List of number-one country albums of 2003 (U.S.)
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These are the U.S. number-one country albums of 2003
, per the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
2003 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2003.-Events:*March 10 — During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas"...
, per the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7-10 days in advance.
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 4 | Up! Up! (album) -Critical reception:Upon its release, the album received very positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 72/100 from Metacritic... |
Shania Twain Shania Twain Shania Twain, OC is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. Her album The Woman in Me , brought her fame and her 1997 album Come On Over, became the best-selling album of all time by a female musician in any genre, and the best-selling country album of all time. It has sold over 40 million... |
| January 11 | Up! | Shania Twain |
| January 18 | Home Home (Dixie Chicks album) Home is the sixth studio album by American country band Dixie Chicks, released in 2002 on Monument/Columbia Records. It is notable for its acoustic bluegrass sound, which stands in contrast with their previous two country pop albums.... |
Dixie Chicks Dixie Chicks The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines... |
| January 25 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| February 1 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| February 8 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| February 15 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| February 22 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| March 1 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| March 8 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| March 15 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| March 22 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| March 29 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| April 5 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| April 12 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| April 19 | Chris Cagle Chris Cagle (album) - Musicians :*John Carroll – electric guitar*Shannon Forrest – percussion, drums*Chris McHugh – percussion, drums, Loop Programming*Michael Noble – acoustic guitar*Gary Smith – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Strings, String Arrangements... |
Chris Cagle Chris Cagle Chris Cagle is an American country music artist. Signed with Virgin Records Nashville in 2000, Cagle made his debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts with the single "My Love Goes On and On", the first single from his debut album Play It Loud... |
| April 26 | Home | Dixie Chicks |
| May 3 | Have You Forgotten? Have You Forgotten? (album) Have You Forgotten? is the third album by American country music singer Darryl Worley. It was released on April 15, 2003 via DreamWorks Records Nashville. Except for four new songs — the title track, "I Will Hold My Ground", "I Need a Breather" and "Shiloh" — it contains previously released... |
Darryl Worley Darryl Worley Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004... |
| May 10 | Have You Forgotten? | Darryl Worley |
| May 17 | Have You Forgotten? | Darryl Worley |
| May 24 | Have You Forgotten? | Darryl Worley |
| May 31 | Unleashed Unleashed (Toby Keith album) Unleashed is the title of American country music singer Toby Keith's seventh studio album, released in 2002 on DreamWorks Records Nashville... |
Toby Keith Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of... |
| June 7 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Jo Dee Messina album) Greatest Hits is the name of a compilation album released by country singer Jo Dee Messina in 2003.This album featured Messina's biggest hits from her first three studio albums . Also included are four new studio tracks: "Was That My Life", "Wishing Well", "You Belong in the Sun", and "I Wish"... |
Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Messina Jo Dee Marie Messina , known professionally as Jo Dee Messina, is an American country music artist. She has charted nine Number One singles on the Billboard country music charts. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two... |
| June 14 | Unleashed | Toby Keith |
| June 21 | From There to Here: Greatest Hits From There to Here: Greatest Hits From There to Here: Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation released by American country music group Lonestar. In addition to chronicling the greatest hits from their first four studio albums, the album includes the newly recorded tracks "My Front Porch Looking In", "Walking in... |
Lonestar Lonestar Lonestar is an American country music group consisting of Richie McDonald , Michael Britt , Keech Rainwater , Dean Sams , and Michael Hill . McDonald left the band in November 2007 for a solo career before returning in 2011... |
| June 28 | Honkytonkville Honkytonkville Honkytonkville is the 27th album by American country singer George Strait, released in 2003 by MCA Nashville. One of only a few albums of his career not to produce a Number One single, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA. It produced the singles "Tell Me Something Bad About Tulsa",... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
| July 5 | Honkytonkville | George Strait |
| July 12 | From There to Here: Greatest Hits | Lonestar |
| July 19 | Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell (album) Buddy Jewell is the third studio album by American country music singer Buddy Jewell. The album was Jewell's major-label debut and his first album since winning season one of Nashville Star. As part of the Nashville Star prize, the album was produced by Clint Black and recorded entirely in ten... |
Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell Jr. is an American country music artist who was the first winner on the USA Network talent show Nashville Star. Signed to Columbia Records in 2003, Jewell made his debut on the American country music scene with the release of his self-titled album, which produced the singles "Help... |
| July 26 | Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 | Trace Adkins Trace Adkins Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations... |
| August 2 | Red Dirt Road Red Dirt Road Red Dirt Road is the eighth studio album for country duo Brooks & Dunn, released in 2003 on Arista Nashville. Certified platinum for sales of one million copies in the U.S., the album produced three top ten singles: "Red Dirt Road" , "You Can't Take the Honky-Tonk out of the Girl" and "That's What... |
Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn Brooks & Dunn was an American country music duo consisting of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who were both vocalists and songwriters. They were paired by record producer Tim DuBois in 1990. Before the duo's foundation, both members of the duo were solo recording artists... |
| August 9 | Mud on the Tires Mud on the Tires -Musicians:*Ron Block - banjo*Jim "Moose" Brown - B3 organ on "Famous People"*Randel Currie - steel guitar, pedabro on "Ain't Nothin Like"*Eric Darken - percussion*Jerry Douglas - Dobro*Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass, fretless bass... |
Brad Paisley Brad Paisley Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references.... |
| August 16 | Mud on the Tires | Brad Paisley |
| August 23 | What the World Needs Now Is Love What the World Needs Now Is Love (album) What the World Needs Now Is Love is the title of American country music artist Wynonna Judd's sixth studio album. Released in 2003 as her first album for Asylum-Curb Records, the album produced four chart singles. The first of these, which was the title track, reached #14 on the Billboard country... |
Wynonna Wynonna Judd Wynonna Ellen Judd is an American country music singer. Her solo albums and singles are all credited to the singular name Wynonna. Wynonna first rose to fame in the 1980s alongside her mother, Naomi, in the country music duo The Judds... |
| August 30 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) Greatest Hits Volume II (Alan Jackson album) Greatest Hits Volume II, also known as Greatest Hits Volume II... and Some Other Stuff, is the second compilation album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. The original version of this album was only available through December, 2003 and contained two discs: the first disc has 16 hits and... |
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... |
| September 6 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| September 13 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| September 20 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| September 27 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| October 4 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| October 11 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| October 18 | Martina Martina (album) - Personnel :As listed in liner notes.All strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted and arranged by Chris McDonald.- Album :- Singles :... |
Martina McBride Martina McBride Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range.... |
| October 25 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| November 1 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| November 8 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| November 15 | Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) | Alan Jackson |
| November 22 | Shock'n Y'all Shock'n Y'all -References:... |
Toby Keith |
| November 29 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| December 6 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| December 13 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| December 20 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |
| December 27 | Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith |