| Album | Artist | Release Date | Album Type |
| Inertia | The Exies | January 7 | LP |
| Epica | Kamelot | January 13 | LP |
| Up All Night | The Waifs | January 13 | LP |
| Pain to Kill | Terri Clark | January 14 | LP |
| What You Want Is Now | House of Heroes | January 14 | LP |
| Summer 2003 | Anthrax | January 19 | EP |
| Such Great Heights | The Postal Service | January 21 | EP |
| The Lost & Found | Rasputina | January 21 | EP |
| Live in Japan 2002 | Simple Plan | January 21 | Live |
| Music in High Places | Unwritten Law | January 21 | Live |
| Simple Things Remixes | Zero 7 | January 21 | Remix |
| New Arrival | A*Teens | January 28 | LP |
| Master and Everyone | Bonnie 'Prince' Billy | January 28 | LP |
| Other People's Songs | Erasure | January 28 | Cover LP |
| Faith No More | January 28 | Greatest Hits |
| Playin' Around | Play | January 28 | LP |
| The Dreamer | Blake Shelton | January 31 | LP |
| Disco 3 | Pet Shop Boys | February 3 | Compilation |
| Wormwood | moe. | February 4 | LP |
| Chasing Daylight | Sister Hazel | February 4 | LP |
| Keith Sweat Live | Keith Sweat | February 4 | Live |
| Halloween | Frank Zappa | February 4 | Live |
| Get Rich or Die Tryin' | 50 Cent | February 6 | LP |
| Calendar Days | The Rocket Summer | February 8 | LP |
| Kid Loco | February 10 | Compilation |
| 100th Window | Massive Attack | February 10 | LP |
| Michael Bublé | Michael Bublé | February 11 | LP |
| How to Start a Fire | Further Seems Forever | February 11 | LP |
| Do It For Love | Hall & Oates | February 11 | LP |
| Any Given Thursday | John Mayer | February 11 | Live |
| The Essential Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzy Osbourne | February 11 | Compilation |
| Strapping Young Lad | Strapping Young Lad | February 11 | LP |
| The Essential Ozzy Osbourne | Ozzy Osbourne | February 11 | Greatest Hits |
| Ethnicity | Yanni | February 11 | LP |
| I Don't Want You Back | Eamon | February 17 | LP |
| Animositisomina | Ministry | February 17 | LP |
| Feast of Wire | Calexico | February 18 | LP |
| Give Up | The Postal Service | February 18 | LP |
| Chocolate Factory | R. Kelly | February 18 | LP |
| Cyclorama | Styx | February 18 | LP |
| T-Rock | February 18 | LP |
| Deep Water Slang V2.0 | Zion I | February 18 | LP |
| The Black Mages | The Black Mages | February 19 | LP |
| All Else Failed | Zao | February 19 (Re-issue) | LP |
| The Austin Sessions | Edwin McCain | February 23 | LP |
| Everything's Eventual | Appleton | February 24 | LP |
| Blood Duster | Blood Duster | February 24 | LP |
| The Art of Losing | American Hi-Fi | February 25 (US) | LP |
| Nocturama | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | February 25 | LP |
| Valley of the Damned | DragonForce | February 25 | LP |
| 1st Round Draft Picks | Magno & Mike Jones | February 25 | LP |
| The Music | The Music | February 25 (US) | LP |
| Nate Dogg | Nate Dogg | February 25 | LP |
| Thalía's Hits Remixed | Thalía | February 25 | Remix |
| The Beautiful Letdown | Switchfoot | February 25 | LP |
| Chocolate Factory | R. Kelly | February 28 | LP |
| Astronomy | Bleach | March 1 | LP |
| So Long, Astoria | The Ataris | March 4 | LP |
| Fallen | Evanescence | March 4 (US) | LP |
| Street Dreams | Fabolous | March 4 | LP |
| Avalanche | Matthew Good | March 4 | LP |
| The Power to Believe | King Crimson | March 4 | LP |
| Joyride | Oleander | March 4 | LP |
| The Best of Run DMC | Run-D.M.C. | March 4 | Greatest Hits |
| Revolusongs | Sepultura | March 4 | EP |
| Magnolia Electric Co. | | March 4 | LP |
| too | Fantastic Plastic Machine | March 6 | LP |
| Reason | Melanie C | March 10 | LP |
| Acoustic Alchemy | March 11 | Live |
| Sing the Sorrow | AFI | March 11 | LP |
| Level II | BLACKstreet | March 11 | LP |
| The Essential Clash | The Clash | March 11 (US) | Compilation |
| Evolve | Ani DiFranco | March 11 | LP |
| Slow Motion Daydream | Everclear | March 11 | LP |
| Recreation Day | Evergrey | March 11 | LP |
| Diamonds on the Inside | Ben Harper | March 11 | LP |
| Monster | Killer Mike | March 11 | LP |
| Hellalive | Machine Head | March 11 | Live |
| Just One More | Mad Caddies | March 11 | LP |
| 26 Songs | The Melvins | March 11 | LP |
| I Love It | Craig Morgan | March 11 | LP |
| Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do | Relient K | March 11 | LP |
| Becoming i | Unloco | March 11 | LP |
| Back in the World | Paul McCartney | March 17 | Live |
| Various Artists | March 17 | Compilation |
| Kill or Be Killed | Biohazard | March 18 | LP |
| Live in Brazil | Concrete Blonde | March 18 | Live |
| Blackout | (həd) p.e. | March 18 | LP |
| Stash Box | Kottonmouth Kings | March 18 | EP |
| Pig Lib | Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks | March 18 | LP |
| The Moldy Peaches | March 18 | Compilation |
| Rainbow | March 18 | Compilation |
| Supper | Smog | March 18 | LP |
| Dix infernal | Moi dix Mois | March 19 | LP |
| Innocent Eyes | Delta Goodrem | March 23 | LP |
| 26 Mixes for Cash | Aphex Twin | March 24 | Remix |
| U-Turn | Brian McKnight | March 24 | LP |
| Ringo Rama | Ringo Starr | March 24 | LP |
| The Pop Hits | Roxette | March 24 | Greatest Hits |
| Mes courants électriques | Alizée | March 25 | LP |
| Double Live Annihilation | Annihilator | March 25 | Live |
| One Heart | Celine Dion | March 25 | LP |
| Dixie Chicks | March 25 | Live |
| Emperor | March 25 | Compilation |
| The Trouble with Being Myself | Macy Gray | March 25 | LP |
| Let 'Em Burn | Hot Boys | March 25 | LP |
| Meteora | Linkin Park | March 25 | LP |
| Regaining Unconsciousness | NOFX | March 25 | EP |
| Balls & My Word | Scarface | March 25 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | March 25 | Compilation |
| The Very Best of the Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground | March 31 | Compilation |
| Weather Systems | Andrew Bird | April 1 | LP |
| The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | Electric Light Orchestra | April 1 | Compilation |
| Danse Macabre Remixes | The Faint | April 1 | Remix |
| Keep on Your Mean Side | The Kills | April 1 | LP |
| Sleeping with Ghosts | Placebo | April 1 | LP |
| The Essential Stabbing Westward | Stabbing Westward | April 1 | Compilation |
| Elephant | The White Stripes | April 1 | LP |
| Chris Cagle | Chris Cagle | April 1 | LP |
| Transatlantic Demos | Neal Morse | April 2 | LP |
| The Very Best of Lighthouse Family | Lighthouse Family | April 7 | Greatest Hits |
| Thickfreakness | The Black Keys | April 8 | LP |
| Eiffel 65 | Eiffel 65 | April 8 | LP |
| Hatefiles | Fear Factory | April 8 | Compilation |
| The Senior | Ginuwine | April 8 | LP |
| Faceless | Godsmack | April 8 | LP |
| The Blueprint 2.1 | Jay-Z | April 8 | LP |
| Blaze | Lagwagon | April 8 | LP |
| West for Wishing | Matchbook Romance | April 8 | EP |
| Newsboys | April 8 | LP |
| To Whom It May Concern | Lisa Marie Presley | April 8 | LP |
| 26 Miles | Sean Watkins | April 8 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 54 (U.K. series) | Various Artists | April 14 | Compilation |
| Ball | Widespread Panic | April 15 | LP |
| Say You Will | Fleetwood Mac | April 15 | LP |
| Thankful | Kelly Clarkson | April 15 | LP |
| Ball | Widespread Panic | April 15 | LP |
| Have You Forgotten? | Darryl Worley | April 15 | LP |
| Now | Jessica Andrews | April 15 | LP |
| Mescalero | ZZ Top | April 15 | LP |
| Krayzie Bone | April 18 | LP |
| Atomic Kitten | Atomic Kitten | April 22 | LP |
| The Blessed Hellride | Black Label Society | April 22 | LP |
| The Essential Byrds | The Byrds | April 22 | Compilation |
| Into the Valley of Death | Death by Stereo | April 22 | LP |
| Kristyles | KRS-One | April 22 | LP |
| American Life | Madonna | April 22 | LP |
| Damnation | Opeth | April 22 | LP |
| White1 | Sunn O))) | April 22 | LP |
| Kimi Ga Suki | Matthew Sweet | April 22 | LP |
| The Myth of Reality | T-Rock | April 23 | LP |
| More Like the Moon | Wilco | April 23 | EP |
| Exclusive | U2 | April 24 (iTunes) | EP |
| Black Cherry | Goldfrapp | April 28 | LP |
| The Trouble with Being Myself | Macy Gray | April 28 (UK) | LP |
| The World According to RZA | RZA | April 28 | LP |
| He's Keith Murray | Keith Murray | April 29 | LP |
| Fever to Tell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | April 29 | LP |
| Various Artists | April 29 | Soundtrack |
| Think Tank | Blur | May 5 | LP |
| Welcome to the Monkey House | The Dandy Warhols | May 5 | LP |
| Rounds | Four Tet | May 5 (UK) | LP |
| Mind Revolution | Skyfire | May 5 | LP |
| High Anxiety | Therapy? | May 5 | LP |
| Blueprints for the Black Market | Anberlin | May 6 | LP |
| We've Come for You All | Anthrax | May 6 | LP |
| Daz Dillinger | May 6 | LP |
| Committed to a Bright Future | Dog Fashion Disco | May 6 | LP |
| Take This to Your Grave | Fall Out Boy | May 6 | LP |
| Dirty Sweet | Jet | May 6 | EP |
| On and On | Jack Johnson | May 6 | LP |
| As the Palaces Burn | Lamb of God | May 6 | LP |
| Electric Version | The New Pornographers | May 6 | LP |
| The War on Errorism | NOFX | May 6 | LP |
| Figure Number Five | Soilwork | May 6 | LP |
| Scandinavian Leather | Turbonegro | May 6 (US) | LP |
| Send | Wire | May 6 | LP |
| Body Kiss | The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley, aka Mr. Biggs | May 7 | LP |
| Singles Box Set 1981-1985 | Duran Duran | May 12 | Box Set |
| Nightmares on Wax | May 12 | Compilation |
| Good Mourning | Alkaline Trio | May 13 | LP |
| The Impossibility of Reason | Chimaira | May 13 | LP |
| Year of the Spider | Cold | May 13 | LP |
| On and On | Jack Johnson | May 13 | LP |
| The Golden Age of Grotesque | Marilyn Manson | May 13 | LP |
| Out of the Vein | Third Eye Blind | May 13 | LP & DVD |
| Something Dangerous | Natacha Atlas | May 19 | LP |
| Vulnerable | Tricky | May 19 | LP |
| Harem | Sarah Brightman | May 20 | LP |
| Deftones | Deftones | May 20 | LP |
| Über Alles | Hanzel Und Gretyl | May 20 | LP |
| Black Like Sunday | King's X | May 20 | LP |
| Anthem | Less Than Jake | May 20 | LP |
| Birds of Pray | Live | May 20 | LP |
| Vicious Cycle | Lynyrd Skynyrd | May 20 | LP |
| Transform | Powerman 5000 | May 20 | LP |
| Born to Be Free | Sonique | May 20 | LP |
| 14 Shades of Grey | Staind | May 20 | LP |
| Poodle Hat | "Weird Al" Yankovic | May 20 | LP |
| Lucky Bastards | Peter Pan Speedrock | May 24 | LP |
| Friend Or Foe? | blackmail | May 26 | LP |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | May 26 | DVD |
| How the West Was Won | Led Zeppelin | May 27 | Live |
| Falling Uphill | Lillix | May 27 | LP |
| How the West Was Won | Led Zeppelin | May 27 | LP |
| The No Fun EP | Local H | May 27 | EP |
| In Between Now and Then | O.A.R. | May 27 | LP |
| Rooney | Rooney | May 27 | LP |
| Roorback | Sepultura | May 27 | LP |
| Winterheart's Guild | Sonata Arctica | May 27 | LP |
| Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation | Darkest Hour | June 2 | LP |
| Best - The Greatest Hits | S Club 7 | June 2 | LP |
| Moe Life | Big Moe | June 3 | LP |
| Shootenanny! | Eels | June 3 | LP |
| 0304 | Jewel | June 3 | LP |
| ''Trouble No More | John Mellencamp | June 3 | LP |
| ''Mighty | The Planet Smashers | June 3 | LP |
| ''Home | Simply Red | June 3 | LP |
| ''In the Pursuit of Leisure | Sugar Ray | June 3 | LP |
| Lonestar | June 3 | Greatest Hits |
| My Private Nation | Train | June 3 | LP |
| ''Explode | The Unseen | June 3 | LP |
| ''2003 Warped Tour Compilation | Various Artists | June 3 | Compilation |
| '' | Various Artists | June 3 | Compilation |
| ''Windwardtidesandwaywardsails | Down by Law | June 5 | LP |
| ''London Still | The Waifs | June 5 | EP |
| St. Anger | Metallica | June 6 | LP |
| Greatest Hits | LeAnn Rimes | June 6 | Greatest Hits |
| Hail to the Thief | Radiohead | June 9 | LP |
| The Beach Boys | June 10 | Compilation |
| Joe Budden | Joe Budden | June 10 | LP |
| Digital Underground | June 10 | Compilation |
| Blackout | Dropkick Murphys | June 10 | LP |
| Welcome Interstate Managers | Fountains of Wayne | June 10 | LP |
| Keep it Together | Guster | June 10 | LP |
| The Movement | Inspectah Deck | June 10 | LP |
| Ultimate Kenny G | Kenny G | June 10 | Greatest Hits |
| Mest | Mest | June 10 | LP |
| The Movement | Mo Thugs | June 10 | LP |
| Replay | Play | June 10 | LP |
| Everything Must Go | Steely Dan | June 10 | LP |
| Dance with My Father | Luther Vandross | June 10 | LP |
| Everything Must Go | Steely Dan | June 11 | LP |
| Finger Eleven | Finger Eleven | June 13 | LP |
| Ghost of a Rose | Blackmore's Night | June 17 | LP |
| AttenCHUN! | Bone Crusher | June 17 | LP |
| Finger Eleven | Finger Eleven | June 17 | LP |
| A Blessing in Disguise | Green Carnation | June 17 | LP |
| Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People | Hella | June 17 | EP |
| Happy Songs for Happy People | Mogwai | June 17 | LP |
| After the Storm | Monica | June 17 | LP |
| MCMLXXXV | Rufio | June 17 | LP |
| Rememberese | The Stills | June 17 | EP |
| A Match and Some Gasoline | The Suicide Machines | June 17 | LP |
| Venus and Other Hits | Bananarama | June 18 | Compilation |
| Live Kreation | Kreator | June 23 | Live |
| Radio Contact | Acoustic Alchemy | June 24 | LP |
| Elephunk | Black Eyed Peas | June 24 | LP |
| Hotel Paper | Michelle Branch | June 24 | LP |
| Southwest | Daz Dillinger | June 24 | LP |
| The Ownerz | Gang Starr | June 24 | LP |
| Keep It Together | Guster | June 24 | LP |
| A Flame to the Ground Beneath | Lost Horizon | June 24 | LP |
| Almost Famous | Lumidee | June 24 | LP |
| tobyMac | June 24 | LP |
| De-Loused in the Comatorium | The Mars Volta | June 24 | LP |
| I Am the Movie | Motion City Soundtrack | June 24 | LP |
| Liz Phair | Liz Phair | June 24 | LP |
| Da Unbreakables | Three 6 Mafia | June 24 | LP |
| Between the Never and the Now | Vendetta Red | June 24 | LP |
| Dangerously in Love | Beyoncé | June 25 | LP |
| Parts of the Process (The Very Best of Morcheeba) | Morcheeba | June 30 | Greatest Hits |
| Frail Words Collapse | As I Lay Dying | July 1 | LP |
| Chapter II | Ashanti | July 1 | LP |
| History for Sale | Blue October | July 1 | LP |
| Worm Infested | Cannibal Corpse | July 1 | EP |
| Live | Our Lady Peace | July 1 | Live |
| Vulture Street | Powderfinger | July 4 (Australia) | LP |
| Permission to Land | The Darkness | July 7 | LP |
| North Atlantic Drift | Ocean Colour Scene | July 7 | LP |
| Fun Lovin' Criminals | July 8 | Compilation |
| Black August | Killah Priest | July 8 | LP |
| Maybe Memories | Maybe Memories | July 8 | Compilation |
| Noise for Music's Sake | Napalm Death | July 8 | Compilation |
| Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 | Trace Adkins | July 8 | Greatest Hits |
| The District Sleeps Alone Tonight | The Postal Service | July 8 | EP |
| Far from Nowhere | Slick Shoes | July 8 | LP |
| Thalía | Thalía | July 8 | LP |
| Young Liars | TV on the Radio | July 8 | EP |
| Yes Remixes | Yes | July 8 | Remix |
| Season for Assault | 8 Foot Sativa | July 14 (New Zealand) | LP |
| Converting Vegetarians | Infected Mushroom | July 14 | LP |
| Lipstick Traces (A Secret History of the Manic Street Preachers) | Manic Street Preachers | July 14 | Compilation |
| Sly & Robbie | July 14 | Compilation |
| Jackpot | Chingy | July 15 | LP |
| The Trouble with Being Myself | Macy Gray | July 15 (US) | LP |
| Red Dirt Road | Brooks & Dunn | July 15 | LP |
| Wave on Wave | Pat Green | July 15 | LP |
| Comin' from Where I'm From | Anthony Hamilton | July 15 (US) | LP |
| Feeler | Pete Murray | July 21 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 55 (U.K. series) | Various Artists | July 21 | Compilation |
| Evolver | 311 | July 22 | LP |
| Dude Descending a Staircase | Apollo 440 | July 22 | LP |
| Rip the Jacker | Canibus | July 22 | LP |
| Man in the Air | Kurt Elling | July 22 | LP |
| Speed Graphic | Ben Folds | July 22 | EP |
| Friends of Mine | Adam Green | July 22 (US) | LP |
| Strays | Jane's Addiction | July 22 | LP |
| Moodring | Mya | July 22 (US) | LP |
| N.E.W.S | Prince | July 22 | LP |
| Mud on the Tires | Brad Paisley | July 22 | LP |
| Tribe | Queensrÿche | July 22 | LP |
| Three Days Grace | Three Days Grace | July 22 | LP |
| The Artist in the Ambulance | Thrice | July 22 | LP |
| Ocean Avenue | Yellowcard | July 22 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 13 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | July 22 | Compilation |
| Magic and Medicine | The Coral | July 28 | LP |
| Blue Street (Five Guitars) | Chris Rea | July 28 | LP |
| Yes | July 28 (UK) | Box Set |
| Carpenters Perform Carpenter | Carpenters | July 29 | Compilation |
| Enemies of Reality | Nevermore | July 29 | LP |
| Sink or Swim | Over My Dead Body | July 29 | LP |
| War at the Warfield | Slayer | July 29 | DVD |
| The Vinyl Countdown | Relient K | August 1 | EP |
| Final Straw | Snow Patrol | August 4 (UK) | LP |
| Jeff | Jeff Beck | August 5 | LP |
| Truth Be Told | Blues Traveler | August 5 | LP |
| Frozen Embers | The Crüxshadows | August 5 | EP |
| Truth Be Told | Blues Traveler | August 5 | LP |
| Best of Ballads & Blues | Poison | August 5 | Compilation |
| Thickskin | Skid Row | August 5 | LP |
| Get the Picture? | Smash Mouth | August 5 | LP |
| Quebec | Ween | August 5 | LP |
| Revolutions Per Minute | Rise Against | August 8 | LP |
| Go | Pat Benatar | August 12 | LP |
| 5 Alive! | Carbon Leaf | August 12 | Live |
| The Doors | August 12 | Compilation |
| Total Bugs Bunny On Wild Bass | Hella | August 12 | EP |
| Classic Hits Live | Kottonmouth Kings | August 12 | Live |
| Greatest Hits Volume II | Alan Jackson | August 12 | Greatest Hits |
| Triggernometry | Onyx | August 12 | LP |
| Live Box | Björk | August 18 | Box Set |
| TruANT | Alien Ant Farm | August 19 | LP |
| Dierks Bentley | Dierks Bentley | August 19 | LP |
| Unleashed | Bow Wow | August 19 | LP |
| Giving the Devil His Due | Coal Chamber | August 19 | Compilation |
| Restless | Sara Evans | August 19 | LP |
| Simple Things | Amy Grant | August 19 | LP |
| Indestructible | Rancid | August 19 | LP |
| In This Skin | Jessica Simpson | August 19 | LP |
| Action Pact | Sloan | August 19 | LP |
| Trap Muzik | T.I. | August 19 | LP |
| T-Rock | August 19 | LP |
| Greendale | Neil Young | August 19 | LP |
| The Neptunes Present... Clones | Various Artists | August 19 | LP |
| Anthems of Rebellion | Arch Enemy | August 26 (US) | LP |
| Waking the Fallen | Avenged Sevenfold | August 26 | LP |
| Hit & Run | Big Sugar | August 26 | Greatest Hits |
| Love & Life | Mary J. Blige | August 26 | LP |
| Anchors Aweigh | The Bouncing Souls | August 26 | LP |
| Metamorphosis | Hilary Duff | August 26 | LP |
| Burning Down the Opera | Edguy | August 26 | Live |
| Visions of Gandhi | Jedi Mind Tricks | August 26 | LP |
| Love, Hell or Right | Mathematics | August 26 | LP |
| What Do I Have to Do? | Stabbing Westward | August 31 | Compilation |
| Everything Goes Numb | Streetlight Manifesto | August 26 | LP |
| I Get Along EP | The Libertines | September 1 | EP |
| Anthology | Ocean Colour Scene | September 1 | Compilation |
| Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? | Metric | September 2 | LP |
| moe. | September 3 | Live |
| Death Cult Armageddon | Dimmu Borgir | September 8 | LP |
| Dance of Death | Iron Maiden | September 8 | LP |
| Love Is the Only Soldier | Jann Arden | September 9 | LP |
| Doll Revolution | The Bangles | September 9 | LP |
| Show Me Your Tears | Frank Black and the Catholics | September 9 | LP |
| The Decline Of British Sea Power | British Sea Power | September 9 | LP |
| Welcome to Poppy's | Fun Lovin' Criminals | September 9 | LP |
| The Fiction We Live | From Autumn to Ashes | September 9 | LP |
| Dance of Death | Iron Maiden | September 9 | LP |
| Heavier Things | John Mayer | September 9 | LP |
| From the Ashes | Pennywise | September 9 | LP |
| A Few Questions | Clay Walker | September 9 | LP |
| Close My Eyes | The Slackers | September 9 | LP |
| Self-Destructive Pattern | Spineshank | September 9 | LP |
| Hallucinations | David Usher | September 9 | LP |
| Vulgar | Dir en grey | September 10 | LP |
| Sacred Love | Sting | September 10 | LP |
| Smash The Octopus | Flattbush | September 11 | LP |
| Self-Destructive Pattern | Spineshank | September 14 | LP |
| Reality | David Bowie | September 15 | LP |
| Traveler | Colin James | September 15 | LP |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | The Blind Boys of Alabama | September 16 | LP |
| Worldwide Underground | Erykah Badu | September 16 | EP |
| Billy Talent | Billy Talent | September 16 | LP |
| Reality | David Bowie | September 16 | LP |
| Melvinmania | Melvins | September 16 | Compilation |
| Thirteenth Step | A Perfect Circle | September 16 | LP |
| Before Everything & After | MxPx | September 16 | LP |
| The Soul Sessions | Joss Stone | September 16 (UK) | LP |
| Page Avenue | Story of the Year | September 16 | LP |
| Me & My Brother | Ying Yang Twins | September 16 | LP |
| Absolution | Muse | September 21 (UK) | LP |
| Greatest Hits & Unheard Bits | Space | September 22 | Compilation |
| Seven's Travels | Atmosphere | September 23 | LP |
| Dark Chords on a Big Guitar | Joan Baez | September 23 | LP |
| Hate Crew Deathroll | Children of Bodom | September 23 | LP |
| The Eyes of Alice Cooper | Alice Cooper | September 23 | LP |
| North | Elvis Costello | September 23 | LP |
| ''Unwrapped | Gloria Estefan | September 23 | LP |
| ''Gallowsbird's Bark | The Fiery Furnaces | September 23 | LP |
| ''Want That Life | The Fixx | September 23 | LP |
| ''Natural Selection | Fuel | September 23 | LP |
| ''WWIII | KMFDM | September 23 | LP |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | The Lawrence Arms | September 23 | LP |
| Results May Vary | Limp Bizkit | September 23 | LP |
| Best of Madball | Madball | September 23 | Greatest Hits |
| The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 | R. Kelly | September 23 | Greatest Hits |
| Stories and Alibis | Matchbook Romance | September 23 | LP |
| Some Devil | Dave Matthews | September 23 | LP |
| Testimony | Neal Morse | September 23 | LP |
| Murphy's Law | Murphy Lee | September 23 | LP |
| The Long Road | Nickelback | September 23 | LP |
| Cheers | Obie Trice | September 23 | LP |
| Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Outkast | September 23 | LP |
| Pantera | September 23 | Greatest Hits |
| The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 | R. Kelly | September 23 | Greatest Hits |
| Bringer of Blood | Six Feet Under | September 23 | LP |
| Savin Hill | Street Dogs | September 23 | LP |
| Go | Vertical Horizon | September 23 | LP |
| Want One | Rufus Wainwright | September 23 | LP |
| Past, Present & Future | Rob Zombie | September 23 | Greatest Hits |
| Another Day | Lene Marlin | September 24 | LP |
| Grand Champ | DMX | September 26 | LP |
| The Dresden Dolls | The Dresden Dolls | September 26 | LP |
| t.A.T.u. Remixes | t.A.T.u. | September 26 | Remix |
| Don't Look Back into the Sun/Death On The Stairs EP | The Libertines | September 29 | EP |
| Lead Us Not into Temptation | David Byrne | September 30 | LP |
| Singles 93-03 | The Chemical Brothers | September 30 | Compilation |
| Life For Rent | Dido | September 30 | LP |
| Sunny 16 | Ben Folds | September 30 | EP |
| Confession | Ill Niño | September 30 | LP |
| The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | Jethro Tull | September 30 | LP |
| Perfecto Presents Great Wall | Paul Oakenfold | September 30 | Remix |
| Billy Currington | Billy Currington | September 30 | LP |
| Martina | Martina McBride | September 30 | LP |
| See If I Care | Gary Allan | September 30 | LP |
| Changes | Kelly Osbourne | September 30 | LP |
| (U.S. series) | Various Artists | September 30 | Compilation |
| School of Rock | Various Artists | September 30 | Soundtrack |
| Reflections | Apocalyptica | October 2 | LP |
| Dear Catastrophe Waitress | Belle & Sebastian | October 6 | LP |
| Nu-Mixx Klazzics | 2Pac | October 7 | Remix |
| Katonah | Apollo Sunshine | October 7 | LP |
| The Struggle | Cappadonna | October 7 | LP |
| Coheed and Cambria | October 7 | LP |
| Countrysides | Cracker | October 7 | LP |
| Transatlanticism | Death Cab for Cutie | October 7 | LP |
| Live Dilute & Hella Split | Dilute/Hella | October 7 | Split LP |
| A Kiss in Time | Patty Griffin | October 7 | LP |
| Live at the House of Blues | Guttermouth | October 7 | Live/DVD |
| Decade of the Nail Spiked Bat | Jag Panzer | October 7 | Compilation |
| The Preacher's Son | Wyclef Jean | October 7 | LP |
| Greatest Hits | Wyclef Jean | October 7 | Greatest Hits |
| Get Born | Jet | October 7 | LP |
| Farm Fresh Onions | Robert Earl Keen | October 7 | LP |
| Softcore Jukebox | Ladytron | October 7 | Compilation |
| Chicken-N-Beer | Ludacris | October 7 | LP |
| Stone Deaf Forever! | Motörhead | October 7 | Box Set |
| Hope | Non-Prophets | October 7 | LP |
| Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People | Primus | October 7 | LP/DVD |
| Birth of a Prince | RZA | October 7 | LP |
| Seasons | Sevendust | October 7 | LP |
| Shadow Zone | Static-X | October 7 | LP |
| ATL Badboys | T-Rock & Deep South | October 7 | LP |
| Confession | Ill Niño | October 8 | LP |
| Swings of fate | Lava | October 10 | LP |
| Measure of a Man | Clay Aiken | October 13 | LP |
| The Curse of Blondie | Blondie | October 13 | LP |
| 1 Fille & 4 Types | Celine Dion | October 13 | LP |
| It All Starts Here | Jem | October 13 | EP |
| Sacred Love | Sting | October 13 | LP |
| 12 Memories | Travis | October 13 | LP |
| Measure of a Man | Clay Aiken | October 14 | LP |
| Bucketheadland 2 | Buckethead | October 14 | LP |
| The Remixes | Mariah Carey | October 14 | Remix |
| Honesty | Rodney Atkins | October 14 | LP |
| Long Black Train | Josh Turner | October 14 | LP |
| Coral Fang | The Distillers | October 14 | LP |
| Boy in Da Corner | Dizzee Rascal | October 14 | LP |
| Hard | Jagged Edge | October 14 | LP |
| The Jethro Tull Christmas Album | Jethro Tull | October 14 | LP |
| For Never and Ever | Kill Hannah | October 14 | LP |
| Comfort Woman | Me'shell Ndegeocello | October 14 | LP |
| XIII | Mushroomhead | October 14 | LP |
| Christmas Is Almost Here Again | Carly Simon | October 14 | Christmas |
| The Essential Simon and Garfunkel | Simon and Garfunkel | October 14 | Compilation |
| Rod Stewart | October 14 | Cover LP |
| The Movie Album | Barbra Streisand | October 14 | LP |
| Careful What You Wish For | Texas | October 14 | LP |
| Thalía | Thalía | October 14 | LP |
| 12 Memories | Travis | October 14 | LP |
| Blackberry Belle | The Twilight Singers | October 14 | LP |
| Chrome, Smoke & BBQ | ZZ Top | October 14 | Box Set |
| One Crimson Night | HammerFall | October 17 | Live |
| Crusader | Scribe | October 18 (New Zealand) | LP |
| Singles | Suede | October 20 | Compilation |
| The Terror State | Anti-Flag | October 21 | LP |
| Everything to Everyone | Barenaked Ladies | October 21 | LP |
| Puss 'n' Boots | Crash Test Dummies | October 21 | LP |
| Ethernaut | The Crüxshadows | October 21 | LP |
| Twentysomething | Jamie Cullum | October 21 | LP |
| The Very Best of the Eagles | Eagles | October 21 | Greatest Hits |
| MH | Marques Houston | October 21 | LP |
| Coverage | Mandy Moore | October 21 | Cover LP |
| What's Wrong With This Picture? | Van Morrison | October 21 | LP |
| Rush in Rio | Rush | October 21 | Live/DVD |
| Room on Fire | The Strokes | October 21 | LP |
| Logic Will Break Your Heart | The Stills | October 21 | LP |
| Streetcore | Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | October 21 | LP |
| Unsane | October 21 | Compilation |
| Come Feel Me Tremble | Paul Westerberg | October 21 | LP |
| MFZB | Zebrahead | October 21 | LP |
| The Cat Empire | The Cat Empire | October 24 | LP |
| Everything to Everyone | Barenaked Ladies | October 27 | LP |
| The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click) | The Fall | October 27 (UK) | LP |
| Through the Ashes of Empires | Machine Head | October 27 (UK) | LP |
| R.E.M. | October 27 (UK) | Greatest Hits |
| Heavy | Swollen Members | October 27 | LP |
| Must I Paint You a Picture? The Essential Billy Bragg | Billy Bragg | October 28 | Compilation |
| Hits! - The Very Best Of Erasure | Erasure | October 28 | LP |
| The Glorious Burden | Iced Earth | October 28 | LP |
| MODERN ARTillery | The Living End | October 28 | LP |
| DevilDriver | DevilDriver | October 28 | LP |
| The Rise of Brutality | Hatebreed | October 28 | LP |
| Ultimate Run-D.M.C. | Run-D.M.C. | October 28 | Compilation |
| Room on Fire | The Strokes | October 28 | LP |
| The Journey Continues | Bradley Joseph | November 1 | LP |
| Despierta Los Niños | Mindless Self Indulgence | November 1 | EP |
| A Natural Disaster | Anathema | November 3 (UK) | LP |
| Guilty | Blue | November 3 (UK) | LP |
| Bodyjar | November 3 | Compilation |
| Severance | Daysend | November 3 | LP |
| In Your Own Time | Mark Owen | November 3 | LP |
| 1992-2002 | Underworld | November 3 | Greatest Hits |
| Choronzon | Akercocke | November 4 | LP |
| This Left Feels Right | Bon Jovi | November 4 | Greatest Hits |
| Ultimate Toni Braxton | Toni Braxton | November 4 | Greatest Hits |
| Live 2003 | Coldplay | November 4 (US) | Live |
| 15 Year Killing Spree | Cannibal Corpse | November 4 | Compilation |
| Shock'n Y'all | Toby Keith | November 4 | LP |
| Most Requested Hits | Aaron Carter | November 4 | Greatest Hits |
| Dinosaur Sounds | Catch 22 | November 4 | LP |
| The Very Best of Sheryl Crow | Sheryl Crow | November 4 | Greatest Hits |
| Don Davis | November 4 | Soundtrack |
| The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place | Explosions in the Sky | November 4 | LP |
| The Sceptre of Deception | Falconer | November 4 | LP |
| Hit | Peter Gabriel | November 4 | LP |
| Blood in My Eye | Ja Rule | November 4 | LP |
| Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You | Kid 606 | November 4 | LP |
| Here Comes That Weird Chill | Mark Lanegan | November 4 | EP |
| My World | Avril Lavigne | November 4 | Live |
| Afterglow | Sarah McLachlan | November 4 | LP |
| Sixty Six to Timbuktu | Robert Plant | November 4 | Compilation |
| Payable on Death | P.O.D. | November 4 | LP |
| Skull Ring | Iggy Pop | November 4 | LP |
| Scorpio Rising | Prong | November 4 | LP |
| Deck the Halls, Bruise Your Hand | Relient K | November 4 | Christmas |
| Pete Rock | November 4 | Compilation |
| Come Poop with Me | Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog | November 4 | LP |
| Purple on Time | U.S. Maple | November 4 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 14 (U.S. series) | Various Artists | November 4 | Compilation |
| Ladies Night | Atomic Kitten | November 10 | LP |
| Jamiroquai | November 10 | Compilation |
| Live from Faraway Stables | Silverchair | November 10 | Live |
| State of Mind | Holly Valance | November 10 | LP |
| Another 700 Miles | 3 Doors Down | November 11 | EP |
| Live from the Road | Chevelle | November 11 | Live |
| Elocation | Default | November 11 | LP |
| Train of Thought | Dream Theater | November 11 | LP |
| Kid Rock | Kid Rock | November 11 | LP |
| SoulO | Nick Lachey | November 11 | LP |
| Lost Dogs | Pearl Jam | November 11 | Compilation |
| Try This | Pink | November 11 | LP |
| Tupac Shakur | November 11 | Soundtrack |
| Soundtrack to the Apocalypse | Slayer | November 11 | Box Set |
| The Essential Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen | November 11 | Compilation |
| Thank You | Stone Temple Pilots | November 11 | Greatest Hits |
| Beg for Mercy | G-Unit | November 14 | LP |
| The Black Album | Jay-Z | November 14 | LP |
| Let It Be… Naked | The Beatles | November 17 | Remix |
| A Present for Everyone | Busted | November 17 | LP |
| Turn It On | Ronan Keating | November 17 | LP |
| Body Language | Kylie Minogue | November 17 (Internationally) | LP |
| Ether Song | Turin Brakes | November 17 | LP |
| Now That's What I Call Music! 56 (U.K. series) | Various Artists | November 17 | Compilation |
| Live at the Fireside Bowl | Against All Authority | November 18 | Live |
| Ashanti's Christmas | Ashanti | November 18 | LP |
| Blink-182 | Blink-182 | November 18 | LP |
| Jackpot | Chingy | November 18 | LP |
| Whitney Houston | November 18 | Christmas |
| Revolutionary Vol. 2 | Immortal Technique | November 18 | LP |
| Number Ones | Michael Jackson | November 18 | Greatest Hits |
| At Last | Cyndi Lauper | November 18 | LP |
| Room To Breathe | Reba McEntire | November 18 | LP |
| Live in Texas | Linkin Park | November 18 | Live DVD |
| The Central Park Concert | Dave Matthews Band | November 18 | Live/DVD |
| Body Language | Kylie Minogue | November 18 | LP |
| 18 B Sides + DVD | Moby | November 18 | Compilation & DVD |
| Live at Largo | Glen Phillips | November 18 | Live |
| Greatest Hits | Red Hot Chili Peppers | November 18 | LP |
| Joe Satriani | November 18 | Compilation |
| Collide | Skillet | November 18 | LP |
| The Biggest and the Best | Slick Shoes | November 18 | Greatest Hits |
| In the Zone | Britney Spears | November 18 (US) | LP |
| Heavy | Swollen Members | November 18 | LP |
| Under Construction, Part II | Timbaland & Magoo | November 18 | LP |
| Symptoms of Humanity | Union 13 | November 18 | LP |
| Steve Vai | November 18 | LP |
| All Request Live | Ween | November 22 | Live |
| Call Off the Search | Katie Melua | November 23 (UK) | LP |
| Dedicated | Lemar | November 24 | LP |
| Pet Shop Boys | November 24 | LP |
| The Soul Sessions | Joss Stone | November 24 (UK) | LP |
| Turnaround | Westlife | November 24 | LP |
| Dirty Reggae | The Aggrolites | November 25 | LP |
| Unearthed | Johnny Cash | November 25 | Box Set |
| Films about Ghosts | Counting Crows | November 25 | Greatest Hits |
| Elocation | Default | November 25 | LP |
| This Is Not a Test! | Missy Elliott | November 25 | LP |
| Folklore | Nelly Furtado | November 25 | LP |
| 7 | Enrique Iglesias | November 25 | LP |
| Take a Look in the Mirror | KoЯn | November 25 | LP |
| D.I.G.I.T.A.L. | KRS-One | November 25 | LP |
| Part II | Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz | November 25 | LP |
| Nelly | November 25 | LP |
| The Singles 1992-2003 | No Doubt | November 25 | LP |
| Life On Display | Puddle of Mudd | November 25 | LP |
| Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium | Rage Against the Machine | November 25 | Live |
| TLC | November 25 (UK) | Greatest Hits |
| Daft Club | Daft Punk | December 1 | Remix |
| The Firebird Suite - Archives | The Firebird Band | December 1 | LP |
| The Diary of Alicia Keys | Alicia Keys | December 2 (US) | LP |
| And Then ... | Joe | December 2 | LP |
| Comin' On Strong | Trace Adkins | December 2 | LP |
| Live at Brixton Academy | Motörhead | December 3 | LP |
| Lichtspielhaus | Rammstein | December 8 | DVD |
| Big Money Heavyweight | Big Tymers | December 9 | LP |
| Nick Cannon | Nick Cannon | December 9 | LP |
| Fefe Dobson | Fefe Dobson | December 9 | LP |
| The Reason | Hoobastank | December 9 | LP |
| Tasty | Kelis | December 9 | LP |
| Live at Brixton Academy | Motörhead | December 9 | Live |
| Soulstar | Musiq | December 9 | LP |
| Splinter | The Offspring | December 9 | LP |
| Snoop Dogg | December 9 | LP |
| Soulful | Ruben Studdard | December 9 | LP |
| Terrorist Threats | Westside Connection | December 9 | LP |
| Extended Play | Denver Harbor | December 16 | EP |
| M.A.D.E. | Memphis Bleek | December 16 | LP |
| The Lex Diamond Story | Raekwon | December 16 | LP |
| Legendary | Zao | December 17 | Greatest Hits |
| Juve the Great | Juvenile | December 23 | LP |
| I Look I See | Yusuf Islam | December 27 | LP |
| Lighthouse | The Waifs | December 30 | EP |
| Porch Life | Big D and the Kids Table | December 31 | LP |