The 2003

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, announced on 25 January 2004, was the eleventh such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the

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. As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. A countdown of the videos of each song was shown on the

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'' in March.

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Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins ...

are the first band ever to get three songs in the Top 10. *

Frenzal Rhomb Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian punk rock band that formed in 1992 in Sydney. Though the band's mainstream success has been minimal, four of the group's albums have entered the top 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart: '' A Man's Not a Camel'' (1 ...

holds the record of having the shortest song in the Hottest 100, with "Russell Crowe's Band" at 1:12. * The song "

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charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a remix by

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featured at No. 5 *

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and

Something for Kate Something for Kate are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on lead vocals and guitar, and Clint Hyndman on drums. They were joined in 1998 by Stephanie Ashworth on bass guitar and backing vocals. The gro ...

made their seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, with both bands having at least one track featured in every annual countdown since

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made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since

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Top 10 Albums of 2003

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

CD release

DVD release

The Hottest 100 DVD was the second such DVD, after the 2002 release. # Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl # Jane's Addiction – Just Because # The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends # Something for Kate – Déjà Vu (Radio Edit) # Cody ChesnuTT – Look Good in Leather # Little Birdy – Baby Blue # The Sleepy Jackson – Vampire Racecourse # The Herd – 77% # The John Butler Trio – Zebra # Placebo – The Bitter End # Radiohead – There There # Basement Jaxx – Good Luck (featuring Lisa Kekaula) # Electric Six – Gay Bar # The Waifs – Lighthouse # Magic Dirt – Plastic Loveless Letter # AFI – The Leaving Song Pt. II # Pete Murray – Feeler # The Mars Volta – Inertiatic ESP (Album Version) # The Living End – Who's Gonna Save Us # The Cat Empire – Hello # Chicks on Speed (featuring Peaches) – We Don't Play Guitars # Ben Harper – Diamonds On the Inside # Butterfingers – I Love Work # Missy Higgins – Greed For Your Love # Chemical Brothers – The Golden Path # Offcutts – Break It Down, James Brown # Machine Gun Fellatio – Voices in My Head # NOFX – Franco Un-American # The Butterfly Effect – One Second of Insanity # Michael Franti and Spearhead – Everyone Deserves Music # Belle and Sebastian – Step into My Office, Baby # Junior Senior – Move Your Feet (Radio Edit) # Missy Elliott – Pass That Dutch # Powderfinger – (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind

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