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            List of years in music       (table)
... 1992 .  1993 .  1994 .  1995  . 1996  . 1997  . 1998 ...
1999 2000 2001 -2002- 2003 2004 2005
... 2006 .  2007 .  2008 .  2009  . 2010  . 2011  . 2012 ...
Art . Archaeology . Architecture . Literature . Music . Philosophy . Science +...

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.

Specific locations[]

  • 2002 in British music
  • 2002 in Norwegian music
  • 2002 in South Korean music

Specific genres[]

  • 2002 in classical music
  • 2002 in country music
  • 2002 in heavy metal music
  • 2002 in hip hop music
  • 2002 in Latin music
  • 2002 in jazz

Events[]

January–February[]

  • January 1Eric Clapton marries his 25-year-old American girlfriend in a surprise wedding ceremony at a church in the English village of Ripley, Surrey.[1]
  • January 8The Black Crowes announce they are taking a hiatus.[2]
  • January 14Adam Ant is committed to a psychiatric hospital two days after being arrested for carrying a firearm into a London pub that Ant claims was fake.[3]
  • January 18 – Rapper C-Murder is arrested and charged with second-degree murder over a fatal shooting in a Harvey, Louisiana nightclub on January 12.[4]
  • January 18February 3 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by The Prodigy.
  • January 23Virgin Records buys out its contract with Mariah Carey for $28 million, essentially paying her to not record any more music for the label.[5]
  • February 3U2 perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack.
  • February 4Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has a notoriously antagonistic interview with Terry Gross on National Public Radio. Simmons continuously baits the host with sexual come-ons throughout the interview while Gross repeatedly calls Simmons "obnoxious." Simmons refuses to grant NPR permission to post the interview online, but unauthorized transcripts and audio exist.[6][7]
  • February 13Jennifer Lopez becomes the first singer to have a remix album, J to tha L-O!: The Remixes, debut at number one, selling over 156,000 copies.[8]
  • February 15 – US singer Britney Spears takes her first starring role, in Crossroads, a teen drama road film alongside Zoe Saldana. Although The film is largely panned, but it grosses $61.1 million worldwide.
  • February 27 – The 44th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Jon Stewart. The soundtrack for the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? wins Album of the Year, while U2's "Walk On" wins Record of the Year. Alicia Keys wins Song of the Year (for "Fallin'") and Best New Artist.

March–April[]

  • March 7Burton C. Bell leaves Fear Factory after falling out with Dino Cazares. Fear Factory soon disband.
  • March 12Silverchair withdraw from the Gone South festival in Australia after Daniel Johns contracts reactive arthritis.
  • March 15 – Liverpool Airport is rechristened Liverpool John Lennon Airport in an official ceremony.
  • March 24Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True.[9]
  • March 25Celine Dion returns to the music scene after a three-year absence with the album A New Day Has Come.
  • April 17Pop-punk giants Blink-182 and Green Day co-headline the two-month Pop Disaster Tour.
  • April 22Sugababes release their first UK Number 1 single, a cover of Adina Howard's 1995 single Freak Like Me.
  • April 25 – Member of R&B group TLC, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes dies in car accident in Honduras
  • April 27-28 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes place in California. Headlined by Björk and Oasis, the lineup also features The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Cake, Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, The Vines and Belle and Sebastian. This year marks the festival's return to its original two-day format.

May–June[]

  • May 8Mariah Carey signs a new record contract with Island Def Jam Music Group.
  • May 12We Will Rock You, a jukebox musical based on the songs of Queen, opens at the Dominion Theatre in London, England.
  • May 21
    • Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge forms post-hardcore side-project band Box Car Racer. Their album Box Car Racer is released.
    • Eminem releases The Eminem Show,one of the bestselling hip-hop album of 2002
  • May 22 – Members of Alien Ant Farm are injured in an early morning tour bus crash in Spain that claimed the life of the driver.[10]
  • May 25 – The 47th Eurovision Song Contest, held at Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, Estonia, is won by Latvian singer Marie N with the song "I Wanna".
  • June 1
    • Graham Coxon leaves Blur during Think Tank's recording sessions, after tensions with the other members mainly due to its alleged alcohol problems and disagreement about the choice of Fatboy Slim as producer. Coxon only contributed in one song, Battery in Your Leg. He was later "replaced" on tour by Simon Tong, former guitarist of The Verve.
    • The Prom at the Palace is held in London to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Performers include the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus, Kiri Te Kanawa, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna.
  • June 5 – U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly, is charged with 21 counts of having sexual intercourse with a minor after a videotape allegedly showing him engaged in sexual acts with an underage girl is broadcast on the internet.
  • June 11
    • Paul McCartney marries second wife Heather Mills in a lavish ceremony at Castle Leslie in Ireland.
    • American Idol premieres on Fox.
    • Korn releases fifth-studio album, Untouchables.
    • David Bowie releases his twenty-second studio album, Heathen. The album marks a commercial comeback for Bowie in the US, becoming his highest-charting album in the country since 1984's Tonight.
  • June 12BMG Music agrees to acquire the rest of Zomba Music Group in a deal reportedly worth $3 billion.[11]
  • June 15 – The Los Angeles, California, USA, radio station KROQ-FM airs the 10th Annual Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Hoobastank, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Eat World, Moby, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, The Strokes, System of a Down, Unwritten Law, The Vines, The Violent Femmes and Rob Zombie.
  • June 18Mexican Pop-Singer Paulina Rubio, releases her sixth studio album and debut-English crossover album in the U.S., titled Border Girl through Universal Records, she performed for the very first time live her hit single Don't Say Goodbye on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,[12] the album debuted at #11 on the Billboard 200 with sales of 56,000 copies becoming Rubio's highest-charting album in the U.S. It was eventually certified gold by RIAA, indicating sales of over 500,000 units.
  • June 19Hikaru Utada releases the album Deep River, which sold 2,350,170 copies in a week, debuting at number 1 on the weekly, monthly, and annual Oricon album chart. This would be her third time at number 1 on the year-end rankings of that particular chart, a record for any Japanese musical act or worldwide.
  • June 20 – Pop star Britney Spears, at only 20 years of age, is ranked by Forbes as the world's most powerful celebrity.[13]
  • June 21-23 – The first Bonnaroo Music Festival is held in Tennessee. Performers include Widespread Panic, Gov't Mule and Norah Jones.
  • June 25 – The Prague Philharmonic Orchestra releases an arrangement of the Romeo and Juliet 1968 film soundtrack on the Silva America label. Will Smith also comes back with the release of his third solo studio album Born to Reign.
  • June 27The Who bassist John Entwistle is found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room on the eve of the band's new tour, aged 57.
  • June 30 – The Glastonbury Festival features headline acts Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, and Air.

