Best Albums of 2003

Listed below are the best albums of 2003 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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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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Buy album United States
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Best Albums of 2003 composition

Country Albums %


United States 453 45%
United Kingdom 185 19%
Canada 54 5%
Mixed Nationality 37 4%
Sweden 30 3%
Germany 30 3%
Australia 24 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 928 93%
Yes 72 7%
Live? Albums %
No 967 97%
Yes 33 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 14 1%
Best Artists of 1997
1. Radiohead
2. Björk
3. Elliott Smith
4. Modest Mouse
5. Spiritualized®
6. Built To Spill
7. The Verve
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
9. Foo Fighters
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
11. Nick Cave
12. Yo La Tengo
13. The Prodigy
14. Ween
15. Blur
16. Buena Vista Social Club
17. Bob Dylan
18. Daft Punk
19. Mogwai
20. Third Eye Blind
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