2002 IN MUSIC

''See also:''

★ 2002 in music (UK)

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Contents

Events

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

Bands reformed

Albums released

Top hits

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Deaths

Awards

ARIA Music Awards

Grammy Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

Events

2002 was marked by significant trends in rock music. Two music genres were focused on in this year both gained major popularity. The continued trend of pop music leaning to R&B and hiphop, and rock gradually changing its face from the underground. Rock which had for the past years been dominated by nu-metal bands such as Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and pop-punk acts such as Blink-182, and Green Day, began sharing the scene with other genres such as emo which saw increase in interest in record sales which would pick up in the coming years, with bands such as Taking Back Sunday releasing the album ''Tell All Your Friends'', and Brand New. Indie also saw a slight rise in sales, with increasing awareness in indie bands from the Omaha, Nebraska indie scene. It also was the rise of garage rock bands like The White Stripes, The Strokes, and The Vines. Nirvana also made a dramatic comeback with the song "You Know You're Right" quickly becoming a chart topper, briefly. This is also the year that Nickelback rose to popularity with the success of their single "How You Remind Me".
Rap continued to have mainstream success in the pop world, with Eminem's ''The Eminem Show'' becoming one of the fastest selling rap albums, alongside with Nelly for the year of 2002.

★ April 23 - Wilco's critically acclaimed fourth album, ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'', is released, debuting at #13.

★ 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.

★ Brandy releases highly anticipated 3rd studio album, Full Moon, on March 5 after taking a 2 year hiatus from the spotlight.

★ June 15 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 10th Annual of the 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.

★ July 16 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album ''Live In New York City, 1967'', a recording of their live performance at Lincoln Center on 22 January 1967.

★ September 11 Marie Fredriksson of Roxette finds out she has a brain tumor.

★ 11–13 October - The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston.

★ November to December - Die Trying records their ''self-titled'' debut album, which was released on June 10, 2003.

★ November 29 - The 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, Billy Preston and others. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation

★ November 30 - Popular UK girl group Girls Aloud are formed on reality TV show

★ December 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.

★ Glastonbury Festival, June 28 to 30. Headline acts: Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, Air

★ Area 2 Festival, Headline acts: Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, Blue Man Group

★ Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True on March 24 [1]

★ U2 and Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack.

★ Beyoncé Knowles' solo career begins

★ Deporitaz releases "Dimes", his third and final album, on MP3.com.

Bands formed

★ The Aggrolites

★ Aloud

★ Anberlin

★ As Cities Burn

★ Assembly of Dust

★ Avoid One Thing

★ be your own PET

★ Box Car Racer

★ Carbon/Silicon

★ Fear Before the March of Flames

★ From First to Last

★ Gatsbys American Dream

★ House of Heroes

★ The Killers

★ LCD Soundsystem

★ Little Brazil

★ Mañana

★ The Rakes

★ Say Hi to Your Mom

★ Scary Kids Scaring Kids

★ Senses Fail

★ The Thermals

★ Two Gallants

★ Ugly Casanova

★ Valley of the Giants

★ Velvet Revolver

★ The Vines

★ xDEATHSTARx

Bands disbanded

★ Alice in Chains (reform in 2006)

★ 59 Times The Pain

★ a1

★ Backstreet Boys (hiatus)

★ Bardot

★ Big Wreck

★ Bim Skala Bim

★ Bush

★ Cast

★ Coalesce

★ Deporitaz

★ Died Pretty

★ Fear Factory (reform in 2004)

★ Fenix TX (reform in 2005)

★ Fugazi (hiatus)

★ Godflesh

★ Gravity Kills

★ Karma To Burn

★ Life Without Buildings

★ Megadeth (reform in 2004)

★ Midnight Oil

★ Pooka

★ The Promise Ring

★ Red Snapper

★ Run DMC

★ Stabbing Westward

Bands reformed

★ D.I. (after 1995 hiatus)

★ Little River Band original members reform as Birtles Shorrock Goble

★ Phish (after 2000 hiatus)

