| Steve Lincoln's Top 50 Country Artists of 2003 | |
| NUMBER ONE COUNTRY ARTIST OF THE YEAR! | |
| 1 | Tommy Shane Steiner |
| 2 | Rascal Flatts |
| 3 | Willie Nelson |
| 4 | Randy Travis |
| 5 | Kenny Chesney |
| 6 | Tim McGraw |
| 7 | Pinmonkey |
| 8 | Brooks And Dunn |
| 9 | Tracy Byrd |
| 10 | Blake Shelton |
| 11 | Toby Keith |
| 12 | Pam Tillis |
| 13 | Joe Nichols |
| 14 | Montgomery Gentry |
| 15 | Trace Adkins |
| 16 | Darryl Worley |
| 17 | Alan Jackson |
| 18 | Craig Morgan |
| 19 | Brad Paisley |
| 20 | Lonestar |
| 21 | Jo Dee Messina |
| 22 | Buddy Jewel |
| 23 | Gary Allan |
| 24 | Dierks Bentley |
| 25 | Phil Vassar |
| 26 | Jimmy Wayne |
| 27 | Mike Walker |
| 28 | Jessica Andrews |
| 29 | Keith Urban |
| 30 | Rodney Atkins |
| 31 | Jameson Clark |
| 32 | Mark Wills |
| 33 | Brian McComas |
| 34 | Shania Twain |
| 35 | Kid Rock |
| 36 | Anthony Smith |
| 37 | The Folksmen, Mitch & Mickey, and The New Main Street Singers |
| 38 | Dwight Yoakam |
| 39 | Diamond Rio |
| 40 | Deric Ruttan |
| 41 | Faith Hill |
| 42 | Dusty Drake |
| 43 | Sherrie Austin |
| 44 | Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett |
| 45 | Willie Nelson with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora |
| 46 | Josh Turner |
| 47 | Jack Ingram |
| 48 | Rick Trevino |
| 49 | Billy Currington |
| 50 | Willie Nelson |