2003 in music

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2003 in music (UK) Record labels established in 2003 Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands reformed 4 Bands disbanded 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 6 Release date unknown 7 Top 5 albums of Billboard year 7.1 Top 10 Selling Albums Of the Year 8 Top hits on record 9 Acclaimed Music 9.1 AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Albums from 2003 9.2 AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Songs from 2003 10 Classical music 11 Opera 12 Musical theater 13 Musical film 14 Births 15 Deaths 16 Awards 16.1 Miscellaneous 16.2 ARIA Music Awards 16.3 Country Music Association Awards 16.4 Eurovision Song Contest 16.5 Grammy Awards 16.6 Mercury Music Prize 17 Charts 17.1 Triple J Hottest 100 18 External links // 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. 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. [Inaccurate, needs going through by someone familiar with case] 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 8 - Avril Lavigne scores her third #1 single "I'm With You", and make her the second artist in history of having three consecutive #1 songs of a debut album at the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. 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, Beyonce, 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 3 - Avril Lavigne kick off her first headlining tour the "Try To Shut Me Up Tour". March 10 - Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia. March 24 Meteora by Linkin Park debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart. Ex-Neighbours star, Delta Goodrem releases debut album Innocent Eyes which became a monster smash hit of 2003 and included the releases of the new singles Born to Try & Lost Without You. 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 May 24 Turkish singer Sertab Erener wins the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Riga, Latvia, with the song "Everyway That I Can". It is the last time that the contest is a one-night event. After a 40-year wait, Russian fans of The Beatles finally get to see former Beatle Paul McCartney perform on their soil, on the Red Square in Moscow. June - Alexander Kuoppala quit Children of Bodom. 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 4 - Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera kicked off their summer Justified & Stripped tour. 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 22 - Nick Oshiro replaces Ken Jay after 30 Auditions in Static-X. June 27 - June 29 - Glastonbury Festival, U.K., 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 2 - 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. June 25 - Beyoncé releases her No.1 debut solo album "Dangerously In Love", which earned her 5 grammys in a single night. It also spawned two No.1 singles in the US and has sold 11 million copies to date. August 19 - Jessica Simpson releases her third studio album In This Skin. The album would later go triple platinum in the U.S. and would produce the hit single "With You". August 28 - Madonna sparks media controversy by kissing popstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The situation even ignited a quick war of words between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera over the kiss. September - Cryptopsy, Fires Martin Lacroix. September 22 - Max Cavalera & Gloria Cavalera fire Marcello D. Rapp causing Roy Mayorga & Mike Doling to protest against this and leave the band Soulfly. This causes a whole new Lineup Change. 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 5 - Marco Aro, Quits, The Haunted October 16 - Simon & Garfunkel begin their "Old Friends" U.S. reunion tour, twenty years after their 1983 world tour. October 20 - Britney Spears releases the first single, Me against the Music Ft. Madonna, off the upcoming album In the Zone, marketed as a comeback single in the US which went on to be an international success reaching top three in several countries. October 21 - Delta Goodrem wins 7 ARIA Awards and defeats Amiel's "Lovesong" for and a Gold ARIA for Single of the Year, Born to Try. ARIAs host Rove McManus announced that John Farnham will raise the very loud speakers to 1985/1986's "You're the Voice" after being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. Singer/Songwriter Elliott Smith commits suicide at the age of 34 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 - Cryptopsy, Rehires Lord Worm. November 3 - Avril Lavigne lauch her first DVD My World (DVD). November 5 - Evanescence lead guitarist and founding member Ben Moody leaves the band on their first world tour. November 7 - Steve Kmak aka "Fuzz" is fired from Disturbed because Disturbed wasn't totally clicking — personally or musically with him as well as his reported Dave's bad personality, wanting Steve out causing fricition. November 11 - Dream Theater releases their seventh studio album titled Train of Thought, widely regarded as their heaviest album to date. November 14 - Although Byron Stroud had been with Fear Factory for a month before hand, it wasn't until this date that he became an official member. 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 18 - Blink-182 releases 7th, and final self-titled album November 18 - Michael Jackson released the album Number ones, which included Jackson singles that reached #1 in charts around the world. November 19 - On Australian Idol, hosts Andrew G and James Mathison announced the winner and went to Guy Sebastian. He won the prize to BMG Australia and won a studio album, Just As I Am. Sebastian is beaten by Shannon Noll to make it the Monster Winner. He also won the prize single titled Angels Brought Me Here released in December 2003 as an end of decade Christmas present. November 21 - Korn releases their sixth studio album Take a Look in the Mirror. It is the last album that features the original lineup of Korn 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.

