Editing 2002 in music

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

==Specific locations==
* [[2002 in British music]]
* [[2002 in Norwegian music]]
* [[2002 in South Korean music]]

==Specific genres==
* [[2002 in classical music]]
* [[2002 in country music]]
* [[2002 in heavy metal music]]
* [[2002 in hip-hop|2002 in hip hop music]]
* [[2002 in Latin music]]
* [[2002 in jazz]]
* [[2002 in South Korean music]]

==Events==
===January–February===
* [[January 1]] – [[Eric Clapton]] marries his 25-year-old American girlfriend in a surprise wedding ceremony at a church in the English village of [[Ripley, Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/03/clapton.wedding/index.html|title=Guitarist Clapton weds in private|date=January 3, 2002|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] – [[The Black Crowes]] announce they are taking a hiatus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=211 |title=The Black Crowes Take A Hiatus |author=Frank Meyer |date=January 8, 2002 |publisher=[[KNAC]] |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523062424/http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=211|archive-date=2013-05-23}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Adam Ant]] is committed to a psychiatric hospital two days after being arrested for carrying a firearm into a London pub that Ant claims was fake.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-ant-committed-after-arrest-20020116 |title=Adam Ant Committed After Arrest |author=Jennifer Vineyard |date=January 16, 2002 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410035217/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/adam-ant-committed-after-arrest-20020116|archive-date=2014-04-10}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – Rapper [[C-Murder]] is arrested and charged with second-degree murder over a fatal shooting in a [[Harvey, Louisiana]] nightclub on January 12.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451879/c-murder-faces-second-degree-murder-charge.jhtml |title=C-Murder Faces Second-Degree Murder Charge In Teen's Slaying |author=Jennifer Vineyard |date=January 22, 2002 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220163940/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451879/c-murder-faces-second-degree-murder-charge.jhtml|archive-date=2014-02-20}}</ref>
* [[January 18]]–[[February 3]] – The [[Big Day Out]] festival takes place in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], headlined by [[The Prodigy]].
* [[January 23]] – [[Virgin Records]] buys out its contract with [[Mariah Carey]] for $28 million, essentially paying her to not record any more music for the label.<ref name="carey">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451882/mariah-carey-virgin-part-ways.jhtml |title=Mariah Carey And Virgin Part Ways |author=Joe D'Angelo |date=January 23, 2002 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220165651/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1451882/mariah-carey-virgin-part-ways.jhtml|archive-date=2014-02-20}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – [[U2]] perform during the halftime show for [[Super Bowl XXXVI]]. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 terrorist attack]].
* [[February 4]] – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] bassist [[Gene Simmons]] has a notoriously antagonistic interview with [[Terry Gross]] on [[National Public Radio]]. Simmons continuously baits the host with sexual come-ons throughout the interview while Gross repeatedly calls Simmons "obnoxious." Simmons refuses to grant NPR permission to post the interview online, but unauthorized transcripts and audio exist.<ref>{{cite web | author=Terry Gross | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1137499 | title=Leader and Bassist of the Band Kiss, Gene Simmons| work=Fresh Air | publisher=NPR; WHYY | date=4 February 2002 | access-date=November 21, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221092121/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1137499| archive-date=2014-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview|subject=Gene Simmons |others=Terry Gross |url=http://rof.net/wp/carriep/TERRYGRO.HTM |title= Gene Simmons and Terry Gross |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030001555/http://rof.net/wp/carriep/TERRYGRO.HTM |archive-date=2005-10-30 |type=Interview: Transcript |work=Fresh Air |publisher=NPR; WHYY |date=4 February 2002 |access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[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.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/76801/j-lo-kicks-jackson-out-of-no-1|title=J Lo. Kicks Jackson Out Of No. 1 |last=Martens|first=Todd|date=14 February 2002|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2010-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728091112/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/76801/j-lo-kicks-jackson-out-of-no-1|archive-date=2013-07-28}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] – US singer [[Britney Spears]] takes her first starring role in ''[[Crossroads (2002 film)|Crossroads]]'', a teen [[Drama film|drama]] [[Road movie|road film]] alongside [[Zoe Saldana]]. Although the film is largely panned, it is commercially successful, grossing $61.1 million worldwide against a $12 million budget.
* [[February 27]] – The [[44th Annual Grammy Awards]] are presented in [[Los Angeles]], hosted by [[Jon Stewart]]. The [[O Brother, Where Art Thou? (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for the film ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' wins [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], while [[U2]]'s "[[Walk On (U2 song)|Walk On]]" wins [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]]. [[Alicia Keys]] wins [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] (for "[[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)|Fallin'"]]) and [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]].

===March–April===
* [[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 15]] – Liverpool Airport is rechristened [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]] in an official ceremony.
* [[March 24]] – [[Takahiro Nishikawa]] leaves [[Dreams Come True (band)|Dreams Come True]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2002/04/03/music/still-chasing-their-dream/#.XtfCdjozbIU |title=Still chasing their dream |last=McLure |first=Steve |date=3 April 2002 |newspaper=The Japan Times |access-date=2020-06-03 }}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Celine Dion]] returns to the music scene after a four-year absence with the album ''[[A New Day Has Come]]''.
* [[April 17]] – [[Pop-punk]] giants [[Blink-182]] and [[Green Day]] co-headline the two-month ''[[Pop Disaster Tour]]''.
* [[April 22]] – [[Sugababes]] release their first UK Number 1 single, a cover of Adina Howard's 1995 single Freak Like Me.
* [[April 25]] – Member of R&B group [[TLC (group)|TLC]], [[Lisa Lopes|Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]] dies in car accident in Honduras
* [[April 27]]-[[April 28|28]] – The [[Coachella|Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] takes place in [[California]]. Headlined by [[Björk]] and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], the lineup also features [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[The Prodigy]], [[Cake (band)|Cake]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[The Strokes]], [[The Vines (band)|The Vines]] and [[Belle and Sebastian]]. This year marks the festival's return to its original two-day format.

===May–June===
* [[May 8]] – [[Mariah Carey]] signs a new record contract with [[The Island Def Jam Music Group|Island Def Jam Music Group]].
* [[May 12]] – ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]'', a [[jukebox musical]] based on the songs of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], opens at the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London, England.
* [[May 21]] - [[Blink-182]] guitarist [[Tom DeLonge]] forms [[post-hardcore]] side-project band [[Box Car Racer]]. Their album ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' is released.
* [[May 22]] – Members of [[Alien Ant Farm]] are injured in an early morning tour bus crash in Spain that claimed the life of the driver.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/alien-ant-farm-16-1377248|title=Alien Ant Farm Crash Update |date=May 23, 2002 |publisher=[[NME]] |access-date=June 3, 2020}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – The 47th [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002|Eurovision Song Contest]], held at [[Saku Suurhall]] in [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]], is won by [[Latvia]]n singer [[Marija Naumova|Marie N]] with the song "[[I Wanna (Marie N song)|I Wanna]]". 
*[[May 26]] - [[Eminem]] releases [[The Eminem Show]], one of the bestselling hip-hop album of 2002
* [[June 4]] 
**[[Avril Lavigne]] releases her debut album [[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]].
**The [[Prom at the Palace]] is held in London to commemorate the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II]]. Performers include the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]], the [[BBC Symphony Chorus]], [[Kiri Te Kanawa]], [[Angela Gheorghiu]] and [[Roberto Alagna]].
* [[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 11]]
** [[Paul McCartney]] marries second wife [[Heather Mills]] in a lavish ceremony at [[Castle Leslie]] in Ireland.
** ''[[American Idol]]'' premieres on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].
** [[Korn]] releases fifth-studio album, ''[[Untouchables (album)|Untouchables]]''.
** [[David Bowie]] releases his twenty-second studio album, ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]''. The album marks a commercial comeback for Bowie in the US, becoming his highest-charting album in the country since 1984's ''[[Tonight (David Bowie album)|Tonight]]''.
* [[June 12]] – [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Music]] agrees to acquire the rest of [[Zomba Music Group]] in a deal reportedly worth $3 billion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/12/business/bmg-to-buy-rest-of-zomba-the-home-of-pop-stars.html |title=BMG to Buy Rest of Zomba, The Home Of Pop Stars |author=Laura M. Holson |date=June 12, 2002 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306165807/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/12/business/bmg-to-buy-rest-of-zomba-the-home-of-pop-stars.html|archive-date=2014-03-06}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – The [[Los Angeles, California]], USA, radio station [[KROQ-FM]] airs the 10th Annual [[KROQ Weenie Roast|Weenie Roast]] show with [[Bad Religion]], [[Hoobastank]], [[Jack Johnson (musician)|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 (band)|The Vines]], [[The Violent Femmes]] and [[Rob Zombie]].
* [[June 18]] – [[Mexicans|Mexican]] Pop-Singer [[Paulina Rubio]], releases her sixth studio album and debut-English [[crossover album]] in the U.S., titled ''[[Border Girl]]'' through [[Universal Records (defunct record label)|Universal Records]], she performed for the very first time live her hit single [[Don't Say Goodbye (Paulina Rubio song)|Don't Say Goodbye]] on [[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zn_-gNvKgs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8Zn_-gNvKgs| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Paulina Rubio Live on Jay Leno |website=[[YouTube]] |date=June 18, 2002 |access-date=February 25, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the album debuted at #11 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with sales of 56,000 copies becoming Rubio's highest-charting album in the U.S. It was eventually [[certified gold]] by [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], indicating sales of over 500,000 units.
* [[June 19]] – [[Hikaru Utada]] releases the album ''[[Deep River (Hikaru Utada 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 20]] – Pop star [[Britney Spears]], at only 20 years of age, is ranked by [[Forbes]] as the world's most powerful celebrity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/Britney_Tops_Forbes_Celebrity_100_List/1110177 |title=Britney Tops Forbes' Celebrity 100 List |date=June 21, 2002 |work=[[Hollywood.com]] |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105173754/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Britney_Tops_Forbes_Celebrity_100_List/1110177|archive-date=2012-11-05}}</ref>
* [[June 21]]-23 – The first [[Bonnaroo Music Festival]] is held in Tennessee. Performers include [[Widespread Panic]], [[Gov't Mule]] and [[Norah Jones]].
* [[June 25]] – The [[Prague Philharmonic Orchestra]] releases an arrangement of the [[Romeo and Juliet 1968 film soundtrack|''Romeo and Juliet'' 1968 film soundtrack]] on the Silva America label. [[Will Smith]] also comes back with the release of his third solo studio album [[Born to Reign]].
* [[June 27]] – [[The Who]] bassist [[John Entwistle]] is found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room on the eve of the band's new tour, aged 57.
* [[June 30]] – The [[Glastonbury Festival]] features headline acts [[Coldplay]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], [[Stereophonics]], [[Orbital (band)|Orbital]], [[Roger Waters]], [[Rod Stewart]], and [[Air (French band)|Air]].

===July–August===
* [[July 6]] – [[Michael Jackson]] stages a public protest against [[Sony Music]] chairman [[Tommy Mottola]], accusing him of taking part in a racist conspiracy within the music industry to exploit black recording artists. Sony responds with a statement calling Jackson's remarks "ludicrous, spiteful and hurtful."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455976/michael-jackson-calls-tommy-mottola-racist.jhtml |title=Michael Jackson Shocks Al Sharpton By Calling Tommy Mottola A Racist |author=Jennifer Vineyard  |date=July 8, 2002 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329130319/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1455976/michael-jackson-calls-tommy-mottola-racist.jhtml|archive-date=2014-03-29}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]'s 8th studio album [[By The Way]] is released. It sold 286,000 copies in the United States during the first week, peaking at #2 on [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. It went on to sell over 2 million copies in the US, being certified double platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]].
* [[July 12]] – [[Buckcherry]] breaks up on the heels of lead singer [[Josh Todd (musician)|Josh Todd]]'s decision to quit the group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/2002/july/item17.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802053522/http://www.antimusic.com/news/2002/july/item17.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=musicNEWS: Buckcherry Breaks Up |date=July 12, 2002 |publisher=antiMUSIC |access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref> They would reunite in 2005.
* [[July 20]]–21 – The [[Splendour in the Grass]] music festival takes place in [[Byron Bay, New South Wales|Byron Bay]], [[Australia]], headlined by [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]] and [[Supergrass]].
* [[July 23]] – My Chemical Romance's first album, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" is released to the public.
* [[July 28]] – The [[Area Festival#Area2|Area2 Festival]], featuring headline acts Moby, [[David Bowie]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Ash (band)|Ash]], and [[Blue Man Group]], begins a three-week tour in Washington, DC.
* [[August 17]] – The Snow Mountain Music Festival opens in Lijiang, China.<ref>[http://www.cuijian.com/english/pages/news/snowmt/media/press/press.htm Snow Mountain Music Festival – Press Release]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414220129/http://www.cuijian.com/english/pages/news/snowmt/media/press/press.htm |date=April 14, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[August 19]] – [[Nickelback]] leaves the stage during the second song of their performance at the Ilha do Ermal festival in Portugal after being relentlessly pelted with rocks and bottles by the crowd.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5561 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221063158/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=5561 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |title=NICKELBACK Walk Off Stage At Portuguese Festival After Being Pelted With Rocks, Bottles |date=August 20, 2002 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=November 21, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[August 27]] – [[Queens of the Stone Age]] release their critically acclaimed album [[Songs for the Deaf]], featuring [[Dave Grohl]] on drums. The album earned the band their first Gold certification in the United States on January 27, 2003, selling over 500,000 copies.

