2003 in music

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2003 in music

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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2003.

Specific locations[]

• 2003 in British music
• 2003 in Irish music
• 2003 in Norwegian music
• 2003 in South Korean music

Specific genres[]

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• 2003 in country music
• 2003 in heavy metal music
• 2003 in hip hop music
• 2003 in Latin music
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Events[]

January–February[]

• January 6 – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, includes the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert features solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premieres Marc Yeats Vox for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's Ladder of Escape for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets.^[1]
• January 7 – The Philip on Film Live festival (until January 11) opens at the Barbican Centre, London, featuring films with music by Philip Glass performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble, conducted by Michael Riesman.^[2]
• January 9 – The Vienna Philharmonic belatedly announce that violist Ursula Plaichinger has become the first official female member of the orchestra, 158 years after their founding and six years after they have been forced to allow women to audition, under threat of having their state subsidies stopped. At the same time, it is disclosed that orchestra boss Clemens Hellsberg has formally banned Plaichinger from giving interviews to the press.^[3]
• January 10
  • Andrew Lack, former chief of NBC news, is named the new head of Sony's music division, to the surprise of the music industry, because he had no previous experience of the record industry.^[4] He replaced Tommy Mottola, who resigned the previous day amidst reports of friction with higher Sony executives over huge financial losses in the music division.^[5]
  • Following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in the UK and the Netherlands recover 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.^[6]
• January 13 – The Who guitarist Pete Townshend is arrested by British police on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute them. Townshend claims in a statement that he did not download any such images and accessed Web sites advertising child pornography because he was researching material for his autobiography, which will include passages about his abusive childhood.^[7]
• January 17–February 2 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Foo Fighters, Jane's Addiction and Underworld.
• January 18
  • The Indian Air Force band, the Air Warriors, play a concert in the Homi Baba Auditorium in Colaba (Mumbai), which included Muthuswami Dikshitar's Vathapiganapathi in a version combining military band with traditional Carnatic instruments.^[8]
  • A two-day festival of the music of Mark-Anthony Turnage is given at the Barbican Centre, London, with three world premieres and chamber concerts by the Nash Ensemble and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group.^[9]
• January 22 – Nikolaus Harnoncourt cancels a European tour after being ordered by his doctors to take a two-month rest.^[10]
• January 31 – Johnny Cash releases the music video for "Hurt".
• February 3
  • Police respond to a 911 phone call from one of Phil Spector's neighbors and discover the body of actress Lana Clarkson, with a gunshot wound, at Spector's his home in Alhambra, California. Spector is arrested on suspicion of murder.^[11]
  • The Martin Bashir television film Living with Michael Jackson premieres on ITV in the UK. It airs on ABC in the US three days later.^[12] A total of 53 million viewers in the two countries watch the special.
• February 8 – Avril Lavigne scores her third #1 single "I'm with You", making her the second artist in history to have three consecutive #1 songs from a début album in 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 are missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, who is later confirmed to be dead.^[13]
• February 23 – New York City is the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, featuring Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Beyoncé and other performers. Norah Jones wins a total of six awards, including all four in the General field.
• February 24 – Robert Trujillo joins Metallica.

March–April[]

• March 3 – Avril Lavigne kicks 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.
  • The Dixie Chicks unleash a firestorm of controversy at a concert in London when lead singer Natalie Maines announces to the audience that "just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas". The group is dropped from radio playlists all over the United States and receives death threats as a result.^[14]
• March 21 – Ex-Neighbours star Delta Goodrem releases her debut album Innocent Eyes which became Australia's monster smash hit of 2003 and included the releases of the new singles "Born to Try" and "Lost Without You".
• March 24 – Meteora by Linkin Park debuts at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart.
• March 25 – Céline Dion begins A New Day..., her Las Vegas residency show. It would run for almost five years and over 700 shows.
• April 1 – Dozens of fans walk out during a Pearl Jam concert when lead singer Eddie Vedder makes comments opposing the Iraq war and insulting remarks about U.S. President George W. Bush. Other audience members boo and shout at Vedder telling him to "shut up." Vedder attempts to calm the crowd by adding "just to clarify... we support the troops."
• April 8 – Godsmack releases their third studio album Faceless.
• April 16 – Luther Vandross suffers a severe stroke at his home in New York City. He emerges from a coma six weeks later.
• 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".
• April 26-27 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California. Headlined by Beastie Boys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the lineup also features Queens of the Stone Age, Iggy and the Stooges, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Blur, The White Stripes, Sonic Youth, Black Eyed Peas, Interpol, The Mars Volta, N.E.R.D and Primal Scream.
• April 28 – Apple Inc. opens the iTunes Music Store, offering 200,000 songs for download at a cost of 99 cents each. More than 1 million songs are sold in the store's first week.^[15]

May–June[]

