2003 in music

See also: 2003 in music (UK) and Category:Record labels established in 2003
List of years in music (table)

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Bands formed

See Musical groups established in 2003

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

January – March

Date Album Artist Notes
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7 Hate Crew Deathroll Children of Bodom -
Inertia The Exies -
Living Out Loud Aaron Lines -
13 Le Chemin Kyo -
Up All Night The Waifs -
14 Failer Kathleen Edwards -
Pain to Kill Terri Clark -
What You Want Is Now House of Heroes -
19 Summer 2003 Anthrax EP
20 Masterplan Masterplan -
6 Supersilent -
21 Live in Japan 2002 Simple Plan Live
The Lost & Found Rasputina EP
Music in High Places Unwritten Law Live
One Bedroom The Sea and Cake -
Simple Things Remixes Zero 7 Remix
Such Great Heights The Postal Service EP
Ultimate Yanni Yanni Compilation
22 Elements, Pt. 1 Stratovarius -
25 The Heartless Control Everything Chiodos EP
27 Other People's Songs Erasure Covers album
28 Alive Again Nightingale -
...And Don't Forget to Breathe A Static Lullaby -
The Heat Death of the Universe Off Minor -
Mary Star of the Sea Zwan -
Master and Everyone Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -
New Arrival A*Teens -
Playin' Around Play -
The Raven Lou Reed -
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More Faith No More Compilation
29 Valenti BoA Japan
31 Epica Kamelot -
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3 Disco 3 Pet Shop Boys Compilation
Enemy of the Enemy Asian Dub Foundation -
Nocturama Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -
Unicorns Are People Too The Unicorns -
4 Boomslang Johnny Marr and the Healers -
Canterbury Fayre 2001 Hawkwind Live
Chasing Daylight Sister Hazel -
The Dreamer Blake Shelton -
Halloween Frank Zappa Live 1978
Keith Sweat Live Keith Sweat Live
Love The Juliana Theory -
Wormwood moe. -
6 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent -
8 Calendar Days The Rocket Summer -
10 Another Late Night: Kid Loco Kid Loco Compilation
The Beyond Cult of Luna -
100th Window Massive Attack -
11 Any Given Thursday John Mayer Live
Do It For Love Hall & Oates -
The Essential Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne Compilation
Ethnicity Yanni -
Heart Stars -
Hearts of Oak Ted Leo and the Pharmacists -
How to Start a Fire Further Seems Forever -
Michael Bublé Michael Bublé -
Next Big Thing Vince Gill -
Strapping Young Lad Strapping Young Lad -
We're a Happy Family: A Tribute to Ramones Various Artists Ramones tribute
14 King Me Visqueen -
17 Animositisomina Ministry -
Chocolate Factory R. Kelly -
Office of Strategic Influence OSI -
One Kill Wonder The Haunted -
18 Cyclorama Styx -
Deep Water Slang V2.0 Zion I -
Famous Among the Barns Ben Taylor -
Feast of Wire Calexico -
Under the Tray Reggie and the Full Effect -
You Are Free Cat Power -
19 All Else Failed Zao Re-issue
The Black Mages The Black Mages -
Give Up The Postal Service -
23 Beginnings Memento -
The Austin Sessions Edwin McCain -
24 Blood Duster Blood Duster -
Everything's Eventual Appleton -
25 The Art of Losing American Hi-Fi US
Baby I'm Bored Evan Dando -
The Beautiful Letdown Switchfoot -
Deuce The D.O.C. -
Divided Highway The Doobie Brothers Compilation
1st Round Draft Picks Magno & Mike Jones -
Livin' Legend B.G. -
The Music The Music US
