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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * ~~Hoff~~Danko, ~~Susan~~George S. (Last) (First) (Middle) 7075 Flying Cloud Drive (Street) Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4. Statement for (Month/Day/Year) 01/1416/032003 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) / 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President - ~~Public~~Consumer ~~Affairs~~Electronics ~~& Investor Relations~~ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	1/14/03		S		21,340	D	$28.28	269,894	I	By Trusts (1)
Common Stock								15,313	D
Common Stock								1,476	I	401(k)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Securities: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$224.1300

0409/17/0712 (1)

Common Stock

3016,~~000~~312

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$1128.4667

01/16/03

15,000

01/16/03 (1)

0401/2315/0813

Common Stock

4515,000

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$34.79

04/15/09 (2)

Common Stock

11,250

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$34.45

02/27/10 (2)

Common Stock

4,500

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$46.75

04/13/10 (2)

Common Stock

33,750

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$37.06

04/26/11 (2)

Common Stock

32,625

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$46.00

07/26/11 (2)

Common Stock

5,625

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$51.27

04/10/12 (2)

Common Stock

32,625

Explanation of Responses: (1) ~~These~~Options ~~shares~~vest ~~are held~~ in ~~two trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's children. The reporting person is the co-trustee of the trusts. (2) The option vests in~~ four equal annual installments beginning one year ~~from~~after the original date of grant.

/s/ Nancy J. Wigchers ** Signature of Reporting Person 101/1517/03 Date Nancy J. Wigchers Attorney in fact for: ~~Susan~~George ~~S. Hoff~~Danko

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Last update: 09/05/2002

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, ~~Susan~~George ~~S. Hoff~~Danko, hereby constitute and appoint Joseph M. Joyce, Nancy J. Wigchers, Mark Geldernick, and Joseph W. Wirth and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign any reports on Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) relating to transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities of Best Buy Co., Inc., and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to my above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated: ~~August~~September 2213, 2002. /s/ ~~Susan~~George S.Danko ~~Hoff~~George ~~Susan S. Hoff~~Danko

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