===September–October===
* [[September 3]] – [[Napster]] is shut down for good after a judge denies a bid from [[Bertelsmann]] to purchase its assets. 
* [[September 4]] – [[Kelly Clarkson]] becomes the first winner of the television talent contest, ''[[American Idol]]''.
* [[September 11]] – [[Marie Fredriksson]] of [[Roxette]] collapses at home, leading to the discovery of a [[brain tumor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/marie-fredriksson-death-roxette-illness-cause-songs-must-have-been-love-a9240441.html|title=Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies, aged 61|date=10 December 2019|website=[[The Independent]]|access-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213011002/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/marie-fredriksson-death-roxette-illness-cause-songs-must-have-been-love-a9240441.html |archive-date=13 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – [[Courtney Love]] announces that her legal dispute with the surviving members of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] has been resolved, paving the way for the unreleased track "[[You Know You're Right]]" to be included on an upcoming compilation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=6256 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221115754/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=6256 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |title=NIRVANA/COURTNEY LOVE Lawsuit Settled, "Greatest Hits" CD To Surface By Christmas  |date=September 20, 2002 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – A stretch of [[Tennessee State Route 19]] is officially named for [[Tina Turner]], who was born and raised in nearby [[Nutbush, Tennessee]].
* [[October 2]]
** [[Robbie Williams]] signs a new six-album deal with [[EMI]] for £80 million, the most lucrative contract ever signed by a UK musician.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/03/arts.artsnews |title=Robbie Williams signs £80m deal |author=Fiachra Gibbons |date=October 3, 2002 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322233403/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/oct/03/arts.artsnews|archive-date=2013-03-22}}</ref>
** [[Christina Aguilera]] releases her controversial [[music video]] for the song, "[[Dirrty]]", the lead single from her second album ''[[Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped]]''.
* [[October 13]] – The fifth [[Terrastock]] festival is held in [[Boston]], USA.
* [[October 29]] – [[Christina Aguilera]] releases her controversial second studio album ''[[Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped]]'', which enters the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 2, selling 330,000 copies in its first week. ''Stripped'' is the first studio album in three years since ''[[Christina Aguilera (album)|Christina Aguilera]]'' (1999).
* [[October 30]]
** [[Jam Master Jay]] is shot dead at a studio in Queens. [[Run-D.M.C.]] disbands.
** [[Warren Zevon]], who has recently been diagnosed with cancer, is the sole guest for the entire hour of ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''. It would be his final public performance.

===November–December===
* [[November 7]] – [[Guns N' Roses]] fans in Vancouver riot after a concert, which was to kick off the band's first tour in nine years, is canceled due to [[Axl Rose]]'s flight getting delayed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458577/guns-n-roses-tour-kickoff-canceled.jhtml |title=Fans Riot After Guns N' Roses Tour Kickoff Canceled |author=[[Kurt Loder]] |date=November 8, 2002 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023135227/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458577/guns-n-roses-tour-kickoff-canceled.jhtml|archive-date=2013-10-23}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – [[Mick Jagger]], [[Keith Richards]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Tom Petty]] and [[Brian Setzer]] guest-star on [[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation|an episode]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' set at a [[Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp]].
* [[November 12]] – rap rock band [[Crazy Town]] release their second studio album [[Darkhorse]].
* [[November 19]] – [[Michael Jackson]] dangles his nine-month-old son, "Blanket", over the balcony of his Berlin hotel room in an apparent attempt to connect with the fans below. He releases a statement later that day calling the incident a "terrible mistake".<ref>{{cite web 
|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458799/michael-jackson-apologizes-baby-incident.jhtml |title=Michael Jackson Calls Baby-Dangling Incident A 'Terrible Mistake' |author=Jennifer Vineyard |date=November 20, 2002 |publisher=MTV |access-date=November 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403152646/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458799/michael-jackson-apologizes-baby-incident.jhtml|archive-date=2014-04-03}}</ref>
*[[November 26]] – [[Will Smith]] releases his first compilation album (last under Columbia Records) ''[[Greatest Hits (Will Smith album)|Greatest Hits]]''.
* [[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 surviving [[The Beatles|Beatles]] members [[Paul McCartney]], [[Ringo Starr]], Clapton, [[Jeff Lynne]], [[Ravi Shankar (musician)|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]].
* [[December 3]] – [[Mariah Carey]] releases her ninth studio album ''[[Charmbracelet]]''.
* [[December 6]] – Another riot over a canceled Guns N' Roses concert breaks out, this time in Philadelphia, after Axl Rose is a no-show. The band cancels the remaining dates of the tour without explanation.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/12/09/guns-n-roses-cancel-tour-after-fans-riot/ |title=Welcome to the Jungle |author=Gary Susman |date=December 9, 2002 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=November 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323021338/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C397555%2C00.html |archive-date=March 23, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 22]] – [[Joe Strummer]] lead singer, guitarist and founder of Punk Rock band [[The Clash]] dies of a congenital heart defect at the age of 50.
* [[December 29]] – A [[Creed (band)|Creed]] concert in Chicago angers fans in attendance when lead singer [[Scott Stapp]] forgets many lyrics, takes a lengthy leave of absence in the middle of the show and lies down on the stage for part of the performance. The band's manager issues a written apology that includes the statement "we hope that you can take some solace in the fact that you definitely experienced the most unique of all Creed shows and may have become part of the unusual world of rock 'n' roll history!"<ref name="creed">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-20-et-knowpop20-story.html |title=Creed faulted for lying down on the job |author=Geoff Boucher |date=January 20, 2003 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[Phish]] end their two-year hiatus with a New Year's Eve concert at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City.

===Also in 2002===
* [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]] joins [[The Black Eyed Peas]] during their recording of the ''[[Elephunk]]'' album.
* [[Salt-n-Pepa]] disbands.

==Bands formed==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2002|Musical groups established in 2002]]''

==Bands disbanded==
* ''See [[:Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002]]''

==Bands reformed==
* [[D.I. (band)|D.I.]] (after [[1995 in music|1995]] hiatus)
* [[Fear Factory]]
* [[Little River Band]] original members reform as [[Birtles Shorrock Goble]]
* [[KMFDM]]
* [[Phish]] (after [[2000 in music|2000]] hiatus)
* [[Stabbing Westward]]
* [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]]

==Albums released==
{{See also|:Category:2002 albums}}

===January–March===
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| ''[[I Am... (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|I Am...]]'' || [[Ayumi Hamasaki]] || 4th number 1 studio album
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| ''[[The Wreckard]]'' || [[Prick (band)|Prick]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[I Am Sam (soundtrack)|I Am Sam: Music From and Inspired By the Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Jukebox Sparrows]]'' || [[Shannon McNally]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Light of Day, Day of Darkness]]'' || [[Green Carnation]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Neon Golden]]'' || [[The Notwist]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Drive (Alan Jackson album)|Drive]]'' || [[Alan Jackson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Group Therapy (Concrete Blonde album)|Group Therapy]]'' || [[Concrete Blonde]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Honour – Valour – Pride]]'' || [[Bolt Thrower]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nude on the Moon: The B-52's Anthology]]'' || [[The B-52s|The B-52's]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Great Divide (Willie Nelson album)|The Great Divide]]'' || [[Willie Nelson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tenth Dimension]]'' || [[Blaze Bayley (heavy metal band)|Blaze]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''World Outside'' || [[Socialburn]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[Never Forget (Where You Come From)]]'' || [[Bro'Sis]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[7 (U2 EP)|7]]'' || [[U2]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Alkaline Trio / Hot Water Music]]'' || [[Alkaline Trio]]/[[Hot Water Music]] || Split EP
|-
| ''[[And All That Could Have Been]]'' || [[Nine Inch Nails]] || Live DVD
|-
| ''[[Bloodsport (album)|Bloodsport]]'' || [[Sneaker Pimps]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Flight of the Behemoth]]'' || [[Sunn O]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Playa Rich Project 2]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Process of Belief]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock'n Roll Gangster]]'' || [[Fieldy's Dreams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spiritual Minded]]'' || [[KRS-One]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[Come with Us]]'' || [[The Chemical Brothers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Blaque Out]]'' || [[Blaque]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Classic Masters (General Public album)|Classic Masters]]'' || [[General Public]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Denials Delusions and Decisions'' || [[Jaguar Wright]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Elva (album)|Elva]]'' || [[Unwritten Law]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Essential Barbra Streisand]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Forever (Cracker album)|Forever]]'' || [[Cracker (band)|Cracker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence]]'' || [[Dream Theater]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="1" style="vertical-align:top;"|?
| ''[[Two Rainy Nights]]'' || [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="62" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''F<br />E<br />B<br />R<br />U<br />A<br />R<br />Y'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[O (Damien Rice album)|O]]'' || [[Damien Rice]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[The Bled (EP)|The Bled]]'' || [[The Bled]] || EP
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Sons of Northern Darkness]]'' || [[Immortal (band)|Immortal]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[After Everything Now This]]'' || [[The Church (band)|The Church]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Frantic (album)|Frantic]]'' || [[Bryan Ferry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Illusion of Safety (Thrice album)|The Illusion of Safety]]'' || [[Thrice]] ||-
|-
| ''[[J to tha L–O! The Remixes]]'' || [[Jennifer Lopez]] || Remix album
|-
| ''[[Suicide by My Side]]'' || [[Sinergy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ultimate Manilow]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[HTP (album)|HTP]]'' || [[Hughes Turner Project]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Always Got Tonight]]'' || [[Chris Isaak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Apathy and Exhaustion]]'' || [[The Lawrence Arms]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Barricades & Brickwalls]]'' || [[Kasey Chambers]] || US
|-
| ''[[Feedback Is Payback]]'' || [[1208 (band)|1208]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Give 'Em the Boot III]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[On the Road (Miss Kittin album)|On the Road]]'' || [[Miss Kittin]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[One Deep Breath]]'' || [[Bradley Joseph]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''Funnel Weaver'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''Music from the Major Motion Picture Crossroads'' || [[Britney Spears]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Remedy Lane]]'' || [[Pain of Salvation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[Geogaddi]]'' || [[Boards of Canada]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[Another Late Night: Zero 7]]'' || [[Zero 7]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;" |19
| ''[[All Hail West Texas]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[As If to Nothing]]'' || [[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Beautysleep]]'' || [[Tanya Donelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Best of the Blues]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Capricornia (album)|Capricornia]]'' || [[Midnight Oil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Don't Worry About Me]]'' || [[Joey Ramone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Goodbye Blue & White]]'' || [[Less Than Jake]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Hate Breeds Suffering]]'' || [[Lock Up (UK band)|Lock Up]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Is a Woman]]'' || [[Lambchop (band)|Lambchop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kissin Time]]'' || [[Marianne Faithfull]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mobilize (Anti-Flag album)|Mobilize]]'' || [[Anti-Flag]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Pair of Kings (album)|A Pair of Kings]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sea of No Cares]]'' || [[Great Big Sea]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[The Stability EP]]'' || [[Death Cab for Cutie]] || EP
|-
| ''[[We Are the Only Friends We Have]]'' || [[Piebald (band)|Piebald]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Worst You Can Do Is Harm]]'' || [[The Long Winters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Knife Play]]'' || [[Xiu Xiu]] || Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Good to Go (EP)|Good to Go]]'' || [[Jimmy Eat World]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[The Brotherhood (Running Wild album)|The Brotherhood]]'' || [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Catch 22 (Hypocrisy album)|Catch 22]]'' || [[Hypocrisy (band)|Hypocrisy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Moon (Brandy album)|Full Moon]]'' || [[Brandy (entertainer)|Brandy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs (Regina Spektor album)|Songs]]'' || [[Regina Spektor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under Rug Swept]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Walking with Thee]]'' || [[Clinic (band)|Clinic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Belly of the Sun]]'' || [[Cassandra Wilson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Burn It Black]]'' || [[Injected (band)|Injected]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Changing of Times]]'' || [[Underoath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' || [[Norah Jones]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Gore Obsessed]]'' || [[Cannibal Corpse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Immer]]'' || [[Michael Mayer (musician)|Michael Mayer]] || Mix Compilation
|-
| ''[[Lapalco]]'' || [[Brendan Benson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in a Dive (Bracket album)|Live in a Dive]]'' || [[Bracket (band)|Bracket]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lucky 7 (The Reverend Horton Heat album)|Lucky 7]]'' || [[The Reverend Horton Heat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Memories Are My Only Witness]]'' || [[Yuka Honda]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film, Vol. 2]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''No Half Steppin''' || [[Sharissa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Source Tags & Codes]]'' || [[...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Superkala]]'' || [[Course of Nature]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz]]'' || [[Nappy Roots]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Earth, Wind & Fire: Live by Request]]'' || [[Earth, Wind & Fire]] ||Video
|-
| rowspan="75" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''M<br />A<br />R<br />C<br />H'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''Preface'' || [[Jessica Harp]]  ||-
|-
| ''[[Queen of the Damned (soundtrack)|Queen of the Damned]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Hate Made Me]]'' || [[8 Foot Sativa]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jebediah (album)|Jebediah]]'' || [[Jebediah]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Hi-Fi Serious]]'' || [[A (band)|A]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Words of Wisdom and Hope]]'' || [[Teenage Fanclub]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[1919 Eternal]]'' || [[Black Label Society]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose]]'' || [[Against Me!]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Attak]]'' || [[KMFDM]] ||-
|-
| ''[[BYO Split Series, Vol. 3]]'' || [[NOFX]]/[[Rancid (band)|Rancid]] || Split LP
|-
| ''[[Didn't It Rain (Songs: Ohia album)|Didn't It Rain]]'' || [[Songs: Ohia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Eleventh Hour (Jars of Clay album)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' || [[Jars of Clay]] ||-
|-
| ''[[England, Half-English]]'' || [[Billy Bragg]] and The Blokes ||-
|-
| ''[[Here Comes the Zoo]]'' || [[Local H]] ||-
|-
| ''[[History Lessens]]'' || [[Skyclad (band)|Skyclad]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[IIcons]]'' || [[Naughty By Nature]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Second Stage Turbine Blade]]'' || [[Coheed and Cambria]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sha Sha (album)|Sha Sha]]'' || [[Ben Kweller]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Burning Angel (album)|Burning Angel]]'' || [[Arch Enemy]] || EP
|-
| ''Encore'' || [[Joe Hisaishi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Armor]]'' || [[Chihiro Onitsuka]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[B2K (album)|B2K]]'' || [[B2K]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Become You]]'' || [[Indigo Girls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chapters From a Vale Forlorn]]'' || [[Falconer (band)|Falconer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Favorite Noise]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Home from Home (album)|Home from Home]]'' || [[Millencolin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Search Of... (N.E.R.D album)|In Search Of...]]'' || [[N.E.R.D.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Modulate (album)|Modulate]]'' || [[Bob Mould]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perseverance (Hatebreed album)|Perseverance]]'' || [[Hatebreed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Resident Evil (film)#Filming and story development|Resident Evil: Music from and Inspired by the Original Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[This Is the Remix (Destiny's Child album)|This Is the Remix]]'' || [[Destiny's Child]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin]]'' || [[The Corrs]] || Live
|-
| ''[[What It Is to Burn]]'' || [[Finch (U.S. band)|Finch]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[Listen to My Heart (BoA album)|Listen to My Heart]]'' || [[BoA]] || Japanese Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[In Our Gun]]'' || [[Gomez (band)|Gomez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spin (Darren Hayes album)|Spin]]'' || [[Darren Hayes]] || Solo Debut; Australia
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Circle Gets the Square]]'' || [[Kevin Devine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Drunken Lullabies]]'' || [[Flogging Molly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Far Side of the World (album)|Far Side of the World]]'' || [[Jimmy Buffett]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fused Together in Revolving Doors]]'' || [[The Red Chord]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hold Your Horse Is]]'' || [[Hella (band)|Hella]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Land (1975–2002)]]'' || [[Patti Smith]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Lust in Phaze]]'' || [[Soul Coughing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)|A Night at the Opera]]'' || [[Blind Guardian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls]]'' || [[Simple Plan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 9 (American series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 9]]'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Pied Piper (Donovan album)|Pied Piper]]'' || [[Donovan]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Rest of Us (album)|The Rest of Us]]'' || [[Gas Huffer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)|Rude Awakening]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Superstarved]]'' || [[Gravity Kills]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Trials and Tribulations of Russell Jones]]'' || [[Ol' Dirty Bastard]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection]]'' || [[Hall & Oates]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[World Outside My Window]]'' || [[Glenn Lewis]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Or (album)|Or]]'' || [[Golden Boy (artist)|Golden Boy]] with [[Miss Kittin]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[Man and Machine (album)|Man and Machine]]'' || [[U.D.O.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Natural Born Chaos]]'' || [[Soilwork]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A New Day Has Come (album)|A New Day Has Come]]'' || [[Celine Dion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nocturnal Activity]]'' || [[Rae & Christian]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 51'' (U.K. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Original Pirate Material]]'' || [[The Streets]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[The Remote Part]]'' || [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rock in Rio (album)|Rock in Rio]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || 2xCD; Live
|-
| ''[[Weight of the World (Harem Scarem album)|Weight of the World]]'' || [[Harem Scarem]] || Japan; released in Canada Oct. '02
|-
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)|The Best of Both Worlds]]'' || [[R. Kelly]] & [[Jay-Z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Behind Silence and Solitude]]'' || [[All That Remains (band)|All That Remains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow]]'' || [[Down (band)|Down]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone]]'' || [[The Walkmen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kona Town (album)|Kona Town]]'' || [[Pepper (band)|Pepper]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mindy McCready (album)|Mindy McCready]]'' || [[Mindy McCready]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Special Edition (Infamous Mobb album)|Special Edition]]'' || [[Infamous Mobb]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tell All Your Friends]]'' || [[Taking Back Sunday]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thrive (Newsboys album)|Thrive]]'' || [[Newsboys]] ||-
|-
| ''While You Weren't Looking'' || [[Caitlin Cary]] || Solo Debut
|-
|27
|''[[Roentgen (album)|Roentgen]]''
|[[Hyde (musician)|Hyde]]
| -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Diorama (Silverchair album)|Diorama]]'' || [[Silverchair]] ||-
|-
|}

