespread Panic (April 15) LP
Say You Will Fleetwood Mac (April 15) LP
Thankful Kelly Clarkson (April 15) LP
What If It All Means Something Chantal Kreviazuk (April 22) LP
American Life Madonna (April 22) unknown
We've Come For You All Anthrax (May 6) LP
Take This to Your Grave Fall Out Boy (May 6) LP
The War on Errorism NOFX (May 6) LP
Electric Version The New Pornographers (May 6) LP
Send Wire (May 6) LP
Think Tank Blur (May 6)
High Anxiety Therapy?
Greatest Hits Christopher Horrax (May 13) LP
Year of the Spider Cold (May 13) LP
On and On Jack Johnson (May 13) LP
The Golden Age of Grotesque Marilyn Manson (May 13) LP
Out of the Vein Third Eye Blind (May 13) LP & DVD
Something Dangerous Natacha Atlas (May 19) LP
Deftones Deftones (May 20)
Über Alles Hanzel Und Gretyl (May 20) LP
Black Like Sunday King's X (May 20) LP
Birds of Pray LIVE (May 20) LP
14 Shades of Grey Staind (May 20) LP
Poodle Hat "Weird Al" Yankovic (May 20) LP
L'Spaerow L'Spaerow (May 26) LP
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin (May 26) DVD
Falling Uphill Lillix (May 27) LP
How the West Was Won Led Zeppelin (May 27) LP
Results May Vary Limp Bizkit
S Club 7 LP
Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation Darkest Hour (June 2) LP
0304 Jewel (June 3) LP
My Private Nation Train (June 3) LP
St. Anger Metallica (June 6) LP
Hail to the Thief Radiohead (June 9) LP
Die Trying Die Trying (June 10) LP
The Movement Inspectah Deck (June 10) LP
Everything Must Go Steely Dan (June 11) LP
Finger Eleven Finger Eleven (June 17) LP
After the Storm Monica (June 17) LP
We Were Born in a Flame Sam Roberts (June 17) LP
Essentially Naked Bif Naked (June 24) Greatest Hits
Elephunk Black Eyed Peas (June 24) LP
Liz Phair Liz Phair (June 24) LP
Almost Famous Lumidee (June 24) LP
Hotel Paper Michelle Branch (June 24) LP
De-Loused In The Comatorium The Mars Volta (June 24) LP
Between the Never and the Now Vendetta Red (June 24) LP
Dangerously in Love Beyoncé (June 25) LP
Chapter II Ashanti (July 1) LP
Zebra IV Zebra (July 8) LP
Black August Killah Priest (July 8) LP
123 And Its Over Revolution (July 15) LP
Put Strength in the Final Blow: The Disaster Edition US Bombs (July 15) LP
Feeler Pete Murray (July 21) LP Australia
Evolver 311 (July 22) LP
Man in the Air Kurt Elling (July 22) LP
Strays Jane's Addiction (July 22) LP
Moodring Mya (July 22) LP
Three Days Grace Three Days Grace (July 22) LP
Ocean Avenue Yellowcard (July 22) LP
Live Box Björk (August) CD box set
Thickskin Skid Row (August 5) LP
Truth Be Told Blues Traveler (August 5) LP
TruANT Alien Ant Farm (August 19) LP
Barlow Barlow (August 19) LP
Unleashed Bow Wow (August 19) LP
Simple Things Amy Grant (August 19) LP
Indestructible Rancid (August 19) LP
In This Skin Jessica Simpson (August 19) LP
Action Pact Sloan (August 19) LP
The Neptunes Present... Clones Various Artists (August 19) LP
Waking the Fallen Avenged Sevenfold (August 26)
Everything Goes Numb Streetlight Manifesto (August 26) LP
Metamorphosis Hilary Duff (August 26) LP
Burning Down the Opera Edguy (August 26) Live
Love, Hell Or Right Mathematics (August 26) LP
Love & Life Mary J. Blige (August 26) LP
Nekromanteia Fields of Aplomb (August 30) CD
Severance Daysend (September) LP
Hallucinations David Usher (September 9) LP
Dance of Death Iron Maiden (September 9) LP
Love Is the Only Soldier Jann Arden (September 9) LP
The Decline Of British Sea Power British Sea Power (September 9) LP
Heavier Things John Mayer (September 9) LP
Roger Miret and the Disasters Roger Miret and the Disasters (September 9) LP
Vulgar Dir en Grey (September 10) LP
Smash The Octopus Flattbush (September 11) LP
Self-Destructive Pattern Spineshank (September 14) LP
Reality David Bowie (September 15) LP
Traveler Colin James (September 15) LP
Worldwide Underground Erykah Badu (September 16) EP
Permission to Land The Darkness (July 7) LP
Grand Champ DMX (September 16) LP
Thirteenth Step A Perfect Circle (September 16) LP
Page Avenue Story of the Year (September 16) LP
Billy Talent Billy Talent (September 16) LP
Stories & Alibis Matchbook Romance (September 22) CD
Some Devil Dave Matthews (September 23) LP
Results May Vary Limp Bizkit (September 23) LP
The Eyes of Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (September 23) LP
The Long Road Nickelback (September 23) LP
Cheers Obie Trice (September 23) LP
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast (September 23) LP
The 'R.' in R&B Collection 1 R. Kelly (September 23) Greatest Hits
Past, Present & Future Rob Zombie (September 23) Greatest Hits
Go Vertical Horizon (September 23) LP
Life For Rent Dido (September 30) LP
Absolution Muse (September 30) LP
School of Rock Original Soundtrack (September 30) Soundtrack
Confession Ill Niño (September 30) LP
Debris Ayria (October 2) LP
Katonah Apollo Sunshine (October 7) LP
Get Born Jet (October 7) LP
Chicken & Beer Ludacris (October 7) LP
Birth of a Prince RZA (October 7) LP
The Struggle Cappadonna (October 7) LP
Coheed & Cambria (October 7) LP
Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Primus (October 7) LP/DVD
Sacred Love Sting (October 13) LP
For Never and Ever (album) Kill Hannah (October 14) LP
Measure of a Man Clay Aiken (October 14) LP