Nate Dogg Nate Dogg -
Rock the Block Krokus -
Thalía's Hits Remixed Thalía Remix
Valley of the Damned DragonForce -
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3 Fly Sick Puppies EP
Human Zoo Gotthard -
Zitilites Kashmir -
4 Avalanche Matthew Good -
The Best of Run DMC Run-D.M.C. Compilation
Every Given Moment Stereomud -
Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home The Angels of Light -
Fallen Evanescence US
Freedom Band Delinquent Habits -
Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish -
Joyride Oleander -
La Bella Mafia Lil' Kim -
Magnolia Electric Co. Songs: Ohia -
More Parts per Million The Thermals Debut
The Power to Believe King Crimson -
Revolusongs Sepultura EP
So Long, Astoria The Ataris -
Street Dreams Fabolous -
The Ugly Organ Cursive -
The Well's on Fire Procol Harum -
Where Shall You Take Me? Damien Jurado -
6 Too Fantastic Plastic Machine -
7 Just Listen Se7en -
10 Reason Melanie C -
11 Becoming i Unloco -
Diamonds on the Inside Ben Harper -
The Essential Clash The Clash US; Compilation
Everything Will Never Be OK Fiction Plane -
Evolve Ani DiFranco -
Friends for Life Buju Banton -
Hellalive Machine Head Live
I Love It Craig Morgan -
Just One More Mad Caddies -
Level II BLACKstreet -
Log 22 Bettie Serveert -
Monster Killer Mike -
Recreation Day Evergrey -
Sing the Sorrow AFI -
26 Songs The Melvins -
Slow Motion Daydream Everclear -
Sounds of St. Lucia: Live Acoustic Alchemy Live
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do Relient K -
Volume 4 Joe Jackson -
17 Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 2 Various Artists Compilation
Back in the World Paul McCartney Live
Hellraiser: Best of the Epic Years Motörhead Compilation
Neon Nights Dannii Minogue International
18 All Your Summer Songs Saturday Looks Good to Me -
Apple O' Deerhoof -
Blackout Hed PE -
Boomkatalog.One Boomkat Debut
Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology Rainbow Compilation
Hittin' the Note The Allman Brothers Band -
I'm Just a Girl Deana Carter -
Kill or Be Killed Biohazard -
Live in Brazil Concrete Blonde Live
Moldy Peaches 2000: Unreleased Cutz and Live Jamz 1994-2002 The Moldy Peaches Compilation
Pig Lib Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks -
Stash Box Kottonmouth Kings EP
Supper Smog -
Transfiguration of Vincent M. Ward -
Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1 MC Lyte -
19 Dix Infernal Moi dix Mois -
21 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem -
24 The Pop Hits Roxette Compilation
Ringo Rama Ringo Starr -
26 Mixes for Cash Aphex Twin Remix
U-Turn Brian McKnight -
Viva Emptiness Katatonia -
25 Balls & My Word Scarface -
Double Live Annihilation Annihilator Live
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend Fall Out Boy EP
House of 1000 Corpses: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rob Zombie/Various Artists Soundtrack
Let 'Em Burn Hot Boys -
Mes courants électriques Alizée -
Meteora Linkin Park -
Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
One Heart Celine Dion -
Regaining Unconsciousness NOFX EP
Rules of Travel Rosanne Cash -
Scattered Ashes: A Decade of Emperial Wrath Emperor Compilation
Stacie Orrico Stacie Orrico -
Star 702 -
Top of the World Tour: Live Dixie Chicks Live
27 Likferd Windir -
31 Up in Flames Manitoba -
The Very Best of the Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground Compilation

