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

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Contents 1 Events 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

[edit] Events

• January 9 - Max Lilja leaves Apocalyptica.
• January 18 - Rayna Foss leaves Coal Chamber
• 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.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.^[1]
• April 23 - Avril Lavigne released "Complicated", her first single ever.
• April 25 - Lisa Lopes is killed in a car crash
• 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 4 - Avril Lavigne released her debut album, Let Go, which became one of the best selling albums of 2002.
• 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.
• 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 29 - Stripped, the highly anticipated second studio album from Christina Aguilera, is released and makes its debut at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart; selling over 330,000 copies in its first week.
• 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-DMC 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.
• The Area 2 Festival features headline acts Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, and Blue Man Group.
• 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.

Avril Lavigne gets her second number one hit "Sk8er Boi"

[edit] Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 2002

[edit] Bands disbanded

• Alice in Chains (reform in 2005)
• 59 Times The Pain
• 98 Degrees
• a1
• As the Sun Sets
• Backstreet Boys (Reunited 2005, original band member Kevin Richardson leaves group in 2006)
• Bardot
• Big Wreck
• Bim Skala Bim
• Botch
• Cast
• Coalesce
• Deporitaz
• Devourment (reform in 2005)
• Died Pretty (reform in 2008)
• Tha Dogg Pound (reform in 2006)
• Fear Factory (reform within the year)
• Fenix TX (reform in 2005)
• Fugazi (hiatus)
• Godflesh
• Grade
• Gravity Kills
• IMx
• Karma to Burn (reform in 2009)
• Life Without Buildings
• Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Lyte Funky Ones
• The Mayfield Four
• Matthew Good Band
• McBride & the Ride
• Megadeth (reform in 2004)
• Midnight Oil
• Mr. Big
• 'N Sync
• Nobody's Angel
• Pooka
• The Promise Ring
• Red Snapper
• Run-D.M.C.
• Salt-n-Pepa
• Sleepy Township
• Stabbing Westward
• Underground Lovers (reform in 2009)

[edit] Bands reformed

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

[edit] Albums released

Contents:	Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

[edit] January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
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	Greatest Hits
	Elva	Unwritten Law	-
	The Essential Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand	Compilation

[edit] 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	Greatest Hits
	Pot of Gold	Rainbow	Greatest Hits
	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	-
	Fever	Kylie Minogue	US
	Give 'Em the Boot III	Various Artists	Compilation
14	One Deep Breath	Bradley Joseph	-
	Fever	Kylie Minogue	US
15	Funnel Weaver	Buckethead	-
18	Geogaddi	Boards of Canada	Europe
	Another Late Night: Zero 7	Zero 7	-
19	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	-
	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

[edit] 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	Greatest Hits
	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	Greatest Hits
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
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	-

[edit] 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	-
	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

[edit] 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
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	-
	Let's Do It Again	Camp Lo	-
	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	Greatest Hits
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	-

[edit] 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	-
	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

[edit] 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	Greatest Hits
9	O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits	Aerosmith	Greatest Hits
	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

[edit] 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
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	-
	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	-
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	-

[edit] 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 Soul[2]	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.	Greatest Hits
	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
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

[edit] 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	The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print	The Bouncing Souls	Compilation
	Bounce	Bon Jovi	-
	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	Greatest Hits
	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	Greatest Hits
	The Essential Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Greatest Hits
	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	-
	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

[edit] 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	Greatest Hits
	The Ballad Hits	Roxette	Greatest Hits
	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	Greatest Hits
	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	Greatest Hits
12	Away from the Sun	3 Doors Down	-
	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 & 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	Greatest Hits
	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	Greatest Hits
	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	-

[edit] 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
16	Quality	Talib Kweli	-
17	Game Time	Talib Kweli	-
	Don't Stop Movin'	S Club	-
23	Atticus: ...dragging the lake	Various Artists	Compilation
24	The Genesis	Yngwie Malmsteen	-

[edit] Release date unknown

• Love for the Streets - Caesars
• 40 Years - The Dubliners
• Live from the Gaiety - The Dubliners
• Two Rainy Nights - Joe Jackson (live)

[edit] 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
• "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 song)" - Avril Lavigne
• "Cum-cum mania" - Félicien
• "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 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 2)" - 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
• "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" - 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
• "Marie" - Johnny Hallyday
• "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
• "Miss You" - Aaliyah
• "My Sacrifice" - Creed
• "My Neck, My Back - Khia
• "Nessaja" - Scooter
• "Never Again" - Nickelback
• "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
• "There Goes The Fear" - Doves
• "This Is Me" - Bryan Adams
• "Time After Time" - Distant Soundz
• "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
• "Tokyo" - Keisuke Kuwata
• "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
• "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)

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

1. The Eminem Show - Eminem
2. Nellyville - Nelly
3. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
4. Britney - Britney Spears
5. Laundry Service - Shakira
6. Silver Side Up - Nickelback
7. A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
8. 8701 - Usher
9. Home - Dixie Chicks
10. Missundaztood - Pink

[edit] 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

[edit] Opera

• Friedrich Cerha - Der Riese vom Steinfeld
• Steve Reich - Three Tales
• Michel van der Aa - One

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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 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
• April 5 - Layne Staley (34), member of Alice in Chains
• 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

[edit] 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

[edit] ARIA Music Awards

• ARIA Music Awards of 2002

[edit] Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2002

[edit] Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002

[edit] Mercury Music Prize

• A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite wins.

[edit] Glenn Gould Prize

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

[edit] Charts

[edit] Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2002

[edit] See also

• 2002 in music (UK)
• Record labels established in 2002

[edit] References