• May 7 – Pete Townshend is cleared of the charges stemming from his arrest in January on suspicion of possessing child pornography, but is formally cautioned and placed on the sex offenders register for five years.^[16]
• May 19 – The former TV channel MuchMusic USA relaunches as Fuse.
• May 21 – Ruben Studdard wins the second season of American Idol, edging Clay Aiken.
• 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.
• May 31-June 1 – The inaugural Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Iron Maiden and Audioslave headline the main stage, the latter acting as replacements for original headliners Limp Bizkit. The Scuzz Stage is headlined by A and NOFX.
• June 14
  • 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.
  • Henry Ranta quits Soilwork.^[17]
  • Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera kicked off their summer Justified & Stripped Tour.
  • Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM 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 1970s.
• June 22
  • Beyoncé releases her No.1 debut solo album Dangerously in Love, which would earn 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.
  • Nick Oshiro replaces Ken Jay in Static-X.
• June 27–29 – In the Glastonbury Festival, U.K., headline acts include 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–August[]

• July 2
  • A-Teens and many others perform at the Stockholm Pride festival.
  • Delta Goodrem is diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.^[18]
• July 5 – Lollapalooza returns after a six-year absence from the music festival circuit. Jane's Addiction, Audioslave, Incubus and Queens of the Stone Age are among the featured acts.
• July 11 – Judas Priest announces that Rob Halford has rejoined the band, with a reunion tour to follow in 2004.
• July 14 – The eurodance and alternative rock musician Lynda Thomas made her last public appearance; she suddenly left the music industry and public life altogether.
• July 19–20 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival takes place in Byron Bay, Australia, headlined by Powderfinger and Coldplay.
• July 20 – An auto accident in Oregon kills three of the four members of The Exploding Hearts, ending the band after just one album.
• July 30 – The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who and others headline a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS. With 450 thousand spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.
• 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–October[]

• September 15 – Billy Corgan announces that Zwan has broken up.
• September 16
  • Ryan Malcolm wins the first season of Canadian Idol.
  • David Bowie releases his twenty-third studio album Reality. The album would be Bowie's last for roughly a decade, with Bowie silently and gradually withdrawing into seclusion following an onstage heart attack the following year.
• September 22 – Max Cavalera & Gloria Cavalera fire Marcello D. Rapp causing Roy Mayorga & to leave the band Soulfly in protest.
• September 23 – Limp Bizkit release Results May Vary their first album in 3 years and their 4th album overall.
• October – Indie/Rock band Conway wins the National "Battle of the Bands" Competition at the Fountain Pub in Tottenham, London, UK^{[citation needed]}. The Norfolk, UK, band consists of Chris Burgoyne (vocals), Andrew Norman (lead guitar / vocals), Tristan McKelvey (guitar), Leon Chapman (bass) and Peter Rednall (drums).
• 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 15 – A two-week-long international conference, "Fuori tempo, dire, fare, sentire la musica oggi", opens in Genoa, Italy, bringing together performers, composers, scholars and administrators from classical, folk and popular music, with a keynote address by Charles Rosen. Featured participants include Nuria Schoenberg (daughter of Arnold Schoenberg and widow of Luigi Nono); musicologist James Harrison; opera conductor Roberto Abbado; violinist Ivry Gitlis; composers Salvatore Sciarrino, Lorenzo Ferrero and Andrea Liberovici; poet Edoardo Sanguineti; popular singer-songwriters Teresa De Sio, Gianna Nannini and Gino Paoli; rock and jazz artists Peppe Servalo and Peppe D'Argenzio of the Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel; and administrators Anna Cammarano (director of classical music at RAI Trade), Gennaro di Benedetto (superintendent of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa) and Joseph Hussek (director of the artistic programme at the Salzburg Festival).^[19]
• 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", featuring American singer-songwriter Madonna, from her upcoming album In the Zone, marketed as a comeback single in the US; it goes on to be an international success, reaching the 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.
• October 29 – A legal version of the Napster file sharing network relaunches as a pay service, offering song downloads for 99 cents apiece or $9.99 for unlimited listening.^[20]

November–December[]