April – June

Date Album Artist Note
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1 Chris Cagle Chris Cagle -
Danse Macabre Remixes The Faint Remix
Elephant The White Stripes -
The Essential Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra Compilation
The Essential Stabbing Westward Stabbing Westward Compilation
Guitar Romantic The Exploding Hearts -
Keep on Your Mean Side The Kills -
The Secret of Elena's Tomb ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead EP
Sleeping with Ghosts Placebo -
Tomorrow Come Today Boysetsfire -
Weather Systems Andrew Bird -
2 Transatlantic Demos Neal Morse -
7 Vehicles & Animals Athlete -
8 Adoration: The Worship Album Newsboys -
Ailleurs land Florent Pagny -
Angel Sparks Glenn Phillips -
Blaze Lagwagon -
The Blueprint 2.1 Jay-Z -
Eiffel 65 Eiffel 65 -
Faceless Godsmack -
Hatefiles Fear Factory Compilation
Mouthfuls Fruit Bats -
Rainy Day Music The Jayhawks -
Revolutions per Minute Rise Against -
The Senior Ginuwine -
Soul Food Taqueria Tommy Guerrero -
Summer Sun Yo La Tengo -
Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid Elefant -
Thickfreakness The Black Keys -
26 Miles Sean Watkins -
West for Wishing Matchbook Romance EP
To Whom It May Concern Lisa Marie Presley -
World Without Tears Lucinda Williams -
13 The Great Fall Narnia -
14 Damnation Opeth -
Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts M83 -
Love Metal HIM -
Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
The Path Show of Hands -
15 Ball Widespread Panic -
A Beautiful World Thicke re-release of Cherry Blue Skies
Day I Forgot Pete Yorn -
Dragonfly Ziggy Marley -
Have You Forgotten? Darryl Worley -
Holes: Original Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
Mescalero ZZ Top -
Now Jessica Andrews -
Say You Will Fleetwood Mac -
Thankful Kelly Clarkson -
18 LeathaFace: The Legends Underground (Part I) Krayzie Bone -
22 American Life Madonna -
Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten -
The Blessed Hellride Black Label Society -
Classic Eric B. & Rakim Compilation
Darker Than Black Cage -
The Essential Byrds The Byrds Compilation
Everybody Loves You Kaki King -
Into the Valley of Death Death by Stereo -
Kimi Ga Suki Matthew Sweet -
Kristyles KRS-One -
A Night at the Booty Bar Disco D -
Serart Serart -
Shine Daniel Lanois -
Skeletons Nothingface -
39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World) Caesars Compilation
White1 Sunn O))) -
23 More Like the Moon Wilco EP
24 Exclusive U2 EP; iTunes
Welcome to Dun Vegas Peatbog Faeries -
28 Black Cherry Goldfrapp -
The Trouble with Being Myself Macy Gray UK
The World According to RZA RZA -
29 Fever to Tell Yeah Yeah Yeahs -
He's Keith Murray Keith Murray -
The Matrix Reloaded: The Album Various Artists Soundtrack
Meet the Girl Next Door Lil' Mo -
? Frengers Mew -
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5 High Anxiety Therapy? -
Mind Revolution Skyfire -
Rounds Four Tet UK
Think Tank Blur -
Welcome to the Monkey House The Dandy Warhols -
6 Alcazarized Alcazar -
As the Palaces Burn Lamb of God -
Being Ridden Cex -
Beneath This Gruff Exterior John Hiatt -
Blueprints for the Black Market Anberlin -
Body Kiss The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs -
BR Instrumentals Cex -
Committed to a Bright Future Dog Fashion Disco -
Dirty Sweet Jet EP
DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up Daz Dillinger -
Electric Version The New Pornographers -
Figure Number Five Soilwork -
Jalopy Go Far Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer -
O' Cracker Where Art Thou? Cracker -
On and On Jack Johnson -
One Word Extinguisher Prefuse 73 -
Politics of the Business Prince Paul -
Scandinavian Leather Turbonegro US
Send Wire -
Take This to Your Grave Fall Out Boy -
The War on Errorism NOFX -
We've Come for You All Anthrax -
When I Pretend to Fall The Long Winters -
10 Pandemonium! B2K -
Reviens Garou -
12 Late Night Tales: Nightmares on Wax Nightmares on Wax Compilation
The Michael Franks Anthology: The Art of Love Michael Franks Compilation
Singles Box Set 1981-1985 Duran Duran Box Set
13 Days of our Lives Bro'Sis -
The Golden Age of Grotesque Marilyn Manson -
Good Mourning Alkaline Trio -
The Impossibility of Reason Chimaira -
Out of the Vein Third Eye Blind LP & DVD
Sumday Grandaddy -
Year of the Spider Cold -
19 Something Dangerous Natacha Atlas -
Vulnerable Tricky -
20 Almas del Silencio Ricky Martin -
Anthem Less Than Jake -
Birds of Pray Live -
Black Like Sunday King's X -
Born to Be Free Sonique -
Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs Covers album
Cyborgs Revisited Simply Saucer Re-issue
Deftones Deftones -
Fire Electric Six -