Albums released

'Album'	'Artist'	'Release Date'	'Album Type'
''	The B-52's	January 15	Compilation
''Honour - Valour - Pride''	Bolt Thrower	January 15	LP
''The Process of Belief''	Bad Religion	January 22	LP
''Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music Split CD''	Hot Water Music/Alkaline Trio	January 22	Split EP
''Spiritual Minded''	KRS-One	January 22	LP
''The Best of Nas''	Nas	January 22	Compilation
''And All that Could Have Been''	Nine Inch Nails	January 22	Live DVD
''Bloodsport''	Sneaker Pimps	January 22	LP
''7''	U2	January 22	EP
''The Playa Rich Project, Vol. 2''	Various Artists	January 22	Compilation
''Fall Out Boy's Evening Out with Your Girlfriend''	Fall Out Boy	January 28	EP
''Blaque Out''	Blaque	January 29	LP
''Come with Us''	The Chemical Brothers	January 29	LP
''Forever''	Cracker	January 29	LP
''Just Tryin' Ta Live''	Devin the Dude	January 29	LP
''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence''	Dream Theater	January 29	LP
''Elva''	Unwritten Law	January 29	LP
''The Essential Barbra Streisand''	Barbra Streisand	January 29	Compilation
''Music from the Major Motion Picture Crossroads''	Britney Spears	February 1	Soundtrack
''The Bled''	The Bled	February 2	EP
''Sons of Northern Darkness''	Immortal	February 4	LP
''The Second Stage Turbine Blade''	Coheed and Cambria	February 5	LP
''	Jennifer Lopez	February 5	Remix album
''Pot of Gold''	Rainbow	February 5	Greatest Hits
''Suicide by My Side''	Sinergy	February 5	LP
''The Illusion of Safety''	Thrice	February 5	LP
''Feedback Is Payback''	1208	February 12	LP
''Barricades & Brickwalls''	Kasey Chambers	February 12 (US)	LP
''Always Got Tonight''	Chris Isaak	February 12	LP
''Apathy and Exhaustion''	The Lawrence Arms	February 12	LP
''Give 'Em the Boot III''	Various Artists	February 12	Compilation
''One Deep Breath''	Bradley Joseph	February 14	LP
''Fever''	Kylie Minogue	February 14 (US)	LP
''Funnel Weaver''	Buckethead	February 15	LP
''Geogaddi''	Boards of Canada	February 18 (Europe)	LP
''	Zero 7	February 18	LP
''Mobilize''	Anti-Flag	February 19	LP
''1919 Eternal''	Black Label Society	February 19	LP
''The Stability E.P.''	Death Cab for Cutie	February 19	EP
''Beautysleep''	Tanya Donelly	February 19	LP
''Sea of No Cares''	Great Big Sea	February 19 (Canada)	LP
''Goodbye Blue & White''	Less Than Jake	February 19	Compilation
''A Pair of Kings''	Riders in the Sky	February 19	LP
''Good to Go''	Jimmy Eat World	February 22	EP
''Full Moon''	Brandy	February 25	LP
''Catch 22''	Hypocrisy	February 25	LP
''The Brotherhood''	Running Wild	February 25	LP
''Songs''	Regina Spektor	February 25	LP
''Gore Obsessed''	Cannibal Corpse	February 26	LP
''Burn It Black''	Injected	February 26	LP
''Come Away with Me''	Norah Jones	February 26	LP
''Under Rug Swept''	Alanis Morissette	February 26	LP
''Lucky 7''	The Reverend Horton Heat	February 26	LP
''The Changing of Times''	Underøath	February 26	LP
''Hate Made Me''	8 Foot Sativa	March 3	LP
''Jebediah''	Jebediah	March 3	LP
''England, Half-English''	Billy Bragg	March 5	LP
''Here Comes the Zoo''	Local H	March 5	LP
''BYO Split Series, Vol. 3''	NOFX/Rancid	March 5	Split Album
''History Lessens''	Skyclad	March 5	Greatest Hits
''Didn't It Rain''		March 5	LP
''Burning Angel''	Arch Enemy	March 6	EP
''Resident Evil (soundtrack)''	Various Groups	March 12	Compilation
''	The Corrs	March 12	Live
''This Is the Remix''	Destiny's Child	March 12	Remix
''Souljacker''	Eels	March 12 (US)	LP
''Chapters From a Vale Forlorn''	Falconer	March 12	LP
''What It Is to Burn''	Finch	March 12	LP
''Perseverance''	Hatebreed	March 12	LP
''Become You''	Indigo Girls	March 12	LP
''Home from Home''	Millencolin	March 12	LP
''Modulate''	Bob Mould	March 12	LP
''In Search Of...''	N ★ E ★ R ★ D	March 12	LP
''Favorite Noise''	Reel Big Fish	March 12	Greatest Hits
''The Best of Both Worlds''	R. Kelly & Jay-Z	March 15	LP
''A Night at the Opera''	Blind Guardian	March 19	LP
''Pied Piper''	Donovan	March 19	LP
''Drunken Lullabies''	Flogging Molly	March 19	LP
''The Rest of Us''	Gas Huffer	March 19	LP
''Superstarved''	Gravity Kills	March 19	LP
''	Hall & Oates	March 19	Compilation
''Hold Your Horse Is''	Hella	March 19	LP
''Rude Awakening''	Megadeth	March 19	Live
''Lust in Phaze''	Soul Coughing	March 19	LP
''The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones''	Ol' Dirty Bastard	March 19	LP
''Land''	Patti Smith	March 19	Compilation
''Now That's What I Call Music! 9'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	March 19	Compilation
''A New Day Has Come''	Celine Dion	March 25	LP
''The Remote Part''	Idlewild	March 25	LP
''Rock in Rio''	Iron Maiden	March 25	Live
''Nocturnal Activity''	Rae & Christian	March 25	LP
''Natural Born Chaos''	Soilwork	March 25	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 51'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	March 25	Compilation
''	Down	March 26	LP
''Special Edition''	Infamous Mobb	March 26	LP