July–August[]

  • July 6Michael Jackson stages a public protest against Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola, accusing him of taking part in a racist conspiracy within the music industry to exploit black recording artists. Sony responds with a statement calling Jackson's remarks "ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful."[14]
  • July 9Red Hot Chili Peppers's 8th studio album By The Way is released. It sold 286,000 copies in the United States during the first week, peaking at #2 on Billboard 200. It went on to sell over 2 million copies in the US, being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
  • July 12Buckcherry breaks up on the heels of lead singer Josh Todd's decision to quit the group.[15] They would reunite in 2005.
  • July 20–21 – The Splendour in the Grass music festival takes place in Byron Bay, Australia, headlined by Gomez and Supergrass.
  • July 23 – My Chemical Romance's first album, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" is released to the public.
  • July 28 – The Area2 Festival, featuring headline acts Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, and Blue Man Group, begins a three-week tour in Washington, DC.
  • August 17 – The Snow Mountain Music Festival opens in Lijiang, China.[16]
  • August 19Nickelback leaves the stage during the second song of their performance at the Ilha do Ermal festival in Portugal after being relentlessly pelted with rocks and bottles by the crowd.[17]
  • August 27Queens of the Stone Age release their critically acclaimed album Songs for the Deaf, featuring Dave Grohl on drums. The album earned the band their first Gold certification in the United States on January 27, 2003, selling over 500,000 copies.

September–October[]

  • September 3Napster is shut down for good after a judge denies a bid from Bertelsmann to purchase its assets.
  • September 4Kelly Clarkson becomes the first winner of the television talent contest, American Idol.
  • September 11Incubus - Make Yourself Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured in a domestic accident, leading to the discovery of a brain tumor.
  • September 20Courtney Love announces that her legal dispute with the surviving members of Nirvana has been resolved, paving the way for the unreleased track "You Know You're Right" to be included on an upcoming compilation.[18]
  • September 25Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 5 gets released onto CD.
  • September 28 – A stretch of Tennessee State Route 19 is officially named for Tina Turner, who was born and raised in nearby Nutbush, Tennessee.
  • October 2
    • Robbie Williams signs a new six-album deal with EMI for £80 million, the most lucrative contract ever signed by a UK musician.[19]
    • Christina Aguilera releases her controversial music video for the song, "Dirrty", the lead single from her second album Stripped.
  • October 13 – The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston, USA.
  • October 24Mikey "Bug" Cox is fired from Coal Chamber after disputes with other members about his drug addiction.
  • October 26Christina Aguilera releases her controversial second studio album Stripped, which enters the Billboard 200 at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. Stripped is the first studio album in three years since Christina Aguilera (1999).
  • October 30
    • Jam Master Jay is shot dead at a studio in Queens. Run-D.M.C. disbands.
    • Warren Zevon, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer, is the sole guest for the entire hour of Late Show with David Letterman. It would be his final public performance.
    • Stone Temple Pilots play their last show for six years at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, Texas.

November–December[]

  • November 7Guns N' Roses fans in Vancouver riot after a concert, which was to kick off the band's first tour in nine years, is canceled due to Axl Rose's flight getting delayed.[20]
  • November 10Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty and Brian Setzer guest-star on an episode of The Simpsons set at a Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp.
  • November 12 – rap rock band Crazy Town release their second studio album Darkhorse
  • November 19Michael Jackson dangles his nine-month-old son over the balcony of his Berlin hotel room in an apparent attempt to connect with the fans below. He releases a statement later that day calling the incident a "terrible mistake".[21]
  • November 26Will Smith releases his first compilation album (last under Columbia Records) Greatest Hits
  • November 29Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton. Performers included surviving Beatles members Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, and Billy Preston. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation.
  • November 30 – British girl group Girls Aloud is formed on the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals.
  • December 2Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
  • December 3Mariah Carey releases her ninth studio album Charmbracelet.
  • December 6 – Another riot over a canceled Guns N' Roses concert breaks out, this time in Philadelphia, after Axl Rose is a no-show. The band cancels the remaining dates of the tour without explanation.[22]
  • December 22Joe Strummer lead singer, guitarist and founder of Punk Rock band The Clash dies of a congenital heart defect at the age of 50.
  • December 29 – A Creed concert in Chicago angers fans in attendance when lead singer Scott Stapp forgets many lyrics, takes a lengthy leave of absence in the middle of the show and lies down on the stage for part of the performance. The band's manager issues a written apology that includes the statement "we hope that you can take some solace in the fact that you definitely experienced the most unique of all Creed shows and may have become part of the unusual world of rock 'n' roll history!"[23]
  • December 31Phish end their two-year hiatus with a New Year's Eve concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Also in 2002[]

Bands formed[]

Bands disbanded[]

Bands reformed[]

  • D.I. (after 1995 hiatus)
  • Fear Factory
  • Little River Band original members reform as Birtles Shorrock Goble
  • KMFDM
  • Phish (after 2000 hiatus)
  • Suffocation

Albums released[]

