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2002 in music

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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 corporate 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.

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.

Albums released

Album Artist Release Date Album Type
Hate Made Me 8 Foot Sativa March 3 LP
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground Bright Eyes August 13 LP
Sea Change Beck September 23 LP
The All-American Rejects The All-American Rejects October 1 LP
Bounce Bon Jovi October 8 LP
Stripped Christina Aguilera October 29 LP

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Top hits

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA)

Top 10 selling albums of the year

  1. The Eminem Show - Eminem
  2. Nellyville - Nelly
  3. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
  4. A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
  5. Ashanti - Ashanti
  6. Drive - Alan Jackson
  7. Home - Dixie Chicks
  8. Missundaztood - P!nk
  9. Up! - Shania Twain
  10. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Mercury Music Prize

Charts

KROQ

Triple J Hottest 100

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