2003 in music

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[edit] Events

January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested. The tapes have been used for bootleg releases for years.
Gilberto Gil becomes Brazil's new Minister of Culture.
January 13 - The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, is arrested by Scotland Yard on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute such images, after pornographic images are found on his home computer.
January 15 - 2003 CDNOW Readers' Poll for all albums and new talent of 2002.
February 3 - Legendary record producer Phil Spector is arrested for investigation of homicide after the body of actress Lana Clarkson is found at his home in Alhambra, California. Police responded to the 911 phone call from one of Spector's neighbors and discovered Clarkson's body who was suffering from a gun shot wound. Clarkson pronounced dead at the scene.
February 20 - The Station nightclub fire: Fire engulfs a Rhode Island nightclub during a fireworks display which was part of the performance by rock band Great White. The fire quickly spreads across the ceiling, filling the building with thick, black smoke, killing 100 people and injuring 160 others as audience members rush for the exits. Many people were missing for some time, including Great White guitarist Ty Longley, who was later confirmed to be dead.
February 23 - New York City is the site of The 45th Annual Grammy Awards, featuring Nickelback, No Doubt, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears, and other performers.
February 27 - Othar Turner, one of the last remaining and most well-known African-American fife-and-drum musicians, dies at the age of 93 in Gravel Springs, Mississippi. Fife-and-drum bands were a significant influence of early blues.
March 10 - Johnny Cash is admitted to Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee to undergo treatment for pneumonia.
April 1 - Dozens of fans walk out during a Pearl Jam concert when lead singer Eddie Vedder made anti-war comments and insulting remarks about U.S. President George W. Bush. Other audience members booed and shouted at Vedder telling him to "shut up." Vedder attempted to calm the crowd by adding "just to clarify... we support the troops."
April 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 L.A. Ex
May 12 - Keane releases their third single, Everybody's Changing by the label Fierce Panda
June - David Del Tredici's Wondrous the Merge for string quartet and narrator, based on a homoerotic poem by James Broughton, makes its controversial debut at the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival.
June 14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 11th Annual of the Weenie Roast show with AFI, The Ataris, Blur, Chevelle, Deftones, Finch, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Good Charlotte, Hot Hot Heat, Interpol, Jane's Addiction, Less Than Jake, Liam Lynch, Staind, Sum 41, Thrice, The Transplants, The Used, The White Stripes, and Pete Yorn.
Alice Cooper begins production of his 26th album. It is a departure from the heavy metal sound of previous albums and is more influenced by his albums of the '70s.
June 27 - June 29 - Glastonbury Festival, UK, headline acts included David Gray, R.E.M., Primal Scream, Morcheeba, The Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Super Furry Animals, Lamb, Macy Gray, Feeder, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, and Doves. The weather is mostly dry and the festival deemed a success from both a security and entertainment viewpoint by Michael Eavis.
July - A-Teens and many others perform at the Stockholm Pride
July 8 - Delta Goodrem is diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.
July 30 - The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, The Guess Who, and others headline a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city is safe from SARS. With 450 000 spectators, it is the largest concert in Canadian history.
August 28 - Madonna sparks media controversy by kissing popstars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera at the 2003 Video Music Awards. The situation even ignited a quick war of words between Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera over the kiss.
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 16 - Simon and Garfunkel begin their "Old Friends" U.S. reunion tour, twenty years after their 1983 world tour.
November 22 - The band, Five Iron Frenzy, plays its last show at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver.
November 30 - Michael Jackson is arrested on charges of child molestation
December 6 - P-Funk founder George Clinton is arrested and charged with drug possession in Tallahassee, Florida.
December 13/14 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 14th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas show with AFI, Blink-182, Brand New, Chevelle, The Distillers, Jane's Addiction, Jet, KoЯn, Linkin Park, The Offspring, P.O.D., Pennywise, Puddle of Mudd, Rancid, Staind, 311, Thrice and Trapt.
December 30/31 - The New Year's Eve Falls Festival in Australia, traditionally held in Lorne, Victoria, holds events in both Lorne and Marion Bay, Tasmania at the same time. The same artists perform at both events, alternating between the two venues each night.
Skinny Puppy reunites

[edit] Bands Formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

[edit] Albums released

Album	Artist	Release Date	Album Type
Inertia	Exies	(January 7)	LP
Living Out Loud	Aaron Lines	(January 7)	LP
Redemption	Benzino	(January 14)	LP
Sexy, Funny, Bastard!	Mystro Clark	(January 14)	LP
Pain to Kill	Terri Clark	(January 14)	LP
What You Want Is Now	House of Heroes	(January 14)	LP
From Here and On	Bombshell Rocks	(January 21)	LP
Music in High Places	Unwritten Law	(January 21)	Live
Realist	Kizzy Rock	(January 21)	LP
Other People's Songs	Erasure	(January 28)	LP
This Is It: The Best of Faith No More	Faith No More	(January 28)	Greatest Hits
The Show Must Go Off	Mest	(January 28)	DVD
Chasing Daylight	Sister Hazel	(February 4)	LP
Get Rich or Die Tryin'	50 Cent	(February 6)	LP
Calendar Days	The Rocket Summer	(February 8)	LP
A Flame to the Ground Beneath	Lost Horizon	(February 10)	LP
100th Window	Massive Attack	(February 10)	LP
Live at Warfield	Slayer	(February 11)	DVD
Strapping Young Lad	Strapping Young Lad	(February 11)	LP
Essential Ozzy Osbourne	Ozzy Osbourne	(February 11)	Greatest Hits
Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	(February 11)	LP
The Myth Of Reality	T-Rock	(February 18)	LP
Cyclorama	Styx	(February 18)	LP
Chocolate Factory	R. Kelly	(February 18)	LP
Under the Tray	Reggie and the Full Effect	(February 18)	LP
The Black Mages	The Black Mages	( February 19)	LP
Everything's Eventual	Appleton	(February 24)	LP
1st Round Draft Picks	Magno & Mike Jones	(February 25)	LP
Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend	Fall Out Boy	(February 25)	EP
Nocturama	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	(February 25)	LP
The Art of Losing	American Hi-Fi	(February 25)	LP
The Beautiful Letdown	Switchfoot	(February 25)	LP
Da Capo (Released in Japan)	Ace of Base	(March 3)
Avalanche	Matthew Good	(March 4)	LP
Fallen	Evanescence	(March 4)	LP
So Long, Astoria	The Ataris	(March 4)	LP
Joyride	Oleander	(March 4)	LP
Reason	Melanie C	(March 10)	LP
Sing the Sorrow	AFI	(March 11)	LP
The Essential Clash	The Clash	(March 11)	Compilation
Slow Motion Daydream	Everclear	(March 11)	LP
Monster	Killer Mike	(March 11)	LP
26 Songs	Melvins	(March 11)	LP
Loser	Cory P	(March 11)	LP
Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do	Relient K	(March 11)	LP
Covert Action	US Bombs	(March 11)	LP
Atticus: ...dragging the lake, Vol. 2	Various Artists	(March 17)	Compilation
Blackout	(Həd) P.E.	(March 18)	LP
Dix infernal	Moi dix Mois	(March 19)
Innocent Eyes	Delta Goodrem	(March 23)	LP
Mes courants électriques	Alizée	(March 25)	LP
One Heart	Céline Dion	(March 25)	LP
Meteora	Linkin Park	(March 25)	LP
The Trouble Being Myself	Macy Gray	(March 25)	LP
Go For Broke	Kazzer	(April 1)	LP
Keep on Your Mean Side	The Kills	(April 1)	LP
Sleeping With Ghosts	Placebo	(April 1)	LP
Elephant	The White Stripes	(April 1)	LP
Faceless	Godsmack	(April 8)	LP
26 Miles	Sean Watkins	(April 8)	LP
Mescalero	ZZ Top	(April 15)	LP
Ball	Widespread Panic	(April 15)	LP
Say You Will	Fleetwood Mac	(April 15)	LP
Thankful	Kelly Clarkson	(April 15)	LP
What If It All Means Something	Chantal Kreviazuk	(April 22)	LP
American Life	Madonna	(April 22)	LP
Black Cherry	Goldfrapp	(April 28)	LP
High Anxiety	Therapy?	(May 5)	LP
As the Palaces Burn	Lamb of God	(May 6)	LP