For All the Drugs in the World Sponge -
14 Shades of Grey Staind -
Harem Sarah Brightman -
I Am the Fun Blame Monster! Menomena -
Laughing City Eisley EP
Live: Hallelujah Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas Live
Mississippi: The Album David Banner -
Not in My Name Saul Williams EP
Places for Breathing Revis -
Poodle Hat "Weird Al" Yankovic -
Rabbit Don't Come Easy Helloween -
The Streetsweeper, Vol. 1 DJ Kay Slay -
Transform Powerman 5000 -
Über Alles Hanzel Und Gretyl -
Vicious Cycle Lynyrd Skynyrd -
When Broken Is Easily Fixed Silverstein -
22 C21 C21 -
24 Lucky Bastards Peter Pan Speedrock -
26 Friend or Foe? Blackmail -
Led Zeppelin DVD Led Zeppelin DVD
Where Have You Been Tonight? Live Shed Seven Live
27 Falling Uphill Lillix -
How the West Was Won Led Zeppelin Live 1972
In Between Now and Then O.A.R. -
Leave a Whisper Shinedown -
The No Fun EP Local H EP
Olympia Deuxmilletrois Marc Lavoine Live
Rooney Rooney -
Roorback Sepultura -
So Much for the City The Thrills -
Tubular Bells 2003 Mike Oldfield -
Winterheart's Guild Sonata Arctica -
30 Atlantis Princess BoA -
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2 Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 S Club 7 Compilation
Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation Darkest Hour -
Paper Monsters Dave Gahan Europe
You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics -
3 0304 Jewel -
2003 Warped Tour Compilation Various Artists Compilation
Dream to Make Believe Armor for Sleep -
Ego War Audio Bullys -
Explode The Unseen -
From There to Here: Greatest Hits Lonestar Compilation
Home Simply Red -
In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete Miles Davis -
In the Pursuit of Leisure Sugar Ray -
Liberation: Songs to Benefit PETA Various Artists Compilation
Mighty The Planet Smashers -
Moe Life Big Moe -
My Private Nation Train -
Paper Monsters Dave Gahan North America
Redwood Lunasa -
Shootenanny! Eels -
Something to Crow About Riverboat Gamblers -
Soul Journey Gillian Welch -
Trouble No More John Mellencamp -
We Were Born in a Flame Sam Roberts -
5 London Still The Waifs EP
The Phantom Agony Epica Debut Album
Windwardtidesandwaywardsails Down by Law -
6 Greatest Hits LeAnn Rimes Compilation
St. Anger Metallica -
9 Hail to the Thief Radiohead -
10 Bare Annie Lennox -
Blackout Dropkick Murphys -
Dance with My Father Luther Vandross -
Everything Must Go Steely Dan -
Joe Budden Joe Budden -
Justin Guarini Justin Guarini -
Mest Mest -
The Movement Inspectah Deck -
The Movement Mo Thugs -
New Sacred Cow Kenna -
Playwutchyalike: The Best of Digital Underground Digital Underground Compilation
Replay Play -
Sounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Compilation
Trigger In Flames
Ultimate Kenny G Kenny G Compilation
Welcome Interstate Managers Fountains of Wayne -
16 Taste the Secret Ugly Duckling -
The Vertigo of Bliss Biffy Clyro -
17 After the Storm Monica -
Ambulance LTD Ambulance LTD Debut; EP
Arachnophobiac Michael Schenker Group -
Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now? Moneen -
AttenCHUN! Bone Crusher -
Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People Hella EP
A Blessing in Disguise Green Carnation -
Chapters Amorphis -
Deja Entendu Brand New -
Decoration Day Drive-By Truckers -
Finger Eleven Finger Eleven -
Ghost of a Rose Blackmore's Night -
Happy Songs for Happy People Mogwai -
Here Comes the Indian Animal Collective -
Life Is Killing Me Type O Negative -
A Match and Some Gasoline The Suicide Machines -
MCMLXXXV Rufio -
Passenger Passenger -
Portrait Of A Legend Sam Cooke Compilation
Rememberese The Stills EP
Stupidity Bad Manners -
Take Me to Your Leader King Geedorah pseudonym of MF Doom
Translating the Name Saosin EP
True Reflections Boyd Tinsley -
Waiting for the Moon Tindersticks -
18 Venus and Other Hits Bananarama Compilation
20 Dangerously in Love Beyoncé -
23 Kerrang! High Voltage Various Artists Compilation
Live Kreation Kreator Live
24 Aesthetic From First to Last EP
Almost Famous Lumidee -
Between the Never and the Now Vendetta Red -
Bittersweet Blu Cantrell -
De-Loused in the Comatorium The Mars Volta -
Elephunk The Black Eyed Peas -
Evolution of Energy S.T.U.N. -
A Flame to the Ground Beneath Lost Horizon -
Hotel Paper Michelle Branch -
I Am the Movie Motion City Soundtrack -
Keep It Together Guster -
Liz Phair Liz Phair -
The Ownerz Gang Starr -
Population Me Dwight Yoakam -
Radio Contact Acoustic Alchemy -
Re:Mix Momentum tobyMac -
Shades of Blue Madlib -
Southwest Daz Dillinger -
Da Unbreakables Three 6 Mafia -
30 Lovers The Sleepy Jackson -
Parts of the Process (The Very Best of Morcheeba) Morcheeba Compilation

