List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2003

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best-performing single of 2003
.

The

airplay. In 2003
, there were 11 singles that topped the chart.

During the year, ten acts achieved a first U.S. number-one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest. Those acts were

P. Diddy
, 50 Cent, Sean Paul, and Beyoncé were the only acts to hit number one more than once, each of them reaching number one twice throughout the year.

50 Cent and Knowles both had the longest-running singles of 2003: 50 Cent's first number-one single "

best-performing single of 2003, and "21 Questions".[4]

With the combined chart run of "Get Busy" and "Baby Boy", the latter in which he is featured, dancehall artist Sean Paul became the most successful Jamaican-born artist in terms of chart performance in the Billboard Hot 100.[5] Seven collaboration singles topped the chart in 2003, setting a record for most number-one collaborations in a calendar year since the onset of the rock era in 1955; the first number-one collaboration to have topped the chart was in 1967 with Somethin' Stupid, a song by singer Frank Sinatra and daughter Nancy Sinatra.[6] The record was later tied in 2004, and broken in 2006 with eight number-one collaborations.[6] American Idol contestant Clay Aiken's debut single "This Is the Night" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since 1998.[7] "Crazy in Love", which charted for eight straight weeks in July to August, has been credited as 2003's Song of the Summer.[8][9]

Chart history

A black female singer with long, dark hair, singing on stage into a microphone in her right hand, wearing a silver, full-length dress.
Singer Beyoncé topped the chart two times in 2003 with her singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy".
OutKast's "Hey Ya!
" topped the chart for nine consecutive weeks.
A young black man in a black T-shirt, white jacket and black trousers, receiving an award standing in front of a microphone.
With the combined chart run of "Get Busy" and "Baby Boy", the latter in which he is featured, dancehall artist Sean Paul became the most successful Jamaican-born artist in terms of chart performance in the Hot 100.
A young white man in a gray pullover with a blue shirt and gray tie, holding a microphone and microphone stand in his left hand, facing upwards.
American Idol contestant Clay Aiken's debut single "This Is the Night" debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first single to do so since 1998.
Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 2003
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
888 January 4 "Lose Yourself" Eminem [10]
January 11 [11][12]
January 18 [13][14]
January 25 [15][16]
889 February 1 "Bump, Bump, Bump" B2K featuring P. Diddy [17][18]
890 February 8 "All I Have" Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J [19][20]
February 15 [21][22]
February 22 [23][24]
March 1 [25][26]
891 March 8 "In da Club" † 50 Cent [27][28]
March 15 [29][30]
March 22 [31][32]
March 29 [33][34]
April 5 [35][36]
April 12 [37][38]
April 19 [39][40]
April 26 [41][42]
May 3 [43][44]
892 May 10 "Get Busy" Sean Paul [45][46]
May 17 [47][48]
May 24 [49][50]
893 May 31 "21 Questions" 50 Cent featuring Nate Dogg [51][52]
June 7 [53][54]
June 14 [55][56]
June 21 [57][58]
894 June 28 "This Is the Night" Clay Aiken [59][7]
July 5 [60][61]
895 July 12 "Crazy in Love" Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z [62][63]
July 19 [64][65]
July 26 [66][67]
August 2 [68][69]
August 9 [70][71]
August 16 [72][73]
August 23 [74][75]
August 30 [76][77]
896 September 6 "Shake Ya Tailfeather" Nelly, P. Diddy and Murphy Lee [78][79]
September 13 [80][81]
September 20 [82][83]
September 27 [84][85]
897 October 4 "
Baby Boy
" 		Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul [86][87]
October 11 [88][89]
October 18 [90][91]
October 25 [92][93]
November 1 [94][95]
November 8 [96][97]
November 15 [98][99]
November 22 [100][101]
November 29 [102][103]
898 December 6 "Stand Up" Ludacris featuring Shawnna [104][105]
899 December 13 "Hey Ya!"
OutKast
 [106][107]
December 20 [108][109]
December 27 [110][111]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one
Position Artist Weeks at No. 1
1 Beyoncé 17
2 50 Cent 13
3 Sean Paul 12
4 Jay-Z 8
5 P.Diddy 5
6 Eminem 4
Jennifer Lopez
LL Cool J
Nate Dogg
Nelly
Murphy Lee
12 OutKast 3
13 Clay Aiken 2
14 B2k 1
Ludacris
Shawnna

See also

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