2003 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 2003 in music (UK)

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Events

★ January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the ''Let It Be'' sessions. Five people are arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.

★ Gilberto Gil becomes Brazil's new Minister of Culture.

★ January 13 - The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, is arrested by Scotland Yard on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute such images, after pornographic images are found on his home computer.

★ January 15 - 2003 CDNOW Readers' Poll for all albums and new talent of 2002.

★ February 3 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector is arrested for investigation of homicide after the body of actress Lana Clarkson is found at his home in Alhambra, California. Police responded to the 911 phone call from one of Spector's neighbors and discovered Clarkson's body who was suffering from a gun shot wound. Clarkson pronounced dead at the scene.

★ February 20 - The Station nightclub fire: Fire engulfs a Rhode Island nightclub during a fireworks display which was part of the performance by rock band Great White. The fire quickly spreads across the ceiling, filling the building with thick, black smoke, killing 100 people and injuring 160 others as audience members rush for the exits. Many people were missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, who was later confirmed to be dead.

★ February 23 - New York City is the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, featuring Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears, and other performers.

★ February 27 - Othar Turner, one of the last remaining and most well-known African-American fife-and-drum musicians, dies at the age of 93 in Gravel Springs, Mississippi. Fife-and-drum bands were a significant influence of early blues.

★ March 10 - Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia.

★ March 24 - Meteora of Linkin Park was released and debuts at number #01 in billboard.

★ April 1 - Dozens of fans walk out during a Pearl Jam concert when lead singer Eddie Vedder made anti-war comments and insulting remarks about U.S. President George W. Bush. Other audience members booed and shouted at Vedder telling him to "shut up." Vedder attempted to calm the crowd by adding "just to clarify... we support the troops."

★ April 8 - Godsmack releases their third studio album Faceless

★ April 21 - S Club announce live on stage at London's Docklands Arena that they've decided to split up after five years together. Their final single, Say Goodbye, enters the chart at #2 a month after the announcement. Rachel Stevens from the group launched her successful solo career shortly afterwards with the song Sweet Dreams My LA Ex.

★ May 12 - Keane releases their third single, ''Everybody's Changing'' by the label Fierce Panda

★ June - David Del Tredici's ''Wondrous the Merge'' for string quartet and narrator, based on a homoerotic poem by James Broughton, makes its controversial debut at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.

★ June 14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 11th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with AFI, The Ataris, Blur, Chevelle, Deftones, Finch, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Good Charlotte, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Less Than Jake, Liam Lynch, Staind, Sum 41, Thrice, The Transplants, The Used, The White Stripes, and Pete Yorn.

★ Alice Cooper begins production of his 26th album. It is a departure from the heavy metal sound of previous albums and is more influenced by his albums of the '70s.

★ June 27 - June 29 - Glastonbury Festival, UK, headline acts included David Gray, R.E.M., Primal Scream, Morcheeba, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Lamb, Macy Gray, Feeder, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, and Doves. The weather is mostly dry and the festival deemed a success from both a security and entertainment viewpoint by Michael Eavis.

★ July - A-Teens and many others perform at the Stockholm Pride

★ July 8 - Delta Goodrem is diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.

★ July 30 - The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, The Guess Who, and others headline a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS. With 450 000 spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.

★ August 28 - Madonna sparks media controversy by kissing popstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 Video Music Awards. The situation even ignited a quick war of words between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera over the kiss.

★ September 23 - Limp Bizkit release Results May Vary their first album in 3 years and their 4th album overall.

★ October 4 - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's The Rising Tour concludes after 120 shows over 14 months, with record-setting sales in U.S. stadiums during the summer and early autumn.

★ October 16 - Simon and Garfunkel begin their "Old Friends" U.S. reunion tour, twenty years after their 1983 world tour.

★ October 30 - Steve O'Rourke, the manager for Pink Floyd passes away from a Stroke at age 63. In tribute, the legal incarnation of the band reunited to perform at his funeral.

★ November 11 - Dream Theater releases their seventh studio album titled Train of Thought, widely regarded as their heaviest album to date

★ November 18 - Britney Spears releases In The Zone, she breaks her own record from being the first female artist to have 3 albums in #1 to being the first female artist to have 4 albums in #1 consecutively.

★ November 22 - The band, Five Iron Frenzy, plays its last show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver.

★ November 30 - Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation

★ December 6 - P-Funk founder George Clinton is arrested and charged with drug possession in Tallahassee, Florida.

★ December 13/14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 14th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas show with AFI, Blink-182, Brand New, Chevelle, The Distillers, Jane's Addiction, Jet, KoЯn, Linkin Park, The Offspring, P.O.D., Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Rancid, Staind, 311, Thrice and Trapt.

★ December 30/31 - The New Year's Eve Falls Festival in Australia, traditionally held in Lorne, Victoria, holds events in both Lorne and Marion Bay, Tasmania at the same time. The same artists perform at both events, alternating between the two venues each night.

★ Skinny Puppy reunites

★ Joel Madden of Good Charlotte records their song, "S.O.S." naked.

★ Lemon Demon releases "Clown Circus", his first album, and "Live from the Haunted Candle Shop", his second album, on MP3.com.

Bands formed

★ The Academy Is...