July – September

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Chapter II Ashanti -
Frail Words Collapse As I Lay Dying -
The Green Book Twiztid -
History for Sale Blue October -
Live Our Lady Peace Live
Michigan Sufjan Stevens -
Take a Break Me First and the Gimme Gimmes -
Time Will Tell Robert Cray -
Worm Infested Cannibal Corpse EP
You Come Before You Poison the Well -
4 Vulture Street Powderfinger Australia
6 Stop Stepping on My Head The Roy Clark Method EP
7 North Atlantic Drift Ocean Colour Scene -
Officially Dead Veruca Salt EP
Permission to Land The Darkness -
8 Black August Killah Priest -
Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco Kris Kristofferson Live
Diamond Dave David Lee Roth -
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight The Postal Service EP
Far from Nowhere Slick Shoes -
Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 Trace Adkins Compilation
Maybe Memories The Used Compilation
Noise for Music's Sake Napalm Death Compilation
Scooby Snacks: The Collection Fun Lovin' Criminals Compilation
Thalía Thalía -
Yes Remixes Yes Remix
Young Liars TV on the Radio EP
10 WWE Originals World Wrestling Entertainment/Various Artists -
14 Converting Vegetarians Infected Mushroom -
Late Night Tales: Sly & Robbie Sly & Robbie Compilation
Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of Manic Street Preachers) Manic Street Preachers Compilation
Season for Assault 8 Foot Sativa New Zealand
Two Conversations The Appleseed Cast -
15 Comin' from Where I'm From Anthony Hamilton US
Greatest Hits Live 2003 April Wine Live
Jackpot Chingy -
Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz Da Brat -
Making the Grade Diffuser -
A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar Dashboard Confessional -
Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1 Harry Connick, Jr. -
P-Bone Steak Peelander-Z -
The Pinwheel Galaxy John & Mary US
Red Dirt Road Brooks & Dunn -
The Trouble with Being Myself Macy Gray US
Wave on Wave Pat Green -
Year of the Rabbit Year of the Rabbit -
17 Promise of Love The American Analog Set -
20 Transformer Bruce Kulick -
21 Feeler Pete Murray -
Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
Phantom Power Super Furry Animals -
22 The Artist in the Ambulance Thrice -
Chariot Gavin DeGraw -
Dude Descending a Staircase Apollo 440 -
Evolver 311 -
Freaky Friday: Original Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack
Friends of Mine Adam Green US
It's All in Your Head Eve 6 -
A Lethal Dose of American Hatred Superjoint Ritual -
Man in the Air Kurt Elling -
Moodring Mýa US
Mud on the Tires Brad Paisley -
N.E.W.S Prince -
Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Ocean Avenue Yellowcard -
Rip the Jacker Canibus -
Special One Cheap Trick -
Speed Graphic Ben Folds EP
Strays Jane's Addiction -
Three Days Grace Three Days Grace -
Tribe Queensrÿche -
28 Blue Street (Five Guitars) Chris Rea -
LSG2 LSG -
Lycanthropy Patrick Wolf -
Magic and Medicine The Coral -
The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection Yes UK; Box Set
29 Carpenters Perform Carpenter Carpenters Compilation
Down upon the Suwannee River Little Feat Live
Enemies of Reality Nevermore -
Pass the Flask The Bled -
Sink or Swim Over My Dead Body -
War at the Warfield Slayer DVD
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1 The Vinyl Countdown Relient K EP
4 D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat Junior Senior -
Final Straw Snow Patrol UK
Tour de France Soundtracks Kraftwerk -
5 Best of Ballads & Blues Poison Compilation
D. Boon and Friends D. Boon Compilation
Emotional Technology BT -
Frozen Embers The Crüxshadows EP
Get the Picture? Smash Mouth -
Jeff Jeff Beck -
Quebec Ween -
Thickskin Skid Row -
Truth Be Told Blues Traveler -
What the World Needs Now Is Love Wynonna Judd -
11 Kokopelli Kosheen UK
Rising Shakra -
12 Classic Hits Live Kottonmouth Kings Live
Dungeons & Dragons Midnight Syndicate Official soundtrack to the role-playing game
5 Alive! Carbon Leaf Live
Go Pat Benatar -
Greatest Hits Volume II Alan Jackson Compilation
Legacy: the Absolute Best The Doors Compilation
This Is Meant to Hurt You These Arms Are Snakes Debut EP
Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass Hella EP
Triggernometry Onyx -
18 Cast of Thousands Elbow UK
No Push Collide Serafin
Live Box Björk Box Set
19 Action Pact Sloan -
Clones The Neptunes -
Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley -
Giving the Devil His Due Coal Chamber Compilation
Greendale Neil Young -
Indestructible Rancid -
In This Skin Jessica Simpson -
Restless Sara Evans -
Rupi's Dance Ian Anderson -
Simple Things Amy Grant -
Trap Muzik T.I. -
TruANT Alien Ant Farm -
Unleashed Bow Wow -
Unstable Adema -
Youth and Young Manhood Kings of Leon -
25 Chain Gang of Love The Raveonettes -
Take Them On, On Your Own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club UK
The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed The Wildhearts -
26 Anchors Aweigh The Bouncing Souls -
Anthems of Rebellion Arch Enemy US
Burning Down the Opera Edguy Live
Crimson II Edge of Sanity
Drankin' Patnaz YoungbloodZ
