The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly discrete and download sales.
In 2003, 34 different albums reached the #1 spot on the Billboard 200. Get Rich or Die Tryin' by the American rapper 50 Cent spent the longest time at #1, with 6 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the albums list. It also became the best performing album of 2003.
Chart history +KeyIndicates best performing album of 2003
Issue date Album Artist(s) Sales Up!459,000 8 MileSoundtrack313,000 119,000 Come Away with Me108,000 114,000 112,000 HomeDixie Chicks104,000 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent872,000 822,000 Chocolate Factory532,000 Come Away with MeNorah Jones621,000 Get Rich or Die Tryin''' |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=3 data-sort-value="Fifty Cent"|50 Cent |style="text-align: center;"|359,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|280,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|234,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Meteora|style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Linkin Park |style="text-align: center;"|810,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|265,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Faceless|style="text-align: center;"|Godsmack |style="text-align: center;"|269,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Thankful|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|297,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|American Life|style="text-align: center;"|Madonna |style="text-align: center;"|241,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"|Get Rich or Die Tryin' |style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value="Fifty Cent"|50 Cent |style="text-align: center;"|128,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Body Kiss|style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value="Isley Brothers, The"|The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley |style="text-align: center;"|150,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|The Golden Age of Grotesque|style="text-align: center;" data-sort-value="Manson, Marilyn"|Marilyn Manson |style="text-align: center;"|118,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|14 Shades of Grey|style="text-align: center;"|Staind |style="text-align: center;"|220,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|How the West Was Won|style="text-align: center;"|Led Zeppelin |style="text-align: center;"|154,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|St. Anger|style="text-align: center;"|Metallica |style="text-align: center;"|418,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Dance with My Father|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|442,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|After the Storm|style="text-align: center;"|Monica |style="text-align: center;"|185,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Dangerously in Love|style="text-align: center;"|Beyoncé |style="text-align: center;"|317,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Chapter II|style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Ashanti |style="text-align: center;"|326,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|135,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=4|Bad Boys II|style="text-align: center;" rowspan=4|Soundtrack |style="text-align: center;"|324,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|197,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|155,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|121,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Greatest Hits Volume II and Some Other Stuff|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|328,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|The Neptunes Present... Clones|style="text-align: center;"|The Neptunes / Various Artists |style="text-align: center;"|249,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Love & Life|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|286,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Metamorphosis|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|131,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Heavier Things|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|316,500 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Grand Champ|style="text-align: center;"|DMX |style="text-align: center;"|312,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Speakerboxxx/The Love Below|style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|OutKast |style="text-align: center;"|509,600 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|235,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Chicken*N*Beer|style="text-align: center;"|Ludacris |style="text-align: center;"|429,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2|Measure of a Man|style="text-align: center;" rowspan=2| |style="text-align: center;"|613,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|225,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Speakerboxxx/The Love Below|style="text-align: center;"|OutKast |style="text-align: center;"|142,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Shock'n Y'all|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|585,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|The Black Album|style="text-align: center;"|Jay-Z |style="text-align: center;"|464,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|In the Zone|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|609,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|The Black Album|style="text-align: center;"|Jay-Z |style="text-align: center;"|260,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|The Diary of Alicia Keys|style="text-align: center;"| |style="text-align: center;"|618,000 |style="text-align: center;"| |- ! scope="row" | |style="text-align: center;"|Soulful''416,500
See also 2003 in music
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