Released February 4, 2003, it includes a total of thirty-three songs on two CDs.

The album reached 29 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2003, and hit number one on the Top Gospel Albums chart in 2004.

[2] WOW Gospel 2003 is the first in the WOW Gospel series to use album covers to pay tribute to major cities which were influential in gospel music.

The album cover pays tribute to New York City, in light of 9/11 over a year earlier.

The album was certified as platinum in the US in 2004 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).