This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (June 2010) The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (December 2010) This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002. 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 … Related time period or subjects … 1999 • 2000 • 2001 – 2002 – 2003 • 2004 • 2005 … … 1970s • 1980s • 1990s – 2000s – 2010s • 2020s • 2030s … … 20th century – 21st century – 22nd century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 1.1 Undated 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 5.13 Release date unknown 6 Top hits 7 Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US 8 Classical music 8.1 Opera 9 Musical theater 10 Musical films 11 Deaths 12 Awards 12.1 ARIA Music Awards 12.2 Grammy Awards 12.3 Eurovision Song Contest 12.4 Mercury Music Prize 12.5 Glenn Gould Prize 13 Charts 13.1 Triple J Hottest 100 14 See also 15 References Events February 3 - U2 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 13 - Jennifer 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.1 March 7 - Burton C. Bell leaves Fear Factory after falling out with Dino Cazares. Fear Factory soon disband. March 12 - Silverchair withdraw from the Gone South festival in Australia after Daniel Johns contracts reactive arthritis. March 24 - Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True.2 April 5 - Lead singer, Layne Staley of Alice in Chains was found dead in his condo of an apparent drug overdose. April 23 - Avril Lavigne released "Complicated", her first single. April 25 - Lisa Lopes, American rapper, singer, songwriter, and member of the R&B girl group TLC, better known by her stage name Left Eye, dies in a car accident in La Ceiba, Honduras. She was the sole fatality of eight people in the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Montero Sport that she was driving. May 28- American Rapper Eminem Releases The Eminem Show one of the decade's most popular albums it goes on to sale more 8 million copies in the U.S.3 June - Graham Coxon leaves Blur during Think Tank's recording sessions, after tensions with the others members mainly due to its alleged alcohol problems and its disagreement about the choice of Fatboy Slim as producer. Coxon only contributed in one song, Battery in your legs. He was later "replaced" on tour by Simon Tong, former guitarist of The Verve. 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 15 - The Los Angeles, California, USA radio station KROQ 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 19 - Hikaru 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 30 - The Glastonbury Festival features headline acts Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, and Air. July 27 - Avril Lavigne debut single "Complicated" went to #1 for 8 weeks. September 4 - Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first winner of the television talent contest, American Idol. September 11 - Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured in a domestic accident, leading to the discovery of a brain tumor. 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 - Christina Aguilera releases her controversial music video for "Dirrty", the lead single from her second album Stripped. October 13 - The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston, USA. October 24 - Mikey "Bug" Cox is fired from Coal Chamber after disputes with other members about his drug addiction. October 26 - Avril Lavigne gets her second number one hit "Sk8er Boi". October 30 - Jam Master Jay is shot dead at a studio in Queens. Run-D.M.C. disbands November 29 - Concert 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 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 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil. Undated The Area 2 Festival features headline acts Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, and Blue Man Group. Peter Tägtgren, Quits, Lock Up. The Band then Hires, Tomas Lindberg. Michael Jackson performs Dangerous on TV. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 2002 Bands disbanded See Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002 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 Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 1 I Am... (Ayumi Hamasaki album) Ayumi Hamasaki 4th number 1 studio album 8 Be Still Donna Lewis - 15 Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology The B-52's Compilation Tenth Dimension Blaze - Drive Alan Jackson - Honour - Valour - Pride Bolt Thrower - 21 Never Forget (Where You Come From) Bro'Sis - 22 Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split CD Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split EP Your Majesty The Anniversary - The Process of Belief Bad Religion - Spiritual Minded KRS-One - The Best of Nas Nas Compilation And All that Could Have Been Nine Inch Nails Live DVD Bloodsport Sneaker Pimps - Flight of the Behemoth Sunn O))) - 7 U2 EP The Playa Rich Project, Vol. 2 Various Artists Compilation 28 Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend Fall Out Boy EP 29 Blaque Out Blaque - Come with Us The Chemical Brothers - Forever Cracker - Just Tryin' Ta Live Devin the Dude - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence Dream Theater - Classic Masters General Public Compilation Elva Unwritten Law - The Essential Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand Compilation February Day Album Artist Notes 1 Music from the Major Motion Picture Crossroads Britney Spears Soundtrack 2 The Bled The Bled EP 4 Sons of Northern Darkness Immortal - 5 The Second Stage Turbine Blade Coheed and Cambria - J to tha L-O!: The Remixes Jennifer Lopez Remix album Ultimate Manilow Barry Manilow Compilation Pot of Gold Rainbow Compilation Suicide by My Side Sinergy - The Illusion of Safety Thrice - 12 Feedback Is Payback 1208 - Barricades & Brickwalls Kasey Chambers US Always Got Tonight Chris Isaak - Apathy and Exhaustion The Lawrence Arms - On the Road Miss Kittin Compilation Give 'Em the Boot III Various Artists Compilation 14 One Deep Breath Bradley Joseph - 15 Funnel Weaver Buckethead - 18 Geogaddi Boards of Canada Europe Another Late Night: Zero 7 Zero 7 - 19 Hate Breeds Suffering Lock Up - Mobilize Anti-Flag - 1919 Eternal Black Label Society - The Stability E.P. Death Cab for Cutie EP Beautysleep Tanya Donelly - Sea of No Cares Great Big Sea Canada Goodbye Blue & White Less Than Jake Compilation Capricornia Midnight Oil - Best of the Blues Gary Moore Compilation A Pair of Kings Riders in the Sky - 22 Good to Go Jimmy Eat World EP 25 Full Moon Brandy - Catch 22 Hypocrisy - The Brotherhood Running Wild - Songs Regina Spektor - 26 Live in a Dive Bracket Live Gore Obsessed Cannibal Corpse - Memories Are My Only Witness Yuka Honda - Burn It Black Injected - Come Away with Me Norah Jones - Fever Kylie Minogue US Under Rug Swept Alanis Morissette - Lucky 7 The Reverend Horton Heat - The Changing of Times Underøath - Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2 Various Artists Soundtrack March Day Album Artist Notes 3 Hate Made Me 8 Foot Sativa - Jebediah Jebediah - 5 England, Half-English Billy Bragg - Here Comes the Zoo Local H - Attak KMFDM - Full Moon Brandy Norwood BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 NOFX/Rancid Split LP History Lessens Skyclad Compilation Didn't It Rain Songs: Ohia - 6 Burning Angel Arch Enemy EP 12 Resident Evil (soundtrack) Various Artists Soundtrack VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin The Corrs Live This Is the Remix Destiny's Child Remix Souljacker Eels US Chapters From a Vale Forlorn Falconer - What It Is to Burn Finch - Perseverance Hatebreed - Become You Indigo Girls - Home from Home Millencolin - Modulate Bob Mould - In Search Of... N*E*R*D - Favorite Noise Reel Big Fish Compilation 15 The Best of Both Worlds R. Kelly & Jay-Z - 19 A Night at the Opera Blind Guardian - Pied Piper Donovan - Drunken Lullabies Flogging Molly - The Rest of Us Gas Huffer - Superstarved Gravity Kills - VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection Hall & Oates Compilation Hold Your Horse Is Hella - Rude Awakening Megadeth Live Lust in Phaze Soul Coughing - The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones Ol' Dirty Bastard - Land (1975–2002) Patti Smith Compilation Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 23 Or Golden Boy with Miss Kittin - 25 A New Day Has Come Celine Dion - The Remote Part Idlewild - Rock in Rio Iron Maiden Live Nocturnal Activity Rae & Christian - Natural Born Chaos Soilwork - Now That's What I Call Music! 51 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation 26 Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow Down - Special Edition Infamous Mobb - Thrive Newsboys - Kona Town Pepper - Tell All Your Friends Taking Back Sunday - Alley: The Return of the Ying Yang Twins Ying Yang Twins - 31 Diorama Silverchair - April Day Album Artist Notes 1 Millennium Monsterwork 2000 Fantômas and The Melvins Live Mclusky Do Dallas mclusky - Release Pet Shop Boys - Cry Simple Minds - 2 1 Giant Leap 1 Giant Leap - Ashanti Ashanti - Turn It Up!: The Very Best of Busta Rhymes Compilation Tremulant EP The Mars Volta EP Rampton Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Southern Hummingbird Tweet - 3 Mild-Mannered Supermen The Roy Clark Method - 4 Bitterness the Star 36 Crazyfists - 8 Can You Do Me Good? Del Amitri - 9 Avoid One Thing Avoid One Thing - Co-Balt brute. - How to Ruin Everything Face to Face - Gutterflower Goo Goo Dolls - 1000 Kisses Patty Griffin - Hammered Motörhead - Jinx Quarashi - Cabin Fever Rasputina - Mirror Mirror Twiztid EP Are You Passionate? Neil Young & Booker T & the MGs - 15 Hostile Ambient Takeover The Melvins - 16 C'mon C'mon Sheryl Crow - Personal Journals Sage Francis - Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence Peter Gabriel Soundtrack Control Pedro the Lion - Slick Shoes Slick Shoes - Assembly Theatre of Tragedy - Heart to Yours Michelle Williams Solo debut Screwed Up Click Representa Z-Ro - 17 WarCry WarCry Debut 22 Purple World Big Moe - Another Phase Maria Mena - 23 About a Boy Badly Drawn Boy Soundtrack Only a Woman Like You Michael Bolton - When I Was Cruel Elvis Costello - Long Way Home Dokken - Osaka The Kickovers - Homecoming Nazareth Live Power of the Dragonflame Rhapsody - No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney - Stereo Paul Westerberg - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco - I Am Not Homer Dan Castellaneta - 26 Guess Who's Back? 50 Cent Compilation 29 The Last Broadcast Doves - 30 Resonance Vol. 2 Anathema Compilation Punk Rock Songs Bad Religion Compilation Hood Rich Big Tymers - Blazing Arrow Blackalicious - Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton - Living with the Past Jethro Tull Live Ready Ready Set Go Simon & Milo Compilation May Day Album Artist Notes 1 Castaways and Cutouts The Decemberists - 2 The Beginning Stages of... The Polyphonic Spree US 6 Any Time Now O.A.R. Live 40 Years The Dubliners - 7 Dark Days Coal Chamber - Bug Dave Davies - New Beat The Exit - Open Your Eyes Goldfinger - Juslisen Musiq - PSI Pitchshifter - All Night Long: An Introduction Rainbow Compilation Blood Money Tom Waits - Alice Tom Waits - 14 Come Home with Me Cam'ron - On a Wire The Get Up Kids - 18 Moby - Black Sun Primal Fear - Vapor Trails Rush - Boo Hoo Voltaire - Down the Road Van Morrison - Maladroit Weezer - 20 The Big Come Up The Black Keys - Destination Ronan Keating - 21 Merchants of Cool Bad Company Live Box Car Racer Box Car Racer - Now Presents: Off The Hook Various Artist Compilation - I Luciferi Danzig - Killing the Dragon Dio - Legacy...Hymns and Faith Amy Grant - Alive or Just Breathing Killswitch Engage - 45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records NOFX Compilation Ten Years and Running MxPx Compilation Hollyweird Poison - Space Metal Star One - Thalía Thalía - 45 RPM: The Singles of The The The The Compilation Bona Fide Wishbone Ash - 24 Kings of Pop Home Grown - 25 Original Pirate Material The Streets UK 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 - June Day Album Artist Notes 1 Up All Night Gore Gore Girls - 3 Storytelling Belle & Sebastian - Another Late Night: Groove Armada Groove Armada Compilation Live 1990 Hawkwind Live 4 Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses Atreyu - The Best of Buju Banton Buju Banton Compilation Situationist Comedy Dillinger Four - Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas - Under tha Influence DJ Quik - Details Frou Frou EP Interpol EP Interpol EP The Best of INXS INXS Compilation Good Morning Aztlán Los Lobos - Let Go Avril Lavigne - Warriors of the World Manowar - Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape Me'shell Ndegeocello - The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1 Steve Vai - Soundbombing III Various Artists Compilation 6 Sing Sing Death House The Distillers - Live in Liverpool Echo & the Bunnymen Live 8 The Madness of the Crowds Ace Troubleshooter - 10 Plastic Skies Bodyjar - 2G+2 The Fall Compilation 11 God Loves Ugly Atmosphere - Heathen David Bowie - Full Circle Boyz II Men - This Is The Life I Lead Daz Dillinger - Suicide Invoice Hot Snakes - Untouchables Korn - Maia Sharp Maia Sharp - It's Not Too Late Neal Morse - Sticks and Stones New Found Glory - No! They Might Be Giants - In Violet Light The Tragically Hip - Dying for the World W.A.S.P. - Live in the Classic City Widespread Panic Live Pet Sounds Live Brian Wilson Live 18 As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy Split Album Pop 'Til You Drop A*Teens - The Essentials Bananarama - Degradation Trip Jerry Cantrell - Readymades Chumbawamba - Hard Rock Bottom No Use for a Name - Bunkka Paul Oakenfold - Gravity Our Lady Peace - Border Girl Paulina Rubio - lovehatetragedy Papa Roach - Live at the Temple Bar and More Fishbone Live 19 Deep River Hikaru Utada - 24 Century Child Nightwish - Clubland - The Ride of Your Life Clubland Compilation Drink Me Queenadreena - Visions from the Spiral Generator Vintersorg - Hunters and Prey Angra EP 25 Get Ya Mind Correct Chamillionaire & Paul Wall - Soma Holiday Greenwheel - Crucible Halford - Songs About Jane Maroon 5 - Live at Budokan Ozzy Osbourne Live Play Play - Cheer Up! Reel Big Fish - Strange Beautiful Music Joe Satriani - Born to Reign Will Smith - Murray Street Sonic Youth - 3 Soulfly - Truthfully Speaking Truth Hurts - The Used The Used - Punk-O-Rama Vol. 7 Various Artists Compilation July Day Album Artist Notes 1 Hullabaloo Soundtrack Muse Live Heathen Chemistry Oasis - 2002 Warped Tour Compilation Various Artists Compilation 2 Classics Selected by Brian Wilson The Beach Boys Compilation Worship and Tribute Glassjaw - Shenanigans Green Day Compilation 21 Singles The Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation The Ultimate Kansas Kansas Compilation Charango Morcheeba - From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes Nas EP This Is the Remix Jessica Simpson Remix Steady as She Goes Voodoo Glow Skulls - 5 500 Degreez Lil Wayne - 8 Greatest Hits Space Compilation 9 O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Aerosmith Compilation Hard Candy Counting Crows - Bag of Hits Fun Lovin' Criminals Compilation A Jackknife to a Swan The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Bacdafucup Part II Onyx - By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers - A Gangster and a Gentleman Styles P - At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis Styx Live The Underdog EP Yellowcard EP 10 Parade of Chaos Zao - 15 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Flaming Lips - 16 Want It Buju Banton Compilation Busted Stuff Dave Matthews Band - Control Pedro the Lion - Dreamland Robert Plant - Live from New York City, 1967 Simon & Garfunkel Live Highly Evolved The Vines - I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley - 18 Masquerade Wyclef Jean - 22 Now That's What I Call Music! 