===April–June===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="79" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />P<br />R<br />I<br />L'''
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Cry (Simple Minds album)|Cry]]'' || [[Simple Minds]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Handcream for a Generation]]'' || [[Cornershop]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mclusky Do Dallas]]'' || [[Mclusky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]'' || [[Fantômas (band)|Fantômas]] and [[Melvins]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Release (Pet Shop Boys album)|Release]]'' || [[Pet Shop Boys]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[All of the Above (J-Live album)|All of the Above]]'' || [[J-Live]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ashanti (album)|Ashanti]]'' || [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]] ||-
|-
| ''Every Road Leads Back to You'' || [[Juice Newton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rampton (album)|Rampton]]'' || [[Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Southern Hummingbird]]'' || [[Tweet (singer)|Tweet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Topsy-Turvy (album)|Topsy-Turvy]]'' || [[Mt. Helium|The Apex Theory]] || Band later changed name to Mt. Helium
|-
| ''[[Tremulant (EP)|Tremulant]]'' || [[The Mars Volta]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Turn It Up!: The Very Best of]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] || Compilation
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[Bitterness the Star]]'' || [[36 Crazyfists]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Can You Do Me Good?]]'' || [[Del Amitri]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[1000 Kisses (album)|1000 Kisses]]'' || [[Patty Griffin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Are You Passionate?]]'' || [[Neil Young]] & [[Booker T & the MGs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Avoid One Thing (album)|Avoid One Thing]]'' || [[Avoid One Thing]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cabin Fever (Rasputina album)|Cabin Fever]]'' || [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Co-Balt]]'' || [[Brute (band)|Brute]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good Health]]'' || [[Pretty Girls Make Graves]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gutterflower]]'' || [[Goo Goo Dolls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hammered (Motörhead album)|Hammered]]'' || [[Motörhead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[How to Ruin Everything]]'' || [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jinx (Quarashi album)|Jinx]]'' || [[Quarashi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On (Imperial Teen album)|On]]'' || [[Imperial Teen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mirror Mirror (EP)|Mirror Mirror]]'' || [[Twiztid]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Plastic Fang]]'' || [[The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Sham Mirrors]]'' || [[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Silver Lining (Bonnie Raitt album)|Silver Lining]]'' || [[Bonnie Raitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Then Came the Night]]'' || [[Tommy Shane Steiner]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Living Well Is the Best Revenge]]'' || [[Midtown (band)|Midtown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mali Music (album)|Mali Music]]'' || [[Damon Albarn]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No. 1 (BoA album)|No. 1]]'' || [[BoA]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[Hostile Ambient Takeover]]'' || [[Melvins]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Assembly (Theatre of Tragedy album)|Assembly]]'' || [[Theatre of Tragedy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[C'mon, C'mon (album)|C'mon, C'mon]]'' || [[Sheryl Crow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Control (Pedro the Lion album)|Control]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heart to Yours]]'' || [[Michelle Williams (singer)|Michelle Williams]] || Solo debut
|-
| ''[[Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Personal Journals]]'' || [[Sage Francis]] ||-
|-
| ''Screwed Up Click Representa'' || [[Z-Ro]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Slick Shoes (album)|Slick Shoes]]'' || [[Slick Shoes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waitin' on Joe]]'' || [[Steve Azar]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[WarCry (album)|WarCry]]'' || [[WarCry (band)|WarCry]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Another Phase]]'' || [[Maria Mena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Love for the Streets]]'' || [[Caesars (band)|Caesars]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[About a Boy (soundtrack)|About a Boy]]'' || [[Badly Drawn Boy]] || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections]]'' || [[Cee-Lo Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Homecoming (Nazareth album)|Homecoming]]'' || [[Nazareth (band)|Nazareth]] || Live
|-
| ''[[I Am Not Homer]]'' || [[Dan Castellaneta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Long Way Home (Dokken album)|Long Way Home]]'' || [[Dokken]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems]]'' || [[Kenny Chesney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Only a Woman Like You]]'' || [[Michael Bolton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Opaline (album)|Opaline]]'' || [[Dishwalla]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Osaka (album)|Osaka]]'' || [[The Kickovers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power of the Dragonflame]]'' || [[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Purple World (album)|Purple World]]'' || [[Big Moe]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stereo (Paul Westerberg album)|Stereo]]'' || [[Paul Westerberg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thug Misses]]'' || [[Khia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[When I Was Cruel]]'' || [[Elvis Costello]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[Wood/Water]]'' || [[The Promise Ring]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]]'' || [[Wilco]] ||Nonesuch retail release
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |24
| ''[[Highvision]]'' || [[Supercar (band)|Supercar]] ||-
|-
|''[[Lifelines (A-ha album)|Lifelines]]''
|[[A-ha]]
| -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Guess Who's Back?]]'' || [[50 Cent]] || Mixtape
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[The Last Broadcast (album)|The Last Broadcast]]'' || [[Doves (band)|Doves]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shadow Zone (Axel Rudi Pell album)|Shadow Zone]]'' || [[Axel Rudi Pell]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Be Not Nobody]]'' || [[Vanessa Carlton]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Between the Buried and Me (album)|Between the Buried and Me]]'' || [[Between the Buried and Me]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Blazing Arrow]]'' || [[Blackalicious]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hood Rich]]'' || [[Big Tymers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Horizon (The Rocking Horse Winner album)|Horizon]]'' || [[The Rocking Horse Winner]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living with the Past]]'' || [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Punk Rock Songs]]'' || [[Bad Religion]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Ready Ready Set Go]]'' || [[Prozzäk|Simon & Milo]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Resonance Vol. 2]]'' || [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Trey Anastasio (album)|Trey Anastasio]]'' || [[Trey Anastasio]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="66" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''M<br />A<br />Y'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[The Beginning Stages of...]]'' || [[The Polyphonic Spree]] || US
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[40 Years]]'' || [[The Dubliners]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Any Time Now (O.A.R. album)|Any Time Now]]'' || [[O.A.R. (band)|O.A.R.]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''[[Alice (Tom Waits album)|Alice]]'' || [[Tom Waits]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Night Long: An Introduction]]'' || [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Blood Money (Tom Waits album)|Blood Money]]'' || Tom Waits ||-
|-
| ''[[Bug (Dave Davies album)|Bug]]'' || [[Dave Davies]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dark Days (Coal Chamber album)|Dark Days]]'' || [[Coal Chamber]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Juslisen]]'' || [[Musiq]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live: The Loom's Desire]]'' || [[Laura Nyro]]<ref name="nyro">{{Cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/nyrolaura-live-2496017185.html |title=Laura Nyro: ''Live: The Loom's Desire'' |publisher=[[PopMatters]] |language=en-US |date=2022-08-29 |accessdate=2023-01-01 |last=Cibula |first=Matt}}</ref> ||-
|-
| ''Memoirs'' || [[The Third and the Mortal|The 3rd and the Mortal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MTV Unplugged No. 2.0]]'' || [[Lauryn Hill]] || Live
|-
| ''[[My Ride's Here]]'' || [[Warren Zevon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Beat (album)|New Beat]]'' || [[The Exit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[PSI (album)|PSI]]'' || [[Pitchshifter (band)|Pitchshifter]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''Story of the Year'' || [[Story of the Year|Big Blue Monkey]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[It's a Wonderful World (album)|It's a Wonderful World]]'' || [[Mr. Children]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[18 (Moby album)|18]]'' || [[Moby]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Big Come Up]]'' || [[The Black Keys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Sun (Primal Fear album)|Black Sun]]'' || [[Primal Fear (band)|Primal Fear]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Boo Hoo]]'' || [[Voltaire (musician)|Voltaire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Come Home with Me]]'' || [[Cam'ron]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Commencement (album)|Commencement]]'' || [[Deadsy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Down the Road (Van Morrison album)|Down the Road]]'' || [[Van Morrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fantastic Damage]]'' || [[El-P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Maladroit]]'' || [[Weezer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[On a Wire]]'' || [[The Get Up Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vapor Trails]]'' || [[Rush (band)|Rush]] ||-
|-
| ''[[We Invented the Remix]]'' || [[Sean Combs|P. Diddy]] & [[Bad Boy Records]] || Remix
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Destination (Ronan Keating album)|Destination]]'' || [[Ronan Keating]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Redemption's Son]]'' || [[Joseph Arthur]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[45 or 46 Songs That Weren't Good Enough to Go on Our Other Records]]'' || [[NOFX]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[45 RPM: The Singles of The The]]'' || [[The The]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Alive or Just Breathing]]'' || [[Killswitch Engage]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Amarillo Sky (album)|Amarillo Sky]]'' || [[McBride & the Ride]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bad Bad One]]'' || [[Meredith Brooks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bona Fide]]'' || [[Wishbone Ash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Box Car Racer (album)|Box Car Racer]]'' || [[Box Car Racer]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Castaways and Cutouts]]'' || [[The Decemberists]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hollyweird]]'' || [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Luciferi]]'' || [[Danzig (band)|Danzig]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Killing the Dragon]]'' || [[Dio (band)|Dio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Leaving Through the Window]]'' || [[Something Corporate]] || Major label debut
|-
| ''[[Legacy... Hymns and Faith]]'' || [[Amy Grant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Little Big Town (album)|Little Big Town]]'' || [[Little Big Town]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mended]]'' || [[Marc Anthony]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Merchants of Cool]]'' || [[Bad Company]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Never a Dull Moment (Tommy Lee album)|Never a Dull Moment]]'' || [[Tommy Lee]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now Presents: Off The Hook]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Open Your Eyes (Goldfinger album)|Open Your Eyes]]'' || [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Space Metal (Star One album)|Space Metal]]'' || [[Star One (band)|Star One]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sharpen Your Teeth]]'' || [[Ugly Casanova]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ten Years and Running]]'' || [[MxPx]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Thalía (2002 album)|Thalía]]'' || [[Thalía]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Use Once and Destroy]]'' || [[Superjoint|Superjoint Ritural]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Chronicle: Best of the Work]]'' || [[Dr. Dre]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Night on My Side]]'' || [[Gemma Hayes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Ruff Guide]]'' || [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Thinking It Over (album)|Thinking It Over]]'' || [[Liberty X]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' || [[Eminem]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Freedom (Andy Griggs album)|Freedom]]'' || [[Andy Griggs]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Remission (Mastodon album)|Remission]]'' || [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]] || Full-length Debut
|-
| ''Say Something Nasty'' || [[Nashville Pussy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surrounded by Thieves]]'' || [[High on Fire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Young Trophy Band in the Parlance of Our Times]]'' || [[As Friends Rust]] || EP
|-
| rowspan="87" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''J<br />U<br />N<br />E'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''Up All Night'' || Gore Gore Girls ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[AnotherLateNight: Groove Armada]]'' || [[Groove Armada]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Dying in Stereo'' || [[Northern State (band)|Northern State]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live 1990 (Hawkwind album)|Live 1990]]'' || [[Hawkwind]] || Live 1990
|-
| ''[[Storytelling (Belle and Sebastian album)|Storytelling]]'' || [[Belle & Sebastian]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thought for Food]]'' || [[The Books]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Tres Lunas]]'' || [[Mike Oldfield]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[The Best of Buju Banton]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Best of INXS]]'' || [[INXS]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Electric (Jack Ingram album)|Electric]]'' || [[Jack Ingram]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape]]'' || [[Meshell Ndegeocello]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Details (album)|Details]]'' || [[Frou Frou (band)|Frou Frou]] || Sole studio album release
|-
| ''[[Dirty Vegas (album)|Dirty Vegas]]'' || [[Dirty Vegas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1]]'' || [[Steve Vai]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Good Morning Aztlán]]'' || [[Los Lobos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Interpol (EP)|Interpol]]'' || [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' || [[Avril Lavigne]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Life Goes On (Donell Jones album)|Life Goes On]]'' || [[Donell Jones]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Private Press]]'' || [[DJ Shadow]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Situationist Comedy]]'' || [[Dillinger Four]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Soundbombing III]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses]]'' || [[Atreyu (band)|Atreyu]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under tha Influence]]'' || [[DJ Quik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Warriors of the World]]'' || [[Manowar (band)|Manowar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Live in Liverpool (Echo & the Bunnymen album)|Live in Liverpool]]'' || [[Echo & the Bunnymen]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sing Sing Death House]]'' || [[The Distillers]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" |10
|''[[Just a Little More Love]]''
|[[David Guetta]]
|Debut
|-
| ''[[2G+2]]'' || [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Plastic Skies]]'' || [[Bodyjar]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="16" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Dying for the World]]'' || [[W.A.S.P. (band)|W.A.S.P.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Full Circle (Boyz II Men album)|Full Circle]]'' || [[Boyz II Men]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God Loves Ugly]]'' || [[Atmosphere (music group)|Atmosphere]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heathen (David Bowie album)|Heathen]]'' || [[David Bowie]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Violet Light]]'' || [[The Tragically Hip]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It's Not Too Late (album)|It's Not Too Late]]'' || [[Neal Morse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in the Classic City]]'' || [[Widespread Panic]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Maia Sharp (album)|Maia Sharp]]'' || [[Maia Sharp]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No!]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pet Sounds Live]]'' || [[Brian Wilson]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Sticks and Stones (New Found Glory album)|Sticks and Stones]]'' || [[New Found Glory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Suicide Invoice]]'' || [[Hot Snakes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is The Life I Lead]]'' || [[Daz Dillinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Time Bomb High School]]'' || [[Reigning Sound]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The True Meaning]]'' || [[Cormega]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Untouchables (album)|Untouchables]]'' || [[Korn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[As I Lay Dying/American Tragedy]]'' || [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]]/American Tragedy || Split Album
|-
| ''[[Masquerade (Wyclef Jean album)|Masquerade]]'' || [[Wyclef Jean]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Border Girl]]'' || [[Paulina Rubio]] || Debut-English [[Crossover Music|Crossover Album]]
|-
| ''[[Bunkka]]'' || [[Paul Oakenfold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Degradation Trip]]'' || [[Jerry Cantrell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Essentials (Bananarama album)|The Essentials]]'' || [[Bananarama]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' || [[Our Lady Peace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard Rock Bottom]]'' || [[No Use for a Name]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at the Temple Bar and More]]'' || [[Fishbone]] || Live
|-
| ''[[lovehatetragedy]]'' || [[Papa Roach]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Madness of the Crowds]]'' || [[Ace Troubleshooter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pop 'til You Drop!|Pop 'Til You Drop]]'' || [[A*Teens]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Readymades (album)|Readymades]]'' || [[Chumbawamba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Universal Truths and Cycles]]'' || [[Guided by Voices]] ||-
|-
| ''[[All Access Europe]]''|| [[Eminem]] ||Video
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Deep River (Hikaru Utada album)|Deep River]]'' || [[Hikaru Utada]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Born a Lion]]'' || [[Danko Jones]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="5" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Century Child]]'' || [[Nightwish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clubland – The Ride of Your Life]]''|| [[Clubland (brand)|Clubland]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Drink Me (Queenadreena album)|Drink Me]]'' || [[Queenadreena]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hunters and Prey]]'' || [[Angra (band)|Angra]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Visions from the Spiral Generator]]'' || [[Vintersorg]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="20" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[3 (Soulfly album)|3]]'' || [[Soulfly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Born to Reign]]'' || [[Will Smith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[God's Favorite (album)|God's Favorite]]'' || [[N.O.R.E.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nellyville]]'' || [[Nelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cheer Up! (Reel Big Fish album)|Cheer Up!]]'' || [[Reel Big Fish]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Coup de Grace (Orange Goblin album)|Coup de Grace]]'' || [[Orange Goblin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crucible (album)|Crucible]]'' || [[Halford (band)|Halford]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Get Ya Mind Correct]]'' || [[Chamillionaire]] & [[Paul Wall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kings of Pop]]'' || [[Home Grown]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Knock on the Sky]]'' || [[SHeDAISY]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live at Budokan (Ozzy Osbourne album)|Live at Budokan]]'' || [[Ozzy Osbourne]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Murray Street (album)|Murray Street]]'' || [[Sonic Youth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Play (Play album)|Play]]'' || [[Play (Swedish band)|Play]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Punk-O-Rama Vol. 7]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Soma Holiday (Greenwheel album)|Soma Holiday]]'' || [[Greenwheel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs About Jane]]'' || [[Maroon 5]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Strange Beautiful Music]]'' || [[Joe Satriani]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Today, Tomorrow, and Forever (Elvis Presley album)|Today, Tomorrow, and Forever]]'' || [[Elvis Presley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Truthfully Speaking]]'' || [[Truth Hurts (singer)|Truth Hurts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Used (album)|The Used]]'' || [[The Used]] || Debut
|-
|}