January–March[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 I Am... Ayumi Hamasaki 4th number 1 studio album
8 I Am Sam: Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack
Jukebox Sparrows Shannon McNally -
Light of Day, Day of Darkness Green Carnation -
14 Neon Golden The Notwist -
15 Drive Alan Jackson -
Group Therapy Concrete Blonde -
Honour – Valour – Pride Bolt Thrower -
Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology The B-52's Compilation
The Great Divide Willie Nelson -
Tenth Dimension Blaze -
18 World Outside Socialburn -
21 Never Forget (Where You Come From) Bro'Sis -
22 Alkaline Trio / Hot Water Music Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split EP
And All That Could Have Been Nine Inch Nails Live DVD
Bloodsport Sneaker Pimps -
Flight of the Behemoth Sunn O -
The Playa Rich Project 2 Various Artists Compilation
The Process of Belief Bad Religion -
Rock'n Roll Gangster Fieldy's Dreams -
7 U2 EP
Spiritual Minded KRS-One -
28 Come with Us The Chemical Brothers -
29 Blaque Out Blaque -
Classic Masters General Public Compilation
Denials Delusions and Decisions Jaguar Wright Debut
Elva Unwritten Law -
The Essential Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Compilation
Forever Cracker -
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Dream Theater -
? Two Rainy Nights Joe Jackson Live
F
E
B
R
U
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R
Y
1 O Damien Rice -
2 The Bled The Bled EP
4 Sons of Northern Darkness Immortal -
5 After Everything Now This The Church -
Frantic Bryan Ferry -
The Illusion of Safety Thrice -
J to tha L-O!: The Remixes Jennifer Lopez Remix album
The Second Stage Turbine Blade Coheed and Cambria -
Suicide by My Side Sinergy -
Ultimate Manilow Barry Manilow Compilation
6 HTP Hughes Turner Project -
12 Always Got Tonight Chris Isaak -
Apathy and Exhaustion The Lawrence Arms -
Barricades & Brickwalls Kasey Chambers US
Feedback Is Payback 1208 -
Give 'Em the Boot III Various Artists Compilation
On the Road Miss Kittin Compilation
14 One Deep Breath Bradley Joseph -
15 Funnel Weaver Buckethead -
Music from the Major Motion Picture Crossroads Britney Spears Soundtrack
Remedy Lane Pain of Salvation -
18 Geogaddi Boards of Canada Europe
Another Late Night: Zero 7 Zero 7 -
19 All Hail West Texas The Mountain Goats -
As If to Nothing Craig Armstrong -
Beautysleep Tanya Donelly -
Best of the Blues Gary Moore Compilation
Capricornia Midnight Oil -
Don't Worry About Me Joey Ramone -
Goodbye Blue & White Less Than Jake Compilation
Hate Breeds Suffering Lock Up -
Is a Woman Lambchop -
Kissin Time Marianne Faithfull -
Mobilize Anti-Flag -
A Pair of Kings Riders in the Sky -
Sea of No Cares Great Big Sea Canada
The Stability EP Death Cab for Cutie EP
We Are the Only Friends We Have Piebald -
The Worst You Can Do Is Harm The Long Winters -
22 Good to Go Jimmy Eat World EP
25 The Brotherhood Running Wild -
Catch 22 Hypocrisy -
Full Moon Brandy -
Songs Regina Spektor -
Walking with Thee Clinic -
Under Rug Swept Alanis Morissette -
26 Belly of the Sun Cassandra Wilson -
Burn It Black Injected -
The Changing of Times Underøath -
Come Away with Me Norah Jones Debut
Gore Obsessed Cannibal Corpse -
Immer Michael Mayer Mix Compilation
Lapalco Brendan Benson -
Live in a Dive Bracket Live
Lucky 7 The Reverend Horton Heat -
Memories Are My Only Witness Yuka Honda -
Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2 Various Artists Soundtrack
No Half Steppin' Sharissa -
Source Tags & Codes ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead -
Superkala Course of Nature -
Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz Nappy Roots Debut
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1 Preface Jessica Harp -
Queen of the Damned Various Artists Soundtrack
3 Hate Made Me 8 Foot Sativa -
Jebediah Jebediah -
4 Words of Wisdom and Hope Teenage Fanclub -
Hi-Fi Serious A (band) -
5 Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose Against Me! -
Attak KMFDM -
BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 NOFX/Rancid Split LP
Didn't It Rain Songs: Ohia -
The Eleventh Hour Jars of Clay -
England, Half-English Billy Bragg and The Blokes -
Here Comes the Zoo Local H -
History Lessens Skyclad Compilation
IIcons Naughty By Nature -
1919 Eternal Black Label Society -
Sha Sha Ben Kweller -
6 Burning Angel Arch Enemy EP
This Armor Chihiro Onitsuka -
12 B2K B2K -
Become You Indigo Girls -
Chapters From a Vale Forlorn Falconer -
Favorite Noise Reel Big Fish Compilation
Home from Home Millencolin -
In Search Of... N.E.R.D. -
Modulate Bob Mould -
Perseverance Hatebreed -
Resident Evil: Music from and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack
This Is the Remix Destiny's Child Remix
VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin The Corrs Live
What It Is to Burn Finch -
13 Listen to My Heart BoA Japanese Debut
18 In Our Gun Gomez -
Spin Darren Hayes Solo Debut; Australia
19 Circle Gets the Square Kevin Devine -
Drunken Lullabies Flogging Molly -
Far Side of the World Jimmy Buffett -
Fused Together in Revolving Doors The Red Chord -
Hold Your Horse Is Hella -
Land (1975–2002) Patti Smith Compilation
Lust in Phaze Soul Coughing -
A Night at the Opera Blind Guardian -
No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls Simple Plan -
Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Pied Piper Donovan -
The Rest of Us Gas Huffer -
Rude Awakening Megadeth Live
Superstarved Gravity Kills -
The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones Ol' Dirty Bastard -
VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection Hall & Oates Compilation
World Outside My Window Glenn Lewis -
23 Or Golden Boy with Miss Kittin -
25 Man and Machine U.D.O. -
Natural Born Chaos Soilwork -
A New Day Has Come Celine Dion -
Nocturnal Activity Rae & Christian -
Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation
Original Pirate Material The Streets Debut
The Remote Part Idlewild -
Rock in Rio Iron Maiden 2xCD; Live
Weight of the World Harem Scarem Japan; released in Canada Oct. '02
26 The Best of Both Worlds R. Kelly & Jay-Z -
Behind Silence and Solitude All That Remains -
Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow Down -
Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone The Walkmen -
Kona Town Pepper -
Special Edition Infamous Mobb -
Tell All Your Friends Taking Back Sunday -
Thrive Newsboys -
While You Weren't Looking Caitlin Cary Solo Debut
31 Diorama Silverchair -