★ All Time Low

★ Arcade Fire

★ Bloc Party

★ The Bravery

★ Cansei de Ser Sexy

★ The Chariot

★ Criteria

★ Damageplan

★ Editors

★ The Elected

★ Flee the Seen

★ The Forces of Evil

★ From a Second Story Window

★ Giant Drag

★ Headlights

★ He Is Legend

★ Kaiser Chiefs

★ Korpiklaani

★ Lemon Demon

★ Living Things

★ The Most Serene Republic

★ The Number Twelve Looks Like You

★ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

★ Red Temper

★ Rogue Wave

★ The Subways

★ Tapes 'n Tapes

★ Velvet Revolver

★ Wolf Parade

Bands disbanded

★ Bis

★ Carissa's Wierd

★ Box Car Racer

★ Coal Chamber

★ Crazy Town

★ Desaparecidos

★ The Dismemberment Plan

★ Earthsuit

★ Five Iron Frenzy

★ The Forces of Evil

★ The Headstones

★ Jets to Brazil

★ Lighthouse Family

★ Mansun

★ The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

★ Pantera

★ Pitchshifter

★ S Club

★ Suede

★ TLC

★ Transatlantic

★ Zwan

Albums released

'Album'	'Artist'	'Release Date'	'Album Type'
''Inertia''	The Exies	January 7	LP
''Epica''	Kamelot	January 13	LP
''Up All Night''	The Waifs	January 13	LP
''Pain to Kill''	Terri Clark	January 14	LP
''What You Want Is Now''	House of Heroes	January 14	LP
''Summer 2003''	Anthrax	January 19	EP
''Such Great Heights''	The Postal Service	January 21	EP
''The Lost & Found''	Rasputina	January 21	EP
''Live in Japan 2002''	Simple Plan	January 21	Live
''Music in High Places''	Unwritten Law	January 21	Live
''Simple Things Remixes''	Zero 7	January 21	Remix
''New Arrival''	A ★ Teens	January 28	LP
''Master and Everyone''	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy	January 28	LP
''Other People's Songs''	Erasure	January 28	Cover LP
''	Faith No More	January 28	Greatest Hits
''Playin' Around''	Play	January 28	LP
''Disco 3''	Pet Shop Boys	February 3	Compilation
''Wormwood''	moe.	February 4	LP
''Chasing Daylight''	Sister Hazel	February 4	LP
''Keith Sweat Live''	Keith Sweat	February 4	Live
''Halloween''	Frank Zappa	February 4	Live
''Get Rich or Die Tryin'''	50 Cent	February 6	LP
''Calendar Days''	The Rocket Summer	February 8	LP
''	Kid Loco	February 10	Compilation
''100th Window''	Massive Attack	February 10	LP
''Michael Bublé''	Michael Bublé	February 11	LP
''How to Start a Fire''	Further Seems Forever	February 11	LP
''Do It For Love''	Hall & Oates	February 11	LP
''Any Given Thursday''	John Mayer	February 11	Live
''The Essential Ozzy Osbourne''	Ozzy Osbourne	February 11	Compilation
''Strapping Young Lad''	Strapping Young Lad	February 11	LP
''The Essential Ozzy Osbourne''	Ozzy Osbourne	February 11	Greatest Hits
''Ethnicity''	Yanni	February 11	LP
''I Don't Want You Back''	Eamon	February 17	LP
''Animositisomina''	Ministry	February 17	LP
''Feast of Wire''	Calexico	February 18	LP
''Give Up''	The Postal Service	February 18	LP
''Chocolate Factory''	R. Kelly	February 18	LP
''Cyclorama''	Styx	February 18	LP
''	T-Rock	February 18	LP
''Deep Water Slang V2.0''	Zion I	February 18	LP
''The Black Mages''	The Black Mages	February 19	LP
''All Else Failed''	Zao	February 19 (Re-issue)	LP
''The Austin Sessions''	Edwin McCain	February 23	LP
''Everything's Eventual''	Appleton	February 24	LP
''Blood Duster''	Blood Duster	February 24	LP
''The Art of Losing''	American Hi-Fi	February 25 (US)	LP
''Nocturama''	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	February 25	LP
''Valley of the Damned''	DragonForce	February 25	LP
''1st Round Draft Picks''	Magno & Mike Jones	February 25	LP
''The Music''	The Music	February 25 (US)	LP
''Nate Dogg''	Nate Dogg	February 25	LP
''Thalía's Hits Remixed''	Thalía	February 25	Remix
''The Beautiful Letdown''	Switchfoot	February 25	LP
''Chocolate Factory''	R. Kelly	February 28	LP
''Astronomy''	Bleach	March 1	LP
''So Long, Astoria''	The Ataris	March 4	LP
''Fallen''	Evanescence	March 4 (US)	LP
''Street Dreams''	Fabolous	March 4	LP
''Avalanche''	Matthew Good	March 4	LP
''The Power to Believe''	King Crimson	March 4	LP
''Joyride''	Oleander	March 4	LP
''The Best of Run DMC''	Run-D.M.C.	March 4	Greatest Hits
''Revolusongs''	Sepultura	March 4	EP
''Magnolia Electric Co.''		March 4	LP
''too''	Fantastic Plastic Machine	March 6	LP
''Reason''	Melanie C	March 10	LP
''	Acoustic Alchemy	March 11	Live
''Sing the Sorrow''	AFI	March 11	LP
''Level II''	BLACKstreet	March 11	LP
''The Essential Clash''	The Clash	March 11 (US)	Compilation
''Evolve''	Ani DiFranco	March 11	LP
''Slow Motion Daydream''	Everclear	March 11	LP
''Recreation Day''	Evergrey	March 11	LP
''Diamonds on the Inside''	Ben Harper	March 11	LP
''Monster''	Killer Mike	March 11	LP
''Hellalive''	Machine Head	March 11	Live
''Just One More''	Mad Caddies	March 11	LP
''26 Songs''	The Melvins	March 11	LP
''Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do''	Relient K	March 11	LP
''Becoming i''	Unloco	March 11	LP
''Back in the World''	Paul McCartney	March 17	Live
''	Various Artists	March 17	Compilation
''Kill or Be Killed''	Biohazard	March 18	LP
''Live in Brazil''	Concrete Blonde	March 18	Live
''Blackout''	(həd) p.e.	March 18	LP
''Stash Box''	Kottonmouth Kings	March 18	EP
''Pig Lib''	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	March 18	LP
''	The Moldy Peaches	March 18	Compilation
''	Rainbow	March 18	Compilation
''Supper''	Smog	March 18	LP
''Dix infernal''	Moi dix Mois	March 19	LP
''Innocent Eyes''	Delta Goodrem	March 23	LP
''26 Mixes for Cash''	Aphex Twin	March 24	Remix
''U-Turn''	Brian McKnight	March 24	LP
''Ringo Rama''	Ringo Starr	March 24	LP
''The Pop Hits''	Roxette	March 24	Greatest Hits
''Mes courants électriques''	Alizée	March 25	LP
''Double Live Annihilation''	Annihilator	March 25	Live
''One Heart''	Celine Dion	March 25	LP
''	Dixie Chicks	March 25	Live
''	Emperor	March 25	Compilation
''The Trouble with Being Myself''	Macy Gray	March 25	LP
''Let 'Em Burn''	Hot Boys	March 25	LP
''Meteora''	Linkin Park	March 25	LP
''Regaining Unconsciousness''	NOFX	March 25	EP
''Balls & My Word''	Scarface	March 25	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 12'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	March 25	Compilation
''The Very Best of the Velvet Underground''	The Velvet Underground	March 31	Compilation
''Weather Systems''	Andrew Bird	April 1	LP
''The Essential Electric Light Orchestra''	Electric Light Orchestra	April 1	Compilation