===July–September===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="69" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"| '''J<br />U<br />L<br />Y'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris]]'' || [[Muse (band)|Muse]] || Live video
|-
| ''[[2002 Warped Tour Compilation]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Heathen Chemistry]]'' || [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack]]'' || [[Muse (band)|Muse]] || Live / Compilation
|-
| rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[21 Singles]]'' || [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Charango (album)|Charango]]'' || [[Morcheeba]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Classics Selected by Brian Wilson]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes]]'' || [[Nas]] || Remix EP
|-
| ''[[Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc.]]'' || [[The Inc. Records|Murder Inc. Records]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits]]'' || [[Aerosmith]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Shenanigans (album)|Shenanigans]]'' || [[Green Day]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Stash (EP)|Stash]]'' || [[Cypress Hill]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Steady as She Goes (Voodoo Glow Skulls album)|Steady as She Goes]]'' || [[Voodoo Glow Skulls]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is the Remix (Jessica Simpson album)|This Is the Remix]]'' || [[Jessica Simpson]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[The Ultimate Kansas]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning]]'' || [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Worship and Tribute]]'' || [[Glassjaw]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Babylon (Skindred album)|Babylon]]'' || [[Skindred]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Green (B'z album)|Green]]'' || [[B'z]] ||-
|-
| ''Jade-1'' || [[Jade Kwan]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Space album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Space (English band)|Space]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="8" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis]]'' || [[Styx (band)|Styx]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Bacdafucup Part II]]'' || [[Onyx (band)|Onyx]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bag of Hits]]'' || [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[By the Way]]'' || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Gangster and a Gentleman]]'' || [[Styles P]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hard Candy (Counting Crows album)|Hard Candy]]'' || [[Counting Crows]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Jackknife to a Swan]]'' || [[The Mighty Mighty Bosstones]] ||-
|-
| ''The Underdog EP'' || [[Yellowcard]] || EP
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Parade of Chaos]]'' || [[Zao (American band)|Zao]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="10" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Busted Stuff]]'' || [[Dave Matthews Band]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Control (Pedro the Lion album)|Control]]'' || [[Pedro the Lion]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Daybreaker (Beth Orton album)|Daybreaker]]'' || [[Beth Orton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dreamland (Robert Plant album)|Dreamland]]'' || [[Robert Plant]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Headspace (Pulse Ultra album)|Headspace]]'' || [[Pulse Ultra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Highly Evolved]]'' || [[The Vines (band)|The Vines]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Miss My Friend]]'' || [[Darryl Worley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live from New York City, 1967]]'' || [[Simon & Garfunkel]] || Live 1967
|-
| ''[[Want It]]'' || [[Buju Banton]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots]]'' || [[The Flaming Lips]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[Welcome to Blue Island]]'' || [[Enuff Z'Nuff|Enuff Z'nuff]] || Japan
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|22
|''Now That's What I Call Music! 52'' (U.K. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[500 Degreez]]'' || [[Lil Wayne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Bermuda Triangle (album)|Bermuda Triangle]]'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Community Service (album)|Community Service]]'' || [[The Crystal Method]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Completely (Diamond Rio album)|Completely]]'' || [[Diamond Rio]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deadringer (album)|Deadringer]]'' || [[RJD2]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love]]'' || [[My Chemical Romance]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Mack 10 Presents da Hood]]'' || Da Hood ||-
|-
| ''[[Man with a Memory]]'' || [[Joe Nichols]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 10 (American series)|Now That's What I Call Music! 10]]'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Revolverlution]]'' || [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|Sink or Swim]]'' || [[The Waifs]] || US
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[The Coral (album)|The Coral]]'' || [[The Coral]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[All I Have (album)|All I Have]]'' || [[Amerie]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Alive! (Snot album)|Alive!]]'' || [[Tons (band)|Snot]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Amalgamut]]'' || [[Filter (band)|Filter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back to Then]]'' || [[Darius Rucker]] ||-
|-
| ''Brontosaurus'' || [[Da Vinci's Notebook]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Concrete (Fear Factory album)|Concrete]]'' || [[Fear Factory]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Faces & Names]]'' || [[Dave Pirner]] ||-
|-
| ''Fashionably Late'' || [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happenstance (Fozzy album)|Happenstance]]'' || [[Fozzy]] ||-
|-
| ''In a Word: Yes (1969 – )'' || [[Yes (band)|Yes]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Learning from Falling]]'' || [[Lamya]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Reanimation (Linkin Park album)|Reanimation]]'' || [[Linkin Park]] ||Remix
|-
| ''[[The Rising (album)|The Rising]]'' || [[Bruce Springsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs for Survivors]]'' || [[Graham Nash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Serve Man (album)|To Serve Man]]'' || [[Cattle Decapitation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="99" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;" | '''A<br />U<br />G<br />U<br />S<br />T'''
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[The Inhuman Condition]]'' || [[Sam Roberts (singer-songwriter)|Sam Roberts]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Inside Wants Out]]'' || [[John Mayer (musician)|John Mayer]] || EP' Re-release
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Fue Por Ti]]'' || [[Ericson Alexander Molano]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[Evil Heat]]'' || [[Primal Scream]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Surf (Roddy Frame album)|Surf]]'' || [[Roddy Frame]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|6
| ''[[Attack of the Attacking Things]]'' || [[Jean Grae]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Drunk Enough to Dance]]'' || [[Bowling for Soup]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Fix (album)|The Fix]]'' || [[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Heaven (DJ Sammy album)|Heaven]]'' || [[DJ Sammy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Ringo & His New All-Starr Band]]'' || [[Ringo Starr]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Miss Fortune (album)|Miss Fortune]]'' || [[Allison Moorer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Secrets (No Secrets album)|No Secrets]]'' || [[No Secrets (girl group)|No Secrets]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nothing (Meshuggah album)|Nothing]]'' || [[Meshuggah]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thug Holiday]]'' || [[Trick Daddy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Turbo (The Pietasters album)|Turbo]]'' || [[The Pietasters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unleashed (Toby Keith album)|Unleashed]]'' || [[Toby Keith]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Whip It On]]'' || [[The Raveonettes]] || Debut EP
|-
| ''[[Wishfire]]'' || [[The Crüxshadows]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[The Charles C. Leary]]'' || [[Devendra Banhart]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[Consider This (album)|Consider This]]'' || [[Aaron Pritchett]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Melody A.M.]]'' || [[Röyksopp]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[Cool Summer Reggae]]'' || [[Aswad (band)|Aswad]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="18" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[All the Time in the World (Jump5 album)|All the Time in the World]]'' || [[Jump5]] ||-
|-
| ''[[American Cheese (album)|American Cheese]]'' || [[Nerf Herder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[At Sixes and Sevens]]'' || [[Sirenia (band)|Sirenia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cherry Marmalade]]'' || [[Kay Hanley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gusto!]]'' || [[Guttermouth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground]]'' || [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Living Targets]]'' || [[Beatsteaks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Magnificent (DJ Jazzy Jeff album)|The Magnificent]]'' || [[DJ Jazzy Jeff]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Mantle]]'' || [[Agalloch]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Minority of One]]'' || [[Dag Nasty]] ||-
|-
| ''[[October Road (James Taylor album)|October Road]]'' || [[James Taylor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rebirth (Keith Sweat album)|Rebirth]]'' || [[Keith Sweat]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Side]]'' || [[Nickel Creek]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trinity (Past, Present and Future)]]'' || [[Slum Village]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Vanity (album)|Vanity]]'' || [[Eighteen Visions]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Welcome to Discovery Park]]'' || [[Brad (band)|Brad]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wiretap Scars]]'' || [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]] ||-
|-
| ''[[X (Def Leppard album)|X]]'' || [[Def Leppard]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[We Will Be Dead Tomorrow]]'' || [[Raging Speedhorn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Foretold in the Language of Dreams]]'' || [[Natacha Atlas|Natacha Atlas & Marc Eagleton Project]] ||-
|-
| ''[[FZ:OZ]]'' || [[Frank Zappa]] || Live 1976
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Hometime (album)|Hometime]]'' || [[Alison Moyet]] || UK
|-
| ''[[Turn on the Bright Lights]]'' || [[Interpol (band)|Interpol]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="24" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Animal House (Angie Martinez album)|Animal House]]'' || [[Angie Martinez]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Black Letter Days]]'' || [[Frank Black|Frank Black and the Catholics]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Blacklisted (Neko Case album)|Blacklisted]]'' || [[Neko Case]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Damage Done]]'' || [[Dark Tranquillity]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Detox (Treble Charger album)|Detox]]'' || [[Treble Charger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Devil's Workshop]]'' || Frank Black and the Catholics ||-
|-
| ''[[Disclaimer (Seether album)|Disclaimer]]'' || [[Seether]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Easy (Kelly Willis album)|Easy]]'' || [[Kelly Willis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eternal Youth (Future Bible Heroes album)|Eternal Youth]]'' || [[Future Bible Heroes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hijas del Tomate]]'' || [[Las Ketchup]] ||-
|-
| ''[[If It Was You]]'' || [[Tegan and Sara]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Their Darkened Shrines]]'' || [[Nile (band)|Nile]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kill the Moonlight (album)|Kill the Moonlight]]'' || [[Spoon (band)|Spoon]] ||-
|-
| ''Kidz Bop 2'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live (The Black Crowes album)|Live]]'' || [[The Black Crowes]] || 2xCD; Live
|-
| ''[[Lord Willin']]'' || [[Clipse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Fever Broke]]'' || [[Rasputina (band)|Rasputina]] || EP
|-
| ''[[One Beat]]'' || [[Sleater-Kinney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Past Lives (Black Sabbath album)|Past Lives]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Live Compilation
|-
| ''[[Silence (Blindside album)|Silence]]'' || [[Blindside (band)|Blindside]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Since We've Become Translucent]]'' || [[Mudhoney]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Something Worth Leaving Behind]]'' || [[Lee Ann Womack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tropical Storm (album)|Tropical Storm]]'' || [[Beenie Man]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Waking the Dead (L.A. Guns album)|Waking the Dead]]'' || [[L.A. Guns]] ||-
|-
|21
|''[[II (Hardline album)|II]]''
|[[Hardline (band)|Hardline]]
|Japanese release date
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Angels with Dirty Faces (Sugababes album)|Angels with Dirty Faces]]'' || [[Sugababes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Expanding Senses]]'' || [[Darkane]] || Europe
|-
| ''[[A Rush of Blood to the Head]]'' || [[Coldplay]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[30 Seconds to Mars (album)|30 Seconds to Mars]]'' || [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Again, for the First Time]]'' || [[Bleach (American band)|Bleach]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Corporate America (album)|Corporate America]]'' || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Daylight (Duncan Sheik album)|Daylight]]'' || [[Duncan Sheik]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Diamond Princess (album)|Diamond Princess]]'' || [[Trina]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Eve-Olution]]'' || [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gotta Get Thru This (album)|Gotta Get Thru This]]'' || [[Daniel Bedingfield]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Home (Dixie Chicks album)|Home]]'' || [[The Chicks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Into Your Head]]'' || [[BBMak]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Irony Is a Dead Scene]]'' || [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] with [[Mike Patton]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Just Tryin' Ta Live]]'' || [[Devin the Dude]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost in Space (Aimee Mann album)|Lost in Space]]'' || [[Aimee Mann]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mind Elevation]]'' || [[Nightmares on Wax]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Mix Tape (KRS-One album)|The Mix Tape]]'' || [[KRS-One]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites]]'' || [[Riders in the Sky (band)|Riders in the Sky]] ||-
|-
| ''[[My Town (album)|My Town]]'' || [[Montgomery Gentry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[No Stranger to Shame]]'' || [[Uncle Kracker]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The N.W.A Legacy, Vol. 2]]'' || [[N.W.A]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Outrospective / Reperspective]]'' || [[Faithless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album)|Saturate]]'' || [[Breaking Benjamin]] ||Debut
|-
| ''[[Snow (Spock's Beard album)|Snow]]'' || [[Spock's Beard]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Songs for the Deaf]]'' || [[Queens of the Stone Age]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stone Sour (album)|Stone Sour]]'' || [[Stone Sour]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Undaground Legend]]''  || [[Lil' Flip]] || Debut
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Meant to Be (Selwyn album)|Meant to Be]]'' || [[Selwyn (singer)|Selwyn]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="79" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''S<br />E<br />P<br />T<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''Beginner's Luck'' || [[Cowboy Troy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Critical Mass (Threshold album)|Critical Mass]]'' || [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mastered by Guy at The Exchange]]'' || [[Max Tundra]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maxtundra.com/discography.htm|publisher=Max Tundra Official Website|access-date=May 21, 2015|title=Discography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817185655/http://www.maxtundra.com/discography.htm|archive-date=August 17, 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Music (album)|The Music]]'' || [[The Music]] || UK
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Another Earthquake]]'' || [[Aaron Carter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[BYO Split Series, Vol. 4]]'' || [[Anti-Flag]]/[[The Bouncing Souls]] || Split Album
|-
| ''[[Reroute to Remain]]'' || [[In Flames]] ||-
|-
| ''Sadness Will Prevail'' || [[Today Is the Day]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sharks (album)|Sharks]]'' || [[UFO (band)|UFO]] ||-
|-
| ''[[UltraSex]]'' || [[Mount Sims]] ||-
|-
|4
|''[[Biosphere (album)|Biosphere]]''
|[[Loudness (band)|Loudness]]
| -
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul'' || [[Ferus Mustafov]] || <ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r905843|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Heat of Balkan Gypsy Soul|website=Allmusic|access-date=2008-11-23}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|9
| ''[[Feels So Good (Atomic Kitten album)|Feels So Good]]'' || [[Atomic Kitten]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Intergalactic Sonic 7″s]]'' || [[Ash (band)|Ash]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[4NYC]]'' || [[Jordan Rudess]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Golden Grain]]'' || [[Disturbing tha Peace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Run-D.M.C. album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Run-DMC|Run-D.M.C.]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cross Canadian Ragweed (album)|Cross Canadian Ragweed]]'' || [[Cross Canadian Ragweed]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Illumination (Paul Weller album)|Illumination]]'' || [[Paul Weller (singer)|Paul Weller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live for Today (EP)|Live for Today]]'' || [[BoySetsFire|Boysetsfire]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live on St. Patrick's Day From Boston, MA]]'' || [[Dropkick Murphys]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Paradise (Kenny G album)|Paradise]]'' || [[Kenny G]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Roger Miret and the Disasters (album)|Roger Miret and the Disasters]]'' || [[Roger Miret and the Disasters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scars (Gary Moore album)|Scars]]'' || [[Gary Moore]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sleepless (Peter Wolf album)|Sleepless]]'' || [[Peter Wolf]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter]]'' || [[Ani DiFranco]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Still, Alive... and Well?]]'' || [[Megadeth]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Warts and All: Volume 2]]'' || [[Moe (band)|Moe]] || Live
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''Jade-1 Special Edition'' || [[Jade Kwan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="15" style="vertical-align:top;"|17
| ''[[The Art of Balance]]'' || [[Shadows Fall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Believe (Disturbed album)|Believe]]'' || [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years of They Might Be Giants]]'' || [[They Might Be Giants]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Heavy Traffic (album)|Heavy Traffic]]'' || [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Internet Dating Superstuds]]'' || [[The Vandals]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Kutless (album)|Kutless]]'' || [[Kutless]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Light & Magic]]'' || [[Ladytron]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oceanic (Isis album)|Oceanic]]'' || [[Isis (band)|Isis]] ||-
|-
| ''[[OK Go (album)|OK Go]]'' || [[OK Go]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Quizás (album)|Quizas]]'' || [[Enrique Iglesias]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rainy Day Assembly]]'' || [[Tess Wiley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Richest Man in Babylon (album)|The Richest Man in Babylon]]'' || [[Thievery Corporation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stanley Climbfall]]'' || [[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Theory of a Deadman (album)|Theory of a Deadman]]'' || [[Theory of a Deadman]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Whole Numbers Play the Basics]]'' || [[Casino Versus Japan]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/whole-numbers-play-the-basics-mw0000224335|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 21, 2015|title=Whole Numbers Play the Basics – Casino Versus Japan|last=Bush|first=John}}</ref>
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[By the Grace of God (album)|By the Grace of God]]'' || [[The Hellacopters]] ||-
|-
|19
|''[[Unity Roots and Family, Away]]''
|[[Glay]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''20 Years of Dischord'' || Various Artists || [[Dischord Records]] Box Set
|-
| ''[[Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero]]'' || [[Tommy Guerrero]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[When the Roses Bloom Again]]'' || [[Laura Cantrell]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[Almost an Island]]'' || [[Wolfstone]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Craveman]]'' || [[Ted Nugent]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Creek Drank the Cradle]]'' || [[Iron & Wine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Demolition (Ryan Adams album)|Demolition]]'' || [[Ryan Adams]] || Demos
|-
| ''[[Head on Straight]]'' || [[Tonic (band)|Tonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Headphone Masterpiece]]'' || [[Cody Chesnutt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Hundred Days Off]]'' || [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] ||-
|-
| ''[[In Absentia]]'' || [[Porcupine Tree]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Infiltrate•Destroy•Rebuild]]'' || [[CKY (band)|CKY]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Instigator]]'' || [[Rhett Miller]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Jerusalem (Steve Earle album)|Jerusalem]]'' || [[Steve Earle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Lion and the Witch]]'' || [[Weezer]] || Live EP
|-
| ''[[The Lost Tapes (Nas album)|The Lost Tapes]]'' || [[Nas]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Naked Ride Home]]'' || [[Jackson Browne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Newsboys Remixed]]'' || [[Newsboys]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Purple Onion (album)|Purple Onion]]'' || [[Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Redemption (Benzino album)|Redemption]]'' || [[Benzino]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sea Change (album)|Sea Change]]'' || [[Beck]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Side Hustles]]'' || [[UGK]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Strong Enough (Travis Tritt album)|Strong Enough]]'' || [[Travis Tritt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Under a Pale Grey Sky]]'' || [[Sepultura]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Up (Peter Gabriel album)|Up]]'' || [[Peter Gabriel]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Voyage to India]]'' || [[India.Arie]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Busted (2002 Busted album)|Busted]]'' || [[Busted (band)|Busted]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forty Licks]]'' || [[The Rolling Stones]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Life on Other Planets]]'' || [[Supergrass]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in Midgård]]'' || [[Therion (band)|Therion]] || Live
|-
| ''[[A New Morning]]'' || [[Suede (band)|Suede]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Outer Marker]]'' || [[Just Jack]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Ragpicker's Dream]]'' || [[Mark Knopfler]] ||-
|-
|}