April–June[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Cry Simple Minds -
Handcream for a Generation Cornershop -
Mclusky Do Dallas Mclusky -
Millennium Monsterwork 2000 Fantômas and Melvins Live
Release Pet Shop Boys -
2 All of the Above J-Live -
Ashanti Ashanti -
Every Road Leads Back to You Juice Newton -
Rampton Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine -
Southern Hummingbird Tweet -
Topsy-Turvy The Apex Theory Band later changed name to Mt. Helium
Tremulant The Mars Volta EP
Turn It Up!: The Very Best of Busta Rhymes Compilation
3 Mild-Mannered Supermen The Roy Clark Method -
4 Bitterness the Star 36 Crazyfists -
8 Can You Do Me Good? Del Amitri -
9 Are You Passionate? Neil Young & Booker T & the MGs -
Avoid One Thing Avoid One Thing -
Cabin Fever Rasputina -
Co-Balt Brute -
Good Health Pretty Girls Make Graves -
Gutterflower Goo Goo Dolls -
Hammered Motörhead -
How to Ruin Everything Face to Face -
Jinx Quarashi -
On Imperial Teen -
1000 Kisses Patty Griffin -
Mirror Mirror Twiztid EP
Plastic Fang The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -
The Sham Mirrors Arcturus -
Silver Lining Bonnie Raitt -
Then Came the Night Tommy Shane Steiner -
14 Living Well Is the Best Revenge Midtown -
Mali Music Damon Albarn -
No. 1 BoA -
15 Hostile Ambient Takeover Melvins -
16 Assembly Theatre of Tragedy -
C'mon, C'mon Sheryl Crow -
Control Pedro the Lion -
Heart to Yours Michelle Williams Solo debut
Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence Peter Gabriel Soundtrack
Personal Journals Sage Francis -
Screwed Up Click Representa Z-Ro -
Slick Shoes Slick Shoes -
17 WarCry WarCry Debut
22 Another Phase Maria Mena -
Love for the Streets Caesars -
23 About a Boy Badly Drawn Boy Soundtrack
Homecoming Nazareth Live
I Am Not Homer Dan Castellaneta -
Long Way Home Dokken -
No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney -
Only a Woman Like You Michael Bolton -
Opaline Dishwalla -
Osaka The Kickovers -
Power of the Dragonflame Rhapsody -
Purple World Big Moe -
Stereo Paul Westerberg -
Thug Misses Khia -
When I Was Cruel Elvis Costello -
Wood/Water The Promise Ring -
Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections Cee-Lo Green -
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco -
24 Highvision Supercar -
26 Guess Who's Back? 50 Cent Compilation
29 The Last Broadcast Doves -
Shadow Zone Axel Rudi Pell -
30 Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton Debut
Between the Buried and Me Between the Buried and Me Debut
Blazing Arrow Blackalicious -
Hood Rich Big Tymers -
Living with the Past Jethro Tull Live
Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man Various Artists Soundtrack
Punk Rock Songs Bad Religion Compilation
Ready Ready Set Go Simon & Milo Compilation
Resonance Vol. 2 Anathema Compilation
Trey Anastasio Trey Anastasio -
M
A
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1 Castaways and Cutouts The Decemberists -
2 The Beginning Stages of... The Polyphonic Spree US
6 40 Years The Dubliners -
Any Time Now O.A.R. Live
7 Alice Tom Waits -
All Night Long: An Introduction Rainbow Compilation
Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake Various Artists Compilation
Blood Money Tom Waits -
Bug Dave Davies -
Dark Days Coal Chamber -
Juslisen Musiq -
Leaving Through the Window Something Corporate Major label debut
Memoirs The 3rd and the Mortal -
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 Lauryn Hill Live
My Ride's Here Warren Zevon -
New Beat The Exit -
Open Your Eyes Goldfinger -
PSI Pitchshifter -
9 Story of the Year Big Blue Monkey -
14 The Big Come Up The Black Keys -
Black Sun Primal Fear -
Commencement Deadsy -
Boo Hoo Voltaire -
Come Home with Me Cam'ron -
Down the Road Van Morrison -
18 Moby -
Fantastic Damage El-P -
Maladroit Weezer -
On a Wire The Get Up Kids -
Vapor Trails Rush -
We Invented the Remix P. Diddy & Bad Boy Records Remix
20 Destination Ronan Keating -
Redemption's Son Joseph Arthur -
21 Alive or Just Breathing Killswitch Engage -
Amarillo Sky McBride & the Ride -
Bona Fide Wishbone Ash -
Box Car Racer Box Car Racer Debut
45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records NOFX Compilation
45 RPM: The Singles of The The The The Compilation
Hollyweird Poison -
I Luciferi Danzig -
Killing the Dragon Dio -
Legacy...Hymns and Faith Amy Grant -
Little Big Town Little Big Town -
Mended Marc Anthony -
Merchants of Cool Bad Company Live
Never a Dull Moment Tommy Lee -
Now Presents: Off The Hook Various Artists Compilation
Space Metal Star One -
Sharpen Your Teeth Ugly Casanova -
Ten Years and Running MxPx Compilation
Thalía Thalía -
Use Once and Destroy Superjoint Ritural -
26 Chronicle: Best of the Work Dr. Dre Compilation
27 Night on My Side Gemma Hayes -
A Ruff Guide Tricky Compilation
Thinking It Over Liberty X UK
28 The Eminem Show Eminem -
Freedom Andy Griggs -
Remission Mastodon Full-length Debut
Say Something Nasty Nashville Pussy -
Surrounded by Thieves High on Fire -
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1 Up All Night Gore Gore Girls -
Babylon (Skindred album) Skindred Debut
2 The Private Press DJ Shadow -
3 AnotherLateNight: Groove Armada Groove Armada Compilation
Dying in Stereo Northern State Debut
Live 1990 Hawkwind Live 1990
Storytelling Belle & Sebastian -
Thought for Food The Books Debut
Tr3s Lunas Mike Oldfield -
4 The Best of Buju Banton Buju Banton Compilation
The Best of INXS INXS Compilation
Electric Jack Ingram -
Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape Meshell Ndegeocello -
Details Frou Frou EP
Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas -
The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1 Steve Vai -
Good Morning Aztlán Los Lobos -
Interpol Interpol EP
Let Go Avril Lavigne Debut
Life Goes On Donell Jones -
Situationist Comedy Dillinger Four -
Soundbombing III Various Artists Compilation
Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses Atreyu -
Under tha Influence DJ Quik -
Warriors of the World Manowar -
6 Live in Liverpool Echo & the Bunnymen Live
Sing Sing Death House The Distillers -
8 The Madness of the Crowds Ace Troubleshooter -
10 Plastic Skies Bodyjar -
2G+2 The Fall Compilation
11 Dying for the World W.A.S.P. -
Full Circle Boyz II Men -
God Loves Ugly Atmosphere -
Heathen David Bowie -
In Violet Light The Tragically Hip -
It's Not Too Late Neal Morse -
Live in the Classic City Widespread Panic Live
Maia Sharp Maia Sharp -
No! They Might Be Giants -
Pet Sounds Live Brian Wilson Live
Sticks and Stones New Found Glory -
Suicide Invoice Hot Snakes -
This Is The Life I Lead Daz Dillinger -
Time Bomb High School Reigning Sound -
The True Meaning Cormega -
Untouchables Korn -
18 As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy Split Album
Masquerade Wyclef Jean -
Border Girl Paulina Rubio Debut-English Crossover Album
Bunkka Paul Oakenfold -
Degradation Trip Jerry Cantrell -
The Essentials Bananarama -
Gravity Our Lady Peace -
Hard Rock Bottom No Use for a Name -
Live at the Temple Bar and More Fishbone Live
lovehatetragedy Papa Roach -
Pop 'Til You Drop A*Teens -
Readymades Chumbawamba -
Universal Truths and Cycles Guided by Voices -
19 Deep River Hikaru Utada -
23 Born a Lion Danko Jones Debut
24 Century Child Nightwish -
Clubland – The Ride of Your Life Clubland Compilation
Drink Me Queenadreena -
Hunters and Prey Angra EP
Visions from the Spiral Generator Vintersorg -
25 Born to Reign Will Smith -
God's Favorite N.O.R.E. -
Nellyville Nelly -
Cheer Up! Reel Big Fish -
Coup de Grace Orange Goblin -
Crucible Halford -
Get Ya Mind Correct Chamillionaire & Paul Wall -
Kings of Pop Home Grown -
Live at Budokan Ozzy Osbourne Live
Murray Street Sonic Youth -
Play Play -
Punk-O-Rama Vol. 7 Various Artists Compilation
Soma Holiday Greenwheel -
Songs About Jane Maroon 5 -
Strange Beautiful Music Joe Satriani -
3 Soulfly -
Today, Tomorrow, and Forever Elvis Presley -
Truthfully Speaking Truth Hurts -
The Used The Used Debut

