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2003 in British music charts

This article gives details of the official charts from 2003.

Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4-week runs, single sales rapidly plummeted, decreasing by 34% since 2002. The year became the first in ten not to contain a million selling single. The year was particularly successful for Justin Timberlake, Busted, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, t.A.T.u. and Dido.

Summary of UK chart activity edit

January edit

Remaining at the top from 2002, new girl band, Girls Aloud spent the first 2 weeks of the year at the top of the charts with their debut single "Sound of the Underground", and would consolidate their success with a platinum selling debut album and 3 more top 3 hits in this year. One talent show winner was replaced by another, in the form of David Sneddon a young performer from Scotland, who'd had lead roles in musicals and sung with bands around the pub circuit, including the Martians, and won BBC's Fame Academy performing Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" beating 36,000 other applicants. His debut single "Stop Living The Lie", entered the UK charts at No. 1 and remained there for 2 weeks. To date he is the only artist from a reality TV show to reach No. 1 with a self-written song. He had a further two top twenty hit singles and a top ten album, Seven Years Ten Weeks, and signed a development publishing deal with Universal Music in October 2003. In the singles chart that same week, British rock band Feeder gained only their second top 10 hit with "Just the Way I'm Feeling", one week and two years to the day "Buck Rogers" made #5. The chart success of the former saw its parent album Comfort in Sound become a regular chart fixture throughout the course of the year, before winning the Kerrang! Award for "Best British Band" (which Grant Nicholas dedicated to their late drummer Jon Lee) and later headlining many of the nation's largest arenas in December, after many years of playing small clubs, university campus halls and standard sized theatres.

After the release of her debut single, "Complicated", which made No. 3 in the singles charts, Avril Lavigne's début album, Let Go climbed to the top of the album charts for 3 weeks. Consequently, she became the youngest female solo artist to top the albums chart at only 17 years of age. The album spawned three other Top 40 hits, the upbeat "Sk8er Boi", the powerful "Losing Grip" and the loneliness ballad "I'm with You". None of these equalled the success of her début single, the highest peaking at #7.

February edit

Hitting the Russian charts 3 years earlier, female duo t.A.T.u. released their début single, "All the Things She Said" in the UK and it topped the charts for a total of 4 weeks, taking all of February with it. The accompanying video ostensibly depicted the girls imprisoned but concluded by revealing that it was the audience who was imprisoned; it stirred controversy with its images of the two girls kissing. They became the first Russian act to hit number 1 in the UK. Their album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane peaked at No. 12 in the charts and spawned a No. 7 hit, "Not Gonna Get Us" in May. London duo Turin Brakes scored their first UK top ten hit when "Pain Killer" entered the chart at No. 5 on 23 February. Previous to this, they had only enjoyed average success outside of the top 20.

After the massive success of his debut single as a solo artist, "Like I Love You" (#2), ex-*NSYNC member, Justin Timberlake released his solo album, Justified. Making No. 6 on its first chart run, it climbed back into the charts and this time made No. 1 for 2 weeks. Another solo star previously in a successful group took over from Justin. Previously in Destiny's Child, Kelly Rowland released her debut album, Simply Deep which topped the charts for one week. Her debut single "Stole", peaked at #2. Following their No. 1 album from 1999, alternative electronic band, Massive Attack hit the top again with their new album, 100th Window. The album spawned one single hit, "Special Cases" which made #15.

March edit

Returning to the top of the UK charts for the 4th time, US superstar, Christina Aguilera hit the top with a second release from her second album, Stripped. "Beautiful" contrasted with the upbeat and raunchy "Dirrty", as "Beautiful" was a love ballad that seemed to be very personal to Christina. She received praise from GLAAD because of the positive presentation of homosexual people in the video to the song, which was edited by the BBC for showing on Top of the Pops. Despite the fact that Britney has received 1 more chart topper than Christina, as of January 2005, Christina has spent more weeks on top of the UK charts than Britney, with "Beautiful" adding another 2 to that list. With the official comic relief song of the year, Gareth Gates returned to the top of the UK charts for a 4th and final time with a cover of Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit in the Sky". Taking it to the top for a 3rd time, Gareth became the only act to get to the top with this single who was not a one-hit wonder (however he performed the song with The Kumars who themselves were a one hit wonder). Ringo Starr released his album Ringo Rama on the 24th.

Returning to the top for a week was Justin Timberlake and his debut album, Justified. By this time, he had released a follow-up single to "Like I Love You" from the album. "Cry Me A River", also peaked at No. 2 and was an emotional ballad creating controversy because many thought the song was about Britney, seeing as there was a Britney look-alike in the video. Taking the top of the albums chart for the following 4 weeks was jazz singer, Norah Jones with her debut album, Come Away With Me. No singles were released from the album, but despite this it was a hugely successful album.

April edit

Becoming the second single of the year to have a 4-week run at number one, the next chart topper was a re-working of Oliver Cheatham's 1983 No. 38 hit, "Get Down Saturday Night". Featuring his vocals on the track, "Make Luv" was re-worked by Room 5 and was used in a TV advertisement for Lynx Deodorant. Consequently, it sold very well and topped the singles charts for almost the whole of April. The duo did another collaboration, "Music And You" in December as a Christmas release, but it only made #38.

Nu Metal band, Linkin Park hit No. 1 for the first time with their third album, Meteora. The album spawned 4 single hits, the highest peaking at #10. After a week, rock and roll duo, The White Stripes took over for 2 weeks with their fourth album, Elephant, spanning the very popular single, "7 Nation Army", which peaked at #7. Returning to the top of the charts with A Rush of Blood to the Head were Coldplay. This album was previously at No. 1 in September 2002. It only remained at the top for a week this time.

May edit

With their 3rd chart single, guitar playing pop trio, Busted scored their first UK chart topper when "You Said No" hit the top. This was their 3rd consecutive Top 3 hit, following their debut single, "That's What I Go To School For" which made No. 3 in September 2002 and their second single, "Year 3000" which hit No. 2 in January of this year. "You Said No" was a slightly more lyrics focused compared to their previous 2 singles which had been more tune based. Criticised for making a mockery of rock bands in the new millennium, Busted quickly gained a huge fanbase with young audiences. Taking over after 7 days was German producer, Thomas Bruckner, renamed Tomcraft for his one and only UK single, "Loneliness". It became the second of 9 to spend only a week at the top during the whole of 2003. This was a very good sign for the popularity of singles, however sales were at their all-time low. Back at the top for the first time in 6 years, was soul/RNB singer, R. Kelly with a track from his new album, Chocolate Factory. "Ignition Remix" was his first No. 1 single since "I Believe I Can Fly" hit the top in 1997. The single was successful, topping the charts for 4 weeks receiving hugely high levels of airplay across all radio stations. Other big hits included Lisa Maffia with her single All Over which managed to stay 3 weeks in the top 10 going on to sell over 90,000 copies.