• November 4 – Aaron Carter releases his first compilation album (fifth overall album under Jive Records) Most Requested Hits
• November 5
  • Cryptopsy rehires Lord Worm.
  • Evanescence's lead guitarist and founding member Ben Moody leaves the band on their first world tour.
• November 6 – Marco Aro quits his vocalist position in The Haunted. The band rehires their first vocalist, Peter Dolving.^[21]
• November 7 – Steve Kmak, aka "Fuzz," is fired from Disturbed as a result of personality clashes with others in the band.
• November 14
  • Band Pink Floyd reunites to perform at the funeral of their manager Steve O'Rourke.
  • Byron Stroud is confirmed as an official member of Fear Factory.
• November 18
  • Blink-182 release their fifth studio album blink-182. This album was regarded as a change of musical style for Blink-182 as the music has darkened and matured since their previous albums.
  • Britney Spears releases In the Zone. She breaks her own record as the first female artist to have 3 albums in #1 to become the first female artist to have 4 albums in #1 consecutively.
  • Michael Jackson releases the compilation album Number Ones.
• November 19 – Guy Sebastian becomes the first winner of Australian Idol, receiving a contract with BMG Australia. He subsequently records the studio album, Just As I Am. Shannon Noll was named the runner-up.
• November 20 – Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation. The singer faced similar charges in 1993 that were dropped after an out-of-court financial settlement was reached with the family of a boy. In light of the new accusations, the television network CBS chooses to pull the scheduled November 26 airing of a one-hour television special intended to promote Jackson's new greatest hits album, Number Ones.^[22]
• November 21 – Korn release 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.
• December 6
  • Elvis Costello and Diana Krall are married in a private ceremony at Elton John's estate in England.
  • P-Funk founder George Clinton is arrested and charged with drug possession in Tallahassee, Florida.
• December 8 – Ozzy Osbourne is rushed into emergency surgery after having a serious accident riding an all-terrain vehicle on the grounds of his English estate. Osbourne broke his collarbone, eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck.^[23]
• December 12 – Mick Jagger is knighted for services to music by The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.^[24]
• December 13-14 – The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ-FM 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.

Bands formed[]

See Musical groups established in 2003

Bands reformed[]

• The Stooges
• Edge of Sanity

Bands disbanded[]

• See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003

Albums released[]

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January–March[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
J A N U A R Y	6	Taman Langit	Peterpan	-
	7	Hate Crew Deathroll	Children of Bodom	-
		Inertia	The Exies	-
		Living Out Loud	Aaron Lines	-
	10	Follow the Call	Britt Nicole	-
	13	Acapulco	Therese	-
		Le Chemin	Kyo	-
		Up All Night	The Waifs	-
	14	Cabinet	Spawn of Possession	-
		Pain to Kill	Terri Clark	-
		Rusty Nails	Jackie Greene	-
		What You Want Is Now	House of Heroes	-
	16	Threatcon Delta	Neil Turbin	-
	17	Chasing Your Tomorrows	Candîce	-
	18	Rock the Block	Krokus	-
	19	Summer 2003	Anthrax	EP
	20	Masterplan	Masterplan	-
		Woodsmoke	Nest	-
		6	Supersilent	-
	21	Live in Japan 2002	Simple Plan	Live
		Music in High Places	Unwritten Law	Live
		The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies	Burnside Project	-
		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	Waste 'Em All	Municipal Waste	Debut
		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	-
F E B R U A R Y	3	Disco 3	Pet Shop Boys	Compilation
		Enemy of the Enemy	Asian Dub Foundation	-
		Nocturama	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	-
	4	The All-American Rejects	The All-American Rejects	-
		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	-
	9	Fingers Crossed	Architecture in Helsinki	-
	10	Another Late Night: Kid Loco	Kid Loco	Compilation
		The Beyond	Cult of Luna	-
		An Elefant Never Forgets	The Herd	-
		100th Window	Massive Attack	-
	11	Any Given Thursday	John Mayer	Live
		The Desert Storm Mixtape: Blok Party, Vol. 1	DJ Envy	-
		Do It For Love	Hall & Oates	-
		Free	Brad Johner	Debut
		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
	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	-
		Give Up	The Postal Service	-
		Jennifer Hanson	Jennifer Hanson	-
		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	-
	23	Beginnings	Memento	-
		The Austin Sessions	Edwin McCain	-
	24	Blood Duster	Blood Duster	-
		Everything's Eventual	Appleton	-
		Souvenirs	The Gathering	-
	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
		Forty Hour Train Back to Penn	The Movielife	-
		Icarus	The Forms	-
		Livin' Legend	B.G.	-
		The Music	The Music	US
		Nate Dogg	Nate Dogg	-
		Philadelphia Freeway	Freeway	-
		Thalía's Hits Remixed	Thalía	Remix
		Valley of the Damned	DragonForce	-
26	Enchant	Emilie Autumn	-
M A R C H	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
		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	-
	5	Oh My Sister	Soulhead	-
	6	Too	Fantastic Plastic Machine	-
	7	Just Listen	Seven	-
		Put on Your Rosy Red Glasses	The Number Twelve Looks Like You	-
	10	Hate Them	Darkthrone	-
		Reason	Melanie C	-
	11	Becoming i	Ünloco	-
		Diamonds on the Inside	Ben Harper	-
		Dust	DJ Muggs	-
		The Essential Clash	The Clash	US; Compilation
		Everything Will Never Be OK	Fiction Plane	-
		Evolve	Ani DiFranco	-
		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	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	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
		Pig Lib	Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks	-
		Stash Box EP	Kottonmouth Kings	EP
		Supper	Smog	-
		Transfiguration of Vincent	M. Ward	-
		Da Undaground Heat, Vol. 1	MC Lyte	-
	19	Dix Infernal	Moi dix Mois	-
		Long Gone Before Daylight	The Cardigans	-
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
	Destination: Beautiful	Mae
	Stacie Orrico	Stacie Orrico	-
	Star	702	-
	Top of the World Tour: Live	Dixie Chicks	Live
27	Likferd	Windir	-
31	Nordland II	Bathory	-
	Up in Flames	Manitoba	-
	The Very Best of the Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	Compilation