July–September[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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Hullabaloo Soundtrack Muse Live
2002 Warped Tour Compilation Various Artists Compilation
2 Charango Morcheeba -
Stash Cypress Hill EP
Classics Selected by Brian Wilson The Beach Boys Compilation
From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes Nas EP
Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc. Murder Inc. Records Compilation
O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Aerosmith Compilation
Shenanigans Green Day Compilation
Steady as She Goes Voodoo Glow Skulls -
21 Singles The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation
The Ultimate Kansas Kansas Compilation
The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning Chicago Compilation
This Is the Remix Jessica Simpson Remix
Worship and Tribute Glassjaw -
8 Greatest Hits Space Compilation
9 At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis Styx Live
Bacdafucup Part II Onyx -
Bag of Hits Fun Lovin' Criminals Compilation
By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers -
A Gangster and a Gentleman Styles P -
Hard Candy Counting Crows -
A Jackknife to a Swan The Mighty Mighty Bosstones -
The Underdog EP Yellowcard EP
10 Parade of Chaos Zao -
16 Busted Stuff Dave Matthews Band -
Control Pedro the Lion -
Daybreaker Beth Orton -
Dreamland Robert Plant -
Headspace Pulse Ultra -
Highly Evolved The Vines -
I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley -
Live from New York City, 1967 Simon & Garfunkel Live 1967
Want It Buju Banton Compilation
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Flaming Lips -
17 Welcome to Blue Island Enuff Z'nuff Japan
22 Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation
23 Bermuda Triangle Buckethead -
Community Service The Crystal Method -
Completely Diamond Rio -
I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love My Chemical Romance Debut
Mack 10 Presents da Hood Mack 10 -
Man with a Memory Joe Nichols -
Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Revolverlution Public Enemy -
Sink or Swim The Waifs US
500 Degreez Lil Wayne -
Deadringer RJD2 -
26 The Coral The Coral -
30 Alive! Snot Live
The Amalgamut Filter -
Back to Then Darius Rucker -
Brontosaurus Da Vinci's Notebook -
Concrete Fear Factory -
Faces & Names Dave Pirner -
All I Have Amerie Debut
Fashionably Late Linda Thompson -
Happenstance Fozzy -
In a Word: Yes (1969 – ) Yes Box Set
Learning from Falling Lamya -
Reanimation Linkin Park -
The Rising Bruce Springsteen -
To Serve Man Cattle Decapitation -
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The Inhuman Condition Sam Roberts EP
3 Fue Por Ti Ericson Alexander Molano -
5 Evil Heat Primal Scream -
Surf Roddy Frame UK
6 Attack of the Attacking Things Jean Grae Debut
Drunk Enough to Dance Bowling for Soup -
The Fix Scarface -
Heaven DJ Sammy -
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band Ringo Starr Live
Miss Fortune Allison Moorer -
No Secrets No Secrets -
Nothing Meshuggah -
Thug Holiday Trick Daddy -
Turbo The Pietasters -
Whip It On The Raveonettes Debut EP
Wishfire The Crüxshadows -
Unleashed Toby Keith -
8 The Charles C. Leary Devendra Banhart -
11 Melody A.M. Röyksopp -
12 Cool Summer Reggae Aswad -
13 All the Time in the World Jump5 -
American Cheese Nerf Herder -
At Sixes and Sevens Sirenia -
Cherry Marmalade Kay Hanley -
Gusto! Guttermouth -
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Bright Eyes -
Living Targets Beatsteaks -
The Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff -
The Mantle Agalloch -
Minority of One Dag Nasty -
October Road James Taylor -
Rebirth Keith Sweat -
This Side Nickel Creek -
Trinity (Past, Present and Future) Slum Village -
Vanity Eighteen Visions -
Welcome to Discovery Park Brad -
Wiretap Scars Sparta -
X Def Leppard -
15 We Will Be Dead Tomorrow Raging Speedhorn -
16 Foretold in the Language of Dreams Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project -
FZ:OZ Frank Zappa Live 1976
19 Hometime Alison Moyet UK
Turn on the Bright Lights Interpol -
20 Animal House Angie Martinez -
Black Letter Days Frank Black and the Catholics -
Blacklisted Neko Case -
Damage Done Dark Tranquillity -
Detox Treble Charger -
Devil's Workshop Frank Black and the Catholics -
Disclaimer Seether -
Easy Kelly Willis -
Hijas del Tomate Las Ketchup -
If It Was You Tegan and Sara -
In Their Darkened Shrines Nile -
Kill the Moonlight Spoon -
Live The Black Crowes 2xCD; Live
Lord Willin' Clipse -
My Fever Broke Rasputina EP
One Beat Sleater-Kinney -
Past Lives Black Sabbath Live Compilation
Silence Blindside -
Since We've Become Translucent Mudhoney -
Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack -
Tropical Storm Beenie Man -
Waking the Dead L.A. Guns -
26 Expanding Senses Darkane Europe
Make Yourself Incubus -
Angels with Dirty Faces Sugababes -
27 Again, for the First Time Bleach -
Corporate America Boston -
Daylight Duncan Sheik -
Diamond Princess Trina -
Eve-Olution Eve -
Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield -
Home Dixie Chicks -
Into Your Head BBMak -
Irony Is a Dead Scene The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton EP
Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden Johnny Cash Live
Just Tryin' Ta Live Devin the Dude -
Lost in Space Aimee Mann -
Mind Elevation Nightmares on Wax -
The Mix Tape KRS-One Compilation
Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites Riders in the Sky -
My Town Montgomery Gentry -
No Stranger to Shame Uncle Kracker -
The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 2 N.W.A Compilation
Outrospective / Reperspective Faithless -
Saturate Breaking Benjamin Debut
Snow Spock's Beard -
Songs for the Deaf Queens of the Stone Age -
Stone Sour Stone Sour -
30 Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars -
Undaground Legend Lil' Flip Debut
30 Meant to Be Selwyn -
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2 Beginner's Luck Cowboy Troy -
Critical Mass Threshold -
Mastered by Guy at The Exchange Max Tundra [24]
The Music The Music UK
3 Another Earthquake Aaron Carter -
BYO Split Series, Vol. 4 Anti-Flag/The Bouncing Souls Split Album
Reroute to Remain In Flames -
Sadness Will Prevail Today Is the Day -
Sharks UFO -
5 The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul Ferus Mustafov [25]
OK Go OK Go Debut
9 Feels So Good Atomic Kitten -
Intergalactic Sonic 7″s Ash Compilation
10 4NYC Jordan Rudess -
Golden Grain Disturbing tha Peace -
Greatest Hits Run-D.M.C. Compilation
Cross Canadian Ragweed Cross Canadian Ragweed Debut
Illumination Paul Weller -
Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA Dropkick Murphys Live
Paradise Kenny G -
Roger Miret and the Disasters Roger Miret and the Disasters -
Scars Gary Moore -
Sleepless Peter Wolf -
So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter Ani DiFranco Live
Still Alive... And Well? Megadeth Compilation
Warts and All: Volume 2 Moe Live
17 The Art of Balance Shadows Fall -
Believe Disturbed -
Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants Compilation
Heavy Traffic Status Quo -
Internet Dating Superstuds The Vandals -
Kutless Kutless -
Light & Magic Ladytron -
Oceanic Isis -
Quizas Enrique Iglesias -
Rainy Day Assembly Tess Wiley -
The Richest Man in Babylon Thievery Corporation -
Stanley Climbfall Lifehouse -
Theory of a Deadman Theory of a Deadman Debut
Whole Numbers Play the Basics Casino Versus Japan [26]
18 By the Grace of God The Hellacopters -
23 Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero Tommy Guerrero Compilation
20 Years of Dischord Various Artists Dischord Records Box Set
When the Roses Bloom Again Laura Cantrell -
24 Almost an Island Wolfstone -
Craveman Ted Nugent -
The Creek Drank the Cradle Iron & Wine -
Demolition Ryan Adams Demos
Dutty Rock Sean Paul -
Head on Straight Tonic -
The Headphone Masterpiece Cody Chesnutt -
A Hundred Days Off Underworld -
In Absentia Porcupine Tree -
Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild CKY -
The Instigator Rhett Miller -
Jerusalem Steve Earle -
The Lion and the Witch Weezer EP
The Lost Tapes Nas Compilation
The Naked Ride Home Jackson Browne -
Newsboys Remixed Newsboys Remix
Purple Onion Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade -
Redemption Benzino -
Sea Change Beck -
Side Hustles UGK -
Strong Enough Travis Tritt -
Under a Pale Grey Sky Sepultura Live
Up Peter Gabriel -
Voyage to India India.Arie -
30 Busted Busted -
Forty Licks The Rolling Stones Compilation
Life on Other Planets Supergrass -
Live in Midgård Therion Live
A New Morning Suede -
The Outer Marker Just Jack -
The Ragpicker's Dream Mark Knopfler -