52 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation 23 Bermuda Triangle Buckethead - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections Cee-Lo - Community Service The Crystal Method - Mack 10 Presents da Hood Mack 10 - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love My Chemical Romance - Revolverlution Public Enemy - Completely Diamond Rio - Man with a Memory Joe Nichols - Sink or Swim The Waifs US Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation 25 Nellyville Nelly - 29 The Coral The Coral - 30 Concrete Fear Factory - Reanimation Linkin Park - Happenstance Fozzy - Songs for Survivors Graham Nash - The Rising Bruce Springsteen - Diorama Silverchair - Alive! Snot Live In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) Yes Box Set August Day Album Artist Notes 2 Inside Wants Out John Mayer EP' Re-release The Inhuman Condition Sam Roberts EP 3 Fue Por Ti Ericson Alexander Molano 5 Surf Roddy Frame UK release date 6 Drunk Enough to Dance Bowling for Soup - Wishfire The Crüxshadows - No Secrets No Secrets - Turbo The Pietasters - Heaven DJ Sammy - Unleashed Toby Keith - The Fix Scarface - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band Ringo Starr Live Thug Holiday Trick Daddy - 8 The Charles C. Leary Devendra Banhart - 11 Melody A.M. Röyksopp - 12 Cool Summer Reggae Aswad - 13 Living Targets Beatsteaks - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Bright Eyes - This Side Nickel Creek - Minority of One Dag Nasty - X Def Leppard - The Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff - Vanity Eighteen Visions - Gusto! Guttermouth - Cherry Marmalade Kay Hanley - American Cheese Nerf Herder - This Side Nickel Creek - At Sixes and Sevens Sirenia - Trinity (Past, Present and Future) Slum Village - All the Time in the World Jump5 - Wiretap Scars Sparta - Rebirth Keith Sweat - 15 We Will Be Dead Tomorrow Raging Speedhorn - 16 FZ:OZ Frank Zappa Live Foretold in the Language of Dreams Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project - 19 Turn on the Bright Lights Interpol - Hometime Alison Moyet UK 20 Past Lives Black Sabbath Live Compilation Black Letter Days Frank Black and the Catholics - Devil's Workshop Frank Black and the Catholics - Silence Blindside - Blacklisted Neko Case - Lord Willin' Clipse - Damage Done Dark Tranquillity - Waking the Dead L.A. Guns - Animal House Angie Martinez - In Their Darkened Shrines Nile - My Fever Broke Rasputina EP One Beat Sleater-Kinney - Kill the Moonlight Spoon - If It Was You Tegan and Sara - Detox Treble Charger - Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack - 26 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay - Expanding Senses Darkane Europe 27 Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites Riders in the Sky - Sk8er Boi Avril Lavigne - 30 Seconds to Mars 30 Seconds to Mars - Into Your Head BBMak - Gotta Get Thru This Daniel Bedingfield - Corporate America Boston - Again, for the First Time Bleach - Saturate Breaking Benjamin - Undaground Legend Lil' Flip Compilation Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden Johnny Cash Live Wonder What's Next Chevelle - Irony Is a Dead Scene The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton EP Home Dixie Chicks - Eve-Olution Eve - Outrospective / Reperspective Faithless - The Mix Tape KRS-One Compilation Lost in Space Aimee Mann - My Town Montgomery Gentry - Mind Elevation Nightmares on Wax - The N.W.A. Legacy, Vol. 2 N.W.A. Compilation Songs for the Deaf Queens of the Stone Age - Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites Riders in the Sky - Stone Sour Stone Sour - Diamond Princess Trina - No Stranger to Shame Uncle Kracker - 30 Meant to Be Selwyn - September Day Album Artist Notes 2 The Music The Music UK Critical Mass Threshold - 3 BYO Split Series, Vol. 4 Anti-Flag/The Bouncing Souls Split Album Another Earthquake Aaron Carter - Reroute to Remain In Flames - Sharks UFO - 5 The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul4 Ferus Mustafov - 9 Alexisonfire Alexisonfire - Intergalactic Sonic 7″s Ash Compilation Feels So Good Atomic Kitten - 10 So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter Ani DiFranco Live Golden Grain Disturbing tha Peace - Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA Dropkick Murphys Live Paradise Kenny G - Still Alive... And Well? Megadeth Compilation Roger Miret and the Disasters Roger Miret and the Disasters - Warts and All: Volume 2 moe. Live Scars Gary Moore - 4NYC Jordan Rudess - Greatest Hits Run-D.M.C. Compilation Illumination Paul Weller - Sleepless Peter Wolf - 17 Believe Disturbed - Quizas Enrique Iglesias - Oceanic Isis - Kutless Kutless - Light & Magic Ladytron - Stanley Climbfall Lifehouse - The Art of Balance Shadows Fall - Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants Compilation Internet Dating Superstuds The