We've Come For You All	Anthrax	(May 6)	LP
Take This to Your Grave	Fall Out Boy	(May 6)	LP
The War on Errorism	NOFX	(May 6)	LP
Electric Version	The New Pornographers	(May 6)	LP
Send	Wire	(May 6)	LP
Think Tank	Blur	(May 6)	LP
Blueprints for the Black Market	Anberlin	(May 6)	LP
Greatest Hits (Christopher Horrax album)	Christopher Horrax	(May 13)	LP
Year of the Spider	Cold	(May 13)	LP
Good Mourning	Alkaline Trio	(May 13)	LP
On and On	Jack Johnson	(May 13)	LP
The Golden Age of Grotesque	Marilyn Manson	(May 13)	LP
Out of the Vein	Third Eye Blind	(May 13)	LP & DVD
Something Dangerous	Natacha Atlas	(May 19)	LP
Deftones	Deftones	(May 20)	LP
Über Alles	Hanzel Und Gretyl	(May 20)	LP
Black Like Sunday	King's X	(May 20)	LP
Birds of Pray	LIVE	(May 20)	LP
14 Shades of Grey	Staind	(May 20)	LP
Poodle Hat	"Weird Al" Yankovic	(May 20)	LP
L'Spaerow	L'Spaerow	(May 26)	LP
Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	(May 26)	DVD
Falling Uphill	Lillix	(May 27)	LP
How the West Was Won	Led Zeppelin	(May 27)	LP
Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation	Darkest Hour	(June 2)	LP
Best - The Greatest Hits	S Club 7	(June 2)	LP
0304	Jewel	(June 3)	LP
My Private Nation	Train	(June 3)	LP
Home	Simply Red	(June 3)	LP
St. Anger	Metallica	(June 6)	LP
Hail to the Thief	Radiohead	(June 9)	LP
Die Trying	Die Trying	(June 10)	LP
The Movement	Inspectah Deck	(June 10)	LP
Everything Must Go	Steely Dan	(June 11)	LP
Finger Eleven	Finger Eleven	(June 17)	LP
After the Storm	Monica	(June 17)	LP
We Were Born in a Flame	Sam Roberts	(June 17)	LP
Essentially Naked	Bif Naked	(June 24)	Greatest Hits
Elephunk	Black Eyed Peas	(June 24)	LP
Liz Phair	Liz Phair	(June 24)	LP
Almost Famous	Lumidee	(June 24)	LP
Hotel Paper	Michelle Branch	(June 24)	LP
De-Loused In The Comatorium	The Mars Volta	(June 24)	LP
Between the Never and the Now	Vendetta Red	(June 24)	LP
Re:Mix Momentum	tobyMac	(June 24)	LP
Dangerously in Love	Beyoncé	(June 25)	LP
Chapter II	Ashanti	(July 1)	LP
History for Sale	Blue October	(July 1)	LP
Vulture Street	Powderfinger	(July 4)	LP
Permission to Land	The Darkness	(July 7)	LP
Zebra IV	Zebra	(July 8)	LP
Black August	Killah Priest	(July 8)	LP
Converting Vegetarians	Infected Mushroom	(July 14)	LP
123 And Its Over	Revolution	(July 15)	LP
Put Strength in the Final Blow: The Disaster Edition	US Bombs	(July 15)	LP
Feeler	Pete Murray	(July 21)	LP Australia
Evolver	311	(July 22)	LP
Man in the Air	Kurt Elling	(July 22)	LP
Strays	Jane's Addiction	(July 22)	LP
Moodring	Mya	(July 22)	LP
Three Days Grace	Three Days Grace	(July 22)	LP
Ocean Avenue	Yellowcard	(July 22)	LP
The Vinyl Countdown	Relient K	(August 1)	EP
Thickskin	Skid Row	(August 5)	LP
Truth Be Told	Blues Traveler	(August 5)	LP
Get the Picture?	Smash Mouth	(August 5)	LP
Live Box	Björk	(August 18)	CD Box Set
TruANT	Alien Ant Farm	(August 19)	LP
Barlow	Barlow	(August 19)	LP
Unleashed	Bow Wow	(August 19)	LP
Simple Things	Amy Grant	(August 19)	LP
Indestructible	Rancid	(August 19)	LP
In This Skin	Jessica Simpson	(August 19)	LP
Action Pact	Sloan	(August 19)	LP
The Neptunes Present... Clones	Various Artists	(August 19)	LP
Waking the Fallen	Avenged Sevenfold	(August 26)	LP
Everything Goes Numb	Streetlight Manifesto	(August 26)	LP
Metamorphosis	Hilary Duff	(August 26)	LP
Burning Down the Opera	Edguy	(August 26)	Live