Undated

Skinny Puppy reunites Lemon Demon releases "Clown Circus", his first album, and "Live from the Haunted Candle Shop", his second album, on MP3.com. Ken Jay leaves Static-X because of musical/political differences. Bands formed

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Bands reformed The Stooges Backstreet Boys (Started recording following year) Bands disbanded Alpinestars Bis Carissa's Wierd BBMak Bee Gees Box Car Racer The Buzzhorn Coal Chamber Crazy Town (reform in 2007) Desaparecidos The Dismemberment Plan Downthesun Earthsuit Five Iron Frenzy I Mother Earth The Headstones Jets to Brazil Kill II This Lighthouse Family Mansun The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (reform in 2007) Pantera Pitchshifter Reef Rollins Band S Club Smokey & Miho Suede Stone Temple Pilots (reform in 2008) TLC Transatlantic (reform in 2008) The Watchmen Zen Guerrilla Zwan Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 1 Hate Crew Deathroll Children of Bodom - 7 Inertia The Exies - 13 Epica Kamelot - Up All Night The Waifs - Le Chemin Kyo - 14 Pain to Kill Terri Clark - Failer Kathleen Edwards - What You Want Is Now House of Heroes - 19 Summer 2003 Anthrax EP 21 Such Great Heights The Postal Service EP The Lost & Found Rasputina EP Live in Japan 2002 Simple Plan Live Music in High Places Unwritten Law Live Simple Things Remixes Zero 7 Remix 25 The Heartless Control Everything Chiodos EP 28 New Arrival A*Teens - Master and Everyone Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Other People's Songs Erasure Covers album This Is It: The Best of Faith No More Faith No More Greatest Hits Playin' Around Play - ...And Don't Forget to Breathe A Static Lullaby - 31 The Dreamer Blake Shelton - February Day Album Artist Notes 3 Enemy of the Enemy Asian Dub Foundation - Disco 3 Pet Shop Boys Compilation 4 Canterbury Fayre 2001 Hawkwind Live Love The Juliana Theory - Wormwood moe. - Chasing Daylight Sister Hazel - Keith Sweat Live Keith Sweat Live Halloween Frank Zappa Live 6 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent - 8 Calendar Days The Rocket Summer - 10 Another Late Night: Kid Loco Kid Loco Compilation 100th Window Massive Attack - 11 Michael Bublé Michael Bublé - How to Start a Fire Further Seems Forever - Do It For Love Hall & Oates - Any Given Thursday John Mayer Live The Essential Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne Compilation Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad - Ethnicity Yanni - 17 Animositisomina Ministry - 18 Feast of Wire Calexico - Give Up The Postal Service - Chocolate Factory R. Kelly - Cyclorama Styx - Deep Water Slang V2.0 Zion I - 19 The Black Mages The Black Mages - All Else Failed Zao Re-issue 23 The Austin Sessions Edwin McCain - 24 Everything's Eventual Appleton - Blood Duster Blood Duster - 25 The Art of Losing American Hi-Fi US Divided Highway The Doobie Brothers Compilation Nocturama Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Valley of the Damned DragonForce - 1st Round Draft Picks Magno & Mike Jones - The Music The Music US Nate Dogg Nate Dogg - Thalía's Hits Remixed Thalía Remix The Beautiful Letdown Switchfoot - 28 Chocolate Factory R. Kelly - March Day Album Artist Notes 1 Astronomy Bleach - 3 Fly Sick Puppies EP Zitilites Kashmir - 4 So Long, Astoria The Ataris - Fallen Evanescence US Street Dreams Fabolous - Avalanche Matthew Good - The Power to Believe King Crimson - Joyride Oleander - The Well's on Fire Procol Harum - The Best of Run DMC Run-D.M.C. Greatest Hits Revolusongs Sepultura EP Magnolia Electric Co. Songs: Ohia - Every Given Moment Stereomud - More Parts per Million The Thermals Debut 6 too Fantastic Plastic Machine - 10 Reason Melanie C - 11 Sounds of St. Lucia: Live Acoustic Alchemy Live Sing the Sorrow AFI - Friends for Life Buju Banton - Level II BLACKstreet - The Essential Clash The Clash US; Compilation Evolve Ani DiFranco - Slow Motion Daydream Everclear - Recreation Day Evergrey - Everything Will Never Be OK Fiction Plane - Diamonds on the Inside Ben Harper - Volume 4 Joe Jackson - Monster Killer Mike - Hellalive Machine Head Live Just One More Mad Caddies - 26 Songs The Melvins - I Love It Craig Morgan - Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do Relient K - Becoming i Unloco - 17 Back in the World Paul McCartney Live Neon Nights Dannii Minogue International Hellraiser: Best of the Epic Years Motörhead Compilation Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 2 Various Artists Compilation 18 Kill or Be Killed Biohazard - Boomkatalog.One Boomkat Debut Live in Brazil Concrete Blonde Live Blackout Hed PE - Stash Box Kottonmouth Kings EP Pig Lib Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Moldy Peaches 2000: Unreleased Cutz and Live Jamz 1994-2002 The Moldy Peaches Compilation Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology Rainbow Compilation Supper Smog - Transfiguration of Vincent M. Ward - 19 Dix infernal Moi dix Mois - 23 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem - 24 26 Mixes for Cash Aphex Twin Remix U-Turn Brian McKnight - Ringo Rama Ringo Starr - The Pop Hits Roxette Greatest Hits 25 Mes courants électriques Alizée - Double Live Annihilation Annihilator Live The Essentials The Blues Brothers Compilation One Heart Celine Dion - Stacie Orrico Stacie Orrico - Top of the World Tour: Live Dixie Chicks Live Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath Emperor Compilation The Trouble with Being Myself Macy Gray - Let 'Em