Vandals - Rainy Day Assembly Tess Wiley - 23 Sea Change Beck - Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero Tommy Guerrero Compilation 20 Years of Dischord Various Artists Box Set 24 Redemption Benzino - The Naked Ride Home Jackson Browne - Purple Onion Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Jerusalem Steve Earle - Up Peter Gabriel - The Lost Tapes Nas Compilation Newsboys Remixed Newsboys Remix Craveman Ted Nugent - Dutty Rock Sean Paul - In Absentia Porcupine Tree - Strong Enough Travis Tritt - Under a Pale Grey Sky Sepultura Live Head on Straight Tonic - Side Hustles UGK - A Hundred Days Off Underworld - The Lion and the Witch Weezer EP Almost an Island Wolfstone - 30 Busted Busted - The Outer Marker Just Jack - The Ragpicker's Dream Mark Knopfler - Forty Licks The Rolling Stones Compilation A New Morning Suede - Life on Other Planets Supergrass - Live in Midgård Therion Live October Day Album Artist Notes 1 The All-American Rejects The All-American Rejects - BEFORE The Backstreet Boys 1989-1993 Nick Carter Compilation Tuxicity Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine - Cruel Smile Elvis Costello and the Imposters - To Live and Die in CA Daz Dillinger - The Young and the Hopeless Good Charlotte - The Execution of All Things Rilo Kiley - Live in Paris Diana Krall Live Twisted Angel LeAnn Rimes - To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet Matthew Sweet Compilation The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000 The Unseen Compilation Man Vs. Machine Xzibit - 2 Melt Rascal Flatts - 8 Mis Boleros Favoritos Luis Miguel Compilation The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print The Bouncing Souls Compilation Bounce Bon Jovi - It Won't Be Christmas Without You Brooks & Dunn Christmas Electric Tears Buckethead - Jingle All the Way Crash Test Dummies Christmas El Cielo dredg - Fuck the System The Exploited - Ben Folds Live Ben Folds Live BareNaked Jennifer Love Hewitt - Caution Hot Water Music - Power in Numbers Jurassic 5 EP Device, Voice, Drum Kansas Live Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With King Crimson EP Rollin' Stoned Kottonmouth Kings - Clone Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Comalies Lacuna Coil - 1st Class Large Professor - Lost Horizons Lemon Jelly - Kings of Crunk Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz - Alienating Our Audience Mindless Self Indulgence Live Statues Moloko - The Last DJ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three Rollins Band Covers album Cruelty Without Beauty Soft Cell - Early Years EP Tiger Army EP Golden Road Keith Urban - 11 Being Out Rocks Various Artists Compilation 13 Make Up the Breakdown Hot Hot Heat - 14 Footprints Holly Valance - Up the Bracket The Libertines - 15 You Forgot It in People Broken Social Scene - Let It Rain Tracy Chapman - Santa Claus Lane Hilary Duff - Cry Faith Hill - 10 LL Cool J - Attack!! Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Waiting for My Rocket to Come Jason Mraz - Welcome Taproot - Heavy Metal Thunder Saxon - 20 Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe Pavement Compilation 21 Human Conditions Richard Ashcroft - The Kiss of Morning Graham Coxon - Our House: the Original Songs Madness Compilation All Eyez on Me Monica - 22 Order of the Leech Napalm Death - Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 Black Sabbath Compilation Best of Bowie David Bowie Compilation The Essential Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen Compilation Spend the Night The Donnas - One by One Foo Fighters - Garfield Adam Green - Wishes: A Holiday Album Kenny G - Some Things Lasgo - Neva Surrenda Outlawz - Dancing Down the Stony Road Chris Rea - New Earth Mud Chris Robinson - Live From Camp X-Ray Rocket from the Crypt - Shaman Santana - Christmas Is Almost Here Carly Simon Christmas It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook Rod Stewart A Girl Can Mack 3LW - Transplants Transplants - 25 Present Killing Heidi - 28 Scarlet's Walk Tori Amos - Oh Me Oh My Devendra Banhart - Now or Never Nick Carter - Crimson Thunder HammerFall - Forever Delayed Manic Street Preachers Compilation- Enjoy the Moment Randy Napoleon Simply Deep Kelly Rowland - ( ) Sigur Rós - 29 Da Capo Ace of Base - Liza's Back Liza Minnelli Live The Metal Opera Part II Avantasia - Thug World Order Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Stripped Christina Aguilera - Nirvana Nirvana Compilation 8 Mile Eminem Soundtrack 31 something good is going to happen to you Baboon - Season's Greetings from moe. moe. Christmas November Day Album Artist Notes 2 A Wonderful World Tony Bennett and k.d. lang - Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado Dave Matthews Band Live 4 Family Tree Björk Box Set Greatest Hits Björk Compilation The Ballad Hits Roxette Compilation Yanqui U.X.O. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Guest Phantom Planet - À la vie, à la mort ! Johnny Hallyday Double album 5 Have You Fed the Fish? Badly Drawn Boy - Corridos de Muerte Asesino - American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash - One More Car, One More Rider Eric Clapton Live Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 The Cranberries Compilation Edward the Great Iron Maiden Compilation Live Alison Krauss Live Live at the Rams Head Little Feat Live Punishment in Capitals Napalm Death Live Grandes Éxitos Shakira Compilation Anthology Carly Simon Compilation The Odyssey Symphony X - Justified Justin Timberlake - Machine Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP 10 Naughty or Nice 3LW - 11 The Wraith: Shangri-La Insane Clown Posse - Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Westlife Compilation 12 Away from the Sun 3 Doors Down - Resurrection Through Carnage Bloodbath - Darkhorse Crazy Town - Testify Phil Collins - Under Construction Missy Elliott - Loyalty Fat Joe - Tribute to the Gods Iced Earth Covers album The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse Jay-Z - Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Elton John Compilation A Christmas Gift of Love Barry Manilow Christmas album More Than You Think You Are Matchbox Twenty - So Happily Unsatisfied Nine Days - Deliverance Opeth - Riot Act Pearl Jam - Back Into Your System Saliva - The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees Siouxsie and the Banshees Compilation Monsters in the Closet Swollen Members Compilation 3D TLC - The Best of 1990-2000 U2 Compilation Drankin' Patnaz YoungBloodZ - 14 Folk the World Tour Flight of the Conchords Live, debut 15 No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls Simple Plan - 16 Eddie's Archive Iron Maiden Box Set 18 Brainwashed George Harrison - Greatest Hits Lighthouse Family Compilation Organik Remixes Robert Miles Remix Live Running Wild Live Up! Shania Twain - Escapology Robbie Williams - Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (U.K. series) Various Artists Compilation 19 Audioslave Audioslave - More Than a Woman Toni Braxton - Slicker Than Your Average Craig David - Mic Club: The Curriculum Canibus - Fatal Hussein Fatal - Last Temptation Ja Rule - What If It All Means Something Chantal Kreviazuk Canada This Is Me... Then Jennifer Lopez - Travelogue Joni Mitchell - The End of All Things to Come Mudvayne - Runaway Train EP Oleander EP Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture Various Artists Soundtrack Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (U.S. series) Various Artists Compilation Fat Music Volume 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence Various Artists Compilation 25 Seeing Double S Club - The Last Dance Steps Compilation 26 I & I Survived Bad Brains - Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 The Beach Boys Live Birdman Birdman - It Ain't Safe No More Busta Rhymes - Dru World Order Dru Hill - The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Bob Dylan Live Burned Alive By Time Evergreen Terrace - Red 13 Journey EP Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors Tim McGraw - Shut Up Kelly Osbourne - Encore Lionel Richie Live Phrenology The Roots - Greatest Hits Will Smith Compilation Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ Snoop Dogg - Duets Barbra Streisand Compilation Does This Look Infected? Sum 41 - Steal This Album! System of a Down - Better Dayz 2Pac - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 El Sello De Los Tiempos WarCry - 2 Dive In Darius Debut 3 Charmbracelet Mariah Carey - 10 Naughty or Nice 3LW Christmas I Care 4 U Aaliyah Compilation Legend of the Liquid Sword GZA - Just Whitney Whitney Houston - Feast on Scraps Alanis Morissette Live DVD Round Room Phish - 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane t.A.T.u. - God's Son Nas US 11 Radio Caroline Vol.1 Miss Kittin Compilation 16 Quality Talib Kweli - 17 Game Time Lil' Romeo - Don't Stop Movin' S Club - 23 Atticus: ...dragging the lake Various Artists Compilation 24 The Genesis Yngwie Malmsteen - Release date unknown Love for the Streets - Caesars Live from the Gaiety - The Dubliners (live) Two Rainy Nights - Joe Jackson (live) Be Still - Donna Lewis Guitar Player - Hank Marvin Peace On Earth - Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge Every Road Leads Back to You - Juice Newton Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose - Against Me! Top hits "A Little Less Conversation" - JXL featuring Elvis Presley "A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson "A New Day Has Come" - Celine Dion "A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton "Are You In?" - Incubus "Addictive" - Truth Hurts feat. R.A.K.I.M. "Aerials" - System of a Down "All My Life" - Foo Fighters "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u. "All You Wanted" - Michelle Branch "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte "Any" - Mr. Children "Aserejé (The Ketchup Song) - Las Ketchup "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" - B'z "Beautiful - Snoop Dogg, Pharrell & Charlie Wilson "Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows "Blurry" - Puddle of Mudd "Born to Try" - Delta Goodrem "Boom" - P.O.D. "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" - Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles "Bop Bop Baby" - Westlife (UK) "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts "By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "C'est