⇦ 2002

2004 ⇨

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	☆
David Bowie	Reality	☆
Death Cab For Cutie	Transatlanticism	☆
Dido	Life For Rent	☆
Dream Theater	Train of Thought	☆
Erykah Badu	Worldwide Underground	☆
Evanescence	Fallen	☆
Explosions in the Sky	The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place	☆
Fall Out Boy	Take This to Your Grave	☆
Guster	Keep it Together	☆
Iron Maiden	Dance of Death	☆
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	☆
T.I.	Trap Muzik	☆
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	☆
Three Doors Down	Away from the Sun	☆
Warren Zevon	The Wind	☆
Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Fever To Tell	☆

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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	☆
Don Omar	Dile	☆
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	☆
Ivy Queen	Quiero Bailar	☆
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	☆
MC Lyte	Ride Wit Me	☆
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	☆
Randy Newman	It's a Jungle Out 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	☆

⇦ 2002

2004 ⇨