April–June[]

Date		Album	Artist	Note
A P R I L	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	-
		Blaze	Lagwagon	-
		The Blueprint 2.1	Jay-Z	-
		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	Below the Lights	Enslaved	-
		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	-
		Mescalero	ZZ Top	-
		Now	Jessica Andrews	-
		Say You Will	Fleetwood Mac	-
		Thankful	Kelly Clarkson	-
	18	The Link	Gojira	-
	22	American Life	Madonna	-
		Atomic Kitten	Atomic Kitten	-
		The Blessed Hellride	Black Label Society	-
		Classic	Eric B. & Rakim	Compilation
		Damnation	Opeth	-
		Darker Than Black	Cage	-
		Dopesmoker	Sleep	-
		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	-
		Sans Souci	Frenzal Rhomb	-
		Serart	Serart	-
		Shine	Daniel Lanois	-
		Songs of Life	Bret Michaels	-
Skeletons		Nothingface	-
39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)		Caesars	Compilation
White1		Sunn O)))	-
23	More Like the Moon	Wilco	EP
	Osavurio: Ai wa Matte Kurenai	Kaori Iida	-
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	-
M A Y	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	-
		Movement	Gossip	-
		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	-
		Mit Gas	Tomahawk
	10	Pandemonium!	B2K	-
		Reviens	Garou	-
	12	A Flock of Bleeps	Younger Brother	-
		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	A	Cass McCombs	-
		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	-
	Smile Empty Soul	Smile Empty Soul	-
	Tubular Bells 2003	Mike Oldfield	-
	Winterheart's Guild	Sonata Arctica	-
30	Atlantis Princess	BoA	-
J U N E	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	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	EP
		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	-
		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	-
		In Response	This Day Forward	-
		Life Is Killing Me	Type O Negative	-
		The Man on the Burning Tightrope	Firewater	-
		A Match and Some Gasoline	The Suicide Machines	-
MCMLXXXV		Rufio	-
Passenger		Passenger	-
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	-
Unhallowed		The Black Dahlia Murder	Debut album
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	-
	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
J U L Y	1	Chapter II	Ashanti	-
		Frail Words Collapse	As I Lay Dying	-
		The Green Book	Twiztid	-
		History for Sale	Blue October	-
		Hot Damn!	Every Time I Die	-
		Live	Our Lady Peace	Live
		Michigan	Sufjan Stevens	-
		Take a Break	Me First and the Gimme Gimmes	-
		Time Will Tell	Robert Cray	-
		You Come Before You	Poison the Well	-
	2	Radwimps	Radwimps	-
	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
	8	Black August	Killah Priest	-
		Broken Freedom Song: Live from San Francisco	Kris Kristofferson	Live
		Diamond Dave	David Lee Roth	-
		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	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	Greatest Hits Live 2003	April Wine	Live
		Jackpot	Chingy	-
		Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz	Da Brat	-
		Making the Grade	Diffuser	-
		Other Hours: Connick on Piano, Volume 1	Harry Connick, Jr.	-
		P-Bone Steak	Peelander-Z	-
		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	-
What Are You Waiting For?		FM Static	-
24	BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie	Begin	-
	The Poets, The Psalms, and the Psalmists	DeWayne Woods	-
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
A U G U S T	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	Belinda	Belinda Peregrín	-