''Thrive''	Newsboys	March 26	LP
''Kona Town''	Pepper	March 26	LP
''Tell All Your Friends''	Taking Back Sunday	March 26	LP
''	Ying Yang Twins	March 26	LP
''Diorama''	Silverchair	March 31	LP
''Millennium Monsterwork 2000''	Fantômas and The Melvins	April 1	Live
''Release''	Pet Shop Boys	April 1	LP
''Cry''	Simple Minds	April 1	LP
''1 Giant Leap''	1 Giant Leap	April 2	LP
''Ashanti''	Ashanti	April 2	LP
''	Busta Rhymes	April 2	Compilation
''Tremulant EP''	The Mars Volta	April 2	EP
''Rampton''	Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine	April 2	LP
''Southern Hummingbird''	Tweet	April 2	LP
''Bitterness the Star''	36 Crazyfists	April 4	LP
''Avoid One Thing''	Avoid One Thing	April 9	LP
''Co-Balt''	brute.	April 9	LP
''How to Ruin Everything''	face to face	April 9	LP
''Gutterflower''	Goo Goo Dolls	April 9	LP
''1000 Kisses''	Patty Griffin	April 9	LP
''Hammered''	Motörhead	April 9	LP
''Jinx''	Quarashi	April 9	LP
''Cabin Fever''	Rasputina	April 9	LP
''Are You Passionate?''	Neil Young & Booker T & the MGs	April 9	LP
''Hostile Ambient Takeover''	The Melvins	April 15	LP
''C'mon C'mon''	Sheryl Crow	April 16	LP
''Personal Journals''	Sage Francis	April 16	LP
''	Peter Gabriel	April 16	Soundtrack
''Control''	Pedro the Lion	April 16	LP
''Slick Shoes''	Slick Shoes	April 16	LP
''Assembly''	Theatre of Tragedy	April 16	LP
''Screwed Up Click Representa''	Z-Ro	April 16	LP
''Another Phase''	Maria Mena	April 22	LP
''About a Boy''	Badly Drawn Boy	April 23	Soundtrack
''When I Was Cruel''	Elvis Costello	April 23	LP
''Long Way Home''	Dokken	April 23	LP
''Osaka''	The Kickovers	April 23	LP
''Power of the Dragonflame''	Rhapsody	April 23	LP
''Stereo''	Paul Westerberg	April 23	LP
''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot''	Wilco	April 23	LP
''Guess Who's Back?''	50 Cent	April 26	Compilation
''The Last Broadcast''	Doves	April 29	LP
''Resonance Vol. 2''	Anathema	April 30	Compilation
''Punk Rock Songs''	Bad Religion	April 30	Compilation
''Hood Rich''	Big Tymers	April 30	LP
''Blazing Arrow''	Blackalicious	April 30	LP
''Be Not Nobody''	Vanessa Carlton	April 30	LP
''Living with the Past''	Jethro Tull	April 30	Live
''Ready Ready Set Go''	Simon & Milo	April 30	Compilation
''The Beginning Stages of...''	The Polyphonic Spree	May 2 (US)	LP
''Any Time Now''	O.A.R.	May 6	Live
''Dark Days''	Coal Chamber	May 7	LP
''Bug''	Dave Davies	May 7	LP
''New Beat''	The Exit	May 7	LP
''Open Your Eyes''	Goldfinger	May 7	LP
''Juslisen''	Musiq	May 7	LP
''	Rainbow	May 7	Compilation
''Blood Money''	Tom Waits	May 7	LP
''Alice''	Tom Waits	May 7	LP
''Come Home with Me''	Cam'ron	May 14	LP
''On a Wire''	The Get Up Kids	May 14	LP
''18''	Moby	May 14	LP
''Black Sun''	Primal Fear	May 14	LP
''Vapor Trails''	Rush	May 14	LP
''Boo Hoo''	Voltaire	May 14	LP
''Down the Road''	Van Morrison	May 14	LP
''Maladroit''	Weezer	May 14	LP
''The Big Come Up''	The Black Keys	May 20	LP
''Destination''	Ronan Keating	May 20	LP
''Merchants of Cool''	Bad Company	May 21	Live
''Box Car Racer''	Box Car Racer	May 21	LP
''Let's Do It Again''	Camp Lo	May 21	LP
''I Luciferi''	Danzig	May 21	LP
''Killing the Dragon''	Dio	May 21	LP
''Legacy...Hymns and Faith''	Amy Grant	May 21	LP
''Alive or Just Breathing''	Killswitch Engage	May 21	LP
''45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records''	NOFX	May 21	Compilation
''Ten Years and Running''	MxPx	May 21	Compilation
''Hollyweird''	Poison	May 21	LP
''Space Metal''	Star One	May 21	LP
''Thalía''	Thalía	May 21	LP
''	The The	May 21	Compilation
''Bona Fide''	Wishbone Ash	May 21	LP
''Kings of Pop''	Home Grown	May 24	LP
''Original Pirate Material''	The Streets	May 25 (UK)	LP
''	Dr. Dre	May 26	Greatest Hits
''Night on My Side''	Gemma Hayes	May 27	LP
''A Ruff Guide''	Tricky	May 27	Compilation
''The Eminem Show''	Eminem	May 28	LP
''Remission''	Mastodon	May 28	LP
''Up All Night''	Gore Gore Girls	June 1	LP
''Storytelling''	Belle & Sebastian	June 3	LP
''	Groove Armada	June 3	Compilation
''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses''	Atreyu	June 4	LP
''Situationist Comedy''	Dillinger Four	June 4	LP
''Dirty Vegas''	Dirty Vegas	June 4	LP
''Under tha Influence''	DJ Quik	June 4	LP
''Details''	Frou Frou	June 4	EP
''Interpol EP''	Interpol	June 4	EP
''The Best of INXS''	INXS	June 4	Compilation
''Good Morning Aztlán''	Los Lobos	June 4	LP
''Let Go''	Avril Lavigne	June 4	LP
''Warriors of the World''	Manowar	June 4	LP
''	Me'shell Ndegeocello	June 4	LP
''The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1''	Steve Vai	June 4	LP
''Soundbombing III''	Various Artists	June 4	Compilation
''Sing Sing Death House''	The Distillers	June 6	LP
''Live in Liverpool''	Echo & the Bunnymen	June 6	Live
''The Madness of the Crowds''	Ace Troubleshooter	June 8	LP
''Plastic Skies''	Bodyjar	June 10	LP
''2G+2''	The Fall	June 10	Compilation
''God Loves Ugly''	Atmosphere	June 11	LP
''Heathen''	David Bowie	June 11	LP