une belle journée" - Mylène Farmer "Can't Believe" - Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, and Shyne "Can't Get You out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue, Minogue's first American Top 10 single in 14 years since the Loco-Motion. "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem "Clocks" - Coldplay "Come into My World" - Kylie Minogue "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne "Cum-cum mania" - Félicien "Days Go By" - Dirty Vegas "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" - The White Stripes "Defy You" - The Offspring "Die Another Day" - Madonna "Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland "Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman "Disease" - Matchbox Twenty "Do You Realize??" - The Flaming Lips "Don't Let Me Get Me" - Pink "Don't Stop" - The Rolling Stones "Don't You Want Me" - Alcazar "Dreaming Of You" - The Coral "Escape" - Enrique Iglesias "Electrical Storm" - U2 "Everyday" - Bon Jovi "Feel" - Robbie Williams "Fell in Love with a Girl"-The White Stripes "Flowers in the Window" - Travis "Foolish" - Ashanti "Full Moon" - Brandy "The Game of Love" - Santana ft. Michelle Branch "Get Busy" - Sean Paul "Get Ready" - Shawn Desman "Get the Party Started" - Pink "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - Star Academy France "Girl Talk" - TLC "Girlfriend" - 'N Sync "Girlfriend" - 'N Sync featuring Nelly "Goodbye to You" - Michelle Branch "Grace" - Supergrass "Hella Good" - No Doubt "Hands Clean" - Alanis Morissette "Here I Am" - Bryan Adams "Here is Gone" - Goo Goo Dolls "Here to Stay" - KoЯn "Hero" - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott "Hero" - Enrique Iglesias "Hey Baby" - No Doubt "Hikari" - Hikaru Utada "The Hindu Times" - Oasis "Hot in Herre" - Nelly "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback "Hundred Million" - Treble Charger "I Care 4 U" - Aaliyah "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" - P. Diddy, Ginuwine, Loon and Mario Winans "I'm Alive" - Céline Dion "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" - Britney Spears "If I Could Go" - Angie Martinez featuring Sacario & Lil Mo "In My Place" - Coldplay "In the End" - Linkin Park "independent" - Ayumi Hamasaki "In Your Eyes" - Kylie Minogue "Isle of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids "J'ai demandé à la lune" - Indochine "J'ai tout oublié EP" - Marc Lavoine and Cristina Marocco "Just like a Pill" - Pink "Keep Fishin'" - Weezer "Kimi ga Suki" - Mr. Children "Lazy" - X-Press 2 and David Byrne "Les Mots" - Mylène Farmer and Seal "Let Me Be the One" - Cliff Richard "Life Goes On" - Dragon Ash "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" - Good Charlotte "Like I Love You" - Justin Timberlake "Little By Little" - Oasis "Lose Yourself" - Eminem "Love at First Sight" - Kylie Minogue "Love to See You Cry" - Enrique Iglesias "Love Don't Let Me Go" - David Guetta "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx "Marie" - Johnny Hallyday "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World "Miss You" - Aaliyah "My Sacrifice" - Creed "My Neck, My Back - Khia "Nessaja" - Scooter "Never Again" - Nickelback "Not Gonna Get Us" - t.A.T.u. "Okina Furudokei" - Ken Hirai "One Last Breath" - Creed "Ordinary Day" - Vanessa Carlton "Overprotected" - Britney Spears "Precious Illusions" - Alanis Morissette "Put the Needle on It" - Dannii Minogue "Qui est l'exemple ?" - Rohff "The Red" - Chevelle "The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand "SAKURA Drops" - Hikaru Utada "Santa Cruz" - The Thrills "Satellite" - P.O.D. "The Scientist" - Coldplay "Screaming Infidelities" - Dashboard Confessional "Seein Red" - Unwritten Law "Serve the Ego" - Jewel #1 club hit, released as CD single only "Shake It Off" - Jarvis Church "She Loves Me Not" - Papa Roach "She Hates Me" - Puddle of Mudd "Silent Sigh" - Badly Drawn Boy "Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne "Slow Burn" - David Bowie "Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow "Something to Talk About" - Badly Drawn Boy "Sound of the Underground" - Girls Aloud "Spin" - Lifehouse "Stach Stach" - Bratisla Boys "Stay Together for the Kids" - Blink-182 "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow "Still Waiting" - Sum 41 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis "The Taste of Ink" - The Used "The Tide Is High" - Atomic Kitten "There Goes The Fear" - Doves "This Is Me" - Bryan Adams "Time After Time" - Distant Soundz "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey "Tokyo" - Keisuke Kuwata "Toxicity" - System of a Down "Tous ensemble" - Johnny Hallyday "Trackin'" - Billy Crawford "Tu trouveras" - Natasha St-Pier "Un Enfant de toi" - Phil Barney and Marlène Duval "Unbreakable" - Westlife "Underneath Your Clothes" - Shakira "Understanding in a Car Crash" - Thursday "Voyage" - Ayumi Hamasaki "Wadatsumi no Ki" - Chitose Hajime "We're All Made of Stars" - Moby "What About Us?" - Brandy "Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira "Where's Your Head At?" - Basement Jaxx "Wherever You Will Go" - The Calling "Without Me" - Eminem "World of Our Own" - Westlife (UK) "You Know