Love, Hell Or Right	Mathematics	(August 26)	LP
Love & Life	Mary J. Blige	(August 26)	LP
Anchors Aweigh	The Bouncing Souls	(August 26)	LP
Nekromanteia	Fields of Aplomb	(August 30)	LP
Severance	Daysend	(September)	LP
Hallucinations	David Usher	(September 9)	LP
Dance of Death	Iron Maiden	(September 9)	LP
Love Is the Only Soldier	Jann Arden	(September 9)	LP
The Decline Of British Sea Power	British Sea Power	(September 9)	LP
Heavier Things	John Mayer	(September 9)	LP
Roger Miret and the Disasters	Roger Miret and the Disasters	(September 9)	LP
Vulgar	Dir en grey	(September 10)	LP
Smash The Octopus	Flattbush	(September 11)	LP
Self-Destructive Pattern	Spineshank	(September 14)	LP
Reality	David Bowie	(September 15)	LP
Traveler	Colin James	(September 15)	LP
Worldwide Underground	Erykah Badu	(September 16)	EP
Grand Champ	DMX	(September 16)	LP
Thirteenth Step	A Perfect Circle	(September 16)	LP
Page Avenue	Story of the Year	(September 16)	LP
Billy Talent	Billy Talent	(September 16)	LP
Stories & Alibis	Matchbook Romance	(September 22)	LP
Some Devil	Dave Matthews	(September 23)	LP
Results May Vary	Limp Bizkit	(September 23)	LP
The Eyes of Alice Cooper	Alice Cooper	(September 23)	LP
The Long Road	Nickelback	(September 23)	LP
Cheers	Obie Trice	(September 23)	LP
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below	Outkast	(September 23)	LP
The 'R.' in R&B Collection 1	R. Kelly	(September 23)	Greatest Hits
Past, Present & Future	Rob Zombie	(September 23)	Greatest Hits
Go	Vertical Horizon	(September 23)	LP
Life For Rent	Dido	(September 30)	LP
Absolution	Muse	(September 30)	LP
School of Rock	Original Soundtrack	(September 30)	Soundtrack
Confession	Ill Niño	(September 30)	LP
Debris	Ayria	(October 2)	LP
Katonah	Apollo Sunshine	(October 7)	LP
Get Born	Jet	(October 7)	LP
Chicken & Beer	Ludacris	(October 7)	LP
Birth of a Prince	RZA	(October 7)	LP
The Struggle	Cappadonna	(October 7)	LP
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3	Coheed & Cambria	(October 7)	LP
Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People	Primus	(October 7)	LP/DVD
Swings of fate	Lava	(October 10)	LP
Sacred Love	Sting	(October 13)	LP
For Never and Ever (album)	Kill Hannah	(October 14)	LP
Measure of a Man	Clay Aiken	(October 14)	LP
Coral Fang	The Distillers	(October 14)	LP
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album	Jethro Tull	(October 14)	LP
Boy In Da Corner	Dizzee Rascal	(October 14)	LP
Thalía	Thalía	(October 14)	LP
12 Memories	Travis	(October 14)	LP
Christmas Is Almost Here Again	Carly Simon	(October 14)	LP
Crusader	Scribe	(October 18)	LP (New Zealand)
Nitro Burning Funny Daddy	Brian Setzer	(October 21)	LP
The Very Best of the Eagles	The Eagles	(October 21)	Greatest Hits
Streetcore	Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros	(October 21)	LP (final album)
MH	Marques Houston	(October 21)	LP
Rush in Rio	Rush	(October 21)	Live/DVD
Live at the Astoria	Steve Vai	(October 21)	DVD
Room on Fire	The Strokes	(October 21)	LP
Twentysomething	Jamie Cullum	(October 21)	LP
What's Wrong With This Picture?	Van Morrison	(October 21)	LP
MFZB	Zebrahead	(October 21)	LP
The Cat Empire	The Cat Empire	(October 24)	LP
Everything to Everyone	Barenaked Ladies	(October 27)	LP
Homegrown	UB40	(October 27)	LP
The Glorious Burden	Iced Earth	(October 28)	LP