===October–December===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! colspan="2"|Date
!Album
!Artist
!Notes
|-
| rowspan="130" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;" | '''O<br />C<br />T<br />O<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| rowspan="14" style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[Before the Backstreet Boys 1989–1993]]'' || [[Nick Carter]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000]]'' || [[The Unseen (band)|The Unseen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Cruel Smile]]'' || [[Elvis Costello|Elvis Costello and the Imposters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Everybody Makes Mistakes (Shearwater album)|Everybody Makes Mistakes]]'' || [[Shearwater (band)|Shearwater]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Downthesun (album)|Downthesun]]'' || [[Downthesun]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Execution of All Things]]'' || [[Rilo Kiley]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Floetic]]'' || [[Floetry]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live in Paris (Diana Krall album)|Live in Paris]]'' || [[Diana Krall]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Man Vs. Machine]]'' || [[Xzibit]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Live and Die in CA]]'' || [[Daz Dillinger]] ||-
|-
| ''[[To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet]]'' || [[Matthew Sweet]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Tuxicity]]'' || [[Richard Cheese|Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twisted Angel]]'' || [[LeAnn Rimes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Young and the Hopeless]]'' || [[Good Charlotte]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Consumed by Your Poison]]'' || [[Despised Icon]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|7
| ''Entering the Spectra'' || [[Karmakanic]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="34" style="vertical-align:top;"|8
| ''[[Alienating Our Audience]]'' || [[Mindless Self Indulgence]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print]]'' || [[The Bouncing Souls]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[BareNaked]]'' || [[Jennifer Love Hewitt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Ben Folds Live]]'' || [[Ben Folds]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Bounce (Bon Jovi album)|Bounce]]'' || [[Bon Jovi]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Caution (Hot Water Music album)|Caution]]'' || [[Hot Water Music]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Clone (Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon album)|Clone]]'' || [[Leo Kottke]] & [[Mike Gordon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Comalies]]'' || [[Lacuna Coil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cruelty Without Beauty]]'' || [[Soft Cell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Device, Voice, Drum]]'' || [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] || Live
|-
| ''Early Years'' || [[Tiger Army]] || EP
|-
| ''[[El Cielo (album)|El Cielo]]'' || [[dredg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electric Tears]]'' || [[Buckethead]] ||-
|-
| ''[[1st Class (album)|1st Class]]'' || [[Large Professor]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fuck the System]]'' || [[The Exploited]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Golden Road (album)|Golden Road]]'' || [[Keith Urban]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With]]'' || [[King Crimson]] || EP
|-
| ''[[It Won't Be Christmas Without You]]'' || [[Brooks & Dunn]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Jingle All the Way (Crash Test Dummies album)|Jingle All the Way]]'' || [[Crash Test Dummies]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Kings of Crunk]]'' || [[Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last DJ]]'' || [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lost Horizons (Lemon Jelly album)|Lost Horizons]]'' || [[Lemon Jelly]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Make Up the Breakdown]]'' || [[Hot Hot Heat]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Mis Boleros Favoritos]]'' || [[Luis Miguel]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Not 4 Sale (Sammy Hagar album)|Not 4 Sale]]'' || [[Sammy Hagar]] and [[The Waboritas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Pictures (John Michael Montgomery album)|Pictures]]'' || [[John Michael Montgomery]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Power in Numbers]]'' || [[Jurassic 5]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three]]'' || [[Rollins Band]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Rollin' Stoned]]'' || [[Kottonmouth Kings]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Sean-Nós Nua]]'' || [[Sinéad O'Connor]] || Traditional Irish songs
|-
| ''[[Statues (album)|Statues]]'' || [[Moloko]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is Who I Am (Heather Headley album)|This Is Who I Am]]'' || [[Heather Headley]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Wonder What's Next]]'' || [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Velocity of Sound]]'' || [[The Apples in Stereo]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|9
|''[[Overload (Anthem album)|Overload]]'' || [[Anthem (band)|Anthem]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Being Out Rocks]]'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[I to Sky]]'' || [[JJ72]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Footprints (Holly Valance album)|Footprints]]'' || [[Holly Valance]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hate (The Delgados album)|Hate]]'' || [[The Delgados]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Out from Out Where]]'' || [[Amon Tobin]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Up the Bracket]]'' || [[The Libertines]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|15
| ''[[10 (LL Cool J album)|10]]'' || [[LL Cool J]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The All-American Rejects (album)|The All-American Rejects]]'' || [[The All-American Rejects]] || Doghouse release
|-
| ''[[Attack!! (album)|Attack!!]]'' || [[Yngwie J. Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Cry (Faith Hill album)|Cry]]'' || [[Faith Hill]] || Hill's third consecutive album to reach no. 1
|-
| ''[[Heavy Metal Thunder (Saxon album)|Heavy Metal Thunder]]'' || [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Let It Rain (Tracy Chapman album)|Let It Rain]]'' || [[Tracy Chapman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paullelujah!]]'' || [[MC Paul Barman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Perfecting Loneliness]]'' || [[Jets to Brazil]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Santa Claus Lane]]'' || [[Hilary Duff]] || Christmas; Debut
|-
| ''[[Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti]]'' || Various Artists || [[Red Hot Organization|Red Hot]] Benefit Series
|-
| ''[[Waiting for My Rocket to Come]]'' || [[Jason Mraz]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Welcome (Taproot album)|Welcome]]'' || [[Taproot (band)|Taproot]] ||-
|-
| ''[[You Forgot It in People]]'' || [[Broken Social Scene]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe]]'' || [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;"|21
| ''[[All Eyez on Me (Monica album)|All Eyez on Me]]'' || [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Comfort In Sound]]'' || [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Human Conditions]]'' || [[Richard Ashcroft]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Kiss of Morning]]'' || [[Graham Coxon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Our House: the Original Songs]]'' || [[Madness (band)|Madness]] || Compilation
|-
| ''Unity'' || [[Rage (German band)|Rage]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="vertical-align:top;"|22
| ''[[Best of Bowie]]'' || [[David Bowie]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Christmas Is Almost Here]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Dancing Down the Stony Road]]'' || [[Chris Rea]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Essential Leonard Cohen]]'' || [[Leonard Cohen]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Garfield (album)|Garfield]]'' || [[Adam Green (musician)|Adam Green]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Girl Can Mack]]'' || [[3LW]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Is This Thing Loaded?]]'' || [[Northstar (band)|Northstar]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook]]'' || [[Rod Stewart]] || Covers
|-
| ''Kidz Bop Christmas'' || [[Kidz Bop|Kidz Bop Kids]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Live From Camp X-Ray]]'' || [[Rocket from the Crypt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Neva Surrenda]]'' || [[Outlawz]] ||-
|-
| ''[[New Earth Mud]]'' || [[Chris Robinson (singer)|Chris Robinson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]'' || [[Foo Fighters]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Order of the Leech]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] ||-
|-
| ''Save Rock 'n' Roll'' || [[The Flaming Sideburns]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Shaman (album)|Shaman]]'' || [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Some Things (album)|Some Things]]'' || [[Lasgo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Spend the Night (The Donnas album)|Spend the Night]]'' || [[The Donnas]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978]]'' || [[Black Sabbath]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Transplants (album)|Transplants]]'' || [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Wishes: A Holiday Album]]'' || [[Kenny G]] || Holiday
|-
| ''[[Worship Again]]'' || [[Michael W. Smith]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)]]'' || [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Present (Killing Heidi album)|Present]]'' || [[Killing Heidi]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|28
| ''[[( ) (album)|( )]]'' || [[Sigur Rós]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Crimson Thunder]]'' || [[HammerFall]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Enjoy the Moment]]'' || [[Randy Napoleon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Forever Delayed]]'' || [[Manic Street Preachers]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Heart Strings (Bonnie Tyler album)|Heart and Soul - 13 Rock Classics]]'' || [[Bonnie Tyler]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane]]'' || [[Hooverphonic]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A New Day at Midnight]]'' || [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Now or Never (Nick Carter album)|Now or Never]]'' || [[Nick Carter]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Oh Me Oh My (Devendra Banhart album)|Oh Me Oh My]]'' || [[Devendra Banhart]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Scarlet's Walk]]'' || [[Tori Amos]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Simply Deep]]'' || [[Kelly Rowland]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unholy Cult]]'' || [[Immolation (band)|Immolation]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="13" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Guns, God and Government]]'' || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] || Video
|-
| ''[[Da Capo (Ace of Base album)|Da Capo]]'' || [[Ace of Base]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Divine Discontent]]'' || [[Sixpence None the Richer]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Liza's Back]]'' || [[Liza Minnelli]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Lucky Day (Shaggy album)|Lucky Day]]'' || [[Shaggy (musician)|Shaggy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Melt (Rascal Flatts album)|Melt]]'' || [[Rascal Flatts]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Metal Opera Part II]]'' || [[Avantasia]] ||-
|-
| ''[[8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture]]'' || Various artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[Nirvana (Nirvana album)|Nirvana]]'' || [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Pistols at Dawn (Consumed album)|Pistols at Dawn]]'' || [[Consumed (band)|Consumed]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Santa Hooked Me Up]]'' || [[B2K]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped]]'' || [[Christina Aguilera]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Thug World Order]]'' || [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|30
| ''[[Shawn Desman (album)|Shawn Desman]]'' || [[Shawn Desman]] || Debut
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Alexisonfire (album)|Alexisonfire]]'' || [[Alexisonfire]] || Canada
|-
| ''[[Something Good Is Going to Happen to You]]'' || [[Baboon (band)|Baboon]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Season's Greetings from Moe]]'' || [[Moe (band)|Moe]] || Christmas
|-
| rowspan="120" style="text-align:center; background:thistle; textcolor:#000;"| '''N<br />O<br />V<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|2
| ''[[Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado]]'' || [[Dave Matthews Band]] || Live
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|4
| ''[[The Ballad Hits]]'' || [[Roxette]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Eddie's Archive]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Family Tree (Björk album)|Family Tree]]'' || [[Björk]] || Box Set
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Björk album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || Björk || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Guest (album)|The Guest]]'' || [[Phantom Planet]] ||-
|-
| ''[[À la vie, à la mort !]]'' || [[Johnny Hallyday]] ||Double album
|-
| ''[[One Love (Blue album)|One Love]]'' || [[Blue (boy band)|Blue]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Submers]]'' || [[Loscil]] ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank058.html|publisher=Kranky Records|access-date=May 22, 2015|title=KRANK 058 – Loscil, "Submers"}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Yanqui U.X.O.]]'' || [[Godspeed You! Black Emperor]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="25" style="vertical-align:top;"|5