Burn Hot Boys - Meteora Linkin Park - Regaining Unconsciousness NOFX EP Balls & My Word Scarface - Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 27 Likferd Windir - 31 The Very Best of the Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground Compilation April Day Album Artist Notes 1 Weather Systems Andrew Bird - The Secret of Elena's Tomb ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead EP The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra Compilation Danse Macabre Remixes The Faint Remix Keep on Your Mean Side The Kills - Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo - The Essential Stabbing Westward Stabbing Westward Compilation Elephant The White Stripes - Chris Cagle Chris Cagle - 2 Transatlantic Demos Neal Morse - 7 Vehicles and Animals Athlete - The Very Best of Lighthouse Family Lighthouse Family Greatest Hits 8 Ailleurs land Florent Pagny - Thickfreakness The Black Keys - Soul Food Taqueria Tommy Guerrero - Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 - Hatefiles Fear Factory Compilation Mouthfuls Fruit Bats - The Senior Ginuwine - Faceless Godsmack - The Blueprint 2.1 Jay-Z - Blaze Lagwagon - West for Wishing Matchbook Romance EP Adoration: The Worship Album Newsboys - To Whom It May Concern Lisa Marie Presley - 26 Miles Sean Watkins - 14 Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation Love Metal HIM - 15 Ball Widespread Panic - Say You Will Fleetwood Mac - Thankful Kelly Clarkson - Ball Widespread Panic - Have You Forgotten? Darryl Worley - Now Jessica Andrews - A Beautiful World Thicke re-release of Cherry Blue Skies Day I Forgot Pete Yorn - Mescalero ZZ Top - 18 LeathaFace: The Legends Underground (Part I) Krayzie Bone - 22 Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten - The Blessed Hellride Black Label Society - The Essential Byrds The Byrds Compilation 39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World) Caesars Compilation Into the Valley of Death Death by Stereo - Classic Eric B. & Rakim Compilation Everybody Loves You Kaki King - Kristyles KRS-One - American Life Madonna - Skeletons Nothingface - Damnation Opeth - Serart Serart - White1 Sunn O))) - Kimi Ga Suki Matthew Sweet - 23 More Like the Moon Wilco EP 24 Exclusive U2 EP; iTunes 28 Black Cherry Goldfrapp - The Trouble with Being Myself Macy Gray UK The World According to RZA RZA - 29 He's Keith Murray Keith Murray - Fever to Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs - The Matrix Reloaded: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack May Day Album Artist Notes 5 Think Tank Blur - Welcome to the Monkey House The Dandy Warhols - Rounds Four Tet UK Mind Revolution Skyfire - High Anxiety Therapy? - 6 Alcazarized Alcazar - Blueprints for the Black Market Anberlin - We've Come for You All Anthrax - O' Cracker Where Art Thou? Cracker - DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up Daz Dillinger - Committed to a Bright Future Dog Fashion Disco - Take This to Your Grave Fall Out Boy - Dirty Sweet Jet EP On and On Jack Johnson - As the Palaces Burn Lamb of God - Electric Version The New Pornographers - The War on Errorism NOFX - Figure Number Five Soilwork - Scandinavian Leather Turbonegro US Send Wire - Jalopy Go Far Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer - 7 Body Kiss The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs - 10 Reviens Garou - 12 Singles Box Set 1981-1985 Duran Duran Box Set Late Night Tales: Nightmares on Wax Nightmares on Wax Compilation 13 Good Mourning Alkaline Trio - Days of our Lives Bro'Sis - The Impossibility of Reason Chimaira - Year of the Spider Cold - The Golden Age of Grotesque Marilyn Manson - Out of the Vein Third Eye Blind LP & DVD 19 Something Dangerous Natacha Atlas - Vulnerable Tricky - 20 Almas del Silencio Ricky Martin - Harem Sarah Brightman - Deftones Deftones - Laughing City Eisley EP Über Alles Hanzel Und Gretyl - Black Like Sunday King's X - Anthem Less Than Jake - When Broken Is Easily Fixed Silverstein - Birds of Pray Live - Vicious Cycle Lynyrd Skynyrd - Transform Powerman 5000 - Places for Breathing Revis - Cyborgs Revisited Simply Saucer Re-issue Born to Be Free Sonique - 14 Shades of Grey Staind - Not in My Name Saul Williams EP Poodle Hat "Weird Al" Yankovic - 24 Lucky Bastards Peter Pan Speedrock - 26 Friend Or Foe? blackmail - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin DVD Where Have You Been Tonight? Live Shed Seven Live 27 How the West Was Won Led Zeppelin Live Falling Uphill Lillix - The No Fun EP Local H EP In Between Now and Then O.A.R. - Rooney Rooney - Tubular Bells 2003 Mike Oldfield - Olympia Deuxmilletrois Marc Lavoine Live Roorback Sepultura - Winterheart's Guild Sonata Arctica - Leave a Whisper Shinedown - June Day Album Artist Notes 2 Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation Darkest Hour - Paper Monsters Dave Gahan Europe Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 S Club 7 - You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics - 3 Dream to Make Believe Armor for Sleep - Moe Life Big Moe - Shootenanny! Eels - Paper Monsters Dave Gahan North America 0304 Jewel - From There to Here: Greatest Hits Lonestar Greatest Hits Trouble No More John Mellencamp - Mighty The Planet Smashers - Something to Crow About Riverboat Gamblers - Home Simply Red - In the Pursuit of Leisure Sugar Ray - My Private Nation Train - Explode The Unseen - 2003 Warped Tour Compilation Various Artists Compilation Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA Various Artists Compilation 5 Windwardtidesandwaywardsails Down by Law - London Still The Waifs EP 6 St. Anger Metallica - Greatest Hits LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits 9 Hail to the Thief Radiohead - 10 Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Compilation Joe Budden Joe Budden - Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground Digital Underground Compilation Bare Annie Lennox - Blackout Dropkick Murphys - Welcome Interstate Managers Fountains of Wayne - Keep it Together Guster - New Sacred Cow Kenna - Trigger In Flames The Movement Inspectah Deck - Ultimate Kenny G Kenny G Greatest Hits Mest Mest - The Movement Mo Thugs - Replay Play - Everything Must Go Steely Dan - Dance with My Father Luther Vandross - 11 Everything Must Go Steely Dan - 13 Finger Eleven Finger Eleven - First Demo Tape Minor Threat EP 16 The Vertigo of Bliss Biffy Clyro - 17 Ambulance LTD Ambulance LTD Debut; EP Stupidity Bad Manners - Ghost of a Rose Blackmore's Night - AttenCHUN! Bone Crusher - Deja Entendu Brand New - Finger Eleven Finger Eleven - A Blessing in Disguise Green Carnation - Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People Hella EP Arachnophobiac Michael Schenker Group - Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai - Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now? Moneen - After the Storm Monica - MCMLXXXV Rufio - Rememberese The Stills EP A Match and Some Gasoline The Suicide Machines - Waiting for the Moon Tindersticks - 18 Venus and Other Hits Bananarama Compilation 23 Live Kreation Kreator Live 24 Radio Contact Acoustic Alchemy - Elephunk Black Eyed Peas - Hotel Paper Michelle Branch - Southwest Daz Dillinger - Aesthetic From First to Last EP The Ownerz Gang Starr - Keep It Together Guster - A Flame to the Ground Beneath Lost Horizon - Almost Famous Lumidee - Re:Mix Momentum tobyMac - De-Loused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta - I Am the Movie Motion City Soundtrack - Liz Phair Liz Phair - Da Unbreakables Three 6 Mafia - Between the Never and the Now Vendetta Red - 25 Dangerously in Love Beyoncé - 30 Parts of the Process (The Very Best of Morcheeba) Morcheeba Greatest Hits Lovers The Sleepy Jackson - July Day Album Artist Notes 1 Frail Words Collapse As I Lay Dying - Chapter II Ashanti - History for Sale Blue October - Worm Infested Cannibal Corpse EP Time Will Tell Robert Cray - Take a Break Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Live Our Lady Peace Live You Come Before You Poison the Well - The Green Book Twiztid - 4 Vulture Street Powderfinger Australia 6 Stop Stepping on My Head EP The Roy Clark Method EP 7 Permission to Land The Darkness - North Atlantic Drift Ocean Colour Scene - Officially Dead Veruca Salt EP 8 Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 Trace Adkins Greatest Hits Scooby Snacks: The Collection Fun Lovin' Criminals Compilation Black August Killah Priest - Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco Kris Kristofferson Live Noise for Music's Sake Napalm Death Compilation The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service EP Far from Nowhere Slick Shoes - Thalía Thalía - Young Liars TV on the Radio EP Maybe Memories The Used Compilation Yes Remixes Yes Remix 14 Season for Assault 8 Foot Sativa New Zealand Converting Vegetarians Infected Mushroom - Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) Manic Street Preachers Compilation Late Night Tales: Sly & Robbie Sly & Robbie Compilation 15 Greatest Hits Live 2003 April Wine Live Red Dirt Road Brooks & Dunn - Year of the Rabbit Year of the Rabbit - Jackpot Chingy - A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar Dashboard Confessional - Making the Grade Diffuser - The Trouble with Being Myself Macy Gray US Wave on Wave Pat Green - Comin' from Where I'm From Anthony Hamilton US P-Bone Steak Peelander-Z - 21 Feeler Pete Murray - Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 22 Evolver 311 - Dude Descending a Staircase Apollo 440 - Rip the Jacker Canibus - Man in the Air Kurt Elling - It's All in Your Head Eve 6 - Speed Graphic Ben Folds EP Friends of Mine Adam Green US Strays Jane's Addiction - Moodring Mya US N.E.W.S Prince - Mud on the Tires Brad Paisley - Tribe Queensrÿche - Three Days Grace Three Days Grace - The Artist in the Ambulance Thrice - Ocean Avenue Yellowcard - Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 28 Magic and Medicine The Coral - Blue Street (Five Guitars) Chris Rea - Lycanthropy Patrick Wolf - The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection Yes UK; Box Set 29 Pass the Flask The Bled - Carpenters Perform Carpenter Carpenters Compilation Down upon the Suwannee River Little Feat Live Enemies of Reality Nevermore - Sink or Swim Over My Dead Body - War at the Warfield Slayer DVD August Day Album Artist Notes 1 The Vinyl Countdown Relient K EP 4 D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat Junior Senior - Final Straw Snow Patrol UK 5 Jeff Jeff Beck - Truth Be Told Blues Traveler - Emotional Technology BT - Frozen Embers The Crüxshadows EP Best of Ballads & Blues Poison Compilation Thickskin Skid Row - Get the Picture? Smash Mouth - Quebec Ween - 8 Revolutions Per Minute Rise Against - 12 Go Pat Benatar - 5 Alive! Carbon Leaf Live Legacy: the Absolute Best The Doors Compilation Total Bugs Bunny On Wild Bass Hella EP Classic Hits Live Kottonmouth Kings Live Greatest Hits Volume II Alan Jackson Greatest Hits Triggernometry