With her 8th UK No. 1 album, Madonna returns to the top of the album charts with her new release American Life. The album contained the hits "Love Profusion", "Hollywood", "American Life" and "Die Another Day". The latter was taken from the soundtrack to the James Bond film of the same name, which itself was also a success. Returning to the top yet again was Justin Timberlake and his debut album, Justified, but its stay was only for a week. By this time it had spawned a 3rd No. 2 single, "Rock Your Body", which saw Justin turn towards dance music and show off his moves in the video. Despite the fact that Blur scored a 5th No. 1 album with their latest release, Think Tank, Justified was not kept from the top for long, returning to the top after a week, for what became its longest consecutive run at the top, ending at 3 weeks. In total, the album had spent 7 weeks at the top.

June edit

Alternative metal band Evanescence made their mark on the music industry with their début single "Bring Me To Life", which topped the charts for 4 weeks. The band, a four piece from Little Rock, Arkansas, fronted by Amy Lee, went on to massive success with their début album, Fallen which topped the album chart for a week and spawned another 3 Top 10 hits during the year.

Topping the charts for the third time since their career began in 1997, the Stereophonics were back at the top with You Gotta Go There to Come Back. The album spawned 2 Top 5 hits, following the pattern from their previous 2 chart topping albums. Back at the top for the first time since 2001 were Radiohead with their 4th UK No. 1 album, Hail to the Thief. Only at the top for a week, just like the Stereophonics, Evanescence reached the top of the charts with Fallen while "Bring Me To Life" was still at the top of the singles chart.

July edit

Following in the footsteps of her former colleague, Kelly Rowland, Beyoncé Knowles managed to reach the top of the UK charts with a solo release. After making an appearance in the third Austin Powers movie, Austin Powers in Goldmember, Beyoncé put herself back in the public eye and then released her debut solo single from the movie, "Work It Out" which managed to make No. 7 on the UK singles chart. Her debut album, Dangerously in Love topped the charts a week before she received her first (third, including her career with Destiny's Child) number one single, and they both continued runs at the top simultaneously for 3 weeks when her second single was knocked off the top spot. "Crazy in Love" was an upbeat pop ballad, but was not as dance emphasised as "Work It Out". It featured the rapper Jay-Z who was already a very successful artist and whose career began 6 years ago in 1997.

Featuring her four Top 10 hits; the club tune "Work It Out", the chart topping "Crazy in Love", the No. 2 hit "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" also with Jay-Z and the massive US No. 1, "Baby Boy" in a duet with Sean Paul. Beyoncé's debut album, "Dangerously in Love" topped the charts for five consecutive weeks, three of those weeks coinciding with when her second single, "Crazy in Love" was at the top of the charts. Her debut album sold 113,000 copies in its first week and was eventually certified two times (2x) platinum in October by the BPI. The album itself have the most consecutive weeks to reach the top position on the UK album chart for 2003.

In 2004, Beyoncé released more singles from the album which fared well and then re-formed with her old girl group, Destiny's Child who proved to be much more successful than expected.

August edit

Hitting the top of the UK charts for the third time with his 5th single was Daniel Bedingfield with another love ballad, "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" which he said was a twin of his previous chart topper, "If You're Not The One", being about the same girl. Not only was the theme similar, but so was the chart performance, only spending a week at the summit. Urban/R&B songstress, Blu Cantrell was next to top the charts with a single from her second album, Bittersweet. The single was "Breathe" and was a collaboration with Sean Paul, who was a Jamaican born Reggae performer. Although never airing enough on Radio 1 to make the play list, it still managed to enter the chart at No. 1 and stay there for 4 weeks and became the surprise smash hit of the year.

With an original fusion of modern rock and country/folk, English rock band The Coral scored their 1st No. 1 album with their second release, Magic And Medicine. The album spawned 3 hit singles, one of which hit the top 5, becoming their highest peaking single ever. However, it only took a week before Robbie Williams hit the top of the charts again when Escapology returned to the top of the charts after its 6-week stay over the Christmas season of 2002. It contained the hits, "Feel", "Come Undone", "Something Beautiful" and "Sexed Up". Taking over after a week for a 2-week run was Eva Cassidy with her 3rd UK No. 1 album, American Tune. She became the second female solo artist to have 3 consecutive UK No. 1 albums, after Madonna achieved this in 2000, however it could be said that Eva holds this record solo, because one of Madonna's albums was the soundtrack to Evita which featured other vocalists as well as her, whereas Cassidy holds the full credit for all three of her albums. Even more amazingly, Cassidy's run of consecutive No. 1 albums started after her death, so the entire record is posthumous.

September edit

Hitting the top for only the 6th time since his massively successful career began in 1971, Elton John's No. 42 hit from 1979 "Are you ready for love" was shortened, put into use in by Sky TV for their football premiership ads and consequently re-released when it shot straight to the top of the charts for a week. It was only Elton's 3rd solo No. 1 single. Next was the second single and first Top 30 hit from The Black Eyed Peas. They are a 4 piece rap act from Los Angeles, California and scored a 6-week run at the top with this single, becoming the biggest selling single of the year (however, failing to sell a million copies, becoming the first year not to have a million selling single since 1993) and also the longest stay at the top of the UK charts since Cher's "Believe" in 1998. The song, "Where Is The Love?" featured an unaccredited Justin Timberlake's vocals on the chorus and was about society and the corruption that had engulfed it and that people should begin to spread love to bring the world to a better state.

Topping the charts for 4 weeks with their debut album were rock band, The Darkness. Modelling themselves on bands like Queen they had already scored one Top 40 hit from the album, with "Growing on Me", which peaked at #11. Their next hit from the album, in the following month was their biggest, peaking at No. 2 and becoming what was considered to be the first classic anthem of the 21st century. "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was very Queen-esque and marked them as a hugely popular band. They made No. 2 again with their special Christmas release and the album, Permission to Land spawned one final hit the following year, "Love Is Only A Feeling", which hit #5. Following on from the split of S Club earlier in the year, Rachel Stevens made her solo debut in this month with "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex", peaking at No. 2 for two inconsecutive weeks and spending a further 3 in the top 10. She would enjoy two top 30 albums and a further 6 top 30 singles before taking time out from music to focus on an acting career in 2006.

October edit

Finally ending the long stint at the top from the Black Eyed Peas, the Sugababes were back for a 3rd time with their new single "Hole in the Head" taken from their 3rd album, Three which strangely enough peaked at No. 3 in the albums chart. This was their last No. 1 single until "Push the Button" hit the top spot in October 2005. They continued successfully into 2004, scoring 2 No. 8 hits, "In The Middle" & "Caught in a Moment".