| ''[[A Wonderful World (Tony Bennett and k.d. lang album)|A Wonderful World]]'' || [[Tony Bennett]] and [[k.d. lang]] ||-
|-
| ''[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]'' || [[Johnny Cash]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Anthology (Carly Simon album)|Anthology]]'' || [[Carly Simon]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Best of 1990–2000]]'' || [[U2]] || Compilation +2 new tracks
|-
| ''[[Corridos de Muerte]]'' || [[Asesino]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Edward the Great]]'' || [[Iron Maiden]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Grandes Éxitos (Shakira album)|Grandes Éxitos]]'' || [[Shakira]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Have You Fed the Fish?]]'' || [[Badly Drawn Boy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Justified (album)|Justified]]'' || [[Justin Timberlake]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Live (Alison Krauss album)|Live]]'' || [[Alison Krauss]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Live at the Rams Head]]'' || [[Little Feat]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Machine (EP)|Machine]]'' || [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]] || EP
|-
| ''[[The Morning After (Deborah Cox album)|The Morning After]]'' || [[Deborah Cox]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Odyssey (album)|The Odyssey]]'' || [[Symphony X]] ||-
|-
| ''[[One More Car, One More Rider]]'' || [[Eric Clapton]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Punishment in Capitals]]'' || [[Napalm Death]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Red Letter Days (album)|Red Letter Days]]'' || [[The Wallflowers]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Stars: The Best of 1992–2002]]'' || [[The Cranberries]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Still Ghetto]]'' || [[Jaheim]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tallahassee (album)|Tallahassee]]'' || [[The Mountain Goats]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Trapt (album)|Trapt]]'' || [[Trapt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unfold the Future]]'' || [[The Flower Kings]] ||-
|-
| ''We Are Science'' || [[Dot Allison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Will to Kill]]'' || [[Malevolent Creation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Wraith: Shangri-La]]'' || [[Insane Clown Posse]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|11
| ''[[Back in the U.S.]]'' || [[Paul McCartney]] || 2xCD + DVD; Live
|-
| ''[[Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci]]'' || [[Felt (hip hop group)|Felt]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1]]'' || [[Westlife]] || Compilation
|-
| rowspan="21" style="vertical-align:top;"|12
| ''[[3D (TLC album)|3D]]'' || [[TLC (group)|TLC]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Away from the Sun]]'' || [[3 Doors Down]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Back Into Your System]]'' || [[Saliva (band)|Saliva]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees]]'' || [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse]]'' || [[Jay-Z]] ||-
|-
| ''[[A Christmas Gift of Love]]'' || [[Barry Manilow]] || Christmas album
|-
| ''[[Darkhorse]]'' || [[Crazy Town]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Deliverance (Opeth album)|Deliverance]]'' || [[Opeth]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dutty Rock]]'' || [[Sean Paul]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits 1970-2002]]'' || [[Elton John]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Loose Screw]]'' || [[The Pretenders]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Loyalty (Fat Joe album)|Loyalty]]'' || [[Fat Joe]] ||-
|-
| ''Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 6'' || [[Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Monsters in the Closet (Swollen Members album)|Monsters in the Closet]]'' || [[Swollen Members]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Resurrection Through Carnage]]'' || [[Bloodbath]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Riot Act (album)|Riot Act]]'' || [[Pearl Jam]] ||-
|-
| ''[[So Happily Unsatisfied]]'' || [[Nine Days]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Symbol of Life]]'' || [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Testify (Phil Collins album)|Testify]]'' || [[Phil Collins]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Tribute to the Gods]]'' || [[Iced Earth]] || Covers album
|-
| ''[[Under Construction (Missy Elliott album)|Under Construction]]'' || [[Missy Elliott]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|14
| ''[[Folk the World Tour]]'' || [[Flight of the Conchords]] || Live, debut
|-
| rowspan="12" style="vertical-align:top;"|18
| ''[[KylieFever2002: Live in Manchester]]'' || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Video
|-
| ''Another You Another Me'' || [[H & Claire]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Brainwashed (George Harrison album)|Brainwashed]]'' || [[George Harrison]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Escapology (album)|Escapology]]'' || [[Robbie Williams]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Fatal (album)|Fatal]]'' || [[Hussein Fatal]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Lighthouse Family album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Lighthouse Family]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Live (Running Wild album)|Live]]'' || [[Running Wild (band)|Running Wild]] || Live
|-
| ''[[More Than a Woman (album)|More Than a Woman]]'' || [[Toni Braxton]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Nordland I]]'' || [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 53'' (U.K. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Organik Remixes]]'' || [[Robert Miles]] || Remix
|-
| ''[[Up! (album)|Up!]]'' || [[Shania Twain]] || Sold in Country, Pop and World versions; 11× Platinum
|-
| rowspan="17" style="vertical-align:top;"|19
| ''[[Live (Korn video)|Live]]'' || [[Korn]] || Video
|-
| ''[[Audioslave (album)|Audioslave]]'' || [[Audioslave]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture]]'' || Various Artists || Soundtrack
|-
| ''[[The End of All Things to Come]]'' || [[Mudvayne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Gone Wanderin']]'' || [[Jackie Greene]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Geto Boys album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Geto Boys]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Last Temptation (Ja Rule album)|Last Temptation]]'' || [[Ja Rule]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Mic Club: The Curriculum]]'' || [[Canibus]] ||-
|-
| ''[[More Than You Think You Are]]'' || [[Matchbox Twenty]] ||-
|-
| ''Now That's What I Call Music! 11'' (U.S. series) || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Quality (Talib Kweli album)|Quality]]'' || [[Talib Kweli]] || Debut
|-
| ''[[Runaway Train (Oleander EP)|Runaway Train]]'' || [[Oleander (band)|Oleander]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Safe (EP)|Safe]]'' || [[Kittie]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Slicker Than Your Average]]'' || [[Craig David]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)|Travelogue]]'' || [[Joni Mitchell]] ||-
|-
| ''Uncontrollable Fatulence'' || Various Artists || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Wait for Me (Susan Tedeschi album)|Wait for Me]]'' || [[Susan Tedeschi]] ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|23
| ''[[Naughty or Nice (album)|Naughty or Nice]]'' || [[3LW]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|25
| ''[[The Last Dance (Steps album)|The Last Dance]]'' || [[Steps (group)|Steps]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Seeing Double (album)|Seeing Double]]'' || [[S Club]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="23" style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Better Dayz]]'' || [[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Birdman (album)|Birdman]]'' || [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]] ||-
|-
| ''[[The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue]]'' || [[Bob Dylan]] || Live 1975
|-
| ''[[Burned Alive By Time]]'' || [[Evergreen Terrace (band)|Evergreen Terrace]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Chapter 2: The Voice]]'' || [[Syleena Johnson]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2]]'' || [[Jerry Cantrell]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Does This Look Infected?]]'' || [[Sum 41]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Dru World Order]]'' || [[Dru Hill]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Duets (Barbra Streisand album)|Duets]]'' || [[Barbra Streisand]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Emotional (K-Ci and JoJo album)|Emotional]]'' || [[K-Ci and JoJo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Encore (Lionel Richie album)|Encore]]'' || [[Lionel Richie]] || Live
|-
| ''[[Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980]]'' || [[The Beach Boys]] || Live 1980
|-
| ''[[Greatest Hits (Will Smith album)|Greatest Hits]]'' || [[Will Smith]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[I & I Survived]]'' || [[Bad Brains]] ||-
|-
| ''[[It Ain't Safe No More]]'' || [[Busta Rhymes]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Lil' Beethoven]]'' || [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss]]'' || [[Snoop Dogg]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Phrenology (album)|Phrenology]]'' || [[The Roots]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Red 13]]'' || [[Journey (band)|Journey]] || EP
|-
| ''[[Shut Up (Kelly Osbourne album)|Shut Up]]'' || [[Kelly Osbourne]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Steal This Album!]]'' || [[System of a Down]] ||-
|-
| ''[[This Is Me... Then]]'' || [[Jennifer Lopez]] || US
|-
| ''[[Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors]]'' || [[Tim McGraw]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[Population 1 (album)|Population 1]]'' || [[DramaGods|Population 1]]  ||-
|-
| ''Step into My Heart'' || [[immi]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|29
| ''[[Skylarkin' (Mic Christopher album)|Skylarkin']]'' || [[Mic Christopher]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Synchronized (album)|Synchronized]]'' || [[Sheavy]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Twelve Shots on the Rocks]]'' || [[Hanoi Rocks]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="42" style="text-align:center; background:#98fb98; textcolor:#000;" |'''D<br />E<br />C<br />E<br />M<br />B<br />E<br />R'''
| style="vertical-align:top;"|1
| ''[[El Sello De Los Tiempos]]'' || [[WarCry (band)|WarCry]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |2
| ''[[Dive In]]'' || [[Darius Danesh|Darius]] || Debut
|-
| ''Goodnight Sun'' || [[Mike Farris (musician)|Mike Farris]]  ||-
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|3
| ''[[Charmbracelet]]'' || [[Mariah Carey]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;" |6
| ''[[Breaking Up Gray Skies]]'' || [[Zayra Alvarez]]  ||-
|-
| ''Lost as One'' || Whispering Gallery ||-
|-
| ''[[Taking the Lead]]'' || [[Elias Viljanen]]  ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;" |9
| ''Cold Black Piece of Flesh'' || [[Sacrificium]] ||-
|-
| ''Makowiecki Band'' || [[Tomasz Makowiecki]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="9" style="vertical-align:top;"|10
| ''[[200 km/h in the Wrong Lane]]'' || [[t.A.T.u.]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Electric Circus (album)|Electric Circus]]'' || [[Common (rapper)|Common]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Feast on Scraps]]'' || [[Alanis Morissette]] || Live DVD
|-
| ''[[I Care 4 U]]'' || [[Aaliyah]] || Compilation
|-
| ''[[Just Whitney]]'' || [[Whitney Houston]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Legend of the Liquid Sword (album)|Legend of the Liquid Sword]]'' || [[GZA]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Naughty or Nice (album)|Naughty or Nice]]'' || [[3LW]] || Christmas
|-
| ''[[Pandemonium! (album)|Pandemonium!]]'' || [[B2K]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Round Room]]'' || [[Phish]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="4" |11
|''[[The Ballads: Love & B'z]]''
|[[B'z]]
|Compilation
|-
| ''CARPE DIEM'' || [[Yellow Generation]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Radio Caroline Vol.1]]'' || [[Miss Kittin]] ||Compilation
|-
| ''[[Sugar High (album)|Sugar High]]'' || [[Chihiro Onitsuka]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:top;"|13
| ''[[God's Son (album)|God's Son]]'' || [[Nas]] ||-
|-
| ''Glam-rök'' || [[Fireflight]] ||-
|-
| ''Teraz wiem'' || [[Szymon Wydra]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|16
| ''[[Chloë (Chloë Agnew album)|Chloë]]'' || [[Chloë Agnew]] || Debut
|-
| ''Pop*Porn'' || [[Libido]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="6" style="vertical-align:top;" |17
| ''[[Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001]]''|| [[As Friends Rust]] / [[Strike Anywhere]] || Live video
|-
| ''[[Don't Stop Movin' (S Club album)|Don't Stop Movin']]'' || [[S Club]] ||-
|-
| ''[[Game Time]]'' || [[Lil' Romeo]] ||-
|-
| ''[[I Wanna Go There]]'' || [[Tyrese Gibson|Tyrese]] ||-
|-
| ''[[MTV Unplugged 2.0]]'' || [[Dashboard Confessional]] || Live
|-
| ''[[The Next Episode (album)|The Next Episode]]'' || [[Next (American group)|Next]] ||-
|-
|18
|''[[Rainbow (Ayumi Hamasaki album)|Rainbow]]''
|[[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
| -
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|20
| ''[[Gecko Stroll]]'' || [[Will Pan]] ||-
|-
| ''Jade-2'' || [[Jade Kwan]] ||-
|-
| rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"|24
| ''[[The Genesis]]'' || [[Yngwie Malmsteen]] ||-
|-
| ''[[What If It All Means Something]]'' || [[Chantal Kreviazuk]] || Canada
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|26
| ''[[Solo Star]]'' || [[Solange Knowles|Solange]] || Japan
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|27
| ''[[I Am the Movie]]'' || [[Motion City Soundtrack]] || Self-released release
|-
| style="vertical-align:top;"|31
| ''[[Revenge Is My Name]]'' || [[Iron Mask (band)|Iron Mask]] ||-
|-
|}