October–December[]

Date Album Artist Notes
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1 Before the Backstreet Boys 1989–1993 Nick Carter Compilation
The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000 The Unseen Compilation
Cruel Smile Elvis Costello and the Imposters -
Downthesun Downthesun -
The Execution of All Things Rilo Kiley -
Floetic Floetry -
Live in Paris Diana Krall Live
Man Vs. Machine Xzibit -
To Live and Die in CA Daz Dillinger -
To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet Matthew Sweet Compilation
Tuxicity Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine -
Twisted Angel LeAnn Rimes -
The Young and the Hopeless Good Charlotte -
2 Consumed by Your Poison Despised Icon -
7 Entering the Spectra Karmakanic -
8 Alienating Our Audience Mindless Self Indulgence Live
The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print The Bouncing Souls Compilation
BareNaked Jennifer Love Hewitt -
Ben Folds Live Ben Folds Live
Bounce Bon Jovi -
Caution Hot Water Music -
Clone Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon -
Comalies Lacuna Coil -
Cruelty Without Beauty Soft Cell -
Device, Voice, Drum Kansas Live
Early Years Tiger Army EP
El Cielo dredg -
Electric Tears Buckethead -
1st Class Large Professor -
Fuck the System The Exploited -
Golden Road Keith Urban -
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With King Crimson EP
It Won't Be Christmas Without You Brooks & Dunn Christmas
Jingle All the Way Crash Test Dummies Christmas
Kings of Crunk Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz -
The Last DJ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
Lost Horizons Lemon Jelly -
Make Up the Breakdown Hot Hot Heat Debut
Mis Boleros Favoritos Luis Miguel Compilation
Not 4 Sale Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas -
Power in Numbers Jurassic 5 -
Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three Rollins Band Covers album
Rollin' Stoned Kottonmouth Kings -
Sean-Nós Nua Sinéad O'Connor Traditional Irish songs
Statues Moloko -
This Is Who I Am Heather Headley Debut
Wonder What's Next Chevelle -
Velocity of Sound The Apples in Stereo -
11 Being Out Rocks Various Artists Compilation
I to Sky JJ72 -
14 Footprints Holly Valance -
Hate The Delgados -
Out from Out Where Amon Tobin -
Up the Bracket The Libertines -
15 Attack!! Yngwie J. Malmsteen -
Cry Faith Hill Hill's third consecutive album to reach no. 1
Heavy Metal Thunder Saxon -
Let It Rain Tracy Chapman -
Paullelujah! MC Paul Barman -
Perfecting Loneliness Jets to Brazil -
Santa Claus Lane Hilary Duff Christmas; Debut
10 LL Cool J -
Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti Various Artists Red Hot Benefit Series
Waiting for My Rocket to Come Jason Mraz -
Welcome Taproot -
You Forgot It in People Broken Social Scene -
20 Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Pavement Compilation
21 All Eyez on Me Monica -
Comfort In Sound Feeder -
Human Conditions Richard Ashcroft -
The Kiss of Morning Graham Coxon -
Our House: the Original Songs Madness Compilation
Unity Rage -
22 Best of Bowie David Bowie Compilation
Christmas Is Almost Here Carly Simon Christmas
Dancing Down the Stony Road Chris Rea -
The Essential Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Compilation
Garfield Adam Green -
A Girl Can Mack 3LW -
Is This Thing Loaded? Northstar -
It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook Rod Stewart Covers
Live From Camp X-Ray Rocket from the Crypt -
Neva Surrenda Outlawz -
New Earth Mud Chris Robinson -
One by One Foo Fighters -
Order of the Leech Napalm Death -
Save Rock 'n' Roll The Flaming Sideburns -
Shaman Santana -
Some Things Lasgo -
Spend the Night The Donnas -
Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 Black Sabbath Compilation
Transplants Transplants -
Wishes: A Holiday Album Kenny G Holiday
Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) Behemoth -
25 Present Killing Heidi -
28 ( ) Sigur Rós -
Crimson Thunder HammerFall -
Enjoy the Moment Randy Napoleon
Forever Delayed Manic Street Preachers Compilation
A New Day at Midnight David Gray
Now or Never Nick Carter -
Oh Me Oh My Devendra Banhart -
Scarlet's Walk Tori Amos -
Simply Deep Kelly Rowland -
Unholy Cult Immolation
29 Da Capo Ace of Base -
Divine Discontent Sixpence None the Richer -
Liza's Back Liza Minnelli Live
Lucky Day Shaggy -
Melt Rascal Flatts -
The Metal Opera Part II Avantasia -
8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Eminem Soundtrack
Nirvana Nirvana Compilation
Pistols at Dawn Consumed -
Santa Hooked Me Up B2K Christmas
Stripped Christina Aguilera -
Thug World Order Bone Thugs-N-Harmony -
30 Shawn Desman Shawn Desman Debut
31 Alexisonfire Alexisonfire Debut
Something Good Is Going to Happen to You Baboon -
Season's Greetings from moe. Moe Christmas
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2 A Wonderful World Tony Bennett and k.d. lang -
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Dave Matthews Band Live
4 The Ballad Hits Roxette Compilation
Eddie's Archive Iron Maiden Box Set
Family Tree Björk Box Set
Greatest Hits Björk Compilation
The Guest Phantom Planet -
À la vie, à la mort ! Johnny Hallyday Double album
One Love Blue -
Submers Loscil [27]
Yanqui U.X.O. Godspeed You! Black Emperor -
5 American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash -
Anthology Carly Simon Compilation
The Wraith: Shangri-La Insane Clown Posse -
The Best of 1990-2000 U2 Compilation +2 new tracks
Corridos de Muerte Asesino -
Edward the Great Iron Maiden Compilation
Grandes Éxitos Shakira Compilation
Have You Fed the Fish? Badly Drawn Boy -
Justified Justin Timberlake Debut
Live Alison Krauss Live
Live at the Rams Head Little Feat Live
Machine Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP
The Morning After Deborah Cox -
The Odyssey Symphony X -
One More Car, One More Rider Eric Clapton Live
Punishment in Capitals Napalm Death Live
Red Letter Days The Wallflowers -
Stars – The Best of 1992–2002 The Cranberries Compilation
Still Ghetto Jaheim -
Tallahassee The Mountain Goats -
We Are Science Dot Allison -
11 Back in the U.S. Paul McCartney 2xCD + DVD; Live
Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci Felt -
Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Westlife Compilation
12 Away from the Sun 3 Doors Down -
Back Into Your System Saliva -
The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees Siouxsie and the Banshees Compilation
The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse Jay-Z -
A Christmas Gift of Love Barry Manilow Christmas album
Darkhorse Crazy Town -
Deliverance Opeth -
Symbol of Life Paradise Lost -
Dutty Rock Sean Paul -
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Elton John Compilation
Loose Screw The Pretenders -
Loyalty Fat Joe -
Monsters in the Closet Swollen Members Compilation
Resurrection Through Carnage Bloodbath -
Riot Act Pearl Jam -
So Happily Unsatisfied Nine Days -
Testify Phil Collins -
3D TLC -
Tribute to the Gods Iced Earth Covers album
Under Construction Missy Elliott -
14 Folk the World Tour Flight of the Conchords Live, debut
18 Brainwashed George Harrison -
Escapology Robbie Williams -
Fatal Hussein Fatal -
Greatest Hits Lighthouse Family Compilation
Live Running Wild Live
More Than a Woman Toni Braxton -
Nordland I Bathory -
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation
Organik Remixes Robert Miles Remix
Up! Shania Twain Sold in Country, Pop and World versions; 11x Platinum
19 Audioslave Audioslave Debut
Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack
The End of All Things to Come Mudvayne -
Gone Wanderin' Jackie Greene -
Greatest Hits Geto Boys -
Last Temptation Ja Rule -
Mic Club: The Curriculum Canibus -
More Than You Think You Are Matchbox Twenty -
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation
Quality Talib Kweli Debut
Runaway Train Oleander EP
Safe Kittie EP
Slicker Than Your Average Craig David -
Travelogue Joni Mitchell -
Uncontrollable Fatulence Various Artists Compilation
Wait for Me Susan Tedeschi -
23 Naughty or Nice 3LW -
25 The Last Dance Steps Compilation
Seeing Double S Club -
This Is Me... Then Jennifer Lopez -
26 Better Dayz 2Pac -
Birdman Birdman -
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Bob Dylan Live 1975
Burned Alive By Time Evergreen Terrace -
Does This Look Infected? Sum 41 -
Dru World Order Dru Hill -
Duets Barbra Streisand Compilation
Emotional K-Ci and JoJo -
Encore Lionel Richie Live
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 The Beach Boys Live 1980
Greatest Hits Will Smith Compilation
I & I Survived Bad Brains -
It Ain't Safe No More Busta Rhymes -
Lil' Beethoven Sparks -
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ Snoop Dogg -
Phrenology The Roots -
Red 13 Journey EP
Shut Up Kelly Osbourne -
Steal This Album! System of a Down -
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors Tim McGraw -
27 Step into My Heart immi -
29 Skylarkin' Mic Christopher -
Synchronized Sheavy -
Twelve Shots on the Rocks Hanoi Rocks -
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1 El Sello De Los Tiempos WarCry -
2 Dive In Darius Debut
Goodnight Sun Mike Farris -
3 Charmbracelet Mariah Carey -
6 Breaking Up Gray Skies Zayra Alvarez -
Lost as One Whispering Gallery -
Taking the Lead Elias Viljanen -
9 Cold Black Piece of Flesh Sacrificium -
Makowiecki Band Tomasz Makowiecki -
10 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane t.A.T.u. -
Electric Circus Common -
Feast on Scraps Alanis Morissette Live DVD
I Care 4 U Aaliyah Compilation
Just Whitney Whitney Houston -
Legend of the Liquid Sword GZA -
Naughty or Nice 3LW Christmas
Round Room Phish -
Urantia Ashtar -
11 CARPE DIEM Yellow Generation -
Radio Caroline Vol.1 Miss Kittin Compilation
Sugar High Chihiro Onitsuka -
13 God's Son Nas -
Glam-rök Fireflight -
Teraz wiem Szymon Wydra -
16 Chloë Chloë Agnew Debut
Pop*Porn Libido -
17 Don't Stop Movin' S Club -
Game Time Lil' Romeo -
MTV Unplugged 2.0 Dashboard Confessional Live
The Last Place You Look Remember Maine -
20 Gecko Stroll Will Pan -
24 The Genesis Yngwie Malmsteen -
What If It All Means Something Chantal Kreviazuk Canada
31 Revenge Is My Name Iron Mask -