''Danse Macabre Remixes''	The Faint	April 1	Remix
''Keep on Your Mean Side''	The Kills	April 1	LP
''Sleeping with Ghosts''	Placebo	April 1	LP
''The Essential Stabbing Westward''	Stabbing Westward	April 1	Compilation
''Elephant''	The White Stripes	April 1	LP
''Transatlantic Demos''	Neal Morse	April 2	LP
''The Very Best of Lighthouse Family''	Lighthouse Family	April 7	Greatest Hits
''Thickfreakness''	The Black Keys	April 8	LP
''Eiffel 65''	Eiffel 65	April 8	LP
''Hatefiles''	Fear Factory	April 8	Compilation
''The Senior''	Ginuwine	April 8	LP
''Faceless''	Godsmack	April 8	LP
''The Blueprint 2.1''	Jay-Z	April 8	LP
''Blaze''	Lagwagon	April 8	LP
''West for Wishing''	Matchbook Romance	April 8	EP
''	Newsboys	April 8	LP
''To Whom It May Concern''	Lisa Marie Presley	April 8	LP
''26 Miles''	Sean Watkins	April 8	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 54'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	April 14	Compilation
''Ball''	Widespread Panic	April 15	LP
''Say You Will''	Fleetwood Mac	April 15	LP
''Thankful''	Kelly Clarkson	April 15	LP
''Ball''	Widespread Panic	April 15	LP
''Have You Forgotten?''	Darryl Worley	April 15	LP
''Mescalero''	ZZ Top	April 15	LP
''	Krayzie Bone	April 18	LP
''Atomic Kitten''	Atomic Kitten	April 22	LP
''The Blessed Hellride''	Black Label Society	April 22	LP
''The Essential Byrds''	The Byrds	April 22	Compilation
''Into the Valley of Death''	Death by Stereo	April 22	LP
''Kristyles''	KRS-One	April 22	LP
''American Life''	Madonna	April 22	LP
''Damnation''	Opeth	April 22	LP
''Kimi Ga Suki''	Matthew Sweet	April 22	LP
''The Myth of Reality''	T-Rock	April 23	LP
''More Like the Moon''	Wilco	April 23	EP
''Exclusive''	U2	April 24 (iTunes)	EP
''Black Cherry''	Goldfrapp	April 28	LP
''The Trouble with Being Myself''	Macy Gray	April 28 (UK)	LP
''The World According to RZA''	RZA	April 28	LP
''He's Keith Murray''	Keith Murray	April 29	LP
''Fever to Tell''	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	April 29	LP
''	Various Artists	April 29	Soundtrack
''Think Tank''	Blur	May 5	LP
''Welcome to the Monkey House''	The Dandy Warhols	May 5	LP
''Rounds''	Four Tet	May 5 (UK)	LP
''Mind Revolution''	Skyfire	May 5	LP
''High Anxiety''	Therapy?	May 5	LP
''Blueprints for the Black Market''	Anberlin	May 6	LP
''We've Come for You All''	Anthrax	May 6	LP
''	Daz Dillinger	May 6	LP
''Committed to a Bright Future''	Dog Fashion Disco	May 6	LP
''Take This to Your Grave''	Fall Out Boy	May 6	LP
''Dirty Sweet''	Jet	May 6	EP
''On and On''	Jack Johnson	May 6	LP
''As the Palaces Burn''	Lamb of God	May 6	LP
''Electric Version''	The New Pornographers	May 6	LP
''The War on Errorism''	NOFX	May 6	LP
''Figure Number Five''	Soilwork	May 6	LP
''Scandinavian Leather''	Turbonegro	May 6 (US)	LP
''Send''	Wire	May 6	LP
''Body Kiss''	The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs	May 7	LP
''Singles Box Set 1981-1985''	Duran Duran	May 12	Box Set
''	Nightmares on Wax	May 12	Compilation
''Good Mourning''	Alkaline Trio	May 13	LP
''The Impossibility of Reason''	Chimaira	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
''Vulnerable''	Tricky	May 19	LP
''Harem''	Sarah Brightman	May 20	LP
''Deftones''	Deftones	May 20	LP
''Über Alles''	Hanzel Und Gretyl	May 20	LP
''Black Like Sunday''	King's X	May 20	LP
''Anthem''	Less Than Jake	May 20	LP
''Birds of Pray''	Live	May 20	LP
''Vicious Cycle''	Lynyrd Skynyrd	May 20	LP
''Transform''	Powerman 5000	May 20	LP
''Born to Be Free''	Sonique	May 20	LP
''14 Shades of Grey''	Staind	May 20	LP
''Poodle Hat''	"Weird Al" Yankovic	May 20	LP
''Lucky Bastards''	Peter Pan Speedrock	May 24	LP
''Friend Or Foe?''	blackmail	May 26	LP
''Led Zeppelin''	Led Zeppelin	May 26	DVD
''How the West Was Won''	Led Zeppelin	May 27	Live
''Falling Uphill''	Lillix	May 27	LP
''How the West Was Won''	Led Zeppelin	May 27	LP
''The No Fun EP''	Local H	May 27	EP
''In Between Now and Then''	O.A.R.	May 27	LP
''Roorback''	Sepultura	May 27	LP
''Winterheart's Guild''	Sonata Arctica	May 27	LP
''Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation''	Darkest Hour	June 2	LP
''Best - The Greatest Hits''	S Club 7	June 2	LP
''Shootenanny!''	Eels	June 3	LP
''0304''	Jewel	June 3	LP
''Trouble No More	John Mellencamp	June 3	LP
''Mighty	The Planet Smashers	June 3	LP
''Home	Simply Red	June 3	LP
''In the Pursuit of Leisure	Sugar Ray	June 3	LP
''My Private Nation''	Train	June 3	LP
''Explode	The Unseen	June 3	LP
''2003 Warped Tour Compilation	Various Artists	June 3	Compilation
''	Various Artists	June 3	Compilation
''Windwardtidesandwaywardsails	Down by Law	June 5	LP
''London Still	The Waifs	June 5	EP
''St. Anger''	Metallica	June 6	LP
''Greatest Hits''	LeAnn Rimes	June 6	Greatest Hits
''Hail to the Thief''	Radiohead	June 9	LP
''	The Beach Boys	June 10	Compilation
''Joe Budden''	Joe Budden	June 10	LP
''	Digital Underground	June 10	Compilation
''Blackout''	Dropkick Murphys	June 10	LP
''Welcome Interstate Managers''	Fountains of Wayne	June 10	LP
''Keep it Together''	Guster	June 10	LP
''The Movement''	Inspectah Deck	June 10	LP
''Ultimate Kenny G''	Kenny G	June 10	Greatest Hits
''Mest''	Mest	June 10	LP
''The Movement''	Mo Thugs	June 10	LP
''Replay''	Play	June 10	LP
''Everything Must Go''	Steely Dan	June 10	LP
''Dance with My Father''	Luther Vandross	June 10	LP
''Everything Must Go''	Steely Dan	June 11	LP
''Finger Eleven''	Finger Eleven	June 13	LP
''Ghost of a Rose''	Blackmore's Night	June 17	LP
''Finger Eleven''	Finger Eleven	June 17	LP
''A Blessing in Disguise''	Green Carnation	June 17	LP
''Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People''	Hella	June 17	EP
''Happy Songs for Happy People''	Mogwai	June 17	LP
''After the Storm''	Monica	June 17	LP
''MCMLXXXV''	Rufio	June 17	LP
''Rememberese''	The Stills	June 17	EP
''A Match and Some Gasoline''	The Suicide Machines	June 17	LP
''Venus and Other Hits''	Bananarama	June 18	Compilation
''Live Kreation''	Kreator	June 23	Live
''Radio Contact''	Acoustic Alchemy	June 24	LP
''Elephunk''	Black Eyed Peas	June 24	LP
''Hotel Paper''	Michelle Branch	June 24	LP
''Southwest''	Daz Dillinger	June 24	LP
''The Ownerz''	Gang Starr	June 24	LP
''Keep It Together''	Guster	June 24	LP
''A Flame to the Ground Beneath''	Lost Horizon	June 24	LP