		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	A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar	Dashboard Confessional	-
		Canada Songs	Daughters	-
		Celebrate Mistakes	Number One Gun	-
		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
		Triggernometry	Onyx	-
	18	Cast of Thousands	Elbow	UK
		Genes	Dave Couse	-
		No Push Collide	Serafin	-
		Live Box	Björk	Box Set
	19	Action Pact	Sloan	-
		Clones	The Neptunes	-
		Dierks Bentley	Dierks Bentley	-
		From Me to U	Juelz Santana	-
		Giving the Devil His Due	Coal Chamber	Compilation
		Greendale	Neil Young	-
		Hypnotica	Benny Benassi	-
		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	-
	21	BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie 58 Drive	Begin	-
		Metaphorical Music	Nujabes	-
	22	Back Home	Bearfoot Bluegrass	-
	25	Alleys to Valleys	Hermitude	Debut album
		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	-
The Wind		Warren Zevon	-
Wooden Leather		Nappy Roots	-
31	What Do I Have to Do?	Stabbing Westward	Compilation
S E P T E M B E R	1	I Get Along EP	The Libertines	EP
		Anthology	Ocean Colour Scene	Compilation
		Zzyzx	Zeromancer	-
	2	Breathing Is Irrelevant	Ion Dissonance	-
		Dance of Death	Iron Maiden	-
		Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?	Metric	-
		Take Them On, On Your Own	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	US
		Underworld	Various artists	Soundtrack
		Vintage	Michael Bolton	-
	3	Halcali Bacon	Halcali	-
		Warts and All: Volume 3	Moe	Live
	5	Glitter 4 Your Soul	Rikki Rockett	-
		Glittercard	Torun Eriksen	-
	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	Alexisonfire	Alexisonfire	US
		Bananas	Deep Purple	-
		Close My Eyes	The Slackers	-
		The Decline of British Sea Power	British Sea Power	-
		Doll Revolution	The Bangles	-
		Feel It	Some Girls	-
		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	-
		Hot Shit!	Quasi	-
		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 IV	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	-
	12	Keepin' It Country	Brett Kissel	-
		Reason and Truth	Concept	-
	15	Absolution	Muse	-
		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	-
		Grand Champ	DMX	-
		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	-
Permission to Land		The Darkness	-
The Soul Sessions		Joss Stone	US
Thirteenth Step		A Perfect Circle	-
Vaudeville Villain		Viktor Vaughn	pseudonym of MF Doom
Walk witt Me		Sheek Louch	-
War All the Time		Thursday	-
Worldwide Underground		Erykah Badu	EP
17	Big Machine	B'z	-
	Soul Free	Brown Eyed Soul	-
19	Alcachofa	Ricardo Villalobos	-
	No Turning Back	Imelda May	-
	Pass Me the Mic	Will Pan	-
	Who's Your Step Daddy	Funkoars	Debut
21	Absolution	Muse	UK
22	The Calling	Hilltop Hoods	-
	Give You My World	Phil Wickham	-
	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	-
	Comin' from Where I'm From	Anthony Hamilton	US
	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	-
	Spade	Monkey Majik	-
25	BEGIN no Ichigo Ichie Drive in Starter	Begin	-
26	The Dresden Dolls	The Dresden Dolls	-
	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	-
	Volume 1	The Besnard Lakes	-
30	33	Luis Miguel	-
	Amar Es	Cristian Castro	-
	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
	The Journey: The Very Best of Donna Summer	Donna Summer	Complication +2 new tracks and remix on US limited edition bonus disc
	Lead Us Not into Temptation	David Byrne	-
	Life For Rent	Dido	-
	Live at Monsters of Rock	Gary Moore	Live
	Martina	Martina McBride	-
	Money Money 2020	The Network	-
	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