Coral Fang The Distillers (October 14) LP
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Jethro Tull (October 14) LP
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal (October 14) LP
Thalía Thalía (October 14) LP
12 Memories Travis (October 14) LP
Christmas Is Almost Here Again Carly Simon (October 14) LP
Crusader Scribe (October 18) LP (New Zealand)
Nitro Burning Funny Daddy Brian Setzer (October 21) LP
The Very Best of the Eagles The Eagles (October 21) Greatest Hits
Streetcore Joe Strummer (October 21) LP (final album)
Rush in Rio Rush (October 21) Live/DVD
Live at the Astoria Steve Vai (October 21) DVD
Room on Fire The Strokes (October 21) LP
Twentysomething Jamie Cullum (October 21) LP
What's Wrong With This Picture? Van Morrison (October 21) LP
MFZB Zebrahead (October 21) LP
Everything to Everyone Barenaked Ladies (October 27) LP
Homegrown UB40 (October 27) LP
The Glorious Burden Iced Earth (October 28) LP
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. (October 28) Greatest Hits
My World Avril Lavigne (November 4) Live
Skull Ring Iggy Pop (November 4) LP
Blood in My Eye Ja Rule (November 4) LP
Payable on Death P.O.D. (November 4) LP
Sixty Six To Timbuktu Robert Plant (November 4) LP
Afterglow Sarah McLachlan (November 4) LP
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow (November 4) Greatest Hits
Private Room Avant (November 11) LP
Live from the Road Chevelle (November 11) LP
Train of Thought Dream Theater (November 11) LP
Kid Rock Kid Rock (November 11) LP
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1 Mötley Crüe (November 11) Greatest Hits with 4 Disc Set & DVD
SoulO Nick Lachey (November 11) LP
Lost Dogs Pearl Jam (November 11) Rarities & 2 Disc Set
Try This P!nk (November 11) LP
The Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Slayer (November 11) Live with 4 Disc Set & DVD
Another 700 Miles 3 Doors Down (November 11) EP
Thank You Stone Temple Pilots (November 11) LP
Beg for Mercy G-Unit (November 14) LP
Blink-182 Blink-182 (November 18) LP
In the Zone Britney Spears (November 18) LP
Jackpot Chingy (November 18) LP
The Other Side Godsmack (November 18) LP
The Essential Joe Satriani Joe Satriani (November 18) LP
Live in Texas Linkin Park (November 18) LP & DVD
Body Language Kylie Minogue (November 18) LP
Greatest Hits The Red Hot Chili Peppers (November 18) LP
The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology Joe Satriani (November 18) LP
Heavy Swollen Members (November 18) LP
The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology Steve Vai (November 18) LP
At Last Cyndi Lauper (November 18) LP
Number Ones Michael Jackson (November 18) Compilation
Call Off the Search Katie Melua (November 23) LP (UK)
Dedicated Lemar (November 24) LP (UK)
Films About Ghosts: The Best Of... Counting Crows (November 25) Greatest Hits
Elocation Default (November 25) LP
Seven Enrique Iglesias (November 25) LP
Thicker Than Water Jack Johnson (November 25) Soundtrack LP
Take a Look in the Mirror KoЯn (November 25) LP
This is Not a Test Missy Elliott (November 25) LP
Folklore Nelly Furtado (November 25) LP
The Singles 1992-2003 No Doubt (November 25) LP
Life on Display Puddle of Mudd (November 25) LP
Now and Forever: The Hits TLC (November 25) Greatest Hits
The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys (December 2) LP
Splinter The Offspring (December 2) LP
And Then ... Joe (December 2) LP
Live at Brixton Academy Motörhead (December 3) LP
Lichtspielhaus Rammstein (December 8) DVD
Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson (December 9) LP
The Reason Hoobastank (December 9) LP
Tasty Kelis (December 9) LP
Soulstar Musiq (December 9) LP
Nick Cannon Nick Cannon (December 9) LP
Soulful Ruben Studdard (December 9) LP
Up Against All Tarralyn Ramsey (December 9) LP
The Lex Diamond Story Raekwon (December 16) LP
And Then... Joe (December 16) LP
You Got Served B2K (December 23) LP
I Look I See Yusuf Islam (December 27)
''Water Annabelle Chvostek CD
Peace Songs Various Artists (Charity Disk)
Back To The Well Kenny Rogers
The Cat Empire The Cat Empire
Converting Vegetarians Infected Mushroom
Vulture Street Powderfinger
MadiGra RAM
Le Jardin RAM
Kalalou Simbi
Turnaround Westlife
Zen For Sale Sun Dial

Top 10 selling albums of the year

  1. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 10,000,000
  2. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 9,656,300
  3. 50 cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003 album) - 7,300,000
  4. Evanescence - Fallen - 6,000,000
  5. Linkin Park - Meteora - 5,000,000
  6. Beyonce - Dangerously In Love - 4,000,000
  7. Toby Keith - Shock'n Y'all - 4,000,000
  8. Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis - 3,904,132
  9. R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory - 3,000,000
  10. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head - 2,000,000

Top hits on record

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2003 (USA)

Classical music

Births

Deaths

Awards

Miscellaneous

Charts

External links

For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see http://www.pauseandplay.com/cdfront.htm

 

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