Absolution was the 4th release from British rock band, Muse. Gradually acquiring a larger fan base, they finally scored a No. 1 album, with what has been by far their most successful to date. However, their run at the top was short-lived, because only after 7 days, Dido was back at the top with her second album, Life For Rent. Due to the success of No Angel when re-issued due to her appearance in Eminem's "Stan", she began recording again and this album became another massive hit, but not quite as big as her debut. The album spawned 3 hit singles, two of which failed to make the Top 20, but one became her most successful single, "White Flag", peaking at #2. It spent 4 weeks at the top, but was to return to the top several times over the course of the next few months.

November edit

New York hip hop producer, club DJ and radio DJ, Fatman Scoop combining with Crooklyn Clan were the first No. 1 November with "Be Faithful" which was made 5 years earlier, but only released now. It spent 2 weeks at No. 1 and became the second No. 1 of the year to hit the top many years after being made, with the first being t.A.T.u. and "All the Things She Said". The dance song "Slow" saw Kylie Minogue hit the top for a 7th time. She was praised all over for trying a different style and making it just as good as her other music, however it did join record with Iron Maiden's "Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter" in becoming the lowest selling number one single of all time. Hitting the top for the second time were pop trio, Busted with their 5th chart hit, "Crashed The Wedding". Taking a different stance to their other singles, it still only managed one week at the summit. Hitting the top for a record 12th time were boyband Westlife with their remake of the Barry Manilow No. 11 hit from 1975, "Mandy". They were now 2 chart toppers ahead of the queen of pop, Madonna and 2 chart toppers behind the British Elvis, Cliff Richard.

With a collection of their best tracks such as "Everybody Hurts", "Imitation of Life", "Losing My Religion" & "The Great Beyond", R.E.M. were back at the top with In Time – The Best of R.E.M. – 1988–2003.

Failing to top the singles chart all year were boyband Blue who scored a 3rd consecutive UK No. 1 album with their new release Guilty. It had already spawned one hit, "Guilty", and would create more including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" a collaboration with Stevie Wonder on one of his old tracks, "Breathe Easy" and "Bubblin'". They split at the end of 2004 releasing a Greatest Hits compilation promoting it with a new track "Curtain Falls". Returning to number one for the first time was Dido with Life For Rent. Taking over from her was Michael Jackson with his Number Ones collection. Scoring 7 #1's in the UK and 13 in the US, he had accumulated a large amount to make an album with. The album contained the likes of "Billie Jean", "Rock with You", "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", "Black or White", "Earth Song" & "Thriller".

December edit

After a break of a year, Pop Idol Will Young returned to the top of the UK charts for the 4th time with his new single "Leave Right Now". It was taken from his new album, Friday's Child, which later topped the charts. He now had as many chart toppers as Gareth Gates and as of January 2005, they are still level. Taking over after 2 weeks was a duet from Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly with "Changes". Tipped to be the Christmas No. 1, Kelly was experiencing great success as a solo artist and also the song gave Ozzy his first No. 1 after 33 years of chart activity since he first started with Black Sabbath. It was also the first father/daughter chart topper since Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra topped the charts with "Somethin' Stupid" in 1967. The Darkness' "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)" was also anticipated to take the top spot, however in the week leading up to Christmas, the most unexpected thing happened. Taken from the soundtrack to the film Donnie Darko, Michael Andrews & Gary Jules scored a chart topper with "Mad World". It was a remake of the "Tears for Fears" No. 3 hit from 1982 and topped the UK charts for 3 weeks becoming the fastest selling single of the year and took the Christmas number one spot along with it.

With their 5th album, Turnaround gave Westlife their 4th No. 1 album. It contained the chart topping "Mandy" and the No. 3 hit from the following year, "Obvious". The following year Brian McFadden split from the group, but they continued as a foursome releasing Allow Us To Be Frank with a cover of old big band classics. Topping the charts with his second album was Will Young and Friday's Child. which contained "Leave Right Now". However, the Christmas number one album was by one of the most successful female solo artists in the 21st century on the albums chart. Dido returned to the top for a further 3 weeks with Life For Rent. It has sold in excess of 2.2 million copies.

Charts edit

Number-one singles edit

Chart date
(week ending)
Song Artist(s) Sales
4 January "Sound of the Underground" Girls Aloud 128,000
11 January 56,000
18 January 34,471
25 January "Stop Living the Lie" David Sneddon 108,312
1 February 45,500
8 February "All the Things She Said" t.A.T.u. 90,000
15 February 57,000
22 February 45,500
1 March 40,500
8 March "Beautiful" Christina Aguilera 59,500
15 March 42,500
22 March "Spirit in the Sky" Gareth Gates and The Kumars 273,508
29 March 117,000
5 April "Make Luv" Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham 111,000
12 April 66,500
19 April 43,000
26 April 32,500
3 May "You Said No" Busted 41,000
10 May "Loneliness" Tomcraft 36,617
17 May "Ignition (Remix)" R. Kelly 70,000
24 May 72,360
31 May 67,000
7 June 60,415
14 June "Bring Me to Life" Evanescence 56,524
21 June 47,500
28 June 36,000
5 July 34,300
12 July "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé featuring Jay Z 72,500
19 July 46,500
26 July 34,600
2 August "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" Daniel Bedingfield 36,500
9 August "Breathe" Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul 47,312
16 August 49,192
23 August 44,000
30 August 40,000
6 September "Are You Ready for Love" Elton John 56,923
13 September "Where Is the Love?" The Black Eyed Peas 94,308
20 September 90,308
27 September 79,000
4 October 70,000
11 October 65,000
18 October 55,000
25 October "Hole in the Head" Sugababes 58,500
1 November "Be Faithful" Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan 62,500
8 November 51,400
15 November "Slow" Kylie Minogue 43,291
22 November "Crashed the Wedding" Busted 55,000
29 November "Mandy" Westlife 70,000
6 December "Leave Right Now" Will Young 117,702
13 December 83,000
20 December "Changes" Ozzy Osbourne & Kelly Osbourne 86,000
27 December "Mad World" Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules 227,547