In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003	R.E.M.	(October 28)	Greatest Hits
The Journey Continues	Bradley Joseph	(November 1}	LP
My World	Avril Lavigne	(November 4)	Live
Skull Ring	Iggy Pop	(November 4)	LP
Blood in My Eye	Ja Rule	(November 4)	LP
Payable on Death	P.O.D.	(November 4)	LP
Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand	Relient K	(November 4)	Christmas Album
Sixty Six To Timbuktu	Robert Plant	(November 4)	LP
Afterglow	Sarah McLachlan	(November 4)	LP
The Very Best of Sheryl Crow	Sheryl Crow	(November 4)	Greatest Hits
Private Room	Avant	(November 11)	LP
Live from the Road	Chevelle	(November 11)	LP
Train of Thought	Dream Theater	(November 11)	LP
Kid Rock	Kid Rock	(November 11)	LP
Music To Crash Your Car To, Vol. 1	Mötley Crüe	(November 11)	Greatest Hits with 4 Disc Set & DVD
SoulO	Nick Lachey	(November 11)	LP
Lost Dogs	Pearl Jam	(November 11)	Rarities & 2 Disc Set
Try This	P!nk	(November 11)	LP
The Soundtrack to the Apocalypse	Slayer	(November 11)	Live with 4 Disc Set & DVD
Another 700 Miles	3 Doors Down	(November 11)	EP
Thank You	Stone Temple Pilots	(November 11)	LP
Beg for Mercy	G-Unit	(November 14)	LP
Blink-182	Blink-182	(November 18)	LP
In the Zone	Britney Spears	(November 18)	LP
Jackpot	Chingy	(November 18)	LP
The Other Side	Godsmack	(November 18)	LP
The Essential Joe Satriani	Joe Satriani	(November 18)	LP
Live in Texas	Linkin Park	(November 18)	LP & DVD
Body Language	Kylie Minogue	(November 18)	LP
Greatest Hits	Red Hot Chili Peppers	(November 18)	LP
The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology	Joe Satriani	(November 18)	LP
Heavy	Swollen Members	(November 18)	LP
The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology	Steve Vai	(November 18)	LP
At Last	Cyndi Lauper	(November 18)	LP
Number Ones	Michael Jackson	(November 18)	Compilation
Collide	Skillet	(November 18)	LP
Call Off the Search	Katie Melua	(November 23)	LP (UK)
Dedicated	Lemar	(November 24)	LP (UK)
Turnaround	Westlife	(November 24)	LP
Films About Ghosts: The Best Of...	Counting Crows	(November 25)	Greatest Hits
Elocation	Default	(November 25)	LP
Seven	Enrique Iglesias	(November 25)	LP
Thicker Than Water	Jack Johnson	(November 25)	Soundtrack LP
Take a Look in the Mirror	KoЯn	(November 25)	LP
This is Not a Test	Missy Elliott	(November 25)	LP
Folklore	Nelly Furtado	(November 25)	LP
The Singles 1992-2003	No Doubt	(November 25)	LP
Life on Display	Puddle of Mudd	(November 25)	LP
Now and Forever: The Hits	TLC	(November 25)	Greatest Hits
The Diary of Alicia Keys	Alicia Keys	(December 2)	LP
Splinter	The Offspring	(December 2)	LP
And Then ...	Joe	(December 2)	LP
Live at Brixton Academy	Motörhead	(December 3)	LP
Lichtspielhaus	Rammstein	(December 8)	DVD
Fefe Dobson	Fefe Dobson	(December 9)	LP
The Reason	Hoobastank	(December 9)	LP
Tasty	Kelis	(December 9)	LP
Soulstar	Musiq	(December 9)	LP
Nick Cannon	Nick Cannon	(December 9)	LP
Soulful	Ruben Studdard	(December 9)	LP
Up Against All	Tarralyn Ramsey	(December 9)	LP
The Lex Diamond Story	Raekwon	(December 16)	LP
And Then...	Joe	(December 16)	LP
You Got Served	B2K	(December 23)	LP
I Look I See	Yusuf Islam	(December 27)
Water	Annabelle Chvostek		LP
Peace Songs	Various Artists		(Charity Disk)
Nega	Valeriy Meladze
Back To The Well	Kenny Rogers
MadiGra	RAM
Le Jardin	RAM
Kalalou	Simbi
Zen For Sale	Sun Dial