''Full Circle''	Boyz II Men	June 11	LP
''This Is The Life I Lead''	Daz Dillinger	June 11	LP
''Suicide Invoice''	Hot Snakes	June 11	LP
''Untouchables''	Korn	June 11	LP
''It's Not Too Late''	Neal Morse	June 11	LP
''Sticks and Stones''	New Found Glory	June 11	LP
''No!''	They Might Be Giants	June 11	LP
''In Violet Light''	The Tragically Hip	June 11	LP
''Dying for the World''	W.A.S.P.	June 11	LP
''Live in the Classic City''	Widespread Panic	June 11	Live
''Pet Sounds Live''	Brian Wilson	June 11	Live
''As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy''	As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy	June 18	Split Album
''Pop 'Til You Drop''	A ★ Teens	June 18	LP
''The Essentials''	Bananarama	June 18	LP
''Degradation Trip''	Jerry Cantrell	June 18	LP
''Readymades''	Chumbawamba	June 18	LP
''Hard Rock Bottom''	No Use for a Name	June 18	LP
''Bunkka''	Paul Oakenfold	June 18	LP
''Gravity''	Our Lady Peace	June 18	LP
''lovehatetragedy''	Papa Roach	June 18	LP
''Live at the Temple Bar and More''	Fishbone	June 18	Live
''Century Child''	Nightwish	June 24	LP
''Drink Me''	Queenadreena	June 24	LP
''Visions from the Spiral Generator''	Vintersorg	June 24	LP
''Get Ya Mind Correct''	Chamillionaire & Paul Wall	June 25	LP
''Soma Holiday''	Greenwheel	June 25	LP
''Crucible''	Halford	June 25	LP
''Songs About Jane''	Maroon 5	June 25	LP
''Live at Budokan''	Ozzy Osbourne	June 25	Live
''Play''	Play	June 25	LP
''Cheer Up!''	Reel Big Fish	June 25	LP
''Strange Beautiful Music''	Joe Satriani	June 25	LP
''Born to Reign''	Will Smith	June 25	LP
''Murray Street''	Sonic Youth	June 25	LP
''3''	Soulfly	June 25	LP
''Conspiracy Theory''	T-Rock	June 25	LP
''Truthfully Speaking''	Truth Hurts	June 25	LP
''The Used''	The Used	June 25	LP
''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 7''	Various Artists	June 25	Compilation
''Hullabaloo Soundtrack''	Muse	July 1	Live
''Heathen Chemistry''	Oasis	July 1	LP
''2002 Warped Tour Compilation''	Various Artists	July 1	Compilation
''Classics Selected by Brian Wilson''	The Beach Boys	July 2	Compilation
''Worship and Tribute''	Glassjaw	July 2	LP
''Shenanigans''	Green Day	July 2	Compilation
''The Ultimate Kansas''	Kansas	July 2	Compilation
''Charango''	Morcheeba	July 2	LP
''	Nas	July 2	EP
''This Is the Remix''	Jessica Simpson	July 2	Remix
''Steady as She Goes''	Voodoo Glow Skulls	July 2	LP
''500 Degreez''	Lil Wayne	July 5	LP
''O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits''	Aerosmith	July 9	Greatest Hits
''Hard Candy''	Counting Crows	July 9	LP
''A Jackknife to a Swan''	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	July 9	LP
''By the Way''	Red Hot Chili Peppers	July 9	LP
''A Gangster and a Gentleman''	Styles P	July 9	LP
''The Underdog EP''	Yellowcard	July 9	EP
''Parade of Chaos''	Zao	July 10	LP
''Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots''	The Flaming Lips	July 15	LP
''Busted Stuff''	Dave Matthews Band	July 16	LP
''Control''	Pedro the Lion	July 16	LP
''Dreamland''	Robert Plant	July 16	LP
''Live from New York City, 1967''	Simon and Garfunkel	July 16	Live
''Highly Evolved''	The Vines	July 16	LP
''Masquerade''	Wyclef Jean	July 18	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 52'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	July 22	Compilation
''Bermuda Triangle''	Buckethead	July 23	LP
''Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections''	Cee-Lo	July 23	LP
''Community Service''	The Crystal Method	July 23	LP
''Mack 10 Presents Da Hood''	Mack 10	July 23	LP
''I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love''	My Chemical Romance	July 23	LP
''Revolverlution''	Public Enemy	July 23	LP
''Sink or Swim''	The Waifs	July 23 (US)	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 10'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	July 23	Compilation
''Nellyville''	Nelly	July 25	LP
''The Coral''	The Coral	July 29	LP
''Concrete''	Fear Factory	July 30	LP
''Reanimation''	Linkin Park	July 30	LP
''Happenstance''	Fozzy	July 30	LP
''Songs for Survivors''	Graham Nash	July 30	LP
''The Rising''	Bruce Springsteen	July 30	LP
''Diorama''	Silverchair	July 30	LP
''Alive!''	Snot	July 30	Live
''	Yes	July 30	Box Set
''Inside Wants Out''	John Mayer	August 2 (re-release)	EP
''The Inhuman Condition''	Sam Roberts	August 2	EP
''Drunk Enough to Dance''	Bowling for Soup	August 6	LP
''Wishfire''	The Crüxshadows	August 6	LP
''No Secrets''	No Secrets	August 6	LP
''Turbo''	The Pietasters	August 6	LP
''Heaven''	DJ Sammy	August 6	LP
''The Fix''	Scarface	August 6	LP
''King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band''	Ringo Starr	August 6	Live
''Thug Holiday''	Trick Daddy	August 6	LP
''The Charles C. Leary''	Devendra Banhart	August 8	LP
''Melody A.M.''	Röyksopp	August 11	LP
''Cool Summer Reggae''	Aswad	August 12	LP
''Living Targets''	Beatsteaks	August 13	LP
''This Side''	Nickel Creek	August 13	LP
''Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground''	Bright Eyes	August 13	LP
''Minority of One''	Dag Nasty	August 13	LP
''X''	Def Leppard	August 13	LP
''Vanity''	Eighteen Visions	August 13	LP
''Gusto!''	Guttermouth	August 13	LP
''Cherry Marmalade''	Kay Hanley	August 13	LP
''American Cheese''	Nerf Herder	August 13	LP
''This Side''	Nickel Creek	August 13	LP
''At Sixes and Sevens''	Sirenia	August 13	LP
''Trinity (Past, Present and Future)''	Slum Village	August 13	LP
''Wiretap Scars''	Sparta	August 13	LP
''Rebirth''	Keith Sweat	August 13	LP
''We Will Be Dead Tomorrow''	Raging Speedhorn	August 15	LP
''	Frank Zappa	August 16	Live
''Foretold in the Language of Dreams''	Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project	August 16	LP
''Turn on the Bright Lights''	Interpol	August 19	LP
''Past Lives''	Black Sabbath	August 20	Compilation
''Black Letter Days''	Frank Black and the Catholics	August 20	LP
''Devil's Workshop''	Frank Black and the Catholics	August 20	LP
''Silence''	Blindside	August 20	LP
''Blacklisted''	Neko Case	August 20	LP
''Lord Willin'''	Clipse	August 20	LP
''Damage Done''	Dark Tranquillity	August 20	LP
''Waking the Dead''	L.A. Guns	August 20	LP
''In Their Darkened Shrines''	Nile	August 20	LP
''My Fever Broke''	Rasputina	August 20	EP
''One Beat''	Sleater-Kinney	August 20	LP
''Kill the Moonlight''	Spoon	August 20	LP
''If It Was You''	Tegan and Sara	August 20	LP
''Detox''	Treble Charger	August 20	LP
''A Rush of Blood to the Head''	Coldplay	August 26	LP
''Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites''	Riders in the Sky	August 27	LP
''30 Seconds to Mars''	30 Seconds to Mars	August 27	LP
''Into Your Head''	BBMak	August 27	LP
''Gotta Get Thru This''	Daniel Bedingfield	August 27	LP
''Corporate America''	Boston	August 27	LP
''Again, for the First Time''	Bleach	August 27	LP
''Saturate''	Breaking Benjamin	August 27	LP
''Undaground Legend''	Lil' Flip	August 27	Complilation
''Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden''	Johnny Cash	August 27	Live
''Wonder What's Next''	Chevelle	August 27	LP
''Irony Is a Dead Scene''	The Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton	August 27	EP
''Home''	Dixie Chicks	August 27	LP
''Eve-Olution''	Eve	August 27	LP
''Outrospective / Reperspective''	Faithless	August 27	LP
''The N.W.A. Legacy, Vol. 2''	N.W.A.	August 27	Compilation
''Mind Elevation''	Nightmares on Wax	August 27	LP
''The Mix Tape''	KRS-One	August 27	Compilation
''Songs for the Deaf''	Queens of the Stone Age	August 27	LP
''Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites''	Riders in the Sky	August 27	LP
''Stone Sour''	Stone Sour	August 27	LP
''Diamond Princess''	Trina	August 27	LP
''Meant to Be''	Selwyn	August 30	LP
''The Music''	The Music	September 2 (UK)	LP
''Critical Mass''	Threshold	September 2	LP
''BYO Split Series, Vol. 4''	Anti-Flag/The Bouncing Souls	September 3	Split Album
''Another Earthquake''	Aaron Carter	September 3	LP
''Reroute to Remain''	In Flames	September 3	LP
''Sharks''	UFO	September 3	LP
''Alexisonfire''	Alexisonfire	September 9	LP
''Intergalactic Sonic 7″s''	Ash	September 9	Compilation
''Feels So Good''	Atomic Kitten	September 9	LP
''So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter''	Ani DiFranco	September 10	Live
''Golden Grain''	Disturbing tha Peace	September 10	LP
''Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA''	Dropkick Murphys	September 10	Live
''Paradise''	Kenny G	September 10	LP
''Still Alive... And Well?''	Megadeth	September 10	Compilation
''Roger Miret and the Disasters''	Roger Miret and the Disasters	September 10	LP
''	moe.	September 10	Live
''4NYC''	Jordan Rudess	September 10	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Run-D.M.C.	September 10	Greatest Hits
''Illumination''	Paul Weller	September 16	LP
''Believe''	Disturbed	September 17	LP
''Quizas''	Enrique Iglesias	September 17	LP
''Oceanic''	Isis	September 17	LP
''Kutless''	Kutless	September 17	LP
''Light & Magic''	Ladytron	September 17	LP
''Stanley Climbfall''	Lifehouse	September 17	LP
''The Art of Balance''	Shadows Fall	September 17	LP
''	They Might Be Giants	September 17	Compilation
''Internet Dating Superstuds''	The Vandals	September 17	LP
''Rainy Day Assembly''	Tess Wiley	September 17	LP
''Sea Change''	Beck	September 23	LP
''	Tommy Guerrero	September 23	Compilation
''Redemption''	Benzino	September 24	LP
''The Naked Ride Home''	Jackson Browne	September 24	LP
''Purple Onion''	Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade	September 24	LP
''Jerusalem''	Steve Earle	September 24	LP
''Up''	Peter Gabriel	September 24	LP
''The Lost Tapes''	Nas	September 24	Compilation
''Newsboys Remixed''	Newsboys	September 24	Remix
''Craveman''	Ted Nugent	September 24	LP
''Dutty Rock''	Sean Paul	September 24	LP
''In Absentia''	Porcupine Tree	September 24	LP
''Under a Pale Grey Sky''	Sepultura	September 24	Live
''Head on Straight''	Tonic	September 24	LP
