Best Albums of 2003

Listed below are the best albums of 2003 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2003 year summaryThe best artists of 2003 were The White Stripes, Radiohead, Muse, The Strokes, The Shins, Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service, The Mars Volta, Songs: Ohia and Jason Molina.
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2003
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2003
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130
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2003
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129
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Buy album United States
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2003
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129
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 18 of 100

Best Albums of 2003 composition

Country Albums %


United States 460 46%
United Kingdom 185 19%
Canada 53 5%
Mixed Nationality 37 4%
Germany 31 3%
Sweden 29 3%
Australia 24 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 931 93%
Yes 69 7%
Live? Albums %
No 971 97%
Yes 29 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 987 99%
Yes 13 1%
Best Artists of 2009
1. Animal Collective
2. The Antlers
3. The xx
4. Grizzly Bear
5. Phoenix
6. Muse
7. Florence + The Machine
8. Arctic Monkeys
9. Dirty Projectors
10. Kid Cudi
11. Mumford & Sons
12. Fever Ray
13. Mastodon
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
15. St. Vincent
16. Kasabian
17. The Flaming Lips
18. The Horrors (UK)
19. Them Crooked Vultures
20. The Decemberists
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