Number-one albums edit

Chart date
(week ending)
Album Artist(s) Sales
4 January Escapology Robbie Williams 226,000
11 January Let Go Avril Lavigne 52,000
18 January 38,000
25 January 41,000
1 February Justified Justin Timberlake 34,000
8 February 51,000
15 February Simply Deep Kelly Rowland 63,000
22 February 100th Window Massive Attack 65,500
1 March Justified Justin Timberlake 56,000
8 March Come Away with Me Norah Jones 71,000
15 March 67,500
22 March 60,000
29 March 53,000
5 April Meteora Linkin Park 93,886
12 April Elephant The White Stripes 64,191
19 April 40,000
26 April A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 39,000
3 May American Life Madonna 65,000
10 May Justified Justin Timberlake 48,000
17 May Think Tank Blur 64,803
24 May Justified Justin Timberlake 43,000
31 May 48,000
7 June 41,000
14 June You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics 101,946
21 June Hail to the Thief Radiohead 114,320
28 June Fallen Evanescence 38,570
5 July Dangerously in Love Beyoncé 113,117
12 July 86,500
19 July 72,000
26 July 49,000
2 August 45,000
9 August Magic and Medicine The Coral 62,792
16 August Escapology Robbie Williams 37,000
23 August American Tune Eva Cassidy 42,500
30 August 49,000
6 September Permission to Land The Darkness 43,500
13 September 48,600
20 September 60,500
27 September 64,000
4 October Absolution Muse 71,597
11 October Life for Rent Dido 400,351
18 October 198,714
25 October 122,500
1 November 89,500
8 November In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 R.E.M. 114,000
15 November Guilty Blue 89,000
22 November Life for Rent Dido 83,604
29 November Number Ones Michael Jackson 118,157
6 December Turnaround Westlife 154,169
13 December Friday's Child Will Young 201,900
20 December Life for Rent Dido 216,900
27 December 270,652

Year-end charts edit

Between 29 December 2002 and 27 December 2003.

Best-selling singles edit

[1]

No. Title Artist Peak
position
Sales[2]
1 "Where Is the Love?" The Black Eyed Peas 1 625,198
2 "Spirit in the Sky" Gareth Gates with The Kumars 1 552,598
3 "Ignition (Remix)" R. Kelly 1 478,369
4 "Mad World" Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules 1 394,627
5 "Leave Right Now" Will Young 1 381,088
6 "All the Things She Said" t.A.T.u. 1 337,829
7 "Changes" Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne 1 333,869
8 "Breathe" Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul 1 330,032
9 "Make Luv" Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham 1 316,750
10 "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" The Darkness 2 313,530
11 "Bring Me to Life" Evanescence 1
12 "White Flag" Dido 2
13 "In da Club" 50 Cent 3
14 "Turn Me On" Kevin Lyttle 2
15 "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z 1
16 "Move Your Feet" Junior Senior 3
17 "I'm Your Man" Shane Richie 2
18 "Stop Living the Lie" David Sneddon 1
19 "Be Faithful" Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan 1
20 "Shut Up" The Black Eyed Peas 2
21 "Sound of the Underground" Girls Aloud 1
22 "Sweet Dreams My LA Ex" Rachel Stevens 2
23 "Beautiful" Christina Aguilera 1
24 "Pretty Green Eyes" Ultrabeat 2
25 "Lose Yourself" Eminem 3[a]
26 "Superstar" Jamelia 3
27 "Are You Ready for Love?" Elton John 1
28 "Cry Me a River" Justin Timberlake 2
29 "All I Have" Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J 2
30 "Stole" Kelly Rowland 2
31 "Mandy" Westlife 1
32 "Fly on the Wings of Love" XTM & DJ Chucky presents Annia 8
33 "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" The Darkness 2
34 "Year 3000" Busted 2
35 "If You're Not the One" Daniel Bedingfield 4[b]
36 "Proper Crimbo" Bo Selecta 4
37 "The Fast Food Song" Fast Food Rockers 2
38 "I Know What You Want" Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad 3
39 "Baby Boy" Big Brovaz 4
40 "Scandalous" Mis-Teeq 2
41 "Born to Try" Delta Goodrem 3
42 "Jump" Girls Aloud 2
43 "Hole in the Head" Sugababes 1
44 "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)" Lumidee 2
45 "Favourite Things" Big Brovaz 2
46 "Loneliness" Tomcraft 1
47 "The Boys of Summer" DJ Sammy featuring Loona 2
48 "Crashed the Wedding" Busted 1
49 "No Letting Go" Wayne Wonder 3
50 "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé 2

Best-selling albums edit

[3]

No. Title Artist Peak
position
Sales[4]
1 Life for Rent Dido 1 2,168,302
2 Justified Justin Timberlake 1 1,404,272
3 Stripped Christina Aguilera 2 1,264,059
4 Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield 2 1,112,143
5 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 1 1,071,671
6 Permission to Land The Darkness 1 1,027,803
7 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 1 985,587
8 Number Ones Michael Jackson 1 960,848
9 Busted Busted 2 907,331
10 In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003 R.E.M. 1 907,282
11 Let Go Avril Lavigne 1
12 Friday's Child Will Young 1
13 Elephunk The Black Eyed Peas 4
14 Dangerously in Love Beyoncé 1
15 Fallen Evanescence 1 775,000[3]
16 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem 2
17 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 2
18 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 707,974[3]
19 A Present for Everyone Busted 2 684,000[3]
20 Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 637,271[3]
21 Dutty Rock Sean Paul 2
22 Elephant The White Stripes 1
23 Turnaround Westlife 1
24 Pure Hayley Westenra 7 578,749[3]
25 The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 R. Kelly 4
26 Home Simply Red 2
27 Escapology Robbie Williams 1
28 You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics 1
29 Guilty Blue 1
30 Live at Knebworth Robbie Williams 2
31 Three Sugababes 3
32 The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow 2
33 Greatest Hits 1970–2002 Elton John 3
34 As Time Goes By: The Great American Songbook, Volume II Rod Stewart 4
35 Meteora Linkin Park 1
36 Michael Buble Michael Bublé 6
37 Bryn Bryn Terfel 6
38 Twentysomething Jamie Cullum 5
39 The Eminem Show Eminem 1
40 Ladies Night Atomic Kitten 5 519,871[3]
41 Simply Deep Kelly Rowland 1
42 Nu-Flow Big Brovaz 6
43 Introduction Alex Parks 5
44 Missundaztood Pink 2
45 A New Day at Midnight David Gray 1
46 So Much for the City The Thrills 3
47 The Young and the Hopeless Good Charlotte 15
48 Up! Shania Twain 4
49 Greatest Hits Tom Jones 2
50 Cliff at Christmas Cliff Richard 9

Notes:

  1. ^ Reached number 1 in 2002
  2. ^ Reached number 1 in 2002

Best-selling compilations edit

[5]

No. Title Peak
position
1 Now 56 1
2 Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... Ever! 1
3 Now 55 1
4 Pop Party 2
5 Now 54 1
6 Love Actually (Original Soundtrack) 2
7 Now Decades 1
8 The Number One Classical Album 2004 4
9 8 Mile (Original Soundtrack) 1
10 Clubland III: The Sound of the Summer 1

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2003 Singles Top 100". Music Week. London, England: UBM: 13. 17 January 2004.
  2. ^ Roberts, Dave, ed. (2004). "Top 10 Singles of 2003". British Hit Singles & Albums (17th ed.). London, England: Guinness World Records. p. 227. ISBN 0-85112-199-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "2003 Albums Top 100". Music Week. London, England: UBM: 15. 17 January 2004.
  4. ^ Roberts (2004). "Top 10 Albums of 2003". p. 227.
  5. ^ "Compilations". Music Week. London, England: UBM: 16. 17 January 2004.