''Side Hustles''	UGK	September 24	LP
''A Hundred Days Off''	Underworld	September 24	LP
''The Lion and the Witch''	Weezer	September 24	EP
''Busted''	Busted	September 30	LP
''The Outer Marker''	Just Jack	September 30	LP
''The Ragpicker's Dream''	Mark Knopfler	September 30	LP
''Forty Licks''	The Rolling Stones	September 30	Compilation
''A New Morning''	Suede	September 30	LP
''Life on Other Planets''	Supergrass	September 30	LP
''Live in Midgård''	Therion	September 30	Live
''The All-American Rejects''	The All-American Rejects	October 1	LP
''BEFORE The Backstreet Boys 1989-1993''	Nick Carter	October 1	LP
''Tuxicity''	Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine	October 1	LP
''Cruel Smile''	Elvis Costello and the Imposters	October 1	LP
''To Live and Die in CA''	Daz Dillinger	October 1	LP
''The Young and the Hopeless''	Good Charlotte	October 1	LP
''The Execution of All Things''	Rilo Kiley	October 1	LP
''Live in Paris''	Diana Krall	October 1	Live
''Fever''	Kylie Minogue	October 1	LP
''Twisted Angel''	LeAnn Rimes	October 1	LP
''	Matthew Sweet	October 1	Compilation
''The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000''	The Unseen	October 1	Compilation
''Man Vs. Machine''	Xzibit	October 1	LP
''The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print''	The Bouncing Souls	October 8	Compilation
''Bounce''	Bon Jovi	October 8	LP
''Electric Tears''	Buckethead	October 8	LP
''Jingle All the Way''	Crash Test Dummies	October 8	Christmas
''El Cielo''	dredg	October 8	LP
''Fuck the System''	The Exploited	October 8	LP
''Ben Folds Live''	Ben Folds	October 8	Live
''BareNaked''	Jennifer Love Hewitt	October 8	LP
''Caution''	Hot Water Music	October 8	LP
''Power in Numbers''	Jurassic 5	October 8	EP
''Device, Voice, Drum''	Kansas	October 8	Live
''Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With''	King Crimson	October 8	EP
''Rollin' Stoned''	Kottonmouth Kings	October 8	LP
''Clone''	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	October 8	LP
''Comalies''	Lacuna Coil	October 8	LP
''Lost Horizons''	Lemon Jelly	October 8	LP
''Kings of Crunk''	Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz	October 8	LP
''Alienating Our Audience''	Mindless Self Indulgence	October 8	Live
''Statues''	Moloko	October 8	LP
''The Last DJ''	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	October 8	LP
''Cruelty Without Beauty''	Soft Cell	October 8	LP
''Early Years EP''	Tiger Army	October 8	EP
''Golden Road''	Keith Urban	October 8	LP
''Being Out Rocks''	Various Artists	October 11	Compilation
''Make Up the Breakdown''	Hot Hot Heat	October 13	LP
''Footprints''	Holly Valance	October 14	LP
''Up the Bracket''	The Libertines	October 14	LP
''You Forgot It in People''	Broken Social Scene	October 15	LP
''Let It Rain''	Tracy Chapman	October 15	LP
''Santa Claus Lane''	Hilary Duff	October 15	LP
''Cry''	Faith Hill	October 15	LP
''10''	LL Cool J	October 15	LP
''Attack!!''	Yngwie J. Malmsteen	October 15	LP
''Waiting for My Rocket to Come''	Jason Mraz	October 15	LP
''Welcome''	Taproot	October 15	LP
''Heavy Metal Thunder''	Saxon	October 15	LP
''	Pavement	October 20	Compilation
''Human Conditions''	Richard Ashcroft	October 21	LP
''The Kiss of Morning''	Graham Coxon	October 21	LP
''	Madness	October 21	Greatest Hits
''All Eyez on Me''	Monica	October 21	LP
''A Girl Can Mack''	3LW	October 22	LP
''Order of the Leech''	Napalm Death	October 22	LP
''	Black Sabbath	October 22	Compilation
''Best of Bowie''	David Bowie	October 22	Greatest Hits
''Spend the Night''	The Donnas	October 22	LP
''One by One''	Foo Fighters	October 22	LP
''Garfield''	Adam Green	October 22	LP
''	Kenny G	October 22	LP
''Some Things''	Lasgo	October 22	LP
''Neva Surrenda''	Outlawz	October 22	LP
''New Earth Mud''	Chris Robinson	October 22	LP
''Live From Camp X-Ray''	Rocket From the Crypt	October 22	LP
''Shaman''	Santana	October 22	LP
''Christmas Is Almost Here''	Carly Simon	October 22	Christmas
''	Rod Stewart	October 22	Cover LP
''Transplants''	Transplants	October 22	LP
''Present''	Killing Heidi	October 25	LP
''Scarlet's Walk''	Tori Amos	October 28	LP
''Oh Me Oh My''	Devendra Banhart	October 28	LP
''Now or Never''	Nick Carter	October 28	LP
''Crimson Thunder''	HammerFall	October 28	LP
''Forever Delayed''	Manic Street Preachers	October 28	LP
''Simply Deep''	Kelly Rowland	October 28	LP
''( )''	Sigur Rós	October 28	LP
''Da Capo''	Ace of Base	October 29	LP
''The Metal Opera Part II''	Avantasia	October 29	LP
''Thug World Order''	Bone Thugs-N-Harmony	October 29	LP
''Stripped''	Christina Aguilera	October 29	LP
''Nirvana''	Nirvana	October 29	Compilation
''8 Mile''	Various Artists	October 29	Soundtrack
''something good is going to happen to you''	Baboon	October 31	LP
''Season's Greetings from moe.''	moe.	October 31	Christmas
''A Wonderful World''	Tony Bennett and k.d. lang	November 2	LP
''Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado''	Dave Matthews Band	November 2	Live