Onyx - This Is Meant to Hurt You These Arms Are Snakes Debut EP Dungeons & Dragons Midnight Syndicate Official soundtrack to the role-playing game 18 Live Box Björk Box Set Cast of Thousands Elbow UK 19 Unstable Adema - TruANT Alien Ant Farm - Rupi's Dance Ian Anderson - Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley - Unleashed Bow Wow - Giving the Devil His Due Coal Chamber Compilation Restless Sara Evans - Simple Things Amy Grant - Youth and Young Manhood Kings of Leon - Indestructible Rancid - In This Skin Jessica Simpson - Action Pact Sloan - Trap Muzik T.I. - Greendale Neil Young - The Neptunes Present... Clones Various Artists - 25 Take Them On, On Your Own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club UK Chain Gang of Love The Raveonettes - 26 Anthems of Rebellion Arch Enemy US Waking the Fallen Avenged Sevenfold - Hit & Run Big Sugar Greatest Hits Love & Life Mary J. Blige - Anchors Aweigh The Bouncing Souls - Metamorphosis Hilary Duff - The Wind Warren Zevon - Burning Down the Opera Edguy Live Visions of Gandhi Jedi Mind Tricks - Love, Hell or Right Mathematics - What Do I Have to Do? Stabbing Westward Compilation Reverie Sound Revue Reverie Sound Revue EP Everything Goes Numb Streetlight Manifesto - September Day Album Artist Notes 1 I Get Along EP The Libertines EP Anthology Ocean Colour Scene Compilation 2 Take Them On, On Your Own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club US Vintage Michael Bolton - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Metric - 3 Warts and All: Volume 3 moe. Live 7 The Wind Warren Zevon Last Zevon Album 8 Empty the Bones of You Chris Clark - Death Cult Armageddon Dimmu Borgir - Dance of Death Iron Maiden - Hand Over Your Loved Ones Wheatus - 9 Love Is the Only Soldier Jann Arden - Doll Revolution The Bangles - Show Me Your Tears Frank Black and the Catholics - The Decline Of British Sea Power British Sea Power - Welcome to Poppy's Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fiction We Live From Autumn to Ashes - Dance of Death Iron Maiden - Heavier Things John Mayer - From the Ashes Pennywise - A Few Questions Clay Walker - Close My Eyes The Slackers - Self-Destructive Pattern Spineshank - Hallucinations David Usher - The Wolf Andrew W.K. - 10 Vulgar Dir en grey - Sacred Love Sting - 11 Smash The Octopus Flattbush - 14 Self-Destructive Pattern Spineshank - 15 Reality David Bowie - Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo The Fashion - Traveler Colin James - 16 Go Tell It on the Mountain The Blind Boys of Alabama - Worldwide Underground Erykah Badu EP Billy Talent Billy Talent CRIA: 3x Platinum Reality David Bowie - Melvinmania Melvins Compilation Thirteenth Step A Perfect Circle - Before Everything & After MxPx - In Reverie Saves the Day - The Soul Sessions Joss Stone US Page Avenue Story of the Year - Me & My Brother Ying Yang Twins - War All the Time Thursday - 21 Absolution Muse UK 22 Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits Space Compilation 23 Seven's Travels Atmosphere - Dark Chords on a Big Guitar Joan Baez - The Eyes of Alice Cooper Alice Cooper - North Elvis Costello - The Best of Deicide Deicide - Unwrapped Gloria Estefan - Gallowsbird's Bark The Fiery Furnaces - Want That Life The Fixx - Natural Selection Fuel - WWIII KMFDM - The Greatest Story Ever Told The Lawrence Arms - Results May Vary Limp Bizkit - Best of Madball Madball Greatest Hits Mechanical Spin Phenomena Mnemic - The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 R. Kelly Greatest Hits Stories and Alibis Matchbook Romance - Some Devil Dave Matthews - Couldn't Have Said It Better Meat Loaf - Testimony Neal Morse - Murphy's Law Murphy Lee - The Long Road Nickelback - Cheers Obie Trice - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast - The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! Pantera Greatest Hits Caught by the Window Pilot Speed Canada The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 R. Kelly Greatest Hits Bringer of Blood Six Feet Under - Stellastarr Stellastarr - Savin Hill Street Dogs - Go Vertical Horizon - Want One Rufus Wainwright - Past, Present & Future Rob Zombie Greatest Hits 24 Another Day Lene Marlin - 26 Grand Champ DMX - The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls - t.A.T.u. Remixes t.A.T.u. Remix 29 Clubfiles - the Album DJ Quicksilver - Don't Look Back into the Sun/Death on the Stairs The Libertines EP 2nd Verse So Solid Crew - 30 See If I Care Gary Allan - Lead Us Not into Temptation David Byrne - Under Control Eddie Mitchell - Singles 93–03 The Chemical Brothers Compilation Billy Currington Billy Currington - Life For Rent Dido - Sunny 16 Ben Folds EP Confession Ill Niño - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Jethro Tull - Martina Martina McBride - Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Bette Midler - Live at Monsters of Rock Gary Moore Live Perfecto Presents Great Wall Paul Oakenfold Remix Changes Kelly Osbourne - Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation School of Rock Various Artists Soundtrack October Day Album Artist Notes 2 Reflections Apocalyptica - 6 Dear Catastrophe Waitress Belle & Sebastian - 7 Nu-Mixx Klazzics 2Pac Remix Katonah Apollo Sunshine - The Struggle Cappadonna - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 Coheed and Cambria - Countrysides Cracker - Accelerate Jump5 - Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie - Make the Clocks Move Kevin Devine - Live