External links edit

  • Top 200 singles of 2003

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2003 in British music charts news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article gives details of the official charts from 2003 Whilst weeks at number one began to increase with significant numbers achieving 4 week runs single sales rapidly plummeted decreasing by 34 since 2002 The year became the first in ten not to contain a million selling single The year was particularly successful for Justin Timberlake Busted Avril Lavigne Christina Aguilera t A T u and Dido Contents 1 Summary of UK chart activity 1 1 January 1 2 February 1 3 March 1 4 April 1 5 May 1 6 June 1 7 July 1 8 August 1 9 September 1 10 October 1 11 November 1 12 December 2 Charts 2 1 Number one singles 2 2 Number one albums 3 Year end charts 3 1 Best selling singles 3 2 Best selling albums 3 3 Best selling compilations 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSummary of UK chart activity editJanuary edit Remaining at the top from 2002 new girl band Girls Aloud spent the first 2 weeks of the year at the top of the charts with their debut single Sound of the Underground and would consolidate their success with a platinum selling debut album and 3 more top 3 hits in this year One talent show winner was replaced by another in the form of David Sneddon a young performer from Scotland who d had lead roles in musicals and sung with bands around the pub circuit including the Martians and won BBC s Fame Academy performing Elton John s Don t Let the Sun Go Down on Me beating 36 000 other applicants His debut single Stop Living The Lie entered the UK charts at No 1 and remained there for 2 weeks To date he is the only artist from a reality TV show to reach No 1 with a self written song He had a further two top twenty hit singles and a top ten album Seven Years Ten Weeks and signed a development publishing deal with Universal Music in October 2003 In the singles chart that same week British rock band Feeder gained only their second top 10 hit with Just the Way I m Feeling one week and two years to the day Buck Rogers made 5 The chart success of the former saw its parent album Comfort in Sound become a regular chart fixture throughout the course of the year before winning the Kerrang Award for Best British Band which Grant Nicholas dedicated to their late drummer Jon Lee and later headlining many of the nation s largest arenas in December after many years of playing small clubs university campus halls and standard sized theatres After the release of her debut single Complicated which made No 3 in the singles charts Avril Lavigne s debut album Let Go climbed to the top of the album charts for 3 weeks Consequently she became the youngest female solo artist to top the albums chart at only 17 years of age The album spawned three other Top 40 hits the upbeat Sk8er Boi the powerful Losing Grip and the loneliness ballad I m with You None of these equalled the success of her debut single the highest peaking at 7 February edit Hitting the Russian charts 3 years earlier female duo t A T u released their debut single All the Things She Said in the UK and it topped the charts for a total of 4 weeks taking all of February with it The accompanying video ostensibly depicted the girls imprisoned but concluded by revealing that it was the audience who was imprisoned it stirred controversy with its images of the two girls kissing They became the first Russian act to hit number 1 in the UK Their album 200 km h in the Wrong Lane peaked at No 12 in the charts and spawned a No 7 hit Not Gonna Get Us in May London duo Turin Brakes scored their first UK top ten hit when Pain Killer entered the chart at No 5 on 23 February Previous to this they had only enjoyed average success outside of the top 20 After the massive success of his debut single as a solo artist Like I Love You 2 ex NSYNC member Justin Timberlake released his solo album Justified Making No 6 on its first chart run it climbed back into the charts and this time made No 1 for 2 weeks Another solo star previously in a successful group took over from Justin Previously in Destiny s Child Kelly Rowland released her debut album Simply Deep which topped the charts for one week Her debut single Stole peaked at 2 Following their No 1 album from 1999 alternative electronic band Massive Attack hit the top again with their new album 100th Window The album spawned one single hit Special Cases which made 15 March edit Returning to the top of the UK charts for the 4th time US superstar Christina Aguilera hit the top with a second release from her second album Stripped Beautiful contrasted with the upbeat and raunchy Dirrty as Beautiful was a love ballad that seemed to be very personal to Christina She received praise from GLAAD because of the positive presentation of homosexual people in the video to the song which was edited by the BBC for showing on Top of the Pops Despite the fact that Britney has received 1 more chart topper than Christina as of January 2005 Christina has spent more weeks on top of the UK charts than Britney with Beautiful adding another 2 to that list With the official comic relief song of the year Gareth Gates returned to the top of the UK charts for a 4th and final time with a cover of Norman Greenbaum s Spirit in the Sky Taking it to the top for a 3rd time Gareth became the only act to get to the top with this single who was not a one hit wonder however he performed the song with The Kumars who themselves were a one hit wonder Ringo Starr released his album Ringo Rama on the 24th Returning to the top for a week was Justin Timberlake and his debut album Justified By this time he had released a follow up single to Like I Love You from the album Cry Me A River also peaked at No 2 and was an emotional ballad creating controversy because many thought the song was about Britney seeing as there was a Britney look alike in the video Taking the top of the albums chart for the following 4 weeks was jazz singer Norah Jones with her debut album Come Away With Me No singles were released from the album but despite this it was a hugely successful album April edit Becoming the second single of the year to have a 4 week run at number one the next chart topper was a re working of Oliver Cheatham s 1983 No 38 hit Get Down Saturday Night Featuring his vocals on the track Make Luv was re worked by Room 5 and was used in a TV advertisement for Lynx Deodorant Consequently it sold very well and topped the singles charts for almost the whole of April The duo did another collaboration Music And You in December as a Christmas release but it only made 38 Nu Metal band Linkin Park hit No 1 for the first time with their third album Meteora The album spawned 4 single hits the highest peaking at 10 After a week rock and roll duo The White Stripes took over for 2 weeks with their fourth album Elephant spanning the very popular single 7 Nation Army which peaked at 7 Returning to the top of the charts with A Rush of Blood to the Head were Coldplay This album was previously at No 1 in September 2002 It only remained at the top for a week this time May edit With their 3rd chart single guitar playing pop trio Busted scored their first UK chart topper when You Said No hit the top This was their 3rd consecutive Top 3 hit following their debut single That s What I Go To School For which made No 3 in September 2002 and their second single Year 3000 which hit No 