2002 in music

See also: 2001 in music, other events of 2002, 2003 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Events

• February 13 - Julian and Stephen Marley, sons of reggae artist Bob Marley, are arrested in Northern Florida after officers find marijuana in their car. The Marley kids are released on $500 bail each.
• February 19 - A Los Angeles, California Superior Court jury finds James Brown innocent on charges of sexually harassing a former employee.
• March 1 - Doreen Waddell, a former vocalist with the group Soul II Soul, is struck by cars and killed while running along the highway after fleeing from a store where she had been accused of shoplifting in Southern England
• March 16 - Liza Minnelli marries record producer David Gest. It is Minnelli's fourth marriage.
• April 4 - Guitarist for The Calling, Aaron Kamin suffers a severe electrical shock during soundcheck for a performance in Bangkok. Kamin is rushed to a local hospital and is released after being treated for burns to the hands.
• October 30 - Warren Zevon is featured on the Late Show with David Letterman as the only guest for the entire hour. Zevon performs several songs and talks in length about being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer.
• 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]
• Michael Jackson shocks the world by hanging his infant son out the window of his hotel room.
• U2 and Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show for Superbowl 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

Albums Released

• O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits - Aerosmith
• 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
• Purple Onion - Les Claypool
• Dark Days - Coal Chamber
• 10 - LL Cool J
• Testify - Phil Collins
• Hard Candy - Counting Crows
• Darkhorse - Crazy Town
• Believe - The Disturbed
• Home - Dixie Chicks
• El Cielo - Dredg
• The Eminem Show - Eminem
• Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
• One By One - Foo Fighters
• Up - Peter Gabriel
• The Young and the Hopeless - Good Charlotte
• Gusto! - Guttermouth
• Crucible - Rob Halford
• Faith In My Heart And Soul - Holli
• Living with the Past - Jethro Tull
• Red 13 - Journey
• Live in London - Judas Priest
• Untouchables - Korn
• Let Go - Avril Lavigne
• Destination Unknown - Mest
• Nellyville - Nelly
• Century Child - Nightwish
• No Secrets - No Secrets
• Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
• lovehatetragedy - Papa Roach
• 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
• Vapor Trails - Rush
• ( ) - Sigur Rós
• 8 Mile - Soundtrack
• Spy Kids 2: Island Of Lost Dreams - Soundtrack
• Does This Look Infected? - Sum 41
• Steal This Album! - System of a Down
• Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down
• 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

Top Hits

• "Are You In?" - Incubus
• "Broken Hearted" - Revolution
• "By The Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
• "Cleaning Out My Closet" - Eminem
• "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
• "Confession Of Love" - Revolution
• "Defy You" - The Offspring
• "Disease" - Matchbox Twenty
• "Don't Cry For Us" - Justincase (debut single)
• "Faith In My Heart And Soul" - Holli
• "First Date" - Blink-182
• "Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" - Las Ketchup
• "Hey Ma" - Cam'ron
• "The Hindu Times" - Oasis
• "Hot in Herre" - Nelly
• "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain
• "Isle Of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids
• "Landslide" - Dixie Chicks
• "Little By Little" - Oasis
• "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
• "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx
• "My Sacrifice" - Creed
• "Opinions" - Mest
• "Roll Out (My Business)" - Ludacris
• "Still Waiting" - Sum 41
• "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis
• "Underneath It All" - No Doubt
• "Without Me" - Eminem
• "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Top 10 Selling Albums of the Year

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

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, Julliard 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

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
• Grammy Awards of 2002
• Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Country Music Association 2002