Release date unknown[]

  • Be StillDonna Lewis
  • Guitar PlayerHank Marvin
  • HollinndagainAvey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist
  • Lovesick, Broke and Driftin'Hank Williams III
  • Memory – La – Constantin Veis
  • The MoanThe Black Keys
  • N.I.N.A.Lisa Lopes
  • Peace On EarthJohnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
  • Purely EvilThe Rogers Sisters
  • Steam Powered Aereo-Takes - John Hartford

Popular songs[]

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Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US[]

  1. The Eminem ShowEminem
  2. NellyvilleNelly
  3. Let GoAvril Lavigne
  4. BritneyBritney Spears
  5. Laundry ServiceShakira
  6. Silver Side UpNickelback
  7. A New Day Has ComeCeline Dion
  8. 8701Usher
  9. HomeDixie Chicks
  10. MissundaztoodPink

Classical music[]

  • Kalevi Aho – Flute Concerto
  • Leonardo Balada – Passacaglia for Orchestra
  • Derek Bourgeois – Symphony No. 9
  • George CrumbEine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano
  • Peter Maxwell DaviesNaxos Quartet No. 1
  • Beat FurrerPhasma, for piano
  • Philip GlassConcerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra
  • Patrick HawesBlue in Blue
  • Toshio HosokawaSlow Motion
  • Tolga KashifQueen Symphony
  • Theo Loevendie – Clarinet Concerto
  • Somei Satoh – Violin Concerto
  • Salvatore SciarrinoAltre schegge di canto, symphonic work
  • John Serry Sr.
    • American Rhapsody (piano transcription)
    • Concerto for Free Bass Accordion (piano transcription)
  • Johannes Maria Staud
    • Esquisse retouchée (Incipit 2), for trombone (with bass drum)
    • Configurations / Reflet, for 8 players
    • Polygon, for piano and orchestra
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
    • Europa-Gruss (revised version, for minimum ensemble)
    • Strahlen ("Rays"), for a percussionist and ten-channel sound recording
  • Ye XiaogangGreat Wall Symphony