[edit] Top 5 Albums Of Billboard Year

50 cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003 album)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Shania Twain - Up!
Dixie Chicks - Home
Avril Lavigne - Let Go

[edit] Top 10 selling albums of the year

50 cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003 album) - 6,300,000
Beyonce - Dangerously In Love - 4,747,000
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - 4,656,300
Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - 3,591,000
Evanescence - Fallen - 3,400,000
Linkin Park - Meteora - 3,210,000
Toby Keith - Shock'n Y'all - 3,100,000
Hilary Duff - Metamorphosis - 2,904,132
R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory - 2,000,000

[edit] Gold and platinum albums by the end of the year

"Beyonce" - "Dangerously In Love" - 8,709,168
"Norah Jones" - "Come Away With Me" - 7,934,838
"50 Cent" - "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" - 6,616,412
"Dixie Chicks" - "Home" - 5,706,374
"Shania Twain" - "Up!" - 4,911,182
"Janet Jackson" - "All For You" - 4,431,010
"Britney Spears" - "In The Zone" - 3,906,522
"Kelly Clarkson" - "Thankful" - 3,853,456
"Linkin Park" - "Meteora" - 3,668,696
"Evanescence" - "Fallen" - 3,641,841
"Christina Aguilera" - "Stripped" - 3,585,134
"Outkast" - "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below" - 3,526,376
"Justin Timberlake" - "Justified" - 3,502,440
"Alicia Keys" - "The Diary Of Alicia Keys" - 3,358,854
"Coldplay" - "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" - 3,072,287
"Kelly Rowland" - "Simply Deep" - 2,967,545
"Good Charlotte" - "The Young And The Hopeless" - 2,728,961
"3 Doors Down" - "Away From The Sun" - 2,659,478
"Hilary Duff" - "Metamorphosis" - 2,590,737
"Ashanti" - "Chapter 2" - 2,545,565
"Ruben Studdard" - "Soulful" - 2,534,633
"R. Kelly" - "Chocolate Factory" - 2,483,969
"Clay Aiken" - "Measue Of A Man" - 2,236,011
"Josh Groban" - "Closer" - 2,091,762
"Matchbox Twenty" - "More Than You Think You Are" - 2,042,517
"G-Unit" - "Beg For Mercy" - 1,875,824
"Solange" - "Solo Star" - 1,755,595
"Soundtrack" - "Lizie Maguire" - 1,675,007
"Sarah McLachlan" - "Afterglow" - 1,652,877
"Kelis" - "Tasty" - 1,440,467
"Dido" - "Life Fo Rent" - 1,419,021
"John Mayer" - "Heavier Things" - 1,362,675
"The White Stripes" - "Elephant" - 1,357,726
"Mýa" - "Moodring" - 1,340,590
"Monica" - "After The Storm" - 1,334,303
"No Doubt" - "The Singles" - 1,320,668
"Jay-Z" - "The Black Album" - 1,232,964
"Blink-182" - "Blink-182" - 1,183,495
"Missy Elliot" - "This Is Not A Test" - 1,034,324
"R. Kelly" - "R in R&B" - 1,029,052
"Jessica Simpson" - "In This Skin" - 998,956
"Jewel " - "0304" - 977,903
"Michelle Branch" - "Hotel Paper" - 939,307
"Mary J. Blige" - "Love & Life" - 819,131
"Madonna" - "American Life" - 813,043
"Ashanti" - "Ashanti's Chistmas" - 805,340
"P!nk" - "Try This" - 789,343
"Whitney Houston" - "One Wish" - 787,504
"Martina McBride" - "Martina" - 727,585
"Nelly Furtado" - "Folklore" - 587,770
"Dixie Chicks" - "Top Of The World..." - 562,568
"Coldplay" - "Coldplay Live 2003" - 537,894
"Gerald Levert" - "Stroke Of Genius" - 504,490

