Kenny Chesney's "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" and Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett's "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" brought island vibes to country music in 2003.
The album that introduced "Trap" to the masses as a genre and made T.I. a star in 2003 still resonates today.
A key figure of the dance-punk revival of the early '00s, Luke Jenner worked through the traumas of his early life and tenure as a rock star, and is now using the lessons he learned to help others.
Billboard checks in with the 2003 hitmakers behind "Never Leave You," "Danger! High Voltage," "F-- It (I Don't Want You Back)," "The Boys of Summer" and more.
The students who Jack Black instructed in the ways of rock back in 2003 are all adults now -- but they still see real value in the lessons they learned in the film two decades ago.
Released in the U.S. 20 years ago as the centerpiece of indie collective Broken Social Scene's breakout album, "Anthems" has endured through covers, memes and its unfading time-and-place magic.
Lenky's handclap-heavy groove soundtracked three major hits in the summer of '03 and helped dancehall cement its U.S. takeover.
"Life" was going to be Madonna and director Jonas Åkerlund's statement clip about the U.S.'s invasion of Iraq -- until pop's queen of controversy decided it was one battle she didn't want to fight.
The best songs from a year that set the template for the early-21st-century pop star.