Dilute & Hella Split Dilute/Hella Split LP The Room's Too Cold The Early November - A Kiss in Time Patty Griffin - Live at the House of Blues Guttermouth Live/DVD Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat Jag Panzer Compilation The Preacher's Son Wyclef Jean - Greatest Hits Wyclef Jean Greatest Hits Get Born Jet - Farm Fresh Onions Robert Earl Keen - Softcore Jukebox Ladytron Compilation Collideøscope Living Colour - Chicken-N-Beer Ludacris - Stone Deaf Forever! Motörhead Box Set Hope Non-Prophets - Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Primus LP/DVD Birth of a Prince RZA - Seasons Sevendust - Shadow Zone Static-X - 21st Century Live Styx Live/DVD 8 Confession Ill Niño - 13 The Curse of Blondie Blondie - 1 Fille & 4 Types Celine Dion - It All Starts Here Jem EP Sacred Love Sting - 12 Memories Travis - 14 Measure of a Man Clay Aiken - Bucketheadland 2 Buckethead - The Remixes Mariah Carey Remix Honesty Rodney Atkins - Long Black Train Josh Turner - Coral Fang The Distillers - Boy in Da Corner Dizzee Rascal - Hard Jagged Edge - The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Jethro Tull - For Never and Ever Kill Hannah - Comfort Woman Me'shell Ndegeocello - XIII Mushroomhead - Christmas Is Almost Here Again Carly Simon Christmas The Essential Simon and Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel Compilation As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2 Rod Stewart Covers album The Movie Album Barbra Streisand - Careful What You Wish For Texas - Thalía Thalía - 12 Memories Travis - Blackberry Belle The Twilight Singers - Chrome, Smoke & BBQ ZZ Top Box Set 17 One Crimson Night HammerFall Live 18 Crusader Scribe New Zealand 20 Hai! The Creatures Singles Suede Compilation 21 The Terror State Anti-Flag - Everything to Everyone Barenaked Ladies - Puss 'n' Boots Crash Test Dummies - Ethernaut The Crüxshadows - Twentysomething Jamie Cullum - Group Therapy Dope - The Very Best of the Eagles The Eagles Greatest Hits MH Marques Houston - Kickin' It at the Barn Little Feat - Live at Monsters of Rock Gary Moore Live DVD Coverage Mandy Moore Covers album What's Wrong With This Picture? Van Morrison - Rush in Rio Rush Live/DVD Chutes Too Narrow The Shins - North Something Corporate - Logic Will Break Your Heart The Stills - Room on Fire The Strokes - Streetcore Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Lambhouse: The Collection 1991-1998 Unsane Compilation Come Feel Me Tremble Paul Westerberg - MFZB Zebrahead - 24 The Cat Empire The Cat Empire - 27 Everything to Everyone Barenaked Ladies - The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) The Fall UK Bodysong Jonny Greenwood Soundtrack; UK Through the Ashes of Empires Machine Head UK In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. Greatest Hits; UK Heavy Swollen Members - Three Sugababes UK 28 Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Billy Bragg Compilation Hits! - The Very Best Of Erasure Erasure - The Glorious Burden Iced Earth - Notes & Photographs JamisonParker EP Modern ARTillery The Living End - DevilDriver DevilDriver - The Rise of Brutality Hatebreed - Ultimate Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. Compilation Room on Fire The Strokes - November Day Album Artist Notes 1 The Journey Continues Bradley Joseph - Despierta Los Niños Mindless Self Indulgence EP 3 Being Somebody Liberty X UK Guilty Blue UK Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar Bodyjar Compilation A Natural Disaster Anathema UK Severance Daysend - In Your Own Time Mark Owen - 1992-2002 Underworld Greatest Hits 4 Choronzon Akercocke - This Left Feels Right Bon Jovi Greatest Hits Ultimate Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Greatest Hits Live 2003 Coldplay US; Live 15 Year Killing Spree Cannibal Corpse Compilation Shock'n Y'all Toby Keith - Most Requested Hits Aaron Carter Greatest Hits Dinosaur Sounds Catch 22 - The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Greatest Hits The Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion Picture Don Davis Soundtrack The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place Explosions in the Sky - The Sceptre of Deception Falconer - Hit Peter Gabriel - Blood in My Eye Ja Rule - Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You Kid 606 - Here Comes That Weird Chill Mark Lanegan EP My World Avril Lavigne Live Afterglow Sarah McLachlan - Payable on Death P.O.D. - Skull Ring Iggy Pop - Sixty Six to Timbuktu Robert Plant Compilation Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand Relient K Christmas Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics Pete Rock Compilation Come Poop with Me Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog - Purple on Time U.S. Maple - Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 10 Ladies Night Atomic Kitten - Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai Jamiroquai Compilation Live from Faraway Stables Silverchair Live State of Mind Holly Valance - 11 Another 700 Miles 3 Doors Down EP Live from the Road Chevelle Live Elocation Default - Train of Thought Dream Theater - Kid Rock Kid Rock - SoulO Nick Lachey - Lost Dogs Pearl Jam Compilation Try This Pink - Tupac: Resurrection Tupac Shakur Soundtrack Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Slayer Box Set The Essential Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Compilation Thank You Stone Temple Pilots Greatest Hits 14 Beg for Mercy G-Unit - The Black Album Jay-Z - 17 Let It