''Almost Famous''	Lumidee	June 24	LP
''	tobyMac	June 24	LP
''De-Loused In The Comatorium''	The Mars Volta	June 24	LP
''I Am the Movie''	Motion City Soundtrack	June 24	LP
''Liz Phair''	Liz Phair	June 24	LP
''Da Unbreakables''	Three 6 Mafia	June 24	LP
''Between the Never and the Now''	Vendetta Red	June 24	LP
''Dangerously in Love''	Beyoncé	June 25	LP
''Parts of the Process (The Very Best of Morcheeba)''	Morcheeba	June 30	Greatest Hits
''Frail Words Collapse''	As I Lay Dying	July 1	LP
''Chapter II''	Ashanti	July 1	LP
''History for Sale''	Blue October	July 1	LP
''Worm Infested''	Cannibal Corpse	July 1	EP
''Live''	Our Lady Peace	July 1	Live
''Vulture Street''	Powderfinger	July 4 (Australia)	LP
''Permission to Land''	The Darkness	July 7	LP
''North Atlantic Drift''	Ocean Colour Scene	July 7	LP
''Black August''	Killah Priest	July 8	LP
''Maybe Memories''	Maybe Memories	July 8	Compilation
''Noise for Music's Sake''	Napalm Death	July 8	Compilation
''The District Sleeps Alone Tonight''	The Postal Service	July 8	EP
''Far from Nowhere''	Slick Shoes	July 8	LP
''Thalía''	Thalía	July 8	LP
''Young Liars''	TV on the Radio	July 8	EP
''Yes Remixes''	Yes	July 8	Remix
''Season for Assault''	8 Foot Sativa	July 14 (New Zealand)	LP
''Converting Vegetarians''	Infected Mushroom	July 14	LP
''Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of the Manic Street Preachers)''	Manic Street Preachers	July 14	Compilation
''	Sly & Robbie	July 14	Compilation
''Jackpot''	Chingy	July 15	LP
''The Trouble with Being Myself''	Macy Gray	July 15 (US)	LP
''Comin' from Where I'm From''	Anthony Hamilton	July 15 (US)	LP
''Feeler''	Pete Murray	July 21	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 55'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	July 21	Compilation
''Evolver''	311	July 22	LP
''Dude Descending a Staircase''	Apollo 440	July 22	LP
''Rip the Jacker''	Canibus	July 22	LP
''Man in the Air''	Kurt Elling	July 22	LP
''Speed Graphic''	Ben Folds	July 22	EP
''Friends of Mine''	Adam Green	July 22 (US)	LP
''Strays''	Jane's Addiction	July 22	LP
''Moodring''	Mya	July 22 (US)	LP
''N.E.W.S''	Prince	July 22	LP
''Tribe''	Queensrÿche	July 22	LP
''Three Days Grace''	Three Days Grace	July 22	LP
''The Artist in the Ambulance''	Thrice	July 22	LP
''Ocean Avenue''	Yellowcard	July 22	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 13'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	July 22	Compilation
''Magic and Medicine''	The Coral	July 28	LP
''	Yes	July 28 (UK)	Box Set
''Carpenters Perform Carpenter''	Carpenters	July 29	Compilation
''Enemies of Reality''	Nevermore	July 29	LP
''Sink or Swim''	Over My Dead Body	July 29	LP
''War at the Warfield''	Slayer	July 29	DVD
''The Vinyl Countdown''	Relient K	August 1	EP
''Final Straw''	Snow Patrol	August 4 (UK)	LP
''Jeff''	Jeff Beck	August 5	LP
''Truth Be Told''	Blues Traveler	August 5	LP
''Frozen Embers''	The Crüxshadows	August 5	EP
''Truth Be Told''	Blues Traveler	August 5	LP
''Best of Ballads & Blues''	Poison	August 5	Compilation
''Thickskin''	Skid Row	August 5	LP
''Get the Picture?''	Smash Mouth	August 5	LP
''Quebec''	Ween	August 5	LP
''Revolutions Per Minute''	Rise Against	August 8	LP
''Go''	Pat Benatar	August 12	LP
''5 Alive!''	Carbon Leaf	August 12	Live
''	The Doors	August 12	Compilation
''Total Bugs Bunny On Wild Bass''	Hella	August 12	EP
''Classic Hits Live''	Kottonmouth Kings	August 12	Live
''Live Box''	Björk	August 18	Box Set
''TruANT''	Alien Ant Farm	August 19	LP
''Unleashed''	Bow Wow	August 19	LP
''Giving the Devil His Due''	Coal Chamber	August 19	Compilation
''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
''	T-Rock	August 19	LP
''Greendale''	Neil Young	August 19	LP
''The Neptunes Present... Clones''	Various Artists	August 19	LP
''Anthems of Rebellion''	Arch Enemy	August 26 (US)	LP
''Waking the Fallen''	Avenged Sevenfold	August 26	LP
''Hit & Run''	Big Sugar	August 26	Greatest Hits
''Love & Life''	Mary J. Blige	August 26	LP
''Anchors Aweigh''	The Bouncing Souls	August 26	LP
''Metamorphosis''	Hilary Duff	August 26	LP
''Burning Down the Opera''	Edguy	August 26	Live
''Visions of Gandhi''	Jedi Mind Tricks	August 26	LP
''Love, Hell or Right''	Mathematics	August 26	LP
''What Do I Have to Do?''	Stabbing Westward	August 31	Compilation
''Everything Goes Numb''	Streetlight Manifesto	August 26	LP
''I Get Along EP''	The Libertines	September 1	EP
''Anthology''	Ocean Colour Scene	September 1	Compilation
''	moe.	September 3	Live
''Death Cult Armageddon''	Dimmu Borgir	September 8	LP
''Dance of Death''	Iron Maiden	September 8	LP
''Love Is the Only Soldier''	Jann Arden	September 9	LP
''Doll Revolution''	The Bangles	September 9	LP
''Show Me Your Tears''	Frank Black and the Catholics	September 9	LP
''The Decline Of British Sea Power''	British Sea Power	September 9	LP
''The Fiction We Live''	From Autumn to Ashes	September 9	LP
''Dance of Death''	Iron Maiden	September 9	LP
''Heavier Things''	John Mayer	September 9	LP
''From the Ashes''	Pennywise	September 9	LP
''Close My Eyes''	The Slackers	September 9	LP
''Self-Destructive Pattern''	Spineshank	September 9	LP
''Hallucinations''	David Usher	September 9	LP
''Vulgar''	Dir en grey	September 10	LP
''Sacred Love''	Sting	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
''Go Tell It on the Mountain''	The Blind Boys of Alabama	September 16	LP
''Worldwide Underground''	Erykah Badu	September 16	EP
''Billy Talent''	Billy Talent	September 16	LP
''Reality''	David Bowie	September 16	LP
''Melvinmania''	Melvins	September 16	Compilation
''Thirteenth Step''	A Perfect Circle	September 16	LP
''Before Everything & After''	MxPx	September 16	LP
''The Soul Sessions''	Joss Stone	September 16 (UK)	LP
''Page Avenue''	Story of the Year	September 16	LP
''Me & My Brother''	Ying Yang Twins	September 16	LP
''Absolution''	Muse	September 21 (UK)	LP
''Seven's Travels''	Atmosphere	September 23	LP
''Dark Chords on a Big Guitar''	Joan Baez	September 23	LP
''Hate Crew Deathroll''	Children of Bodom	September 23	LP
''The Eyes of Alice Cooper''	Alice Cooper	September 23	LP
''North''	Elvis Costello	September 23	LP
''Unwrapped	Gloria Estefan	September 23	LP
''Gallowsbird's Bark	The Fiery Furnaces	September 23	LP
''Want That Life	The Fixx	September 23	LP
