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The Best Music of 2003
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2003. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2003, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| 50 Cent | Get Rich Or Die Tryin' | ☆ |
| A Perfect Circle | Thirteenth Step | ☆ |
| AFI | Sing the Sorrow | ☆ |
| Alicia Keys | The Diary Of Alicia Keys | ☆ |
| Amy Winehouse | Frank | ☆ |
| Annie Lennox | Bare | ☆ |
| Avenged Sevenfold | Waking The Fallen | ☆ |
| Beyoncé | Dangerously in Love | ☆ |
| Blink-182 | Blink-182 | ☆ |
| Brand New | Deja Entendu | ☆ |
| Britney Spears | In the Zone | ☆ |
| Brooks & Dunn | Red Dirt Road | ☆ |
| Dave Matthews | Some Devil | ☆ |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Transatlanticism | ☆ |
| Dido | Life For Rent | ☆ |
| Erykah Badu | Worldwide Underground | ☆ |
| Evanescence | Fallen | ☆ |
| Explosions in the Sky | The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place | ☆ |
| Jane's Addiction | Strays | ☆ |
| Jay-Z | The Black Album | ☆ |
| Jet | Get Born | ☆ |
| John Mayer | Heavier Things | ☆ |
| King Crimson | The Power to Believe | ☆ |
| Kylie Minogue | Body Language | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Meteora | ☆ |
| Liz Phair | Liz Phair | ☆ |
| Lucinda Williams | World Without Tears | ☆ |
| Ludacris | Chicken-N-Beer | ☆ |
| Luther Vandross | Dance with My Father | ☆ |
| Machine Head | Through the Ashes of Empires | ☆ |
| Massive Attack | 100th Window | ☆ |
| Missy Elliott | This is Not a Test! | ☆ |
| Muse | Absolution | ☆ |
| Original Broadway Cast | Wicked | ☆ |
| Original Broadway Cast | Avenue Q | ☆ |
| OutKast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | ☆ |
| Radiohead | Hail To The Thief | ☆ |
| RZA and Various Artists | Kill Bill Vol. 1 Original Soundtrack | ☆ |
| Sleep | Dopesmoker | ☆ |
| Sonata Arctica | Winterheart's Guild | ☆ |
| Sufjan Stevens | Michigan | ☆ |
| The Black Eyed Peas | Elephunk | ☆ |
| The Darkness | Permission to Land | ☆ |
| The Mars Volta | De-Loused in the Comatorium | ☆ |
| The Strokes | Room On Fire | ☆ |
| The White Stripes | Elephant | ☆ |
| Warren Zevon | The Wind | ☆ |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever To Tell | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
| 50 Cent | P.I.M.P. | ☆ |
| Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett | It's Five O'Clock Somewhere | ☆ |
| Alicia Keys | If I Ain't Got You | ☆ |
| Alicia Keys | You Don't Know My Name | ☆ |
| Amy Winehouse | F*** Me Pumps | ☆ |
| Annie Lennox | Into the West | ☆ |
| Astanti | Rock wit U (Awww Baby) | ☆ |
| Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z | Crazy in Love | ☆ |
| Black Eyed Peas | Let's Get It Started | ☆ |
| Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake | Where is the Love? | ☆ |
| Blink-182 | I Miss You | ☆ |
| Blink-182 | Feeling This | ☆ |
| Brad Paisley | Mud on the Tires | ☆ |
| Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss | Whiskey Lullaby | ☆ |
| Britney Spears | Toxic | ☆ |
| Britney Spears | Everytime | ☆ |
| Britney Spears featuring Madonna | Me Against the Music | ☆ |
| Caesars | Jerk It Out | ☆ |
| Dave Matthews | Gravedigger | ☆ |
| Death Cab for Cutie | Transatlanticism | ☆ |
| Dido | White Flag | ☆ |
| DMX | X Gon' Give It to Ya | ☆ |
| DMX | Where the Hood At | ☆ |
| Evanescence | Bring Me To Life | ☆ |
| Evanescence | My Immortal | ☆ |
| Explosions in the Sky | Your Hand in Mine | ☆ |
| Five For Fighting | 100 Years | ☆ |
| Fountains Of Wayne | Stacy's Mom | ☆ |
| Franz Ferdinand | Darts of Pleasure | ☆ |
| Hilary Duff | Come Clean | ☆ |
| Hoobastank | The Reason | ☆ |
| Jane's Addiction | Superhero | ☆ |
| Jay-Z | 99 Problems | ☆ |
| Jay-Z | Dirt off Your Shoulder | ☆ |
| Jet | Are You Gonna Be My Girl | ☆ |
| Jet | Cold Hard Bitch | ☆ |
| Jewel | Intuition | ☆ |
| John Mayer | Daughters | ☆ |
| Josh Groban | You Raise Me Up | ☆ |
| Kelis | Milkshake | ☆ |
| Kelly Clarkson | Miss Independent | ☆ |
| Kylie Minogue | Slow | ☆ |
| Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent | Magic Stick | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Numb | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Lying From You | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Breaking the Habit | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Somewhere I Belong | ☆ |
| Linkin Park | Faint | ☆ |
| Liz Phair | Why Can't I? | ☆ |
| Ludacris featuring Shawnna | Stand Up | ☆ |
| Lumidee | Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh) | ☆ |
| Luther Vandross | Dance With My Father | ☆ |
| Martina McBride | This One's for the Girls | ☆ |
| Missy Elliott | Bomb Intro / Pass That Dutch | ☆ |
| Muse | Time Is Running Out | ☆ |
| Muse | Hysteria | ☆ |
| Muse | Butterflies & Hurricanes | ☆ |
| No Doubt | It's My Life | ☆ |
| OutKast | Hey Ya! | ☆ |
| OutKast | The Way You Move | ☆ |
| OutKast | Roses | ☆ |
| Pharrell Williams featuring Jay-Z | Frontin' | ☆ |
| Radiohead | 2 + 2 = 5 | ☆ |
| Radiohead | There There | ☆ |
| Sheryl Crow | The First Cut Is the Deepest | ☆ |
| Silverstein | Smashed Into Pieces | ☆ |
| Switchfoot | Meant to Live | ☆ |
| The Darkness | I Believe In A Thing Called Love | ☆ |
| The Darkness | Get Your Hands Off of My Woman | ☆ |
| The Postal Service | Such Great Heights | ☆ |
| The Postal Service | We Will Become Silhouettes | ☆ |
| The Strokes | Reptilia | ☆ |
| The Strokes | 12:51 | ☆ |
| The White Stripes | Seven Nation Army | ☆ |
| The White Stripes | The Hardest Button to Button | ☆ |
| The White Stripes | Ball and Biscuit | ☆ |
| Toby Keith | I Love This Bar | ☆ |
| Toby Keith & Willie Nelson | Beer for My Horses | ☆ |
| Train | Calling All Angels | ☆ |
| Warren Zevon | Keep Me in Your Heart | ☆ |
| Wicked (Original Broadway Cast Recording) feat. Kr | Popular | ☆ |
| Wicked (Original Broadway Cast) | Defying Gravity | ☆ |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Maps | ☆ |
| Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Pin | ☆ |
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