Everything Goes Numb Streetlight Manifesto -
Hit & Run Big Sugar Compilation
Live! The Farewell Tour Cher Live
Love & Life Mary J. Blige -
Love, Hell or Right Mathematics -
Metamorphosis Hilary Duff -
Reverie Sound Revue Reverie Sound Revue EP
Visions of Gandhi Jedi Mind Tricks -
Waking the Fallen Avenged Sevenfold -
What Do I Have to Do? Stabbing Westward Compilation
The Wind Warren Zevon -
Wooden Leather Nappy Roots -
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1 I Get Along EP The Libertines EP
Anthology Ocean Colour Scene Compilation
Zzyzx Zeromancer -
2 Dance of Death Iron Maiden -
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Metric -
Take Them On, On Your Own Black Rebel Motorcycle Club US
Vintage Michael Bolton -
3 Halcali Bacon Halcali -
Warts and All: Volume 3 moe. Live
8 Amazing Grace Spiritualized -
Death Cult Armageddon Dimmu Borgir -
Echoes The Rapture -
Empty the Bones of You Chris Clark -
Hand Over Your Loved Ones Wheatus -
9 Bananas Deep Purple -
Close My Eyes The Slackers -
The Decline of British Sea Power British Sea Power -
Doll Revolution The Bangles -
A Few Questions Clay Walker -
The Fiction We Live From Autumn to Ashes -
From the Ashes Pennywise -
Hallucinations David Usher -
Heavier Things John Mayer -
Her Majesty the Decemberists The Decemberists -
It Still Moves My Morning Jacket -
Love Is the Only Soldier Jann Arden -
The Meadowlands The Wrens -
The New Romance Pretty Girls Make Graves -
Seal Seal aka Seal IV
Self-Destructive Pattern Spineshank -
She Who Dwells in the Secret Place of the Most High Shall Abide Under the Shadow of the Almighty Sinéad O'Connor 2x CD; 1 disc rarities, 1 disc live
Show Me Your Tears Frank Black and the Catholics -
Welcome to Poppy's Fun Lovin' Criminals -
Wellwater Conspiracy Wellwater Conspiracy -
Wildwood Flower June Carter Cash -
The Wolf Andrew W.K. -
10 Vulgar Dir en grey -
11 Smash The Octopus Flattbush -
14 Get Born Jet -
15 Higher Harem Scarem -
I Am Kloot I Am Kloot -
Reality David Bowie -
Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo The Fashion -
Silence Is Easy Starsailor -
Traveler Colin James -
Underachievers Please Try Harder Camera Obscura -
16 The August Engine Hammers of Misfortune -
Before Everything & After MxPx -
Billy Talent Billy Talent CRIA: 3x Platinum
Call It Conspiracy Dozer -
Deliverance Bubba Sparxxx -
Go Tell It on the Mountain The Blind Boys of Alabama -
The House Carpenter's Daughter Natalie Merchant -
Identity Crisis Shelby Lynne -
Ima Robot Ima Robot -
In Reverie Saves the Day -
Me & My Brother Ying Yang Twins -
Melvinmania Melvins Compilation
Page Avenue Story of the Year -
The Soul Sessions Joss Stone US
Thirteenth Step A Perfect Circle -
Vaudeville Villain Viktor Vaughn pseudonym of MF Doom
War All the Time Thursday -
Worldwide Underground Erykah Badu EP
21 Absolution Muse UK
22 Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits Space Compilation
23 The Best of Deicide Deicide Compilation
Best of Madball Madball Compilation
The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits! Pantera Compilation
Bringer of Blood Six Feet Under -
Caught by the Window Pilot Speed Canada
Cheers Obie Trice -
Couldn't Have Said It Better Meat Loaf -
Dark Chords on a Big Guitar Joan Baez -
The Eyes of Alice Cooper Alice Cooper -
Fatherfucker Peaches -
Gallowsbird's Bark The Fiery Furnaces -
Go Vertical Horizon -
The Greatest Story Ever Told The Lawrence Arms -
The Long Road Nickelback -
The Mavericks The Mavericks -
Mechanical Spin Phenomena Mnemic -
Murphy's Law Murphy Lee -
Natural Selection Fuel -
North Elvis Costello -
Past, Present & Future Rob Zombie Compilation
The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 R. Kelly Compilation
Results May Vary Limp Bizkit -
Savin Hill Street Dogs -
Seven's Travels Atmosphere -
Some Devil Dave Matthews -
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast -
Stellastarr Stellastarr -
Stories and Alibis Matchbook Romance -
Stumble into Grace Emmylou Harris -
Testimony Neal Morse -
Untying the Not String Cheese Incident -
Unwrapped Gloria Estefan -
Want One Rufus Wainwright -
Want That Life The Fixx -
WWIII KMFDM -
24 Another Day Lene Marlin -
26 The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls -
Grand Champ DMX -
t.A.T.u. Remixes t.A.T.u. Remix
29 The Antidote Moonspell -
Clubfiles – the Album DJ Quicksilver -
Don't Look Back into the Sun/Death on the Stairs The Libertines EP
HTP 2 Hughes Turner Project -
Sacred Love Sting -
2nd Verse So Solid Crew -
30 Bette Midler Sings the Rosemary Clooney Songbook Bette Midler -
Billy Currington Billy Currington -
Changes Kelly Osbourne -
Confession Ill Niño -
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album Jethro Tull Christmas
Lead Us Not into Temptation David Byrne -
Life For Rent Dido -
Live at Monsters of Rock Gary Moore Live
Martina Martina McBride -
My Baby Don't Tolerate Lyle Lovett -
Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Perfecto Presents Great Wall Paul Oakenfold Remix
School of Rock: Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack
See If I Care Gary Allan -
Singles 93–03 The Chemical Brothers Compilation
Sunny 16 Ben Folds EP
33 Luis Miguel -

