List of European number-one hits of 2003

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This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 2003. After Music & Media ceased in August 2003, Billboard took over publication of both pan-European charts.

Chart history

Key
†	Indicates best-performing single and album of 2003^[1]

More information Issue date, Song ...

Issue date	Song	Artist	Album	Artist	Ref.
4 January	"Lose Yourself" †	Eminem	Escapology	Robbie Williams	^[2]
11 January	"The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)"	Las Ketchup			^[2]
18 January	"Lose Yourself" †	Eminem			^[3]
25 January					^[4]
1 February					^[5]
8 February					^[6]
15 February	"All the Things She Said"	t.A.T.u.			^[7]
22 February					^[8]
1 March			100th Window	Massive Attack	^[9]
8 March			100th Window	Massive Attack	^[10]
15 March			Come Away with Me †	Norah Jones	^[11]
22 March	"Lose Yourself" †	Eminem			^[12]
29 March					^[13]
5 April					^[14]
12 April			Meteora	Linkin Park	^[15]
19 April	"In da Club"	50 Cent			^[16]
26 April					^[17]
3 May					^[18]
10 May			American Life	Madonna	^[19]
17 May					^[20]
24 May					^[21]
31 May			The Golden Age of Grotesque	Marilyn Manson	^[22]
7 June			Fallen	Evanescence	^[23]
14 June	"I Know What You Want"	Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring The Flipmode Squad	Fallen	Evanescence	^[24]
21 June	"Bring Me to Life"	Evanescence	St. Anger	Metallica	^[25]
28 June					^[26]
5 July					^[27]
12 July					^[28]
19 July					^[29]
26 July	"Crazy in Love"	Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z			^[30]
2 August			Dangerously in Love	Beyoncé	^[31]
9 August					^[32]
6 August^[a]					^[34]
13 August	"Bring Me to Life"	Evanescence	Fallen	Evanescence	^[35]
20 August	"Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)"	Lumidee			^[36]
27 August	"Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)"	Lumidee			^[37]
3 September	"Breathe"	Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul			^[38]
10 September	"Never Leave You (Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh)"	Lumidee			^[39]
17 September	"White Flag"	Dido	Dance of Death	Iron Maiden	^[40]
24 September	"White Flag"	Dido	Reality	David Bowie	^[41]
1 October	"Where Is the Love?"	The Black Eyed Peas	Sacred Love	Sting	^[42]
8 October			Life for Rent	Dido	^[43]
14 October					^[44]
22 October					^[45]
29 October					^[46]
5 November					^[47]
12 November					^[48]
19 November	"Me Against the Music"	Britney Spears featuring Madonna			^[49]
26 November					^[50]
3 December					^[50]
10 December	"Shut Up"	The Black Eyed Peas			^[51]
17 December					^[52]
24 December
31 December					^[53]

Notes

[a]
Starting with the issue dated 16 August 2003, Billboard became the sole publisher of the pan-European charts after Music & Media ceased. When appearing on Billboard, the pan-European charts are dated 10 days before the magazine's issue date.^[33]

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