October–December[]

Date		Album	Artist	Notes
O C T O B E R	1	Evil Never Dies	Toxic Holocaust	-
		Howl Howl Gaff Gaff	Shout Out Louds	-
	2	Hollow Dreams	Stigmata	-
		Reflections	Apocalyptica	-
	6	Dear Catastrophe Waitress	Belle & Sebastian	-
	7	2nd to None	Elvis Presley	Compilation
		21st Century Live	Styx	Live/DVD
		Accelerate	Jump5	-
		All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan	Kenny Chesney	-
		Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People	Primus	LP/DVD
		Birth of a Prince	RZA	-
		Chicken-n-Beer	Ludacris	-
		Collideøscope	Living Colour	-
		Comfort to the Soul	Ana Popović	-
		Total Eclipse	Black Moon	-
		Countrysides	Cracker	-
		Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat	Jag Panzer	Compilation
		Farm Fresh Onions	Robert Earl Keen	-
		Get Born	Jet	-
		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
		Make the Clocks Move	Kevin Devine	-
		Mr. Snowman	John Michael Montgomery	-
		Nu-Mixx Klazzics	2Pac	Remix
		Reflections	Paul van Dyk	-
		The Room's Too Cold	The Early November	-
		Santamental	Steve Lukather	-
		Seasons	Sevendust	-
		The Second Great Awakening	Fireball Ministry	-
		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	And the Story Goes	Agnes Monica	-
	13	The Curse of Blondie	Blondie	-
		It All Starts Here	Jem	EP
		Morning Sci-Fi	Hybrid
		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
		Ember to Inferno	Trivium	-
		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
XIII		Mushroomhead	-
16	The Crusader	Scribe	-
	Mój czas	Patrycja Markowska	-
17	One Crimson Night	HammerFall	Live
18	Being Somebody	Liberty X	UK
19	Infame	Babasónicos	-
20	Country Life	Show of Hands	-
	Frank	Amy Winehouse	-
	Hái!	The Creatures	-
	Kish Kash	Basement Jaxx	-
	Singles	Suede	Compilation
21	Astronomy	Bleach	-
	Choirs of the Eye	Kayo Dot	-
	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
	Logic Will Break Your Heart	The Stills	-
	MFZB	Zebrahead	-
	MH	Marques Houston	-
	Neurosis & Jarboe	Neurosis & Jarboe	-
	North	Something Corporate	-
	Puss 'n' Boots	Crash Test Dummies	-
	Rush in Rio	Rush	Live/DVD
	The Silent Circus	Between the Buried and Me	-
	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	-
22	The Flag of Punishment	Galneryus	-
	Paradinome: Koi ni Mi o Yudanete	Kaori Iida	-
24	The Cat Empire	The Cat Empire	-
27[25]	Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics	Pete Rock	Compilation
	Bodysong	Jonny Greenwood	Soundtrack; UK
	Forget Yourself	The Church	-
	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
31	Another Way	Teenage Bottlerocket	-
N O V E M B E R	1	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	-
		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	-
		The Fall of Troy	The Fall of Troy	-
		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	-
		The Glad Fact	Dirty Projectors
		Here Comes That Weird Chill	Mark Lanegan	EP
		Married to the Game	Too Short	-
		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	-
	7	Salvation Lies Within	Faith	-
	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
		Elocation	Default	-
		The Essential Bruce Springsteen	Bruce Springsteen	Compilation
		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	-
		Louis XIV	Louis XIV	-
	15	The Morning Never Came	Swallow the Sun	Debut album
	17	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 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	-
19	Kimi Tsunagi Five M	Asian Kung-Fu Generation	-
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	-
	Introduction	Alex Parks	-
	Pop Art: Pet Shop Boys - The Hits	Pet Shop Boys	-
	Remixed & Revisited	Madonna	Remix + 1 new track
	The Soul Sessions	Joss Stone	UK
	Turnaround	Westlife	-
25	Blitzen Trapper	Blitzen Trapper	-
	Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention	Nelly	-
	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
	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
	This Is Not a Test!	Missy Elliott	-
	Unearthed	Johnny Cash	Box Set
29	Happiness	The Weepies	-
D E C E M B E R	1	Daft Club	Daft Punk	Remix
		The Firebird Suite - Archives	The Firebird Band	-
		When Goodbye Means Forever...	I Killed the Prom Queen	-
	2	And Then ...	Joe	-
		Comin' on Strong	Trace Adkins	-
		My First Time	Look What I Did	-
		My Own Thing	Manafest	-
		The Diary of Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys	US
	8	Just as I Am	Guy Sebastian	-
		Lichtspielhaus	Rammstein	DVD
		Strachy na Lachy	Strachy na Lachy	-
	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
		Nick Cannon	Nick Cannon	-
		The Reason	Hoobastank	-
		Soulful	Ruben Studdard	-
		Soulstar	Musiq	-
		Splinter	The Offspring	-
		Tasty	Kelis	-
		Terrorist Threats	Westside Connection	-
	12	Atarashiki Nihongo Rock no Michi to Hikari	Sambomaster	-
	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	-
		Riffs	Status Quo	-
	25	Ultimate Circus	Nightmare	-
	27	I Look I See	Yusuf Islam	-
	31	Porch Life	Big D and the Kids Table	-

Release date unknown[]

• All Got Our Runnins EP – The Streets
• Arcade Fire – Arcade Fire
• Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You – Kid 606
• Bootlegged, Distorted, Remixed and Uploaded – Pitchshifter
• Live from the Gaiety – The Dubliners (live)
• First Demo Tape – Minor Threat || EP
• The Sauce – Eddie Spaghetti
• Still Electric – Primitive Radio Gods
• Strawberry Bubblegum – 10cc – Compilation
• To Madagascar and Back EP/DVD – Flickerstick
• Try Honesty / Living in the Shadows EP – Billy Talent
• 25 Miles to Kissimmee – Fools Garden
• Velvet Lined Shell EP – Toyah
• Watching the Snow – Michael Franks (Japanese release)

Top 5 albums of Billboard year[]

1. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2. Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
3. Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love
4. Michael Jackson – Number Ones
5. Dixie Chicks – Home

Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year US[]

1. Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 50 Cent
2. Come Away with Me – Norah Jones
3. Stripped – Christina Aguilera
4. Number Ones – Michael Jackson
5. Meteora – Linkin Park
6. Dangerously in Love – Beyoncé
7. A Rush of Blood to the Head – Coldplay
8. Fallen – Evanescence
9. In the Zone – Britney Spears
10. Let Go – Avril Lavigne

Popular songs[]

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
• Peter Maxwell Davies
  • Naxos Quartet No. 2
  • Naxos Quartet No. 3
• Péter Eötvös
  • Erdenklavier-Himmelklavier, for piano
  • Jet Stream, concerto for trumpet and orchestra
• Elisenda Fábregas – Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano
• Rolf Gehlhaar – Cybersong for tenor and wearable electronics
• Philip Glass
  • Dreaming Awake for piano
  • Taoist Sacred Dance for piano and flute
  • Music from The Sound of a Voice for flute, pipa, violin, cello and percussion
• Andrew Glover – The Death of Angels: A Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
• Friedrich Goldmann
  • Herzstück, mini-drama for soprano, flute and guitar
  • Klangszenen III for orchestra
• Haflidi Hallgrímsson – Cello Concerto
• Mauricio Kagel
  • Andere Gesänge, intermezzi for soprano and orchestra
  • Auftakte, achthändig for two pianos and two percussionists
• Wojciech Kilar –
  • Lament for mixed choir a cappella
  • Symphony No. 3 September Symphony
• György Ligeti – Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns (1998–99, 2003)
• Frederik Magle – Phoenix for mixed choir and organ or piano four-hands
• Mesías Maiguashca – K.O. Tagebücher, for two cellos, two percussionists and electronics
• Henri Pousseur
  • Arioso monodie for female voice
  • Javanitas for violin and trombone
  • Litanie du miel des nuits hivernales for viola and piano
  • Rossignolade for female voice and clarinet
  • Voix et vues planétaires, multimedia
• Alexander Raskatov – The Last Freedom
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Amour, for saxophone
  • Klavierstück XIX
  • Mixtur 2003, for five instrumental groups, four sinewave-generator players, four sound mixers with four ring modulators and sound director
  • Vibra-Elufa, for vibraphone,
• Steven Stucky
  • Jeu de timbres
  • Second Concerto for Orchestra

Opera[]

• Deborah Drattell – Nicholas and Alexandra
• Philip Glass – The Sound of a Voice
• Osvaldo Golijov – Ainadamar
• Michael Nyman – Man and Boy: Dada
• Krzysztof Penderecki – Ubu Rex
• Rachel Portman – The Little Prince
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Sonntag aus Licht (composition completed and, with it, the entire Licht cycle of seven operas)
• Jörg Widmann – Das Gesicht im Spiegel

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Avenue Q – Broadway production ran for 2534 performances (ranked 23rd on the list of all-time Broadway shows)
• Belles belles belles, based on songs by Claude François, with music by Claude François, Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and Carolin Petit and lyrics by Claude François and Daniel Moyne; premiered at Olympia in Paris on November 21
• Bounce – Chicago and Washington D. C. productions
• The Boy from Oz – Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 365 performances
• Caroline or Change, book and lyrics by Tony Kushner and score by Jeanine Tesori, off-Broadway production
• Fame on 42nd Street – Broadway production 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 opened October 21, starring Amanda Holden, and ran for 8 months^[26]
• Tonight's The Night – London production
• Wicked – Broadway production opened at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30, starring Joel Grey,^[27] and is still running as of 2019.

Musical film[]

• 7:35 in the Morning (Academy Award-nominated short)^[28]
• The Adventure of Iron Pussy
• Brother Bear (animated feature)
• Camp
• The Cheetah Girls (Disney Channel Original Movie – the first musical film by Disney Channel, bringing in over 84 million viewers)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
• From Justin to Kelly
• Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
• The Jungle Book 2 (animated feature)
• Love Under the Sun
• A Mighty Wind
• Pas sur la bouche
• Pop Carn, starring Mohanlal and Simran Bagga^[29]
• School of Rock
• The Singing Detective
• Tupac: Resurrection
• Vivir Intentando, starring the group Bandana^[30]

Births[]

• January 6 – Matty B, Australian rapper
• January 23 – Bishara, Syrian-Swedish singer
• January 24 – Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer-songwriter
• February 20 – Olivia Rodrigo, American singer-songwriter
• April 11 – Aksel Rykkvin, Norwegian singer
• April 18 – Sophia Grace Brownlee, British singer (Sophia Grace & Rosie)
• April 30 – Mikhail Smirnov, Russian singer-songwriter and actor
• May 19 – JoJo Siwa, American singer dancer, actress, and YouTube personality
• July 1 – Tate McRae, Canadian singer, songwriter, musician and dancer
• August 17 – The Kid Laroi, Australian singer
• September 1 – Yujin, South Korean singer
• October 28 – Beatrice Millie McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. The McCartneys fooled the press into publishing misleading details about the birth.
• December 9 – Yuna, South Korean singer and dancer (ITZY)
• Keshav, tabla prodigy

Deaths[]