2 in January of this year You Said No was a slightly more lyrics focused compared to their previous 2 singles which had been more tune based Criticised for making a mockery of rock bands in the new millennium Busted quickly gained a huge fanbase with young audiences Taking over after 7 days was German producer Thomas Bruckner renamed Tomcraft for his one and only UK single Loneliness It became the second of 9 to spend only a week at the top during the whole of 2003 This was a very good sign for the popularity of singles however sales were at their all time low Back at the top for the first time in 6 years was soul RNB singer R Kelly with a track from his new album Chocolate Factory Ignition Remix was his first No 1 single since I Believe I Can Fly hit the top in 1997 The single was successful topping the charts for 4 weeks receiving hugely high levels of airplay across all radio stations Other big hits included Lisa Maffia with her single All Over which managed to stay 3 weeks in the top 10 going on to sell over 90 000 copies With her 8th UK No 1 album Madonna returns to the top of the album charts with her new release American Life The album contained the hits Love Profusion Hollywood American Life and Die Another Day The latter was taken from the soundtrack to the James Bond film of the same name which itself was also a success Returning to the top yet again was Justin Timberlake and his debut album Justified but its stay was only for a week By this time it had spawned a 3rd No 2 single Rock Your Body which saw Justin turn towards dance music and show off his moves in the video Despite the fact that Blur scored a 5th No 1 album with their latest release Think Tank Justified was not kept from the top for long returning to the top after a week for what became its longest consecutive run at the top ending at 3 weeks In total the album had spent 7 weeks at the top June edit Alternative metal band Evanescence made their mark on the music industry with their debut single Bring Me To Life which topped the charts for 4 weeks The band a four piece from Little Rock Arkansas fronted by Amy Lee went on to massive success with their debut album Fallen which topped the album chart for a week and spawned another 3 Top 10 hits during the year Topping the charts for the third time since their career began in 1997 the Stereophonics were back at the top with You Gotta Go There to Come Back The album spawned 2 Top 5 hits following the pattern from their previous 2 chart topping albums Back at the top for the first time since 2001 were Radiohead with their 4th UK No 1 album Hail to the Thief Only at the top for a week just like the Stereophonics Evanescence reached the top of the charts with Fallen while Bring Me To Life was still at the top of the singles chart July edit Following in the footsteps of her former colleague Kelly Rowland Beyonce Knowles managed to reach the top of the UK charts with a solo release After making an appearance in the third Austin Powers movie Austin Powers in Goldmember Beyonce put herself back in the public eye and then released her debut solo single from the movie Work It Out which managed to make No 7 on the UK singles chart Her debut album Dangerously in Love topped the charts a week before she received her first third including her career with Destiny s Child number one single and they both continued runs at the top simultaneously for 3 weeks when her second single was knocked off the top spot Crazy in Love was an upbeat pop ballad but was not as dance emphasised as Work It Out It featured the rapper Jay Z who was already a very successful artist and whose career began 6 years ago in 1997 Featuring her four Top 10 hits the club tune Work It Out the chart topping Crazy in Love the No 2 hit 03 Bonnie amp Clyde also with Jay Z and the massive US No 1 Baby Boy in a duet with Sean Paul Beyonce s debut album Dangerously in Love topped the charts for five consecutive weeks three of those weeks coinciding with when her second single Crazy in Love was at the top of the charts Her debut album sold 113 000 copies in its first week and was eventually certified two times 2x platinum in October by the BPI The album itself have the most consecutive weeks to reach the top position on the UK album chart for 2003 In 2004 Beyonce released more singles from the album which fared well and then re formed with her old girl group Destiny s Child who proved to be much more successful than expected August edit Hitting the top of the UK charts for the third time with his 5th single was Daniel Bedingfield with another love ballad Never Gonna Leave Your Side which he said was a twin of his previous chart topper If You re Not The One being about the same girl Not only was the theme similar but so was the chart performance only spending a week at the summit Urban R amp B songstress Blu Cantrell was next to top the charts with a single from her second album Bittersweet The single was Breathe and was a collaboration with Sean Paul who was a Jamaican born Reggae performer Although never airing enough on Radio 1 to make the play list it still managed to enter the chart at No 1 and stay there for 4 weeks and became the surprise smash hit of the year With an original fusion of modern rock and country folk English rock band The Coral scored their 1st No 1 album with their second release Magic And Medicine The album spawned 3 hit singles one of which hit the top 5 becoming their highest peaking single ever However it only took a week before Robbie Williams hit the top of the charts again when Escapology returned to the top of the charts after its 6 week stay over the Christmas season of 2002 It contained the hits Feel Come Undone Something Beautiful and Sexed Up Taking over after a week for a 2 week run was Eva Cassidy with her 3rd UK No 1 album American Tune She became the second female solo artist to have 3 consecutive UK No 1 albums after Madonna achieved this in 2000 however it could be said that Eva holds this record solo because one of Madonna s albums was the soundtrack to Evita which featured other vocalists as well as her whereas Cassidy holds the full credit for all three of her albums Even more amazingly Cassidy s run of consecutive No 1 albums started after her death so the entire record is posthumous September edit Hitting the top for only the 6th time since his massively successful career began in 1971 Elton John s No 42 hit from 1979 Are you ready for love was shortened put into use in by Sky TV for their football premiership ads and consequently re released when it shot straight to the top of the charts for a week It was only Elton s 3rd solo No 1 single Next was the second single and first Top 30 hit from The Black Eyed Peas They are a 4 piece rap act from Los Angeles California and scored a 6 week run at the top with this single becoming the biggest selling single of the year however failing to sell a million copies becoming the first year not to have a million selling single since 1993 and also the longest stay at the top of the UK charts since Cher s Believe in 1998 The song Where Is The Love featured an unaccredited Justin Timberlake s vocals on the chorus and was about society and the corruption that had engulfed it and that people should begin to spread love to bring the world to a better state Topping the charts for 4 weeks with their debut album were rock band The Darkness Modelling themselves on bands like Queen they had already scored one Top 40 