Be… Naked The Beatles Remix A Present for Everyone Busted - Turn It On Ronan Keating - Body Language Kylie Minogue International Ether Song Turin Brakes - Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation 18 Live at the Fireside Bowl Against All Authority Live Ashanti's Christmas Ashanti - Blink-182 Blink-182 - Jackpot Chingy - I Can't Stop Al Green - One Wish: The Holiday Album Whitney Houston Christmas Revolutionary Vol. 2 Immortal Technique - Number Ones Michael Jackson Greatest Hits At Last Cyndi Lauper - Room To Breathe Reba McEntire - Live in Texas Linkin Park Live DVD The Central Park Concert Dave Matthews Band Live/DVD Body Language Kylie Minogue - 18 B Sides + DVD Moby Compilation & DVD Live at Largo Glen Phillips Live Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology Joe Satriani Compilation Collide Skillet - The Biggest and the Best Slick Shoes Greatest Hits In the Zone Britney Spears US Heavy Swollen Members - Under Construction, Part II Timbaland & Magoo - Symptoms of Humanity Union 13 - The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology Steve Vai - 22 All Request Live Ween Live 23 Call Off the Search Katie Melua UK 24 Dedicated Lemar - Pop Art: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits Pet Shop Boys - The Soul Sessions Joss Stone UK Turnaround Westlife - 25 Dirty Reggae The Aggrolites - Unearthed Johnny Cash Box Set Films about Ghosts Counting Crows Greatest Hits Elocation Default - This Is Not a Test! Missy Elliott - Folklore Nelly Furtado - 7 Enrique Iglesias - Take a Look in the Mirror KoЯn - D.I.G.I.T.A.L. KRS-One - Part II Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz - Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention Nelly - The Singles 1992-2003 No Doubt - Life On Display Puddle of Mudd - Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium Rage Against the Machine Live Love the Cup Sons and Daughters - The Make Yourself at Home EP The Starting Line EP Now and Forever: The Hits TLC UK; Greatest Hits December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Daft Club Daft Punk Remix The Firebird Suite - Archives The Firebird Band - 2 The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys US And Then ... Joe - Comin' on Strong Trace Adkins - 8 Lichtspielhaus Rammstein DVD 9 Big Money Heavyweight Big Tymers - Nick Cannon Nick Cannon - Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson - Marvelous Things Eisley EP The Reason Hoobastank - Tasty Kelis - Live at Brixton Academy Motörhead Live Soulstar Musiq - Splinter The Offspring - Tha Dogg: Best of the Works Snoop Dogg - Soulful Ruben Studdard - Terrorist Threats Westside Connection - 16 Extended Play Denver Harbor EP M.A.D.E. Memphis Bleek - The Lex Diamond Story Raekwon - 17 Legendary Zao Greatest Hits 23 Juve the Great Juvenile - 27 I Look I See Yusuf Islam - 30 Lighthouse The Waifs EP 31 Porch Life Big D and the Kids Table - Release date unknown As the Eternal Cowboy - Against Me! For Stars and Moon - Angie Aparo Arcade Fire (EP) - Arcade Fire Bayside/Name Taken Split - Bayside / Name Taken Prime Time - Bell, Book & Candle Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows - Billy Talent Blitzen Trapper - Blitzen Trapper Freedom Band - Delinquent Habits Snowfield Demo EP - Editors (as Snowfield) To Madagascar and Back EP/DVD - Flickerstick 25 Miles to Kissimmee - Fools Garden Saturday Rock Action EP - Hawk Nelson My First Time - Look What I Did Louis XIV - Louis XIV E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals - The Matches (as The Locals) Frengers - Mew Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded - Pitchshifter Still Electric - Primitive Radio Gods Under the Tray - Reggie and the Full Effect The Sauce - Eddie Spaghetti The Concept EP - The Spill Canvas For All the Drugs in the World - Sponge Silence Is Easy - Starsailor All Got Our Runnins EP - The Streets Strawberry Bubblegum - 10cc The Sunday Best EP - This Providence Throw the Fight (EP) - Throw the Fight Velvet Lined Shell - Toyah Hunted EP - Year of the Rabbit 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 Come Away with Me – Norah Jones Get Rich Or Die Tryin' - 50 Cent Meteora - Linkin Park Life For Rent - Dido Dangerously In Love - Beyonce A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay Fallen - Evanescence In The Zone - Britney Spears Let Go - Avril Lavigne One Heart - Celine Dion Top hits on record '2+2=5 - Radiohead "Addicted" - Simple Plan "Angels or Devils" - Dishwalla "All I Have" - Jennifer Lopez "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 "Bottom of a Bottle" - Smile Empty Soul "The Boys of Summer" - Ataris "Born to Try" - Delta Goodrem "Breathe" - Blu Cantrell "Bring Me to Life" - Evanescence "California" - Phantom Planet "Cannonball" - Damien Rice "Can't Hold Us Down" - Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim "Cassé" - Nolwenn Leroy "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 "Come Over" - Aaliyah "Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé Knowles "Cry Me A River" - Justin Timberlake "Did My Time" - KoЯn "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 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" - Dannii Minogue "Entre Nous" - Chimène Badi "Everyway That I Can" - Sertab Erener "Faint" - Linkin Park "Fan" - Pascal Obispo "Feel" - Robbie Williams "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 "Go to Sleep" - Radiohead "Growing on Me" - The Darkness "Girls & Boys" - Good Charlotte "Headstrong" - Trapt "Hold On"- Good Charlotte "Hey Oh" - Tragédie "Hey Ya!" - OutKast "Hurt" - Johnny Cash "I Begin to Wonder" - Dannii Minogue "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness "I'm With You" - Avril Lavigne "In Da Club" - 50 Cent "Innocent Eyes" - Delta Goodrem "Into the West" - Annie Lennox "Intuition" - Jewel "Invisible" - Clay Aiken "It's My Life" - No Doubt "It's Showtime!!" - B'z "Je voulais te dire que je t'attends" - Jonatan Cerrada "Just Because" - Jane's Addiction "Just the Way I'm Feeling" - Feeder "L'Orange" - Star Academy 3 "Laisse parler les gens" - Jocelyne Labylle and Cheela featuring Jacob Desvarieux and Passi "Laura" - Scissor Sisters "Le Frunkp" - Alphonse Brown "Like a Stone" - Audioslave "Lonely Day" - Phantom Planet "Losing Grip" - Avril Lavigne "Lost Without You" - Delta Goodrem "Love at First Sight" - Kylie Minogue "Mad World" - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews "Ma Liberté de penser" - Florent Pagny "Maybe Tomorrow" - Stereophonics "Me Against the Music" - Britney Spears featuring Madonna "Me Myself and I" - Beyoncé "Ménage à Trois" - Alcazar "Miss Independent" - Kelly Clarkson "Milkshake" - Kelis "Minerva" - Deftones "Molly's Chambers" - Kings of Leon "Mueve el Ombligo" - Christell "My Love Is Like...Wo" - Mýa "Never Leave You" - Lumidee "No Good Advice" - Girls Aloud "Not a Sinner Nor a Saint" - Alcazar "Not Me, Not I" - Delta Goodrem "Novocaine" - Alice Cooper "Numb" - Linkin Park "One Horse Town" - The Thrills "One More Chance" - Michael Jackson "Ourselves" - Ayumi Hamasaki "Out of Time" - Blur "Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)" - Lorna "Paris-Latino" - Star Academy France "Perfect" - Simple Plan "P.I.M.P." - 50 Cent "Pump It Up" - Joe Budden "Right Thurr" - Chingy "Remember" - Disturbed "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 "St. Anger" - Metallica "Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne "Stupid Girl" - Cold "Summer Jam" - The Underdog Project and Sunclub "Sur un air latino" - Lorie "Swing, Swing" - All American Rejects "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" - Jason Mraz "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera "The Way You Move" - OutKast & Sleepy Brown "There There" - Radiohead "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 "Why Not?" - Hilary Duff "You Said No" - Busted

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

Acclaimed Music AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Albums from 2003 Elephant — The White Stripes 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 You Are Free — Cat Power Room on Fire — The Strokes Echoes — The Rapture Fever to Tell — Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rounds — Four Tet It Still Moves — My Morning Jacket Up in Flames — Manitoba AcclaimedMusic.net's Top Songs from 2003 "Hey Ya!" — OutKast "Crazy in Love" — Beyoncé "Seven Nation Army" — The White Stripes "Toxic" — Britney Spears "Milkshake" — Kelis "In Da Club" — 50 Cent "99 Problems" — Jay-Z "Maps" — Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Out of Time" — Blur "Move Your Feet" — Junior Senior "Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard (A True Story)" — !!! "I Luv U" — Dizzee Rascal "Ignition (Remix)" — R. Kelly "Such Great Heights — The Postal Service "12:51" — The Strokes 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 Showtune, a Jerry Herman musical revue, off-Broadway production 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 opened at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30. Musical film Brother Bear Animated feature Camp Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem The Jungle Book 2 animated feature The Singing Detective The Cheetah Girls A Disney Channel Original Movie the first musical film by Disney Channel bringing in over 84 million viewers. From Justin to Kelly 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 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 13 - Alex Baroni (35), singer; Accident 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 June 6 - Dave Rowberry (63), The Animals July 1 - Herbie Mann (73), jazz flautist; prostate cancer July 4 André Claveau (87), singer 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 25 - Erik Braunn, Iron Butterfly July 26 - Richard Wayne Dirksen (81), organist and choirmaster July 27 - Bob Hope (100), actor, comedian and singer July 30 - Sam Philips (80) 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 Lola Bobesco (82), violinist Tibor Varga (82), violinist and conductor September 5 - Gisele MacKenzie (76), singer September 7 - Warren Zevon (56), rock and 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 5 - Bobby Hatfield (63), The Righteous Brothers 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 Arthur Conley (57), soul singer; intestinal cancer Don Gibson (75), country musician November 18 - Michael Kamen (55), composer, conductor and musician; heart attack November 26 - Soulja Slim (26), rapper; homicide November 28 - Zekra (?), Iconic Tunisian Singer, homicide 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. ARIA Music Awards ARIA Music Awards of 2003 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 2003 Mercury Music Prize Boy in Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal wins. Charts Triple J Hottest 100 Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 External links

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