Best-Selling Music of 2003

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2003 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Fantasy and adventure fiction ruled the roost, with young adult titles crossing over to adult readership in unprecedented numbers. Series fiction had its grip on Britain and showed no signs of loosening.

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#1 — Life for Rent

Life for Rent

3.8 · 283

#2 — Come Away With Me

Come Away With Me

4.5 · 312

#3 — In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003

In Time: The Best of REM 1988 - 2003

4.4 · 246

#4 — Permission To Land

Permission To Land

4.1 · 328

#5 — Elephant

Elephant

4.5 · 217

#6 — Now That's What I Call Music! 56

Now That's What I Call Music! 56

4.2 · 46

#7 — A Rush Of Blood To The Head

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

4.4 · 332

#8 — Friday's Child

Friday's Child

4.8 · 120

#9 — Justified

Justified

4.3 · 159

#10 — Greatest Hits: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Greatest Hits: Red Hot Chilli Peppers

4.3 · 220

#11 — A Present For Everyone

A Present For Everyone

4.0 · 163

#12 — By the Way

By the Way

4.5 · 253

#13 — Stripped

Stripped

4.6 · 226

#14 — Number Ones

Number Ones

4.6 · 393

#15 — Let It Be... Naked

Let It Be... Naked

4.3 · 184

#16 — Fallen

Fallen

4.6 · 466

#17 — So Much For The City

So Much For The City

4.2 · 80

#18 — Absolution

Absolution

4.6 · 376

#19 — Let Go

Let Go

4.5 · 197

#20 — Hail To The Thief

Hail To The Thief

4.2 · 227

#21 — Twentysomething

Twentysomething

4.2 · 84

#22 — Live at Knebworth

Live at Knebworth

4.5 · 90

#23 — The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow

The Very Best Of Sheryl Crow

4.5 · 91

#24 — Room On Fire

Room On Fire

4.3 · 121

#25 — Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]

Elephunk [Explicit Lyrics]

4.2 · 75

#26 — Dangerously in Love

Dangerously in Love

3.9 · 164

#27 — Innocent Eyes

Innocent Eyes

4.6 · 120

#28 — 12 Memories

12 Memories

4.3 · 47

#29 — You Gotta Go There to Come Back

You Gotta Go There to Come Back

4.1 · 126

#30 — Introduction

Introduction

4.2 · 94

#31 — Gotta Get Thru This

Gotta Get Thru This

4.4 · 81

#32 — Michael Buble

Michael Buble

4.6 · 214

#33 — Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

4.2 · 97

#34 — Love Actually

Love Actually

4.5 · 194

#35 — 100th Window

100th Window

3.9 · 95

#36 — Busted

Busted

4.1 · 148

#37 — Body Language

Body Language

3.9 · 127

#38 — Three

Three

4.3 · 54

#39 — Bryn

Bryn

4.7 · 37

#40 — A New Day At Midnight

A New Day At Midnight

4.1 · 65

#41 — Hayley Westenra: Pure

Hayley Westenra: Pure

4.6 · 47

#42 — Guilty

Guilty

4.2 · 45

#43 — Meteora (Enhanced UK Version)

Meteora (Enhanced UK Version)

4.4 · 304

#44 — Try This

Try This

4.5 · 70

#45 — Turnaround

Turnaround

4.4 · 68

#46 — Call Off the Search

Call Off the Search

4.2 · 228

#47 — Think Tank

Think Tank

4.2 · 116

#48 — Small World Big Band Friends 3 - Jack O The Green

Small World Big Band Friends 3 - Jack O The Green

4.6 · 32

#49 — Silence Is Easy

Silence Is Easy

4.0 · 43

#50 — Magic and Medicine

Magic and Medicine

3.5 · 46

#51 — Smooth Classics - Do Not Disturb

Smooth Classics - Do Not Disturb

4.6 · 14

#52 — Youth and Young Manhood [Digipak]

Youth and Young Manhood [Digipak]

4.5 · 136

#53 — Ether Song

Ether Song

3.7 · 32

#54 — O

O

4.5 · 273

#55 — Melody A.M.

Melody A.M.

4.6 · 82

#56 — Vehicles & Animals

Vehicles & Animals

4.3 · 102

#58 — Bare

Bare

4.4 · 72

#60 — As Time Goes By - The Great American Song Book Vol 2

As Time Goes By - The Great American Song Book Vol 2

4.6 · 86

#61 — American Life

American Life

4.2 · 205

#62 — Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

Get Rich Or Die Tryin'

4.0 · 141

#63 — Angels With Dirty Faces

Angels With Dirty Faces

4.5 · 57

#64 — Parts of the Process - The Best of Morcheeba

Parts of the Process - The Best of Morcheeba

4.4 · 34

#65 — Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

4.1 · 103

#66 — The R In RnB Collection Vol. 1 - Greatest Hits

The R In RnB Collection Vol. 1 - Greatest Hits

4.6 · 70

#67 — The Diary Of Alicia Keys

The Diary Of Alicia Keys

4.6 · 72

#68 — The Long Road

The Long Road

4.6 · 91

#69 — Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... ...

Power Ballads: The Greatest Driving Anthems in the World... ...

4.6 · 82

#70 — Parachutes

Parachutes

4.4 · 412

#71 — Black Cherry

Black Cherry

4.6 · 84

#72 — Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

4.6 · 109

#73 — M!ssundaztood

M!ssundaztood

4.6 · 110

#74 — How The West Was Won: Live (3CD)

How The West Was Won: Live (3CD)

4.8 · 120

#75 — No Angel

No Angel

4.5 · 257

#76 — Dedicated

Dedicated

4.4 · 26

#77 — Home

Home

4.5 · 35

#78 — Pointless Nostalgic

Pointless Nostalgic

4.4 · 37

#79 — Cast Of Thousands

Cast Of Thousands

4.3 · 86

#80 — Sacred Love

Sacred Love

3.9 · 30

#81 — Forty Licks

Forty Licks

4.6 · 183

#82 — Fire

Fire

4.6 · 63

#83 — Pop Party [Includes Bonus Karaoke CD]

Pop Party [Includes Bonus Karaoke CD]

4.0 · 27

#84 — Ladies Night

Ladies Night

4.2 · 22

#85 — Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

4.8 · 485

#86 — The Coral

The Coral

4.4 · 62

#87 — Say You Will

Say You Will

4.3 · 123

#88 — The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

4.5 · 138

#89 — Lost Horizons

Lost Horizons

4.5 · 77

#90 — The Eminem Show

The Eminem Show

4.6 · 179

#91 — Grace

Grace

4.7 · 321

#92 — The Essential Bruce Springsteen

The Essential Bruce Springsteen

4.7 · 120

#93 — One By One

One By One

4.3 · 118

#94 — Best - The Greatest Hits

Best - The Greatest Hits

4.7 · 101

#95 — Singles 1993-03

Singles 1993-03

4.5 · 14

#96 — IV

IV

4.5 · 43

#97 — Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 54

Now That's What I Call Music! Vol 54

4.4 · 46

#98 — Echoes: The Einaudi Collection

Echoes: The Einaudi Collection

4.6 · 132

#99 — Comfort in Sound

Comfort in Sound

4.7 · 98

#100 — Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace

Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace

4.5 · 369

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