''Family Tree''	Björk	November 4	Box Set
''Greatest Hits''	Björk	November 4	Greatest Hits
''The Ballad Hits''	Roxette	November 4	Greatest Hits
''Yanqui U.X.O.''	Godspeed You! Black Emperor	November 4	LP
''The Guest''	Phantom Planet	November 4	LP
''Have You Fed the Fish?''	Badly Drawn Boy	November 5	LP
''One More Car, One More Rider''	Eric Clapton	November 5	Live
''Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002''	The Cranberries	November 5	Compilation
''Edward the Great''	Iron Maiden	November 5	Greatest Hits
''Live''	Alison Krauss & Union Station	November 5	Live
''Punishment in Capitals''	Napalm Death	November 5	Live
''Grandes Éxitos''	Shakira	November 5	Compilation
''Anthology''	Carly Simon	November 5	Compilation
''The Odyssey''	Symphony X	November 5	LP
''Justified''	Justin Timberlake	November 5	LP
''Machine''	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	November 5	EP
''Naughty or Nice''	3LW	November 10	LP
''	Insane Clown Posse	November 11	LP
''Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1''	Westlife	November 11	Greatest Hits
''Away from the Sun''	3 Doors Down	November 12	LP
''Darkhorse''	Crazy Town	November 12	LP
''Testify''	Phil Collins	November 12	LP
''Under Construction''	Missy Elliott	November 12	LP
''Loyalty''	Fat Joe	November 12	LP
''Tribute to the Gods''	Iced Earth	November 12	Cover
''	Jay-Z	November 12	LP
''Greatest Hits 1970-2002''	Elton John	November 12	Compilation
''More Than You Think You Are''	Matchbox Twenty	November 12	LP
''So Happily Unsatisfied''	Nine Days	November 12	LP
''Deliverance''	Opeth	November 12	LP
''Riot Act''	Pearl Jam	November 12	LP
''Back Into Your System''	Saliva	November 12	LP
''The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees''	Siouxsie & the Banshees	November 12	Compilation
''Monsters in the Closet''	Swollen Members	November 12	Compilation
''3D''	TLC	November 12	LP
''The Best of 1990-2000''	U2	November 12	Compilation
''Drankin' Patnaz''	YoungBloodZ	November 12	LP
''No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls''	Simple Plan	November 15	LP
''Eddie's Archive''	Iron Maiden	November 16	Box Set
''Brainwashed''	George Harrison	November 18	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Lighthouse Family	November 18	Greatest Hits
''Organik Remixes''	Robert Miles	November 18	Remix
''Live''	Running Wild	November 18	Live
''Up!''	Shania Twain	November 18	LP
''Escapology''	Robbie Williams	November 18	LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 53'' (U.K. series)	Various Artists	November 18	Compilation
''Audioslave''	Audioslave	November 19	LP
''More Than a Woman''	Toni Braxton	November 19	LP
''Slicker Than Your Average''	Craig David	November 19	LP
''	Canibus	November 19	LP
''Last Temptation''	Ja Rule	November 19	LP
''This Is Me... Then''	Jennifer Lopez	November 19	LP
''Travelogue''	Joni Mitchell	November 19	LP
''The End of All Things to Come''	Mudvayne	November 19	LP
''Runaway Train''	Oleander	November 19	EP
''Fat Music Volume 6: Uncontrollable Fatulence''	Various Artists	November 19	Compilation
''Now That's What I Call Music! 11'' (U.S. series)	Various Artists	November 19	Compilation
''Seeing Double''	S Club	November 25	LP
''The Last Dance''	Steps	November 25	Compilation
''Better Dayz''	2Pac	November 26	LP
''	The Beach Boys	November 26	Live
''Birdman''	Birdman	November 26	LP
''It Ain't Safe No More''	Busta Rhymes	November 26	LP
''Dru World Order''	Dru Hill	November 26	LP
''	Bob Dylan	November 26	Live
''Burned Alive By Time''	Evergreen Terrace	November 26	LP
''Red 13''	Journey	November 26	EP
''Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors''	Tim McGraw	November 26	LP
''Shut Up''	Kelly Osbourne	November 26	LP
''Encore''	Lionel Richie	November 26	Live
''Phrenology''	The Roots	November 26	LP
''Greatest Hits''	Will Smith	November 26	Greatest Hits
''Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$''	Snoop Dogg	November 26	LP
''Duets''	Barbra Streisand	November 26	Compilation
''Does This Look Infected?''	Sum 41	November 26	LP
''Steal This Album!''	System of a Down	November 26	LP
''Charmbracelet''	Mariah Carey	December 3	LP
''Naughty or Nice''	3LW	December 10	Christmas
''I Care 4 U''	Aaliyah	December 10	Compilation
''Legend of the Liquid Sword''	GZA	December 10	LP
''Just Whitney''	Whitney Houston	December 10	LP
''Feast on Scraps''	Alanis Morissette	December 10	Live DVD
''Round Room''	Phish	December 10	LP
''200 km/h in the Wrong Lane''	t.A.T.u.	December 10	LP
''God's Son''	Nas	December 10 (US)	LP
''Quality''	Talib Kweli	December 16	LP
''Game Time''	Talib Kweli	December 17	LP
''One Nite Alone... Live!''	Prince	December 17	Live
''Don't Stop Movin'''	S Club	December 17	LP
''	Various Artists	December 23	Compilation
''What If It All Means Something''	Chantal Kreviazuk	December 24	LP
''The Genesis''	Yngwie J. Malmsteen	December 24	LP