''Natural Selection	Fuel	September 23	LP
''The Greatest Story Ever Told''	The Lawrence Arms	September 23	LP
''Results May Vary''	Limp Bizkit	September 23	LP
''Best of Madball''	Madball	September 23	Greatest Hits
''The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1''	R. Kelly	September 23	Greatest Hits
''Stories and Alibis''	Matchbook Romance	September 23	LP
''Some Devil''	Dave Matthews	September 23	LP
''Testimony''	Neal Morse	September 23	LP
''Murphy's Law''	Murphy Lee	September 23	LP
''The Long Road''	Nickelback	September 23	LP
''Cheers''	Obie Trice	September 23	LP
''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below''	Outkast	September 23	LP
''	Pantera	September 23	Greatest Hits
''The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1''	R. Kelly	September 23	Greatest Hits
''Bringer of Blood''	Six Feet Under	September 23	LP
''Savin Hill''	Street Dogs	September 23	LP
''Go''	Vertical Horizon	September 23	LP
''Want One''	Rufus Wainwright	September 23	LP
''Past, Present & Future''	Rob Zombie	September 23	Greatest Hits
''Another Day''	Lene Marlin	September 24	LP
''Grand Champ''	DMX	September 26	LP
''The Dresden Dolls''	The Dresden Dolls	September 26	LP
''t.A.T.u. Remixes''	t.A.T.u.	September 26	Remix
''Don't Look Back into the Sun/Death On The Stairs EP''	The Libertines	September 29	EP
''Lead Us Not into Temptation''	David Byrne	September 30	LP
''Singles 93-03''	The Chemical Brothers	September 30	Compilation
''Life For Rent''	Dido	September 30	LP
''Sunny 16''	Ben Folds	September 30	EP
''Confession''	Ill Niño	September 30	LP
''The Jethro Tull Christmas Album''	Jethro Tull	September 30	LP
''Perfecto Presents Great Wall''	Paul Oakenfold	September 30	Remix
''Changes''	Kelly Osbourne	September 30	LP
'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	September 30	Compilation
''School of Rock''	Various Artists	September 30	Soundtrack
''Dear Catastrophe Waitress''	Belle & Sebastian	October 6	LP
''Nu-Mixx Klazzics''	2Pac	October 7	Remix
''Katonah''	Apollo Sunshine	October 7	LP
''The Struggle''	Cappadonna	October 7	LP
''	Coheed and Cambria	October 7	LP
''Countrysides''	Cracker	October 7	LP
''Transatlanticism''	Death Cab for Cutie	October 7	LP
''Live Dilute & Hella Split''	Dilute/Hella	October 7	Split LP
''A Kiss in Time''	Patty Griffin	October 7	LP
''Live at the House of Blues''	Guttermouth	October 7	Live/DVD
''Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat''	Jag Panzer	October 7	Compilation
''The Preacher's Son''	Wyclef Jean	October 7	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Wyclef Jean	October 7	Greatest Hits
''Get Born''	Jet	October 7	LP
''Farm Fresh Onions''	Robert Earl Keen	October 7	LP
''Softcore Jukebox''	Ladytron	October 7	Compilation
''Chicken-N-Beer''	Ludacris	October 7	LP
''Stone Deaf Forever!''	Motörhead	October 7	Box Set
''Hope''	Non-Prophets	October 7	LP
''Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People''	Primus	October 7	LP/DVD
''Birth of a Prince''	RZA	October 7	LP
''Seasons''	Sevendust	October 7	LP
''Shadow Zone''	Static-X	October 7	LP
''ATL Badboys''	T-Rock & Deep South	October 7	LP
''Confession''	Ill Niño	October 8	LP
''Swings of fate''	Lava	October 10	LP
''Measure of a Man''	Clay Aiken	October 13	LP
''The Curse of Blondie''	Blondie	October 13	LP
''1 Fille & 4 Types''	Celine Dion	October 13	LP
''It All Starts Here''	Jem	October 13	EP
''Sacred Love''	Sting	October 13	LP
''12 Memories''	Travis	October 13	LP
''Measure of a Man''	Clay Aiken	October 14	LP
''Bucketheadland 2''	Buckethead	October 14	LP
''The Remixes''	Mariah Carey	October 14	Remix
''Coral Fang''	The Distillers	October 14	LP
''Boy in Da Corner''	Dizzee Rascal	October 14	LP
''Hard''	Jagged Edge	October 14	LP
''The Jethro Tull Christmas Album''	Jethro Tull	October 14	LP
''For Never and Ever''	Kill Hannah	October 14	LP
''Comfort Woman''	Me'shell Ndegeocello	October 14	LP
''XIII''	Mushroomhead	October 14	LP
''Christmas Is Almost Here Again''	Carly Simon	October 14	Christmas
''The Essential Simon and Garfunkel''	Simon and Garfunkel	October 14	Compilation
''	Rod Stewart	October 14	Cover LP
''The Movie Album''	Barbra Streisand	October 14	LP
''Careful What You Wish For''	Texas	October 14	LP
''Thalía''	Thalía	October 14	LP
''12 Memories''	Travis	October 14	LP
''Blackberry Belle''	The Twilight Singers	October 14	LP
''Chrome, Smoke & BBQ''	ZZ Top	October 14	Box Set
''One Crimson Night''	HammerFall	October 17	Live
''Crusader''	Scribe	October 18 (New Zealand)	LP
''Singles''	Suede	October 20	Compilation
''The Terror State''	Anti-Flag	October 21	LP
''Everything to Everyone''	Barenaked Ladies	October 21	LP
''Puss 'n' Boots''	Crash Test Dummies	October 21	LP
''Ethernaut''	The Crüxshadows	October 21	LP
''Twentysomething''	Jamie Cullum	October 21	LP
''The Very Best of the Eagles''	Eagles	October 21	Greatest Hits
''MH''	Marques Houston	October 21	LP
''Coverage''	Mandy Moore	October 21	Cover LP
''What's Wrong With This Picture?''	Van Morrison	October 21	LP
''Rush in Rio''	Rush	October 21	Live/DVD
''Room on Fire''	The Strokes	October 21	LP
''Logic Will Break Your Heart''	The Stills	October 21	LP
''Streetcore''	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	October 21	LP
''	Unsane	October 21	Compilation
''Come Feel Me Tremble''	Paul Westerberg	October 21	LP
''MFZB''	Zebrahead	October 21	LP
''The Cat Empire''	The Cat Empire	October 24	LP
''Everything to Everyone''	Barenaked Ladies	October 27	LP
''The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)''	The Fall	October 27 (UK)	LP
''Through the Ashes of Empires''	Machine Head	October 27 (UK)	LP
''	R.E.M.	October 27 (UK)	Greatest Hits
''Heavy''	Swollen Members	October 27	LP
''Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg''	Billy Bragg	October 28	Compilation
''Hits! - The Very Best Of Erasure''	Erasure	October 28	LP
''The Glorious Burden''	Iced Earth	October 28	LP
''MODERN ARTillery''	The Living End	October 28	LP
''DevilDriver''	DevilDriver	October 28	LP
''The Rise of Brutality''	Hatebreed	October 28	LP
''Ultimate Run-D.M.C.''	Run-D.M.C.	October 28	Compilation
''Room on Fire''	The Strokes	October 28	LP
''The Journey Continues''	Bradley Joseph	November 1	LP
''Despierta Los Niños''	Mindless Self Indulgence	November 1	EP