===Release date unknown===
* ''[[Be Still (Donna Lewis album)|Be Still]]'' – [[Donna Lewis]]
* ''Guitar Player'' – [[Hank Marvin]]
* ''[[Hollinndagain]]'' – [[Animal Collective|Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist]]
* ''[[Lovesick, Broke and Driftin']]'' – [[Hank Williams III]]
* ''Memory'' – La – Constantin Veis
* ''[[The Moan]]'' – [[The Black Keys]]
* ''N.I.N.A.'' – [[Lisa Lopes]]
* ''Peace On Earth'' – [[Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge]]
* ''Purely Evil'' – [[The Rogers Sisters]]
* ''[[Steam Powered Aereo-Takes]]'' - [[John Hartford]]
*’’Azusa Praise 2 - We Cry Out!’’ - [[Carlton Pearson]]

==Popular songs==
{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|
* "[['03 Bonnie & Clyde]]" – [[Jay-Z]] featuring [[Beyoncé]]
* "[[Addictive (song)|Addictive]]" – [[Truth Hurts (singer)|Truth Hurts]] feat. [[Rakim|R.A.K.I.M.]]
* "[[Aerials (song)|Aerials]]" – [[System of a Down]]
* "[[Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)]]" – [[Jennifer Lopez]] featuring [[Ja Rule]] and [[Murder Inc Records|Caddillac Tah]]
* "[[All I Have (song)|All I Have]]" – [[Jennifer Lopez]] featuring [[LL Cool J]]
* "[[All My Life (Foo Fighters song)|All My Life]]" – [[Foo Fighters]]
* "[[All the Things She Said]]" – [[t.A.T.u.]]
* "[[All You Wanted]]" – [[Michelle Branch]]
* "[[Always On Time]]" – [[Ja Rule]] featuring [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
* "[[Are You In?]]" – [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]
* "[[Amber (song)|Amber]]" – [[311 (band)|311]]
* "Aserejé" – Monkey Circus
* "[[Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)|Beautiful]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]]
* "[[Blurry]]" – [[Puddle of Mudd]]
* "[[Born to Try (song)|Born to Try]]" – [[Delta Goodrem]]
* "[[Boom (P.O.D. song)|Boom]]" – [[P.O.D.]]
* "[[Bop Bop Baby]]" – [[Westlife]] (UK)
* "[[Boys (Britney Spears song)|Boys]]" – [[Britney Spears]] featuring [[Pharrell Williams]]
* "[[Break Ya Neck]]" – [[Busta Rhymes]]
* "[[Buried Myself Alive]]" – [[The Used]]
* "[[By the Way (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|By the Way]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
* "[[Can't Stop (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Can't Stop]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
* "[[Cherry Lips|Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)]]" – [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]]
* "[[Cleanin' Out My Closet]]" – [[Eminem]]
* "[[Clocks (song)|Clocks]]" – [[Coldplay]]
* "[[Come into My World (song)|Come into My World]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
* "[[Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)|Complicated]]" – [[Avril Lavigne]]
* "[[Crawling in the Dark]]" – [[Hoobastank]]
* "[[Days Go By (Dirty Vegas song)|Days Go By]]" – [[Dirty Vegas]]
* "[[Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground]]" – [[The White Stripes]]
* "[[Defy You]]" – [[The Offspring]]
* "[[Désenchantée]]" – [[Kate Ryan]]
* "[[Die Another Day (song)|Die Another Day]]" – [[Madonna]]
* "[[Dilemma (Nelly song)|Dilemma]]" – [[Nelly]] featuring [[Kelly Rowland]]
* "[[Dirrty]]" – [[Christina Aguilera]] featuring [[Redman (rapper)|Redman]]
* "[[Disease (Matchbox Twenty song)|Disease]]" – [[Matchbox Twenty]]
* "[[Do You Realize??]]" – [[The Flaming Lips]]
* "[[Don't Let Me Get Me]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
* "Don't Stop" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "[[Don't You Want Me (Alcazar song)|Don't You Want Me]]" – [[Alcazar (band)|Alcazar]]
* "[[Downfall (Trust Company song)|Downfall]]" – [[Trust Company (band)|Trust Company]]
* "[[Electrical Storm (U2 song)|Electrical Storm]]" – [[U2]]
* "[[Emily (Bowling for Soup song)|Emily]]" – [[Bowling for Soup]]
* "[[Epiphany (Staind song)|Epiphany]]" – [[Staind]]
* "[[Escape (Enrique Iglesias song)|Escape]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]]
* "[[Everyday (Bon Jovi song)|Everyday]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[Everything (M2M song)|Everything]]" – [[M2M (band)|M2M]]
* "[[Feel (Robbie Williams song)|Feel]]" – [[Robbie Williams]]
* "[[Fell in Love with a Girl]]" – The White Stripes
* "[[Flowers in the Window]]" – [[Travis (band)|Travis]]
* "[[Foolish (Ashanti song)|Foolish]]" – [[Ashanti (entertainer)|Ashanti]]
* "[[For You (Staind song)|For You]]" – [[Staind]]
* "[[Full Moon (Brandy Norwood song)|Full Moon]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
* "[[The Game of Love (Santana song)|The Game of Love]]" – [[Santana (band)|Santana]] ft. [[Michelle Branch]]
* "[[Gangsta Lovin']]" – [[Eve (entertainer)|Eve]] featuring [[Alicia Keys]]
* "[[Get Over You / Move This Mountain|Get Over You]]" – [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]]
* "[[Get the Party Started]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
* "[[Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)]]" – [[Star Academy France]]
* "[[Girl All the Bad Guys Want]]" – Bowling for Soup
* "[[Girl Talk (TLC song)|Girl Talk]]" – [[TLC (band)|TLC]]
* "[[Girlfriend ('N Sync song)|Girlfriend]]" – [['N Sync]] featuring [[Nelly]]
* "[[Goodbye to You (Michelle Branch song)|Goodbye to You]]" – [[Michelle Branch]]
* "[[Good Times (Styles P song)|Good Times]]" – [[Styles P]]
* "[[Grace (Supergrass song)|Grace]]" – [[Supergrass]]
* "[[Handle This]]" – [[Sum 41]]
* "[[Hands Clean]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
* "[[Head On Collision]]" – [[New Found Glory]]
* "[[Headstrong (Trapt song)|Headstrong]]" – [[Trapt]]
* "[[Hearts on Fire (HammerFall song)|Hearts on Fire]]" – [[HammerFall]]
* "[[Hella Good]]" – [[No Doubt]]
* "[[Help Me (Nick Carter song)|Help Me]]" – [[Nick Carter]]
* "[[Here I Am (Bryan Adams song)|Here I Am]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
* "[[Here Is Gone]]" – [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
* "[[Here to Stay (Korn song)|Here to Stay]]" – [[KoЯn]]
* "[[Hero (Chad Kroeger song)|Hero]]" – [[Chad Kroeger]] and [[Josey Scott]]
* "[[Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)|Hero]]" – [[Enrique Iglesias]]
* "[[Hey Baby (No Doubt song)|Hey Baby]]" – [[No Doubt]]
* "[[Hikari (Utada Hikaru)|Hikari]]" – [[Hikaru Utada]]
* "[[The Hindu Times]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
* "[[Hot in Herre]]" – [[Nelly]]
* "[[Hundred Million]]" – [[Treble Charger]]
* "[[I Care 4 U (song)|I Care 4 U]]" – [[Aaliyah]]
* "[[I Feel So]]" – [[Box Car Racer]]
* "[[I Need a Girl (Part Two)]]" – [[P. Diddy]], [[Ginuwine]], [[Loon (rapper)|Loon]] and [[Mario Winans]]
* "[[I Think I Love You]]" – [[Kaci Battaglia]]
* "[[I'd Do Anything (Simple Plan song)|I'd Do Anything]]" – [[Simple Plan]]
* "[[If I Could Go]]" – [[Angie Martinez]] featuring [[Sacario]] & [[Lil Mo]]
* "[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
* "[[I'm Alive (Celine Dion song)|I'm Alive]]" – [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]
* "[[I'm Gonna Getcha Good!]]" – [[Shania Twain]]
* "[[I'm Just a Kid]]" – [[Simple Plan]]
* "[[I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
* "[[In My Place]]" – [[Coldplay]]
* "[[In the End]]" – [[Linkin Park]]
* "[[In Your Eyes (Kylie Minogue song)|In Your Eyes]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
* "[[H (song)|independent]]" – [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
* "[[It's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)|It's Goin' Down]]" – [[The X-Ecutioners]] featuring [[Mike Shinoda]] and [[Joe Hahn|Mr. Hahn]]
* "[[Jenny from the Block]]" – [[Jennifer Lopez]] featuring [[Jadakiss]] and [[Styles P]]
* "[[Just like a Pill]]" – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
* "[[Keep Fishin']]" – [[Weezer]]
* "[[The Ketchup Song (Asereje)]]" – [[Las Ketchup]]
* "[[Les Mots (song)|Les Mots]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]] and [[Seal (musician)|Seal]]
* "[[Letters to You]]" – [[Finch (American band)|Finch]]
* "[[Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (Good Charlotte song)|Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous]]" – [[Good Charlotte]]
* "[[Like I Love You]]" – [[Justin Timberlake]]
* "Little By Little" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
* "[[A Little Less Conversation#Junkie XL / JXL remix|A Little Less Conversation]]" – [[Elvis Presley]] vs. [[Tom Holkenborg|JXL]]
* "[[Loneliness (song)|Loneliness]]" - [[Tomcraft]] 
* "[[Lose Yourself]]" – [[Eminem]]
* "[[Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)|Love at First Sight]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
* "[[Love Don't Let Me Go]]" – [[David Guetta]]
* "[[Marie (Johnny Hallyday song)|Marie]]" – [[Johnny Hallyday]]
* "[[A Moment Like This]]" – [[Kelly Clarkson]]
* "[[Motivation (Sum 41 song)|Motivation]]" – Sum 41
* "[[Move Bitch]]" – [[Ludacris]] featuring [[Mystikal]] and [[I-20 (rapper)|I-20]]
* "[[Move It Like This (song)|Move It Like This]]" - [[Baha Men]]
* "[[Murder on the Dancefloor]]" – [[Sophie Ellis Bextor]]
* "[[My Friends Over You]]" – New Found Glory
* "[[My Sacrifice]]" – [[Creed (band)|Creed]]
* "[[My Neck, My Back]]" – [[Khia]]
* "[[Never Again (Nickelback song)|Never Again]]" – [[Nickelback]]
* "[[A New Day Has Come (song)|A New Day Has Come]]" – [[Celine Dion]]
* "[[No More Drama (song)|No More Drama]]" – [[Mary J. Blige]]
* "[[No One Knows]]" – [[Queens of the Stone Age]]
* "[[Not Gonna Get Us]]" – [[t.A.T.u.]]
* "[[One Last Breath (Creed song)|One Last Breath]]" – [[Creed (band)|Creed]]
* "[[Overprotected]]" – [[Britney Spears]]
* "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" – [[Kelly Osbourne]]
* "[[Prayer (Disturbed song)|Prayer]]" – [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]
* "[[Precious Illusions]]" – [[Alanis Morissette]]
* "[[Put the Needle on It]]" – [[Dannii Minogue]]
* "[[Rapture (iiO song)|Rapture]]" – [[iiO]]
* "[[The Red (song)|The Red]]" – [[Chevelle (band)|Chevelle]]
* "[[The Rising (Springsteen song)|The Rising]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "[[Rock the Boat (Aaliyah song)|Rock the Boat]]" – [[Aaliyah]]
* "[[Running Away]]" – [[Hoobastank]]
* "[[Satisfaction (Benny Benassi song)|Satisfaction]]" – [[Benny Benassi]]
* "[[The Scientist (song)|The Scientist]]" – [[Coldplay]]
* "[[Seein' Red (Unwritten Law song)|Seein' Red]]" – [[Unwritten Law]]
* "[[She Hates Me]]" – [[Puddle of Mudd]]
* "[[She Loves Me Not (song)|She Loves Me Not]]" – [[Papa Roach]]
* "[[Sk8er Boi]]" – [[Avril Lavigne]]
* "[[Slow Burn (David Bowie song)|Slow Burn]]" – [[David Bowie]]
* "[[Soak Up the Sun]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
* "[[Something to Talk About (Badly Drawn Boy song)|Something to Talk About]]" – [[Badly Drawn Boy]]
* "[[Sound of the Underground (song)|Sound of the Underground]]" – [[Girls Aloud]]
* "[[Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go]]" – [[Paul Oakenfold]]
* "[[Spin (Lifehouse song)|Spin]]" – [[Lifehouse (band)|Lifehouse]]
* "[[Stach Stach]]" – [[Michaël Youn|Bratisla Boys]]
* "[[Stay Together for the Kids]]" – [[Blink-182]]
* "[[Steve McQueen (Sheryl Crow song)|Steve McQueen]]" – [[Sheryl Crow]]
* "[[Still Waiting (Sum 41 song)|Still Waiting]]" – Sum 41
* "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" – [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
* "[[Swing Swing]]" – [[All American Rejects]]
* "Take Me Away" – [[4 Strings]]
* "[[The Taste of Ink]]" – [[The Used]]
* "[[There Is]]" – [[Box Car Racer]]
* "[[A Thousand Miles]]" – [[Vanessa Carlton]]
* "[[Through the Rain]]" – [[Mariah Carey]]
* "[[The Tide Is High]]" – [[Atomic Kitten]]
* "[[Too Bad (Nickelback song)|Too Bad]]" - [[Nickelback]]
* "[[Toxicity (song)|Toxicity]]" – [[System of a Down]]
* "[[Tous ensemble]]" – [[Johnny Hallyday]]
* "[[Trackin']]" – [[Billy Crawford]]
* "[[Tu trouveras]]" – [[Natasha St-Pier]]
* "[[Un Enfant de toi]]" – [[Phil Barney]] and Marlène Duval
* "[[Unbreakable (Westlife song)|Unbreakable]]" – [[Westlife]]
* "[[Underneath Your Clothes]]" – [[Shakira]]
* "[[Voyage (Ayumi Hamasaki song)|Voyage]]" – [[Ayumi Hamasaki]]
* "[[We Are All Made of Stars]]" – [[Moby]]
* "[[What About Us? (Brandy Norwood song)|What About Us?]]" – [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]
* "[[What I Go To School For]]" – [[Busted (band)|Busted]]
* "[[Where's Your Head At?]]" – [[Basement Jaxx]]
* "[[Whenever, Wherever]]" – [[Shakira]]
* "[[Wherever You Will Go]]" – [[The Calling (band)|The Calling]]
* "[[Without Me (Eminem song)|Without Me]]" – [[Eminem]]
* "[[Without You (Silverchair song)|Without You]]" – [[Silverchair]]
* "[[Work It (Missy Elliott song)|Work It]]" – [[Missy Elliott]]
* "[[World of Our Own]]" – [[Westlife]] (UK)
* "[[You Know You're Right]]" – [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
* "[[Your Body Is A Wonderland]]" – [[John Mayer]]
* "[[The Zephyr Song]]" – [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
}}

