2002 in music

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

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

Albums released

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 - C�line 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
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 R�s
The Way I Feel - Remy Shand
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
Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down
Justified (album) - Justin Timberlake
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)

Top hits on record

"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" - C�line 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" - C�line 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

Top 10 selling albums of the year

The Eminem Show - Eminem
Nellyville - Nelly
Let Go - Avril Lavigne
Home - Dixie Chicks
8 Mile - Soundtrack
Missundaztood - Pink
Ashanti - Ashanti
Drive - Alan Jackson
Up - Shania Twain
O Brother, Where Art Thou - Soundtrack

Musical theater

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

Musical films

Chicago

Births

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 & M�tley Cr�e
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