''A Natural Disaster''	Anathema	November 3 (UK)	LP
''Guilty''	Blue	November 3 (UK)	LP
''	Bodyjar	November 3	Compilation
''Severance''	Daysend	November 3	LP
''1992-2002''	Underworld	November 3	Greatest Hits
''Choronzon''	Akercocke	November 4	LP
''This Left Feels Right''	Bon Jovi	November 4	Greatest Hits
''Ultimate Toni Braxton''	Toni Braxton	November 4	Greatest Hits
''Live 2003''	Coldplay	November 4 (US)	Live
''15 Year Killing Spree''	Cannibal Corpse	November 4	Compilation
''Most Requested Hits''	Aaron Carter	November 4	Greatest Hits
''Dinosaur Sounds''	Catch 22	November 4	LP
''The Very Best of Sheryl Crow''	Sheryl Crow	November 4	Greatest Hits
''	Don Davis	November 4	Soundtrack
''The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place''	Explosions in the Sky	November 4	LP
''The Sceptre of Deception''	Falconer	November 4	LP
''Hit''	Peter Gabriel	November 4	LP
''Blood in My Eye''	Ja Rule	November 4	LP
''Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You''	Kid 606	November 4	LP
''Here Comes That Weird Chill''	Mark Lanegan	November 4	EP
''My World''	Avril Lavigne	November 4	Live
''Afterglow''	Sarah McLachlan	November 4	LP
''Sixty Six to Timbuktu''	Robert Plant	November 4	Compilation
''Payable on Death''	P.O.D.	November 4	LP
''Skull Ring''	Iggy Pop	November 4	LP
''Scorpio Rising''	Prong	November 4	LP
''Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand''	Relient K	November 4	Christmas
''	Pete Rock	November 4	Compilation
''Come Poop with Me''	Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog	November 4	LP
''Purple on Time''	U.S. Maple	November 4	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 14'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	November 4	Compilation
''Ladies Night''	Atomic Kitten	November 10	LP
''	Jamiroquai	November 10	Compilation
''Live from Faraway Stables''	Silverchair	November 10	Live
''State of Mind''	Holly Valance	November 10	LP
''Another 700 Miles''	3 Doors Down	November 11	EP
''Live from the Road''	Chevelle	November 11	Live
''Elocation''	Default	November 11	LP
''Train of Thought''	Dream Theater	November 11	LP
''Kid Rock''	Kid Rock	November 11	LP
''SoulO''	Nick Lachey	November 11	LP
''Lost Dogs''	Pearl Jam	November 11	Compilation
''Try This''	Pink	November 11	LP
''	Tupac Shakur	November 11	Soundtrack
''Soundtrack to the Apocalypse''	Slayer	November 11	Box Set
''The Essential Bruce Springsteen''	Bruce Springsteen	November 11	Compilation
''Thank You''	Stone Temple Pilots	November 11	Greatest Hits
''Beg for Mercy''	G-Unit	November 14	LP
''The Black Album''	Jay-Z	November 14	LP
''Let It Be… Naked''	The Beatles	November 17	Remix
''A Present for Everyone''	Busted	November 17	LP
''Turn It On''	Ronan Keating	November 17	LP
''Body Language''	Kylie Minogue	November 17 (Internationally)	LP
''Ether Song''	Turin Brakes	November 17	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 56'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	November 17	Compilation
''Live at the Fireside Bowl''	Against All Authority	November 18	Live
''Ashanti's Christmas''	Ashanti	November 18	LP
''Blink-182''	Blink-182	November 18	LP
''Jackpot''	Chingy	November 18	LP
''	Whitney Houston	November 18	Christmas
''Revolutionary Vol. 2''	Immortal Technique	November 18	LP
''Number Ones''	Michael Jackson	November 18	Greatest Hits
''At Last''	Cyndi Lauper	November 18	LP
''Live in Texas''	Linkin Park	November 18	Live DVD
''The Central Park Concert''	Dave Matthews Band	November 18	Live/DVD
''Body Language''	Kylie Minogue	November 18	LP
''18 B Sides + DVD''	Moby	November 18	Compilation & DVD
''Live at Largo''	Glen Phillips	November 18	Live
''Greatest Hits''	Red Hot Chili Peppers	November 18	LP
''	Joe Satriani	November 18	Compilation
''Collide''	Skillet	November 18	LP
''The Biggest and the Best''	Slick Shoes	November 18	Greatest Hits
''In the Zone''	Britney Spears	November 18 (US)	LP
''Heavy''	Swollen Members	November 18	LP
''Under Construction, Part II''	Timbaland & Magoo	November 18	LP
''Symptoms of Humanity''	Union 13	November 18	LP
''	Steve Vai	November 18	LP
''All Request Live''	Ween	November 22	Live
''Call Off the Search''	Katie Melua	November 23 (UK)	LP
''Dedicated''	Lemar	November 24	LP
''	Pet Shop Boys	November 24	LP
''The Soul Sessions''	Joss Stone	November 24 (UK)	LP
''Turnaround''	Westlife	November 24	LP
''Dirty Reggae''	The Aggrolites	November 25	LP
''Unearthed''	Johnny Cash	November 25	Box Set
''Films about Ghosts''	Counting Crows	November 25	Greatest Hits
''Elocation''	Default	November 25	LP
''This Is Not a Test!''	Missy Elliott	November 25	LP
''Folklore''	Nelly Furtado	November 25	LP
''7''	Enrique Iglesias	November 25	LP
''Take a Look in the Mirror''	KoЯn	November 25	LP
''D.I.G.I.T.A.L.''	KRS-One	November 25	LP
''Part II''	Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz	November 25	LP
''	Nelly	November 25	LP
''The Singles 1992-2003''	No Doubt	November 25	LP
''Life On Display''	Puddle of Mudd	November 25	LP
''Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium''	Rage Against the Machine	November 25	Live
''	TLC	November 25 (UK)	Greatest Hits
''Daft Club''	Daft Punk	December 1	Remix
''The Firebird Suite - Archives''	The Firebird Band	December 1	LP
''The Diary of Alicia Keys''	Alicia Keys	December 2 (US)	LP
''And Then ...''	Joe	December 2	LP
''Live at Brixton Academy''	Motörhead	December 3	LP
''Lichtspielhaus''	Rammstein	December 8	DVD
''Big Money Heavyweight''	Big Tymers	December 9	LP
''Nick Cannon''	Nick Cannon	December 9	LP
''Fefe Dobson''	Fefe Dobson	December 9	LP
''The Reason''	Hoobastank	December 9	LP
''Tasty''	Kelis	December 9	LP
''Live at Brixton Academy''	Motörhead	December 9	Live
''Soulstar''	Musiq	December 9	LP
''Splinter''	The Offspring	December 9	LP
''	Snoop Dogg	December 9	LP
''Soulful''	Ruben Studdard	December 9	LP
''Terrorist Threats''	Westside Connection	December 9	LP
''Extended Play''	Denver Harbor	December 16	EP
''M.A.D.E.''	Memphis Bleek	December 16	LP
''The Lex Diamond Story''	Raekwon	December 16	LP
''Legendary''	Zao	December 17	Greatest Hits
''Juve the Great''	Juvenile	December 23	LP
''I Look I See''	Yusuf Islam	December 27	LP
''Lighthouse''	The Waifs	December 30	EP
''Porch Life''	Big D and the Kids Table	December 31	LP