hit from the album with Growing on Me which peaked at 11 Their next hit from the album in the following month was their biggest peaking at No 2 and becoming what was considered to be the first classic anthem of the 21st century I Believe in a Thing Called Love was very Queen esque and marked them as a hugely popular band They made No 2 again with their special Christmas release and the album Permission to Land spawned one final hit the following year Love Is Only A Feeling which hit 5 Following on from the split of S Club earlier in the year Rachel Stevens made her solo debut in this month with Sweet Dreams My LA Ex peaking at No 2 for two inconsecutive weeks and spending a further 3 in the top 10 She would enjoy two top 30 albums and a further 6 top 30 singles before taking time out from music to focus on an acting career in 2006 October edit Finally ending the long stint at the top from the Black Eyed Peas the Sugababes were back for a 3rd time with their new single Hole in the Head taken from their 3rd album Three which strangely enough peaked at No 3 in the albums chart This was their last No 1 single until Push the Button hit the top spot in October 2005 They continued successfully into 2004 scoring 2 No 8 hits In The Middle amp Caught in a Moment Absolution was the 4th release from British rock band Muse Gradually acquiring a larger fan base they finally scored a No 1 album with what has been by far their most successful to date However their run at the top was short lived because only after 7 days Dido was back at the top with her second album Life For Rent Due to the success of No Angel when re issued due to her appearance in Eminem s Stan she began recording again and this album became another massive hit but not quite as big as her debut The album spawned 3 hit singles two of which failed to make the Top 20 but one became her most successful single White Flag peaking at 2 It spent 4 weeks at the top but was to return to the top several times over the course of the next few months November edit New York hip hop producer club DJ and radio DJ Fatman Scoop combining with Crooklyn Clan were the first No 1 November with Be Faithful which was made 5 years earlier but only released now It spent 2 weeks at No 1 and became the second No 1 of the year to hit the top many years after being made with the first being t A T u and All the Things She Said The dance song Slow saw Kylie Minogue hit the top for a 7th time She was praised all over for trying a different style and making it just as good as her other music however it did join record with Iron Maiden s Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter in becoming the lowest selling number one single of all time Hitting the top for the second time were pop trio Busted with their 5th chart hit Crashed The Wedding Taking a different stance to their other singles it still only managed one week at the summit Hitting the top for a record 12th time were boyband Westlife with their remake of the Barry Manilow No 11 hit from 1975 Mandy They were now 2 chart toppers ahead of the queen of pop Madonna and 2 chart toppers behind the British Elvis Cliff Richard With a collection of their best tracks such as Everybody Hurts Imitation of Life Losing My Religion amp The Great Beyond R E M were back at the top with In Time The Best of R E M 1988 2003 Failing to top the singles chart all year were boyband Blue who scored a 3rd consecutive UK No 1 album with their new release Guilty It had already spawned one hit Guilty and would create more including Signed Sealed Delivered I m Yours a collaboration with Stevie Wonder on one of his old tracks Breathe Easy and Bubblin They split at the end of 2004 releasing a Greatest Hits compilation promoting it with a new track Curtain Falls Returning to number one for the first time was Dido with Life For Rent Taking over from her was Michael Jackson with his Number Ones collection Scoring 7 1 s in the UK and 13 in the US he had accumulated a large amount to make an album with The album contained the likes of Billie Jean Rock with You Don t Stop Til You Get Enough Black or White Earth Song amp Thriller December edit After a break of a year Pop Idol Will Young returned to the top of the UK charts for the 4th time with his new single Leave Right Now It was taken from his new album Friday s Child which later topped the charts He now had as many chart toppers as Gareth Gates and as of January 2005 they are still level Taking over after 2 weeks was a duet from Ozzy Osbourne and his daughter Kelly with Changes Tipped to be the Christmas No 1 Kelly was experiencing great success as a solo artist and also the song gave Ozzy his first No 1 after 33 years of chart activity since he first started with Black Sabbath It was also the first father daughter chart topper since Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra topped the charts with Somethin Stupid in 1967 The Darkness Christmas Time Don t Let The Bells End was also anticipated to take the top spot however in the week leading up to Christmas the most unexpected thing happened Taken from the soundtrack to the film Donnie Darko Michael Andrews amp Gary Jules scored a chart topper with Mad World It was a remake of the Tears for Fears No 3 hit from 1982 and topped the UK charts for 3 weeks becoming the fastest selling single of the year and took the Christmas number one spot along with it With their 5th album Turnaround gave Westlife their 4th No 1 album It contained the chart topping Mandy and the No 3 hit from the following year Obvious The following year Brian McFadden split from the group but they continued as a foursome releasing Allow Us To Be Frank with a cover of old big band classics Topping the charts with his second album was Will Young and Friday s Child which contained Leave Right Now However the Christmas number one album was by one of the most successful female solo artists in the 21st century on the albums chart Dido returned to the top for a further 3 weeks with Life For Rent It has sold in excess of 2 2 million copies Charts editNumber one singles edit Chart date week ending Song Artist s Sales4 January Sound of the Underground Girls Aloud 128 00011 January 56 00018 January 34 47125 January Stop Living the Lie David Sneddon 108 3121 February 45 5008 February All the Things She Said t A T u 90 00015 February 57 00022 February 45 5001 March 40 5008 March Beautiful Christina Aguilera 59 50015 March 42 50022 March Spirit in the Sky Gareth Gates and The Kumars 273 50829 March 117 0005 April Make Luv Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham 111 00012 April 66 50019 April 43 00026 April 32 5003 May You Said No Busted 41 00010 May Loneliness Tomcraft 36 61717 May Ignition Remix R Kelly 70 00024 May 72 36031 May 67 0007 June 60 41514 June Bring Me to Life Evanescence 56 52421 June 47 50028 June 36 0005 July 34 30012 July Crazy in Love Beyonce featuring Jay Z 72 50019 July 46 50026 July 34 6002 August Never Gonna Leave Your Side Daniel Bedingfield 36 5009 August Breathe Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul 47 31216 August 49 19223 August 44 00030 August 40 0006 September Are You Ready for Love Elton John 56 92313 September Where Is the Love The Black Eyed Peas 94 30820 September 90 30827 September 79 0004 October 70 00011 October 65 00018 October 55 00025 October Hole in the Head Sugababes 58 5001 November Be Faithful Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan 62 5008 