Best albums of 2003
Garage rock hit its commercial ceiling and started sliding almost immediately. Grime turned up as a fully formed London dialect that owed America nothing, which is rarer than it sounds. The South, meanwhile, split a double album between two people who were barely speaking.
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of 2003 is The College Dropout by Kanye West, rated 4.4/5 by 52 listeners.
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Build a list or tier of your ownBest albums of 2003 by genre
The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Rock albums of 2003
305 albums from 2003
Best Hip-Hop albums of 2003
292 albums from 2003
Best Pop albums of 2003
273 albums from 2003
Best Jazz albums of 2003
251 albums from 2003
Best Alternative Rock albums of 2003
210 albums from 2003
The artists of 2003
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
2003, month by month
Not everything that came out, just where the weight fell. Some months carried a year; some were quiet and worth knowing about.
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FAQ
- What are the best albums of 2003?
- On Riffiter, the highest-rated album of 2003 is The College Dropout by Kanye West (4.4/5). The ranking below orders the year's releases by community rating.
- How is the 2003 ranking decided?
- By Riffiter listeners. Each album's community rating sets its place. Until a release has enough ratings, its popularity stands in, and the order shifts as more people rate.
- Does the best-of-2003 list change?
- Yes. It's built from live community ratings, so the order updates as people rate 2003 releases. The page refreshes a few times a day.