List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2003

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These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 2003 (see 2003 in music). [1]

Issue dateArtist(s)Song
4 January Robbie Williams "Feel"
11 January Eminem "Lose Yourself"
18 January
25 January
1 February
8 February Blue and Elton John "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
15 February
22 February
1 March
8 March
15 March Gareth Gates "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)"
22 March
29 March Jamaï "Step Right Up"
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 April
3 May
10 May
17 May Jim "Tell Her"
24 May
31 May
7 June Sean Paul "Get Busy"
14 June The Underdog Project and The Sunclub "Summer Jam 2003"
21 June
28 June
5 July
12 July
19 July
26 July
2 August
9 August
16 August Lumidee "Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)"
23 August
30 August
6 September
13 September Outlandish "Aïcha"
20 September
27 September The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is the Love?"
4 October
11 October Nena and Kim Wilde "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime"
18 October
25 October
1 November
8 November
15 November Ch!pz "Cowboy"
22 November
29 November
6 December Frans Bauer "Heb je even voor mij"
13 December
20 December Marco Borsato "Afscheid nemen bestaat niet"
27 December

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