Top 5 Albums Of Billboard Year

# ''Beyoncé'' - ''Dangerously in Love''
# ''50 cent'' - ''Get Rich or Die Tryin'''
# ''Norah Jones'' - ''Come Away With Me''
# ''Shania Twain'' - ''Up!''
# ''Dixie Chicks'' - ''Home''

Top 10 selling albums of the year

# ''50 cent'' - ''Get Rich or Die Tryin''' - 6,300,000
#''Beyoncé'' - ''Dangerously In Love'' - 4,747,000
# ''Norah Jones'' - ''Come Away With Me'' - 4,656,300
# ''Britney Spears'' - ''In The Zone'' - 4,200,000
# ''Outkast'' - ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' - 3,591,000
# ''Evanescence'' - ''Fallen'' - 3,400,000
# ''Linkin Park'' - ''Meteora'' - 3,210,000
# ''Toby Keith'' - ''Shock'n Y'all'' - 3,100,000
# ''Hilary Duff'' - ''Metamorphosis'' - 2,904,132
# ''Jennifer Lopez'' - ''This Is Me... Then'' - 2,000,000

Top hits on record

★ "American Life" - Madonna

★ "Angel" - Amanda Perez

★ "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet

★ "Are You Ready For Love?" (re-mix) - Elton John

★ "Baby Boy" - Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul

★ "Beautiful" - Christina Aguilera

★ "The Beautiful Occupation" - Travis

★ "Be Mine" - David Gray

★ "Behind Blue Eyes" - Limp Bizkit

★ "The Boys of Summer" - Ataris

★ "Born to Try" - Delta Goodrem

★ "Breathe" - Blu Cantrell

★ "Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence

★ "Cannonball" - Damien Rice

★ "Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim

★ "Chihuahua" - DJ Bobo

★ "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" - The Darkness

★ "Clocks" - Coldplay

★ "C'mon C'mon" - Sheryl Crow

★ "COLORS - Hikaru Utada

★ "Come Clean" - Hilary Duff

★ "Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé

★ "Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake

★ "Don't Look Back into the Sun" - The Libertines

★ "Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones (held over from 2002)

★ "Don't Steal Our Sun" - The Thrills

★ "Faint" - Linkin Park

★ "Feeling This" - blink-182

★ "Feel Good Time" - Pink

★ "Fighter" - Christina Aguilera

★ "Forever and for Always" - Shania Twain

★ "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" - Coldplay

★ "Growing on Me" - The Darkness

★ "Girls & Boys" - Good Charlotte

★ "Hold On"- Good Charlotte

★ "Hey Ya!" - OutKast

★ "Hurt" - Johnny Cash

★ "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness

★ "I'm with You" - Avril Lavigne

★ "In Da Club" - 50 Cent

★ "Innocent Eyes" - Delta Goodrem

★ "Intuition" - Jewel

★ "Invisible" - Clay Aiken

★ "It's My Life" - No Doubt

★ "It's Showtime!!" - B'z

★ "Just Because" - Jane's Addiction

★ "Just the Way I'm Feeling" - Feeder

★ "Laura" - Scissor Sisters

★ "Losing Grip" - Avril Lavigne

★ "Lost Without You" - Delta Goodrem

★ "Love at First Sight" - Kylie Minogue

★ "Mad World" - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews

★ "Maybe Tomorrow" - Stereophonics

★ "Me Against the Music" - Britney Spears featuring Madonna

★ "Me Myself and I" - Beyoncé

★ "Miss Independent" - Kelly Clarkson

★ "Milkshake" - Kelis

★ "Molly's Chambers" - Kings of Leon

★ "My Love Is Like...Wo" - Mýa

★ "Never Leave You" - Lumidee

★ "Not Me, Not I" - Delta Goodrem

★ "Novocaine" - Alice Cooper

★ "One Horse Town" - The Thrills

★ "Ourselves" - Ayumi Hamasaki

★ "Out of Time" - Blur

★ "Perfect" - Simple Plan

★ "P.I.M.P." - 50 Cent

★ "Pump It Up" - Joe Budden

★ "Right Thurr" - Chingy

★ "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" - Ashanti

★ "Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake

★ "Rollover DJ" - Jet

★ "Save Yourself/Genie in a Bottle" - Speedway

★ "Say You Will" - Fleetwood Mac

★ "Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes

★ "Sing For The Moment" - Eminem

★ "Shake Ya Tailfeather" - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee

★ "So Yesterday" - Hilary Duff

★ "Somewhere I Belong" - Linkin Park

★ "Songbird - Oasis

★ "Spitting Games" - Snow Patrol

★ "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte

★ "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" - Jason Mraz

★ "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera

★ "The Way You Move" - OutKast & Sleepy Brown

★ "Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne

★ "Times Like These" - Foo Fighters

★ "Trouble" - Pink

★ "Universally Speaking" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ "Unwell" - Matchbox Twenty

★ "We Used To Be Friends" - Dandy Warhols

★ "What Do You Want From Me?" - Alice Cooper

★ "Where Is the Love?" - Black Eyed Peas

★ "White Flag" - Dido

★ "Will You" - P.O.D.

★ "The Wreckoning" - Boomkat

★ "Why Can't I?" - Liz Phair

★ "You Said No" - Busted
''See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2003 (USA)''

Acclaimed Music

AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Albums from 2003

#''Elephunk'' — Black Eyed Peas
# ''Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' — OutKast
# ''Boy in da Corner'' — Dizzee Rascal
# ''Hail to the Thief'' — Radiohead
# ''Chutes Too Narrow'' — The Shins
# ''Think Tank'' — Blur
# ''Permission to Land'' — The Darkness
# ''De-Loused in the Comatorium'' — The Mars Volta
# ''Echoes'' — The Rapture
# ''You Are Free'' — Cat Power

AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Songs from 2003

# "Hey Ya!" — OutKast
# "Crazy in Love" — Beyoncé
# "Seven Nation Army" — The White Stripes
# "In Da Club" — 50 Cent
# "Toxic" — Britney Spears
# "99 Problems" — Jay-Z
# "Milkshake" — Kelis
# "Maps" — Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# "Ignition (Remix)" — R. Kelly
# "Move Your Feet" — Junior Senior

Classical music

★ Leonardo Balada - ''Ebony Fantasies'' (Cantata for Choir and Orchestra)

★ George Crumb

★
★ ''A Journey Beyond Time'' for soprano, percussion quartet and piano.

