Table of contents

1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Top 10 selling albums of the year 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9.2 Country Music Association Awards 9.3 Eurovision Song Contest 9.4 Mercury Music Prize

Events

• June 5 - U.S. soul and r'n'b singer R. Kelly, was charged with 21 counts of child pornography after a videotape allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl is broadcast on the internet.
• 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.
• 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
• Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil on December 2
• Megadeth disbands
• 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.
• Audioslave's musical career begins
• Rose Falcon's musical career begins
• Zwan's musical career begins
• Winger re-forms

• O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits - Aerosmith
• ''Stripped - Christina Aguilera
• The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects
• Audioslave - Audioslave
• The Process Of Belief - Bad Religion
• Sea Change - Beck
• Level II - BLACKstreet
• Bounce - Bon Jovi
• Corporate America - Boston
• The Naked Ride Home - Jackson Browne
• Cigarettes & Carrot Juice: The Santa Cruz Years - Camper Van Beethoven
• Tusk - Camper Van Beethoven
• Charmbracelet - Mariah Carey
• Shake It Off - Jarvis Church
• Purple Onion - Les Claypool
• Dark Days - Coal Chamber
• A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
• 10 - LL Cool J
• Testify - Phil Collins
• Hard Candy - Counting Crows
• Darkhorse - Crazy Town
• C'mon C'mon - Sheryl Crow
• Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band
• Shawn Desman - Shawn Desman
• A New Day Has Come - Céline Dion
• Believe - The Disturbed
• Home - Dixie Chicks
• Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater
• El Cielo - Dredg
• The Eminem Show - Eminem
• Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
• One By One - Foo Fighters
• Up - Peter Gabriel
• Yanqui U.X.O - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• The Young and the Hopeless - Good Charlotte
• Gusto - Guttermouth
• Crucible - Rob Halford
• Faith In My Heart And Soul - Holli
• Lemon Tongue - Honeymoon Suite
• Living with the Past - Jethro Tull
• Red 13 - Journey
• Live in London - Judas Priest
• Untouchables - Korn
• Let Go - Avril Lavigne
• This is Me...Then - Jennifer Lopez
• More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
• Destination Unknown - Mest
• Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morissette
• Nellyville - Nelly
• Century Child - Nightwish
• No Secrets - No Secrets
• Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
• Shut Up - Kelly Osbourne
• lovehatetragedy - Papa Roach
• Dutty Rock - Sean Paul
• Riot Act - Pearl Jam
• Round Room - Phish
• Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
• By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Forty Licks - The Rolling Stones
• Simply Deep - Kelly Rowland
• Vapor Trails - Rush
• ( ) - Sigur Rós
• The Way I Feel - Remy Shand
• Lust in Phaze - Soul Coughing
• 8 Mile - Soundtrack
• Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams - Soundtrack
• Does This Look Infected - Sum 41
• Monsters in the Closet - Swollen Members
• Steal This Album - System of a Down
• 200 Km/H in the Wrong Lane - t.A.T.u
• No - They Might Be Giants
• Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down
• Justified (album) - Justin Timberlake
• The Radio Tisdas Sessions - Tinariwen
• Up - Shania Twain
• Erase The Past - UP SyNDROME
• Maladroit - Weezer
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Go Me - Cory P
• Broken Hearted - Revolution
• Confession Of Love - Revolution
• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
• Songs about Jane - Maroon 5 (debut)

• "All I Have" - Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J
• "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u
• "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
• "Are You In?" - Incubus
• "Breath" - Swollen Members featuring Nelly Furtado
• "Broken Hearted" - Revolution
• "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts
• "By The Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Can't Get You Out of my Head" - Kylie Minogue
• "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
• "Cleaning Out My Closet" - Eminem
• "Come Into My World" - Kylie Minogue
• "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
• "Confession Of Love" - Revolution
• "Defy You" - The Offspring
• "Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
• "Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
• "Disease" - Matchbox Twenty
• "Don't Cry For Us" - Justincase (debut single)
• "Don't Walk Away Eileen" - Sam Roberts
• "Everyday" - Bon Jovi
• "Faith In My Heart And Soul" - Holli
• "First Date" - Blink-182
• "Get Ready" - Shawn Desman
• "Get the Party Started" - Pink
• "Gimme the Light" - Sean Paul
• "Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" - Las Ketchup
• "Hella Good" - No Doubt
• "Hands Clean" - Alanis Morissette
• "Hey Ma" - Cam'ron
• "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
• "Isle Of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids
• "Jenny From The Block" - Jennifer Lopez
• "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks
• "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" - Good Charlotte
• "Like I Love You" - Justin Timberlake
• "Little By Little" - Oasis
• "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
• "Love to See You Cry" - Enrique Iglesias
• "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx
• "My Sacrifice" - Creed
• "A New Day Has Come" - Céline Dion
• "Opinions" - Mest
• "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand
• "Roll Out (My Business)" - Ludacris
• "The Scientist" - Coldplay
• "Shake It Off" - Jarvis Church
• "She Loves Me Not" - Papa Roach
• "Shut Up" - Kelly Osbourne
• "Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne
• "Soak Up The Sun" - Sheryl Crow
• "Steppin' Thru" - Swollen Members
• "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow
• "Still Waiting" - Sum 41
• "Stole" - Kelly Rowland
• "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis
• "Take a Message" - Remy Shand
• "Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
• "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
• "Underneath It All" - No Doubt
• "The Way I Feel" - Remy Shand
• "Without Me" - Eminem
• "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

1. The Eminem Show - Eminem
2. Nellyville - Nelly
3. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
4. Home - Dixie Chicks
5. 8 Mile - Soundtrack
6. Missundaztood - Pink
7. Ashanti - Ashanti
8. Drive - Alan Jackson
9. Up - Shania Twain
10. O Brother, Where Art Thou - Soundtrack

• Bombay Dreams     London production
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang     London production
• Hairspray     Broadway production
• Movin' Out     Broadway production
• The Sweet Smell of Success     Broadway production
• Thoroughly Modern Millie     Broadway production

• Chicago

Deaths

• January 21 - Peggy Lee, Jazz performer, most famous for song Fever ("You give me fever...")
• February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
• February 13 - Waylon Jennings
• March 1 - Doreen Waddell, Soul II Soul
• March 4 - Mark Vann (39), Leftover Salmon, melanoma
• March 24 - Dorothy Delay, Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
• April 25 - Lisa Lopes, member of TLC
• March 26 - Randy Castillo (41), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
• June 5th - Dee Dee Ramone, The Ramones
• June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist for The Who
• July 2 - Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist
• August 14 - Dave Williams, member of Drowning Pool
• August 31 - Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
• October 30 - Jam Master Jay, member of Run DMC
• November 3 - Lonnie Donegan, musician
• December 9 - Mary Hansen, member of Stereolab
• December 22 - Joe Strummer, member of The Clash

• 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

• Grammy Awards of 2002

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002