You're Right" - Nirvana "Youth of the Nation" - P.O.D. "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA) Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US The Eminem Show - Eminem Nellyville - Nelly Let Go - Avril Lavigne Britney - Britney Spears Laundry Service - Shakira Silver Side Up - Nickelback A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion 8701 - Usher Home - Dixie Chicks Missundaztood - Pink Classical music Kalevi Aho - Flute Concerto Leonardo Balada - Passacaglia for Orchestra Derek Bourgeois - Symphony No. 9 George Crumb - Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano Peter Maxwell Davies - Naxos Quartet No. 1 Philip Glass - Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra Patrick Hawes - Blue in Blue Tolga Kashif - Queen Symphony Theo Loevendie - Clarinet Concerto John Serry Sr. - American Rhapsody (Piano Transcription) Karlheinz Stockhausen – Europa-Gruss (revised version, for minimum ensemble) Strahlen ("Rays"), for a percussionist and ten-channel sound recording Opera Friedrich Cerha - Der Riese vom Steinfeld Steve Reich - Three Tales Michel van der Aa - One Musical theater Bombay Dreams     London production Chitty Chitty Bang Bang     London production Hairspray     Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on August 15 Movin' Out     Broadway production Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical     Broadway production opened on March 14 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 109 performances and 18 previews. Taboo London production opened January 29 Thoroughly Modern Millie     Broadway production Musical films Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere Divorce: The Musical Green Lights Return to Never Land animated feature Unconditional Love Deaths January 7 - Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer January 2 - Zac Foley (33), bassist of EMF January 20 - Ivan Karabyts (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer January 21 - Peggy Lee (81), jazz singer and songwriter January 22 Peter Bardens, (56), keyboardist of Camel Sheldon Allman, (77) February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer February 10 - Dave Van Ronk (65) February 13 - Waylon Jennings (64), country musician February 14 - Günter Wand (90), conductor February 24 - Leo Ornstein (108), composer March 1 - Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF March 23 - Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano March 24 - Dorothy DeLay (84), Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori March 26 - Randy Castillo (51), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe March 27 - Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor April 5 - Layne Staley (34), lead vocalist of Alice in Chains and Mad Season April 13 - Alex Baroni (35), singer April 25 - Lisa Lopes (30), singer April 27 - Hillous Butrum (74), country musician May 3 - Evgeny Svetlanov (73), composer and conductor May 7 - Xavier Montsalvatge, composer May 9 - Leon Stein (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910) June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone (50), The Ramones June 6 - Robbin Crosby (42), guitarist (Ratt) June 13 - Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor June 15 - Big Mello (33), rapper June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist of The Who June 29 - Rosemary Clooney (74), US singer and actress July 2 - Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist July 2 - Earle Brown (75), composer August 2 - Joe Allison (77), songwriter August 9 - Bertold Hummel (76), German composer August 14 - Dave Williams (30), vocalist of Drowning Pool August 31 - Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso September 20 - Joan Littlewood (87), impresario September 29 - Mickey Newbury (62), singer, songwriter October 3 - Darryl DeLoach (55), guitarist (Iron Butterfly) October 24 - Adolph Green (87), lyricist October 25 - Richard Harris (72), actor and singer October 30 - Jam-Master Jay (37), member of Run-D.M.C. November 3 - Lonnie Donegan (71), skiffle musician November 21 - Hadda Brooks (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer December 9 - Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab December 22 - Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash December 31 - Kevin 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 Deeper - Ms. Dynamite wins. Glenn Gould Prize Pierre Boulez (laureate), Jean-Guihen Queyras (protégé) Charts Triple J Hottest 100 Triple J Hottest 100, 2002 See also 2002 in music (UK) Record labels established in 2002 References ^ Martens, Todd (14 February 2002). "J Lo. Kicks Jackson Out Of No. 1". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1339756#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1339756. Retrieved 2010-07-09.  ^ McLure, Steve (3 April 2002). "Still chasing their dream". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/member/member.html?fm20020403sm.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-01.  ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eminem_Show ^ unattributed (undated). "The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r905843. Retrieved 2008-11-23.