★
★ ''Otherworldly Resonances'' for two pianos

★
★ ''River of Life'' for soprano, percussion quartet and piano

★ Mario Davidovsky - ''Duo Capriccioso'' for piano and violin

★ Andrew Glover- ''The Death of Angels: A Concerto for Violin and Orchestra''

★ Haflidi Hallgrímsson - Cello Concerto

★ György Ligeti - ''Hamburg Concerto'' for solo Horn and Chamber Orchestra with 4 obligato Natural Horns (1998-99, 2003)

★ Peter Maxwell Davies

★
★ Naxos Quartet No. 2

★
★ Naxos Quartet No. 3

★ Alexander Raskatov - ''The Last Freedom''

Opera

★ Deborah Drattell - ''Nicholas and Alexandra''

★ Osvaldo Golijov - ''Ainadamar''

★ Michael Nyman - ''Man and Boy: Dada''

★ Krzysztof Penderecki - ''Ubu Rex''

★ Rachel Portman - ''The Little Prince''

Musical theater

★ ''Avenue Q''     Broadway production

★ ''Bounce''

★ ''The Boy from Oz''     Broadway production

★ ''Fame On 42nd Street'' opened at the Little Shubert Theatre on November 11 and ran for 264 performances

★ ''The Full Monty''     Melbourne production

★ ''Jerry Springer - The Opera''     London production

★ ''Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''     London revival

★ ''Never Gonna Dance'' Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 4 and ran for 84 performances

★ ''Taboo'' Broadway production opened November 13 and ran for 103 performances.

★ ''Thoroughly Modern Millie''     London production

★ ''Tonight's The Night''     London production

★ ''Wicked''     Broadway production

Musical film

★ ''Brother Bear'' Animated feature

★ ''Camp''

★ ''

★ ''The Jungle Book 2'' animated feature

★ ''The Singing Detective''

★ ''The Cheetah Girls'' A Disney Channel Original Movie

Births

★ October 28 - Beatrice Millie McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. The McCartneys fooled the press into publishing misleading details about the birth.

Deaths

★ January 1 - Giorgio Gaber (63), actor, singer-songwriter

★ January 8 - Ron Goodwin (77), composer and conductor

★ January 11 - Mickey Finn (55), bongo player and T. Rex sideman

★ January 12 - Maurice Gibb (53), Bee Gees singer and bassist; cardiac arrest

★ January 15 - Doris Fisher (87), singer-songwriter

★ January 23 - Nell Carter (54), singer and actress; heart disease

★ February 1 - Mongo Santamaría (80), Latin jazz percussionist

★ February 2 - Lou Harrison (85), composer

★ February 19 - Johnny Paycheck (65), country singer

★ February 20 - Ty Longley (31), guitarist for Great White; fire accident (This is wrong, I'm pretty sure that it happened in 2002, becauses I heard about it just before Layne Staley died)

★ February 23 - Howie Epstein (47), bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

★ March 3

★
★ Hank Ballard (74), R&B singer; throat cancer

★
★ Malcolm Williamson (71), composer

★ March 8 - Adam Faith (62), singer, actor; heart attack

★ April 1 - Leslie Cheung (46), actor, musician; suicide

★ April 2 - Edwin Starr (61), soul singer; heart attack

★ April 6 - Babatunde Olatunji (75), drummer; diabetes

★ April 15 - Little Eva (59), singer; cervical cancer

★ April 17 - Earl King (69), blues musician

★ April 19 - Conrad Leonard (104), composer and pianist

★ April 21 - Nina Simone (70), singer and pianist

★ April 22 - Felice Bryant (77), Hall of Fame songwriter

★ May 11 - Noel Redding (57), bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience

★ May 15 - June Carter Cash (73), musician and singer

★ May 27 - Luciano Berio (77), composer

★ May 30 - Mickie Most (64), record producer; mesothelioma

★ July 1 - Herbie Mann (73), jazz flautist; prostate cancer

★ July 4

★
★ André Claveau (87), singer

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★ Barry White (58), singer and record producer; renal failure

★ July 5 - Bebu Silvetti (59), pianist, composer, arranger and record producer; respiratory failure

★ July 6 - Buddy Ebsen (95), actor and singer

★ July 7 - Izhak Graziani (79), conductor

★ July 12 - Benny Carter (95), jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader; bronchitis

★ July 16 - Celia Cruz (77), salsa singer; brain tumor

★ July 17 - Rosalyn Tureck (88), pianist

★ July 26 - Richard Wayne Dirksen (81), organist and choirmaster

★ July 27 - Bob Hope (100), actor, comedian and singer

★ August 2 - Don Estelle (70), actor and singer

★ August 5 - Tite Curet Alonso (77), songwriter; heart attack

★ August 8 - Julius Baker (87), flautist

★ August 9 - Gregory Hines (58), actor, singer and dancer

★ August 10 - Carmita Jiménez, singer

★ August 13 - Ed Townsend (74), singer-songwriter

★ August 21 - Wesley Willis (40), novelty musician

★ August 23 - Imperio Argentina (96), singer and actress

★ September 4

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★ Lola Bobesco (82), violinist

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★ Tibor Varga (82), violinist and conductor

★ September 5 - Gisele MacKenzie (76), singer

★ September 7 - Warren Zevon (56), rock 'n roll singer; mesothelioma

★ September 12 - Johnny Cash (71), country and rock 'n roll singer

★ September 14 - John Serry, Sr. (88) Concert Accordionist, Organist, Composer, Arranger

★ September 19 - Slim Dusty (76), country singer

★ September 26 - Robert Palmer (54), singer; heart attack

★ September 27 - Donald O'Connor (78), actor, singer and dancer; congestive heart failure

★ October 5 - Denis Quilley (75), actor and singer; liver cancer

★ October 10 - Eugene Istomin (77), pianist; liver cancer

★ October 21 - Elliott Smith (34), singer-songwriter

★ October 23 - Tony Capstick (59), comedian, actor and musician

★ October 24 - Rosie Nix Adams, singer-songwriter

★ October 29 - Franco Corelli (82), operatic tenor

★ November 12 - Tony Thompson (48), drummer for Chic; kidney cancer

★ November 14 - Gene Anthony Ray (41), actor and dancer

★ November 15 - Dorothy Loudon (70), actress and singer

★ November 17

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★ Arthur Conley (57), soul singer; intestinal cancer

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★ Don Gibson (75), country musician

★ November 18 - Michael Kamen (55), composer, conductor and musician; heart attack

★ November 26 - Soulja Slim (26), rapper; homicide

★ December 7 - Raúl Vale (59), entertainer

★ December 8 - Rubén González (84), pianist

★ December 16 - Gary Stewart (58), country singer; suicide

★ December 22 - Dave Dudley (75), country singer; heart attack

★ December 27 - Vestal Goodman (74), gospel singer; influenza complications

★ December 30 - Anita Mui (40), Hong Kong pop queen

Awards

Miscellaneous

★ Leonard Cohen is made a Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest honour.
the strokes release the music video for "12:51",which is based of the disney movie tron.

ARIA Music Awards

★ ARIA Music Awards of 2003

Country Music Association Awards

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 2003

External links

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

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