October – December

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Howl Howl Gaff Gaff Shout Out Louds -
2 Reflections Apocalyptica -
6 Dear Catastrophe Waitress Belle & Sebastian -
7 2nd to None Elvis Presley Compilation
21st Century Live Styx Live/DVD
Accelerate Jump5 -
Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People Primus LP/DVD
Birth of a Prince RZA -
Chicken-n-Beer Ludacris -
Collideøscope Living Colour -
Countrysides Cracker -
Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat Jag Panzer Compilation
Farm Fresh Onions Robert Earl Keen -
Greatest Hits Wyclef Jean Compilation
Hope Non-Prophets -
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 Coheed and Cambria -
Katonah Apollo Sunshine -
A Kiss in Time Patty Griffin -
Later That Day Lyrics Born -
The Lemon of Pink The Books -
Live at the House of Blues Guttermouth Live/DVD
Live Dilute & Hella Split Dilute/Hella Split LP
Make the Clocks Move Kevin Devine -
Nu-Mixx Klazzics 2Pac Remix
Reflections Paul van Dyk -
The Room's Too Cold The Early November -
Seasons Sevendust -
Shadow Zone Static-X -
Softcore Jukebox Ladytron Compilation
Stone Deaf Forever! Motörhead Box Set
The Struggle Cappadonna -
Transatlanticism Death Cab for Cutie -
West Koasta Nostra Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. -
8 Confession Ill Niño -
13 The Curse of Blondie Blondie -
It All Starts Here Jem EP
1 Fille & 4 Types Celine Dion -
12 Memories Travis -
14 As Time Goes By: the Great American Songbook 2 Rod Stewart Covers album
Blackberry Belle The Twilight Singers -
Boy in Da Corner Dizzee Rascal -
Bucketheadland 2 Buckethead -
Careful What You Wish For Texas -
Christmas Is Almost Here Again Carly Simon Christmas
Chrome, Smoke & BBQ ZZ Top Box Set
Comfort Woman Me'shell Ndegeocello -
Coral Fang The Distillers -
The Essential Simon and Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel Compilation
For Never and Ever Kill Hannah -
Hard Jagged Edge -
Honesty Rodney Atkins -
Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton Various Artists Dolly Parton tribute
Long Black Train Josh Turner -
Measure of a Man Clay Aiken -
The Movie Album Barbra Streisand -
The Remixes Mariah Carey Remix
Thalía Thalía -
XIII Mushroomhead -
17 One Crimson Night HammerFall Live
18 Being Somebody Liberty X UK
19 Infame Babasónicos
20 Country Life Show of Hands
Hai! The Creatures
Kish Kash Basement Jaxx
Singles Suede Compilation
21 Astronomy Bleach -
Chutes Too Narrow The Shins -
Come Feel Me Tremble Paul Westerberg -
Coverage Mandy Moore Covers album
Ethernaut The Crüxshadows -
Everything to Everyone Barenaked Ladies -
Group Therapy Dope -
Interventions + Lullabies The Format -
Kickin' It at the Barn Little Feat -
Lambhouse: The Collection 1991-1998 Unsane Compilation
Live at Monsters of Rock Gary Moore Live DVD
Logic Will Break Your Heart The Stills -
MFZB Zebrahead -
MH Marques Houston -
North Something Corporate -
Puss 'n' Boots Crash Test Dummies -
Rush in Rio Rush Live/DVD
Streetcore Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros -
The Terror State Anti-Flag -
Twentysomething Jamie Cullum -
The Very Best Of Eagles Compilation
A Very Special Acoustic Christmas Various Artists Christmas
We Sweat Blood Danko Jones -
What's Wrong With This Picture? Van Morrison -
Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? The Unicorns -
24 The Cat Empire The Cat Empire -
27 Bodysong Jonny Greenwood Soundtrack; UK
Heavy Swollen Members -
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. Compilation; UK
The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) The Fall UK
Three Sugababes UK
Through the Ashes of Empires Machine Head UK
28 DevilDriver DevilDriver -
Harry for the Holidays Harry Connick, Jr. Christmas
Hits! – The Very Best of Erasure Erasure -
Modern ARTillery The Living End -
Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg Billy Bragg Compilation
Notes & Photographs JamisonParker EP
The Rise of Brutality Hatebreed -
Room on Fire The Strokes -
Ultimate Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. Compilation
? Forget Yourself The Church -
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1 Despierta Los Niños Mindless Self Indulgence EP
The Journey Continues Bradley Joseph -
3 Against Me! as the Eternal Cowboy Against Me! -
Guilty Blue UK
Hit Peter Gabriel Compilation
In Your Own Time Mark Owen -
Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar Bodyjar Compilation
Love Is Hell pt. 1 Ryan Adams EP
A Natural Disaster Anathema UK
Severance Daysend -
Underworld 1992–2002 Underworld Compilation
4 15 Year Killing Spree Cannibal Corpse Compilation
Afterglow Sarah McLachlan -
Blood in My Eye Ja Rule -
Choronzon Akercocke -
Coldplay Live 2003 Coldplay US; Live
Come Poop with Me Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog -
Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand Relient K Christmas
Dinosaur Sounds Catch 22 -
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place Explosions in the Sky -
Ghosts of the Great Highway Sun Kil Moon -
Here Comes That Weird Chill Mark Lanegan EP
Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics Pete Rock Compilation
Married to the Game Too $hort -
The Matrix Revolutions: Music from the Motion Picture Don Davis Soundtrack
Most Requested Hits Aaron Carter Compilation