| ''Time Will Make You Mine'' || Shrine For The Black Madonna || May 31 || EP |-

Top hits

★ "A Little Less Conversation" - JXL featuring Elvis Presley

★ "A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson

★ "A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton

★ "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

★ "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" - B'z

★ "Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows

★ "Blurry" - Puddle of Mudd

★ "Boom" - P.O.D.

★ "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts

★ "By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Kylie Minogue, Minogue's first American Top 10 single in 14 years.

★ "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

★ "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down

★ "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem

★ "Come Into My World" - Kylie Minogue

★ "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne

★ "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" - The White Stripes

★ "Defy You" - The Offspring

★ "Die Another Day" - Madonna

★ "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

★ "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

★ "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 is Gone" - Goo Goo Dolls

★ "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

★ "I'm Alive" - Céline Dion

★ "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain

★ "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

★ "Just like a Pill" - Pink

★ "Kimi ga Suki" - Mr. Children

★ "Lazy" - X-Press 2 and David Byrne

★ "Les mots" - Mylene Farmer and Seal

★ "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

★ "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World

★ "Miss You" - Aaliyah

★ "My Sacrifice" - Creed

★ "Nessaja" - Scooter

★ "No Ordinary Love" - Sade

★ "Never Again" - Nickelback

★ "Okina Furudokei" - Ken Hirai

★ "One Last Breath" - Creed

★ "Ordinary Day" - Vanessa Carlton

★ "Precious Illusions" - Alanis Morissette

★ "The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen

★ "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand

★ "SAKURA Drops" - Hikaru Utada

★ "Santa Cruz" - The Thrills

★ "Satellite" - P.O.D.

★ "The Scientist" - Coldplay

★ "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

★ "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow

★ "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis

★ "There Goes The Fear" - The Doves

★ "This Is Me" - Bryan Adams

★ "Time After Time" - Distant Soundz

★ "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey

★ "Tokyo" - Keisuke Kuwata

★ "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

★ "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
#''A New Day Has Come'' - Celine Dion
#''Ashanti'' - Ashanti
#''8701'' - Usher
#''Home'' - Dixie Chicks
#''M!ssundaztood'' - Pink
#''Hybrid Theory'' - Linkin Park
#''Full Moon'' - Brandy

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''

★ Josef Peter Heinzer - Piano Trio No. 4 (revision) ([2])

★ John Kinsella - Cello Concerto

★ Theo Loevendie - Clarinet Concerto

★ Curtis Schweitzer - Fanfare Americana

Opera

★ Friedrich Cerha - ''Der Riese vom Steinfeld''

★ Steve Reich - ''Three Tales''

★ Mark-Anthony Turnage - ''The Silver Tassie''

Musical theater

★ ''Bombay Dreams''     London production

★ ''Chitty Chitty Bang Bang''     London production

★ ''Hairspray''     Broadway production

★ ''Movin' Out''     Broadway production

★ ''     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

★ ''

★ ''Green Lights''

★ ''Return to Never Land'' animated feature

★ ''Unconditional Love''

Deaths

★ January 7 - Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer, suicide.

★ January 21 - Peggy Lee (81), Jazz performer, most famous for song ''Fever'' ("You give me fever...")

★ February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer

★ February 13 - Waylon Jennings (64) - country musician

★ February 14 - Günter Wand (90), conductor

★ February 24 - Leo Ornstein (107), composer

★ February 27 - Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor

★ March 1 - Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF

★ March 4 - Mark Vann (39), member of Leftover Salmon, melanoma

★ 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 - Stacy Barnes, American classical and jazz pianist.

★ April 5 - Layne Staley (34), member of Alice in Chains

★ April 25 - Lisa Lopes (30), member of TLC, automobile accident

★ 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 (49), The Ramones

★ June 13 - Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor

★ June 15 - Big Mello (33), rapper

★ June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist for 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 24 - Adolph Green (87), lyricist

★ 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, 86

★ December 9 - Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab

★ December 22 - Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash

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.

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

★ Triple J Hottest 100, 2002