• January 1 – Giorgio Gaber (63), actor, singer-songwriter
• January 5
  • Doreen Carwithen (80), composer
  • Daphne Oram (77), composer and electronic musician
• January 6 – Hirini Melbourne (53), New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet
• January 8 – Ron Goodwin (77), composer and conductor
• January 11 – Mickey Finn (55), bongo player and T.Rex sideman (liver failure)
• January 12 – Maurice Gibb (53), Bee Gees singer and bassist (intestinal complications)^[31]
• January 15 – Doris Fisher (87), singer-songwriter^[32]
• January 23 – Nell Carter (54), singer and actress (heart disease)^[33]
• February 1 – Mongo Santamaría (80), Latin jazz percussionist^[34]
• February 2
  • Vincent "Randy" Chin (65), Jamaican record producer
  • Lou Harrison (85), composer
• February 4 – Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist, 76
• February 11 – Moses Hogan (55), American pianist and composer
• February 16 – Rusty Magee (47), American actor and composer
• February 19 – Johnny Paycheck (64), country singer
• February 20 – Ty Longley (31), guitarist of Great White (fire accident)
• February 23 – Howie Epstein (47), bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• February 26 – Othar Turner (95), fife player
• March 3
  • Hank Ballard (75), R&B singer (throat cancer)
  • Malcolm Williamson (71), composer
• March 4 – Celly Campello (60), Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress (breast cancer)
• 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 10 – Little Eva (59), singer (cervical cancer)
• April 13 – Alex Baroni (35), singer (motorbike accident)
• April 17 – Earl King (69), blues musician
• April 19 – Conrad Leonard (104), composer and pianist
• April 20 – Teddy Edwards (78), jazz saxophonist
• April 21 – Nina Simone (70), singer and pianist
• April 22 – Felice Bryant (77), Hall of Fame songwriter
• May 4 – Arthur Oldham (76), composer and choirmaster
• May 11 – Noel Redding (57), bassist of The Jimi Hendrix Experience (cirrhosis of the liver)^[35]
• May 15 – June Carter Cash (73), musician and singer
• May 19 – Ivo Žídek (76), operatic tenor
• May 25 – Jeremy Michael Ward (27), sound technician and guitarist
• May 27 – Luciano Berio (77), composer
• May 30 – Mickie Most (64), record producer (mesothelioma)
• June 6 – Dave Rowberry (63), keyboardist (The Animals) (ulcer haemorrhage)
• June 17 – Marcella Pobbé (81), operatic soprano
• July 1 – Herbie Mann (73), jazz flautist (prostate cancer)
• July 3 – Skip Scarborough (58), songwriter
• 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
  • Skip Battin (69), singer-songwriter and bassist
  • 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 13 – Compay Segundo (95), Cuban guitarist, singer and composer
• July 16 – Celia Cruz (77), salsa singer (brain tumor)
• July 17 – Rosalyn Tureck (89), pianist
• July 25 – Erik Braunn (52), guitarist Iron Butterfly (heart attack)
• July 26 – Richard Wayne Dirksen (81), organist and choirmaster
• July 27 – Bob Hope (100), actor, comedian and singer
• July 30 – Sam Philips (80), producer and founder of Sun Records
• August 2 – Don Estelle (70), actor and singer
• August 5 – Tite Curet Alonso (77), songwriter (heart attack)
• August 6 – 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 15 – Robert Moulson (70), operatic tenor
• August 18 – Tony Jackson (55), singer and bass player (The Searchers)
• August 21 – Wesley Willis (40), novelty musician
• August 23 – Imperio Argentina (96), singer and actress
• September 4
  • Lola Bobesco (82), violinist
  • Susan Chilcott (40), operatic soprano (breast cancer)
  • 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 25 – Matthew Jay (24), English singer-songwriter
• September 26 – Robert Palmer (54), singer (heart attack)
• September 27 – Donald O'Connor (78), actor, singer and dancer (congestive heart failure)
• September 30 – Ronnie Dawson (64), rockabilly singer and guitarist
• 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 22 – Gabriella Gatti (95), operatic soprano
• October 23 – Tony Capstick (59), comedian, actor and musician
• October 24 – Rosie Nix Adams, singer-songwriter
• October 25 – Robert Strassburg (88), composer, educator, musicologist
• October 29 – Franco Corelli (82), operatic tenor
• October 30 – Franco Bonisolli (65), operatic tenor
• November 5 – Bobby Hatfield (63), singer (The Righteous Brothers)
• November 9 – Buddy Arnold (77), jazz saxophonist
• November 12 – Tony Thompson (48), drummer of Chic (kidney cancer)
• November 14 – Gene Anthony Ray (41), actor and dancer (complications of a stroke)
• November 15
  • Dorothy Loudon (70), actress and singer
  • Speedy West (79), American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
• 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 19 – Greg Ridley (56), English bassist (Humble Pie)
• November 26 – Soulja Slim (26), rapper (homicide)
• November 28 – Thekra, Tunisian singer (murdered by her husband)
• December 8 – Rubén González (84), pianist
• December 16 – Gary Stewart (59), 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 singer
• December 31 – Sieglinde Wagner (82), operatic contralto

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[]

• 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[]

• Entertainer of the Year: Alan Jackson
• Female Vocalist of the Year: Martina McBride

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

References[]