Opera[]

  • Friedrich CerhaDer Riese vom Steinfeld
  • Steve ReichThree Tales
  • Salvatore SciarrinoMacbeth
  • Michel van der AaOne
  • Rodney Waschka IISaint Ambrose (recording only)[28]

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

  • Bombay Dreams – London production
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – London production
  • Hairspray – Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on August 15 and ran for over 2500 performances
  • Movin' Out – Broadway production opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre and ran for 1303 performances
  • Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical – Broadway production opened on March 14 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 109 performances
  • Taboo – London production opened January 29
  • Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical) – Broadway production opened at the Marquis Theatre and ran for 903 performances
  • We Will Rock You – London production

Musical films[]

  • 8 Mile a drama starring Eminem as a rapper. Features many rap battles.
  • 8 Women
  • 24 Hour Party People
  • Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage
  • April Maadhathil, starring Srikanth and Sneha
  • Bala, starring Shaam and Meera Jasmine
  • Biggie & Tupac
  • Chicago, starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere
  • Filles perdues, cheveux gras
  • Green Lights
  • I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
  • Return to Never Land (animated feature)
  • Standing in the Shadows of Motown
  • Unconditional Love

Births[]

  • January 25Lil Mosey, American rapper and Internet personality
  • February 5Taehyun, Korean singer and dancer, member of TXT
  • April 5Golden Cañedo, Filipina singer and entertainer, winner of The Clash season 1
  • April 24Skylar Stecker, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • June 29Marlhy Murphy, American musician, actress, television personality and internet personality
  • July 14Kian (musician), Australian singer-songwriter and musician
  • July 23Lil' P-Nut, American rapper and actor
  • August 6Nessa Barrett, American singer
  • August 14Hueningkai, American-Korean singer and dancer, member of TXT
  • September 3Kyline Alcantara, Filipina singer and TV personality
  • September 23Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
  • October 9Any Gabrielly, Brazilian singer and dancer
  • October 23Ningning, Chinese singer member of aespa
  • October 24Ado, Japanese singer
  • October 29Ruel, English born Australian soul R&B singer-songwriter
  • November 1NLE Choppa, American rapper

Deaths[]

  • January 2Zac Foley (33), bassist of EMF (drug overdose)
  • January 3Juan García Esquivel (83) Mexican band leader, pianist and composer
  • January 7Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer (suicide)
  • January 20Ivan Karabyts (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer
  • January 21Peggy Lee (81), jazz singer and songwriter
  • January 22
    • Peter Bardens, (56), keyboardist of Camel
    • Sheldon Allman, (77)
  • February 1Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
  • February 10Dave Van Ronk (65)
  • February 13Waylon Jennings (64), country musician
  • February 14Günter Wand (90), conductor
  • February 24Leo Ornstein (106), composer
  • March 1Doreen Waddell (36), singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF
  • March 13Marc Moreland (44), guitarist (Wall of Voodoo, The Skulls) (liver failure)
  • March 19John Patton (66), jazz and soul organist
  • March 23Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano
  • March 24Dorothy DeLay (84), Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
  • March 26Randy Castillo (51), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
  • March 27Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor
  • March 31Lucio San Pedro (89), Filipino composer and teacher
  • April 2Levi Celerio (91), Filipino composer and lyricist
  • April 5Layne Staley (34), lead vocalist of Alice in Chains and Mad Season
  • April 13Alex Baroni (35), singer
  • April 15Ram Singh Thakur (87), Indian freedom fighter, musician and composer
  • April 17Tak Shindo (79), musician, composer and arranger
  • April 25Lisa Lopes (30), singer (car accident)
  • April 27Hillous Butrum (74), country musician
  • May 3Evgeny Svetlanov (73), composer and conductor
  • May 6
    • Otis Blackwell (71), songwriter and pianist
    • Editing Bjørn Johansen (61), Norwegian saxophonist
  • May 7Xavier Montsalvatge (90), composer
  • May 9Leon Stein (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910)
  • June 5Dee Dee Ramone (50), of The Ramones (heroin overdose)
  • June 6Robbin Crosby (42), guitarist (Ratt)
  • June 13Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor
  • June 15Big Mello (33), rapper (car accident)
  • June 27John Entwistle (57), bassist of The Who (heart attack)
  • June 29Rosemary Clooney (74), US singer and actress
  • July 2
    • Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist
    • Earle Brown (75), composer
  • July 4Gerald Bales (83), Canadian organist and composer
  • July 11Rosco Gordon (74), blues singer and songwriter
  • July 19
    • Dave Carter (49), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
    • Alan Lomax (87), American folklorist, ethnomusicologist and musician
  • July 21Gus Dudgeon (59), English music producer
  • August 2
    • Joe Allison (77), songwriter
    • Magda László, operatic soprano
  • August 9Bertold Hummel (76), German composer
  • August 10Michael Houser (40), guitarist (Widespread Panic) (pancreatic cancer)
  • August 14Dave Williams (30), vocalist of Drowning Pool
  • August 31Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
  • September 7Erma Franklin (64), gospel singer
  • September 20Joan Littlewood (87), impresario
  • September 24Tim Rose, (62), singer-songwriter
  • September 29Mickey Newbury (62), singer, songwriter
  • October 3Darryl DeLoach (55), guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
  • October 17Derek Bell (66), harpist (The Chieftains)
  • October 24Adolph Green (87), lyricist
  • October 25Richard Harris (72), actor and singer
  • October 27Tom Dowd (77), recording engineer and producer
  • October 30Jam-Master Jay (37), member of Run-D.M.C.
  • November 3Lonnie Donegan (71), skiffle musician
  • November 5Billy Guy (66), singer (The Coasters)
  • November 21Hadda Brooks (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer
  • November 28Dave "Snaker" Ray (59), blues singer and guitarist
  • November 30Minuetta Kessler (88), concert pianist, classical composer and music educator
  • December 9Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab (road accident)
  • December 13Zal Yanovsky (57), rock singer and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful)
  • December 22Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash
  • December 31Kevin MacMichael (51), Canadian guitarist of British band Cutting Crew

Awards[]

  • The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Isaac Hayes, Brenda Lee, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Gene Pitney, Ramones and the Talking Heads
  • Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Pat Boone, and Amy Grant

ARIA Music Awards[]

  • ARIA Music Awards of 2002

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 2002

Eurovision Song Contest[]

  • Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Mercury Music Prize[]

  • A Little DeeperMs. Dynamite wins.

Glenn Gould Prize[]

  • Pierre Boulez (laureate), Jean-Guihen Queyras (protégé)

Charts[]

  • Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002

Triple J Hottest 100[]

  • Triple J Hottest 100, 2002

See also[]

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