November 51 40015 November Slow Kylie Minogue 43 29122 November Crashed the Wedding Busted 55 00029 November Mandy Westlife 70 0006 December Leave Right Now Will Young 117 70213 December 83 00020 December Changes Ozzy Osbourne amp Kelly Osbourne 86 00027 December Mad World Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules 227 547Number one albums edit Chart date week ending Album Artist s Sales4 January Escapology Robbie Williams 226 00011 January Let Go Avril Lavigne 52 00018 January 38 00025 January 41 0001 February Justified Justin Timberlake 34 0008 February 51 00015 February Simply Deep Kelly Rowland 63 00022 February 100th Window Massive Attack 65 5001 March Justified Justin Timberlake 56 0008 March Come Away with Me Norah Jones 71 00015 March 67 50022 March 60 00029 March 53 0005 April Meteora Linkin Park 93 88612 April Elephant The White Stripes 64 19119 April 40 00026 April A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 39 0003 May American Life Madonna 65 00010 May Justified Justin Timberlake 48 00017 May Think Tank Blur 64 80324 May Justified Justin Timberlake 43 00031 May 48 0007 June 41 00014 June You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics 101 94621 June Hail to the Thief Radiohead 114 32028 June Fallen Evanescence 38 5705 July Dangerously in Love Beyonce 113 11712 July 86 50019 July 72 00026 July 49 0002 August 45 0009 August Magic and Medicine The Coral 62 79216 August Escapology Robbie Williams 37 00023 August American Tune Eva Cassidy 42 50030 August 49 0006 September Permission to Land The Darkness 43 50013 September 48 60020 September 60 50027 September 64 0004 October Absolution Muse 71 59711 October Life for Rent Dido 400 35118 October 198 71425 October 122 5001 November 89 5008 November In Time The Best of R E M 1988 2003 R E M 114 00015 November Guilty Blue 89 00022 November Life for Rent Dido 83 60429 November Number Ones Michael Jackson 118 1576 December Turnaround Westlife 154 16913 December Friday s Child Will Young 201 90020 December Life for Rent Dido 216 90027 December 270 652Year end charts editBetween 29 December 2002 and 27 December 2003 Best selling singles edit 1 No Title Artist Peakposition Sales 2 1 Where Is the Love The Black Eyed Peas 1 625 1982 Spirit in the Sky Gareth Gates with The Kumars 1 552 5983 Ignition Remix R Kelly 1 478 3694 Mad World Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules 1 394 6275 Leave Right Now Will Young 1 381 0886 All the Things She Said t A T u 1 337 8297 Changes Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne 1 333 8698 Breathe Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul 1 330 0329 Make Luv Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham 1 316 75010 Christmas Time Don t Let the Bells End The Darkness 2 313 53011 Bring Me to Life Evanescence 112 White Flag Dido 213 In da Club 50 Cent 314 Turn Me On Kevin Lyttle 215 Crazy in Love Beyonce featuring Jay Z 116 Move Your Feet Junior Senior 317 I m Your Man Shane Richie 218 Stop Living the Lie David Sneddon 119 Be Faithful Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan 120 Shut Up The Black Eyed Peas 221 Sound of the Underground Girls Aloud 122 Sweet Dreams My LA Ex Rachel Stevens 223 Beautiful Christina Aguilera 124 Pretty Green Eyes Ultrabeat 225 Lose Yourself Eminem 3 a 26 Superstar Jamelia 327 Are You Ready for Love Elton John 128 Cry Me a River Justin Timberlake 229 All I Have Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J 230 Stole Kelly Rowland 231 Mandy Westlife 132 Fly on the Wings of Love XTM amp DJ Chucky presents Annia 833 I Believe in a Thing Called Love The Darkness 234 Year 3000 Busted 235 If You re Not the One Daniel Bedingfield 4 b 36 Proper Crimbo Bo Selecta 437 The Fast Food Song Fast Food Rockers 238 I Know What You Want Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad 339 Baby Boy Big Brovaz 440 Scandalous Mis Teeq 241 Born to Try Delta Goodrem 342 Jump Girls Aloud 243 Hole in the Head Sugababes 144 Never Leave You Uh Oooh Uh Oooh Lumidee 245 Favourite Things Big Brovaz 246 Loneliness Tomcraft 147 The Boys of Summer DJ Sammy featuring Loona 248 Crashed the Wedding Busted 149 No Letting Go Wayne Wonder 350 03 Bonnie amp Clyde Jay Z featuring Beyonce 2Best selling albums edit 3 No Title Artist Peakposition Sales 4 1 Life for Rent Dido 1 2 168 3022 Justified Justin Timberlake 1 1 404 2723 Stripped Christina Aguilera 2 1 264 0594 Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield 2 1 112 1435 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 1 1 071 6716 Permission to Land The Darkness 1 1 027 8037 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 1 985 5878 Number Ones Michael Jackson 1 960 8489 Busted Busted 2 907 33110 In Time The Best of R E M 1988 2003 R E M 1 907 28211 Let Go Avril Lavigne 112 Friday s Child Will Young 113 Elephunk The Black Eyed Peas 414 Dangerously in Love Beyonce 115 Fallen Evanescence 1 775 000 3 16 Innocent Eyes Delta Goodrem 217 Get Rich or Die Tryin 50 Cent 218 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 707 974 3 19 A Present for Everyone Busted 2 684 000 3 20 Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 637 271 3 21 Dutty Rock Sean Paul 222 Elephant The White Stripes 123 Turnaround Westlife 124 Pure Hayley Westenra 7 578 749 3 25 The R in R amp B Collection Vol 1 R Kelly 426 Home Simply Red 227 Escapology Robbie Williams 128 You Gotta Go There to Come Back Stereophonics 129 Guilty Blue 130 Live at Knebworth Robbie Williams 231 Three Sugababes 332 The Very Best of Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow 233 Greatest Hits 1970 2002 Elton John 334 As Time Goes By The Great American Songbook Volume II Rod Stewart 435 Meteora Linkin Park 136 Michael Buble Michael Buble 637 Bryn Bryn Terfel 638 Twentysomething Jamie Cullum 539 The Eminem Show Eminem 140 Ladies Night Atomic Kitten 5 519 871 3 41 Simply Deep Kelly Rowland 142 Nu Flow Big Brovaz 643 Introduction Alex Parks 544 Missundaztood Pink 245 A New Day at Midnight David Gray 146 So Much for the City The Thrills 347 The Young and the Hopeless Good Charlotte 1548 Up Shania Twain 449 Greatest Hits Tom Jones 250 Cliff at Christmas Cliff Richard 9Notes Reached number 1 in 2002 Reached number 1 in 2002 Best selling compilations edit 5 No Title Peakposition1 Now 56 12 Power Ballads The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World Ever 13 Now 55 14 Pop Party 25 Now 54 16 Love Actually Original Soundtrack 27 Now Decades 18 The Number One Classical Album 2004 49 8 Mile Original Soundtrack 110 Clubland III The Sound of the Summer 1See also editList of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 2003 List of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones of 2003 List of UK Rock amp Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2003References edit 2003 Singles Top 100 Music Week London England UBM 13 17 January 2004 Roberts Dave ed 2004 Top 10 Singles of 2003 British Hit Singles amp Albums 17th ed London England Guinness World Records p 227 ISBN 0 85112 199 3 a b c d e f g 2003 Albums Top 100 Music Week London England UBM 15 17 January 2004 Roberts 2004 Top 10 Albums of 2003 p 227 Compilations Music Week London England UBM 16 17 January 2004 External links editTop 200 singles of 2003 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 in British music charts amp oldid 1171641021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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