Avril Lavigne: My World Avril Lavigne Live
Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Payable on Death P.O.D. -
The Preacher's Son Wyclef Jean -
Purple on Time U.S. Maple -
The Sceptre of Deception Falconer -
Shock'n Y'all Toby Keith -
Sixty Six to Timbuktu Robert Plant Compilation
Skull Ring Iggy Pop -
This Left Feels Right Bon Jovi Compilation
Ultimate Toni Braxton Toni Braxton Compilation
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow Compilation
5 Smoking Monkey Jonathan Coulton -
6 Love Mika Nakashima -
10 Ladies Night Atomic Kitten -
Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai Jamiroquai Compilation
Live from Faraway Stables Silverchair Live
Pride of Lions Pride of Lions -
State of Mind Holly Valance -
11 Another 700 Miles 3 Doors Down EP
Elocation Default -
The Essential Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen Compilation
It Won't Snow Where You're Going Park -
Kid Rock Kid Rock -
Live from the Road Chevelle Live
Lost Dogs Pearl Jam Compilation
SoulO Nick Lachey -
Soundtrack to the Apocalypse Slayer Box Set
Thank You Stone Temple Pilots Compilation
Train of Thought Dream Theater -
Try This Pink -
Tupac: Resurrection Tupac Shakur Soundtrack
14 Beg for Mercy G-Unit -
The Black Album Jay-Z -
17 Body Language Kylie Minogue -
Ether Song Turin Brakes -
Let It Be... Naked The Beatles Remix
Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (UK series) Various Artists Compilation
A Present for Everyone Busted -
Tales of a Librarian Tori Amos Compilation
Turn It On Ronan Keating -
18 Ashanti's Christmas Ashanti Christmas
At Last Cyndi Lauper -
The Biggest and the Best Slick Shoes Compilation
Blink-182 Blink-182 -
Body Language Kylie Minogue -
The Central Park Concert Dave Matthews Band Live/DVD
Collide Skillet -
18 B Sides + DVD Moby Compilation & DVD
The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology Joe Satriani Compilation
Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Heavy Swollen Members -
I Can't Stop Al Green -
I'm One of You Hank Williams, Jr. -
In the Zone Britney Spears US
The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology Steve Vai Compilation
Live at Largo Glen Phillips Live
Live at the Fireside Bowl Against All Authority Live
Live in Texas Linkin Park Live DVD
Maryland Mansions Cex -
Number Ones Michael Jackson Compilation
One Wish: The Holiday Album Whitney Houston Christmas
Revolutionary Vol. 2 Immortal Technique -
Room To Breathe Reba McEntire -
Under Construction, Part II Timbaland & Magoo -
Weekend Warrior Biz Markie -
21 Take a Look in the Mirror Korn -
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 Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention Nelly -
D.I.G.I.T.A.L. KRS-One -
Dirty Reggae The Aggrolites -
Elocation Default -
Films about Ghosts Counting Crows Compilation
Folklore Nelly Furtado -
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; Compilation
Part II Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz -
7 Enrique Iglesias -
The Singles 1992-2003 No Doubt Compilation +1 new track
Take a Look in the Mirror KoЯn -
This Is Not a Test! Missy Elliott -
Unearthed Johnny Cash Box Set
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1 Daft Club Daft Punk Remix
The Firebird Suite - Archives The Firebird Band -
2 And Then ... Joe -
Comin' on Strong Trace Adkins -
The Diary of Alicia Keys Alicia Keys US
8 Just as I Am Guy Sebastian -
Lichtspielhaus Rammstein DVD
9 Big Money Heavyweight Big Tymers -
Tha Dogg: Best of the Works Snoop Dogg Compilation
Fefe Dobson Fefe Dobson -
Home Ryan Malcolm -
Hot & Wet 112 -
Live at Brixton Academy Motörhead Live
Love Is Hell pt. 2 Ryan Adams EP
Marvelous Things Eisley EP
Nick Cannon Nick Cannon -
The Reason Hoobastank -
Soulful Ruben Studdard -
Soulstar Musiq -
Splinter The Offspring -
Tasty Kelis -
Terrorist Threats Westside Connection -
16 Extended Play Denver Harbor EP
The Lex Diamond Story Raekwon -
M.A.D.E. Memphis Bleek -
17 Legendary Zao Compilation
23 Juve the Great Juvenile -
MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water David Banner -
27 I Look I See Yusuf Islam -
30 Lighthouse EP The Waifs EP
31 Porch Life Big D and the Kids Table -
? My First Time Look What I Did -

Release date unknown

Top 5 albums of Billboard year

  1. 50 CentGet Rich or Die Tryin'
  2. Norah JonesCome Away With Me
  3. BeyoncéDangerously in Love
  4. Michael JacksonNumber Ones
  5. Dixie ChicksHome

Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year

  1. Get Rich or Die Tryin'50 Cent
  2. Come Away with MeNorah Jones
  3. StrippedChristina Aguilera
  4. Number OnesMichael Jackson
  5. MeteoraLinkin Park
  6. Dangerously in LoveBeyoncé
  7. A Rush of Blood to the HeadColdplay
  8. FallenEvanescence
  9. In the ZoneBritney Spears
  10. Let GoAvril Lavigne

Popular Songs

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical film

Births

Deaths

Awards

The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: AC/DC, The Clash, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, The Police, The Righteous Brothers

Miscellaneous

ARIA Music Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Grammy Awards

Mercury Music Prize

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

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