[edit] Top hits on record

"American Life" - Madonna
"Angel" - Amanda Perez
"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet
"Are You Ready For Love?" - Elton John
"Baby Boy" - Beyoncé
"Beautiful" - Christina Aguilera
"The Beautiful Occupation" - Travis
"Be Mine" - David Gray
"Behind Blue Eyes" - Limp Bizkit
"Bring Me To Life" - Evanescence
"Cannonball" - Damien Rice
"Can't Hold Us Down feat. Lil' Kim - Christina Aguilera
"Chihuahua" - DJ Bobo
"Chijō no Hoshi" - Miyuki Nakajima
"Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" - The Darkness
"Clocks" - Coldplay
"C'mon C'mon" - Sheryl Crow
"COLORS - Hikaru Utada
"Come Clean" - Hilary Duff
"Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé
"Don't Look Back into the Sun" - The Libertines
"Don't Know Why" - Norah Jones (held over from 2002
"Don't Steal Our Sun" - The Thrills
"Feeling This" - blink-182
"Feel Good Time" - P!nk
"Fighter" - Christina Aguilera
"Forever and for Always" - Shania Twain
"God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" - Coldplay
"Growing on Me" - The Darkness
"Girls & Boys" - Good Charlotte
"Hold On"- Good Charlotte
"Hey Ya!" - OutKast
"Hurt" - Johnny Cash
"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" - The Darkness
"I'm with You" - Avril Lavigne
"In Da Club" - 50 Cent
"Intuition" - Jewel
"Invisible" - Clay Aiken
"It's My Life" - No Doubt
"It's Showtime!!" - B'z
"Just Because" - Jane's Addiction
"Just the Way I'm Feeling" - Feeder
"Laura" - Scissor Sisters
"Losing Grip" - Avril Lavigne
"Love At First Sight" - Kylie Minogue
"Mad World" - Gary Jules and Michael Andrews
"Maybe Tomorrow" - Stereophonics
"Me Against the Music" - Britney Spears (featuring Madonna)
"Me Myself & I" - Beyoncé
"Miss Independent" - Kelly Clarkson
"Molly's Chambers" - Kings of Leon
"My Love Is Like...Wo" - Mya
"Never Leave You" - Lumidee
"One Horse Town" - The Thrills
"Ourselves" - Ayumi Hamasaki
"Out of Time" - Blur
"Perfect" - Simple Plan
"P.I.M.P." - 50 Cent
"Pump It Up" - Joe Budden
"Right Thurr" - Chingy
"Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" - Ashanti
"Rock Your Body" - Justin Timberlake
"Novocaine" - Alice Cooper
"Save Yourself/Genie In A Bottle" - Speedway
"Say You Will" - Fleetwood Mac
"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
"Sing For The Moment" - Eminem
"Shake Ya Tailfeather" - Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee
"So Yesterday" - Hilary Duff
"Songbird - Oasis
"Spitting Games" - Snow Patrol
"Such A Fool" - 22/20s
"The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
"The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" - Jason Mraz
"The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera
"Stacy's Mom" - Fountains of Wayne
"Times Like These" - Foo Fighters
"Trouble" - P!nk
"Universally Speaking" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Unspeakable" - Every Little Thing
"Unwell" - matchbox twenty
"We Used To Be Friends" - Dandy Warhols
"What Do You Want From Me?" - Alice Cooper
"Where Is the Love?" - Black Eyed Peas
"White Flag" - Dido
"Why Can't I?" - Liz Phair
"You Said No" - Busted

[edit] 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
Haflidi Hallgrímsson - Cello Concerto
György Ligeti - Hamburg Concerto for solo Horn and Chamber Orchestra with 4 obligato Natural Horns (1998-99, 2003)
Peter Maxwell Davies
- Naxos Quartet No. 2
- Naxos Quartet No. 3
Alexander Raskatov - The Last Freedom

[edit] Opera

Deborah Drattell - Nicholas and Alexandra
Michael Nyman - Man and Boy: Dada
Krzysztof Penderecki - Ubu Rex
Rachel Portman - The Little Prince

[edit] Musical theater

Avenue Q Broadway production
Bounce
The Boy from Oz Broadway production
Fame On 42nd Street opened at the Little Shubert Theatre on November 11 and ran for 264 performances
The Full Monty Melbourne production
Jerry Springer - The Opera London production
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat London revival
Never Gonna Dance Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 4 and ran for 84 performances
Taboo Broadway production opened November 13 and ran for 103 performances.
Thoroughly Modern Millie London production
Tonight's The Night London production
Wicked Broadway production

[edit] Musical film

Brother Bear Animated feature
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
The Singing Detective
The Cheetah Girls A Disney Channel Original Movie

[edit] Births

October 28 - Beatrice Millie McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. The McCartneys fooled the press into publishing misleading details about the birth.