List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2003

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 2003, 16 different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc.[1]

Chris Cagle had his first number one in 2003 with his eponymous album.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, Shania Twain was at number one with Up!, the album's fifth week in the top spot.[2] It spent two weeks atop the listing in 2003 before being displaced by Home by the Dixie Chicks, which regained the peak position having first reached number one in 2002.[3] Home spent fourteen non-consecutive weeks at number one during 2003, making it the year's longest-running chart-topper and the all-female trio the act with the most weeks in the top spot during the year. It was the group's third consecutive album to win the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.[3] The only act to have more than one chart-topping album in 2003 was Toby Keith, who engaged in a public feud with the Dixie Chicks in the early part of the year after the group's lead singer Natalie Maines made controversial comments about then-United States President George W. Bush, which led to many country music radio stations refusing to play their songs.[4][5][6] Keith topped the chart with both Unleashed and Shock'n Y'all, which was the final number one of the year.

Four acts topped the chart for the first time in 2003. In April, Chris Cagle interrupted the Dixie Chicks' time at number one for a single week and gained his first chart-topper with his eponymous album.[7] In July, another self-titled album gave Buddy Jewell his first number one, two months after he won the first season of the TV singing contest Nashville Star.[8][9] In July, Trace Adkins reached the top of the chart for the first time with Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1,[10] one of several greatest hits albums to reach number one during the year. Two weeks later, Brad Paisley gained his first number one with Mud on the Tires;[11] Paisley would go on to be one of the biggest new country stars of the early 21st century.[12] In contrast to the four first-time chart-toppers, George Strait gained his 18th number one with Honkytonkville, extending his record for the highest number of chart-toppers in the listing's history.[13]

Chart history
Buddy Jewell topped the chart after winning the first season of TV show Nashville Star.
Mud on the Tires was the first number one for Brad Paisley.
Trace Adkins was one of a number of artists to top the chart with a greatest hits album.
Toby Keith was the only act to achieve two number ones in 2003.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 Up! Shania Twain [2]
January 11 [14]
January 18 Home Dixie Chicks [15]
January 25 [16]
February 1 [17]
February 8 [18]
February 15 [19]
February 22 [20]
March 1 [21]
March 8 [22]
March 15 [23]
March 22 [24]
March 29 [25]
April 5 [26]
April 12 [27]
April 19 Chris Cagle Chris Cagle [28]
April 26 Home Dixie Chicks [29]
May 3 Have You Forgotten? Darryl Worley [30]
May 10 [31]
May 17 [32]
May 24 [33]
May 31 Unleashed Toby Keith [34]
June 7 Greatest Hits Jo Dee Messina [35]
June 14 Unleashed Toby Keith [36]
June 21 From There to Here: Greatest Hits Lonestar [37]
June 28 Honkytonkville George Strait [38]
July 5 [39]
July 12 From There to Here: Greatest Hits Lonestar [40]
July 19 Buddy Jewell Buddy Jewell [41]
July 26 Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 Trace Adkins [42]
August 2 Red Dirt Road Brooks & Dunn [43]
August 9 Mud on the Tires Brad Paisley [44]
August 16 [45]
August 23 What the World Needs Now Is Love Wynonna [46]
August 30 Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) Alan Jackson [47]
September 6 [48]
September 13 [49]
September 20 [50]
September 27 [51]
October 4 [52]
October 11 [53]
October 18 Martina Martina McBride [54]
October 25 Greatest Hits Volume II (And Some Other Stuff) Alan Jackson [55]
November 1 [56]
November 8 [57]
November 15 [58]
November 22 Shock'n Y'all Toby Keith [59]
November 29 [60]
December 6 [61]
December 13 [62]
December 20 [63]
December 27 [64]

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