{{See also|Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA)|Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002}}

==Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US==
# ''[[The Eminem Show]]'' – [[Eminem]]
# ''[[Nellyville]]'' – [[Nelly]]
# ''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'' – [[Avril Lavigne]]
# ''[[Britney (album)|Britney]]'' – [[Britney Spears]]
# ''[[Laundry Service (album)|Laundry Service]]'' – [[Shakira]]
# ''[[Silver Side Up]]'' – [[Nickelback]]
# ''[[A New Day Has Come (album)|A New Day Has Come]]'' – [[Celine Dion]]
# ''[[8701 (album)|8701]]'' – [[Usher Raymond|Usher]]
# ''[[Home (Dixie Chicks album)|Home]]'' – [[Dixie Chicks]]
# ''[[Missundaztood]]'' – [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]

==Classical music==
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The following composers' works were composed, premiered, or published this year, as noted in the citation.

===A===

* [[Kalevi Aho]] – Flute Concerto

===B===

* [[Leonardo Balada]] – Passacaglia for Orchestra
* [[Derek Bourgeois]] – Symphony No. 9

===C===

* [[George Crumb]] – ''Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music)'' for piano

===D===

* [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] – [[Naxos Quartet]] No. 1

===E===
===F===

* [[Beat Furrer]] – ''Phasma'', for piano

===G===

* [[Philip Glass]] – [[Harpsichord Concerto (Glass)|Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra]]

===H===

* [[Patrick Hawes]] – ''Blue in Blue''
* [[Toshio Hosokawa]] –''[[Slow Motion (Hosokawa)|Slow Motion]]''

===I===
===J===
===K===

* [[Tolga Kashif]] – ''Queen Symphony''

===L===

* [[Theo Loevendie]] – Clarinet Concerto

===M===
===N===
===O===
===P===
===Q===
===R===
===S===

* [[Somei Satoh]] – Violin Concerto
* [[Salvatore Sciarrino]] – ''Altre schegge di canto'', symphonic work
* [[John Serry Sr.]] – 
** ''[[American Rhapsody]]'' (piano transcription)
** ''[[Concerto for Free Bass Accordion]]'' (piano transcription)
* [[Johannes Maria Staud]]
** ''Esquisse retouchée (Incipit 2)'', for trombone (with bass drum)
** ''Configurations / Reflet'', for 8 players
** ''Polygon'', for piano and orchestra
* [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]] –
** ''[[Europa-Gruss]]'' (revised version, for minimum ensemble)
** ''[[Strahlen]]'' ("Rays"), for a percussionist and ten-channel sound recording

===T===
===U===
===V===
===W===
===X===
===Y===

* [[Ye Xiaogang]] – ''[[Great Wall Symphony]]''

===Z===

==Opera==
* [[Friedrich Cerha]] – ''Der Riese vom Steinfeld''
* [[Steve Reich]] – ''[[Three Tales (opera)|Three Tales]]''
* [[Salvatore Sciarrino]] – ''Macbeth''
* [[Michel van der Aa]] – ''[[One (opera)|One]]''
* [[Rodney Waschka II]] – ''Saint Ambrose'' (recording only)<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/rodney-waschka-ii-saint-ambrose-mw0001835871 Allmusic.com Details of recording]. Accessed 19 December 2013</ref>

==Jazz==
{{Main|2002 in jazz}}

==Musical theater==
* ''[[Bombay Dreams]]'' – London production
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (musical)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' – London production
* ''[[Hairspray (musical)|Hairspray]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Neil Simon Theatre]] on August 15 and ran for over 2500 performances
* ''[[Movin' Out (musical)|Movin' Out]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Richard Rodgers Theatre]] and ran for 1303 performances
* ''[[Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical]]'' – Broadway production opened on March 14 at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] and ran for 109 performances
* ''[[Taboo (musical)|Taboo]]'' –  London production opened January 29
* ''[[Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)]]'' – Broadway production opened at the [[Marquis Theatre]] and ran for 903 performances
* ''[[We Will Rock You (musical)|We Will Rock You]]'' – London production

==Musical films==
* ''[[8 Mile (film)|8 Mile]]'' a drama starring [[Eminem]] as a rapper. Features many rap battles.
* ''[[8 Women]]''
* ''[[24 Hour Party People]]''
* ''[[Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage]]''
* ''[[April Maadhathil]]'', starring [[Srikanth (actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]] and [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]
* ''[[Bala (2002 film)|Bala]]'', starring [[Shaam (actor)|Shaam]] and [[Meera Jasmine]]
* ''[[Biggie & Tupac]]''
* ''[[Chicago (2002 film)|Chicago]]'', starring [[Renée Zellweger]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] and [[Richard Gere]]
* ''[[Filles perdues, cheveux gras]]''
* ''[[Green Lights]]''
* ''[[I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco]]''
* ''[[Return to Never Land]]'' (animated feature)
* ''[[Standing in the Shadows of Motown]]''
* ''[[Unconditional Love (2002 film)|Unconditional Love]]''

==Births==
*[[January 2]] – [[Jorja Douglas]], English born Germany singer, member of Flo
*[[January 11]] - [[Dro Kenji]], American rapper
*[[January 16]] - [[Eddie Benjamin]], Australian singer-songwriter and music producer based in Los Angeles, California 
*[[January 25]] – [[Lil Mosey]], American rapper and Internet personality
*[[January 30]] – [[Tyla (South African singer)|Tyla]], South African singer, songwriter and dancer
*[[February 5]] – [[Taehyun]], Korean singer and dancer, member of [[TXT (band)|TXT]]
*[[February 21]]
**[[Duwap Kaine]], American rapper
**[[Marcus & Martinus]], Norwegian brothers duo
*[[February 23]] - [[Emilia Jones]], English actress, singer, and songwriter
*[[February 26]] - [[Nikita Kering]], Kenyan musician, actress and media personality
*[[February 28]] - [[Ylona Garcia]], Filipino-Australian singer, songwriter and actress
*[[March 2]] – [[Riize|Wonbin]], Korean singer, member of [[Riize]]
*[[March 17]] - [[Budjerah]], Australian singer, from a Coodjinburra man from the Bundjalung nation. 
*[[April 9]] - [[Loren Gray]], American singer
*[[April 5]] – [[Golden Cañedo]], Filipina singer and entertainer, winner of ''[[The Clash (TV series)|The Clash]]'' [[The Clash (season 1)|season 1]]
*[[April 18]] – [[Noah Thompson]], American singer
*[[April 24]] – [[Skylar Stecker]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[May 13]] – [[Zoe Wees]], German singer
*[[May 15]]
**[[Lil Huddy]],  American social media personality, singer, and actor
**[[Hala Al Turk]], Jordanian-Syrian Bahraini singer
*[[June 4]] – [[Collar (group)|Day]], Hong Kong singer, member of [[Collar (group)|COLLAR]]
*[[June 11]] – [[Collar (group)|Marf Yau]], Hong Kong singer and actress, member of [[Collar (group)|COLLAR]]
*[[June 14]] – [[Ayra Starr]], Beninese-born Nigerian singer
*[[June 25]] – [[Benson Boone]], American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
*[[June 29]] – [[Marlhy Murphy]],  American musician, actress, television personality, and internet personality
*[[July 4]] - [[Yailin La Más Viral]], Dominican rapper and singer
*[[July 7]] – [[Caity Baser]], British singer
*[[July 13]] – [[Mad Tsai]], American singer-songwriter
*[[July 14]] – [[Kian (musician)|Kian]], Australian singer-songwriter and musician 
*[[July 23]] – [[Lil' P-Nut]], American rapper and actor
*[[July 25]] – [[Shunsuke Michieda]], Japanese singer and actor, member of [[Naniwa Danshi]]
*[[July 31]]
** [[Abi Carter]], American singer<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bronson |first=Fred |date=2024-04-23 |title=Meet 2024's 'American Idol' Top 10 Contestants |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/american-idol-top-10-season-22-contestants-2024/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[João Gomes (singer)|João Gomes]], Brazilian singer and songwriter
*[[August 6]]
**[[Nessa Barrett]], American singer and songwriter
**[[Bailey May]], Filipino-British singer, model, actor, dancer, and television personality
*[[August 14]] – [[TXT (band)|Hueningkai]], American-Korean singer, member of [[TXT (band)|TXT]]
*[[August 15]] – [[Kento Nagao]], Japanese singer, member of [[Naniwa Danshi]]
*[[August 23]] – [[Indiana Massara]], Australian actress and singer
*[[August 25]] – [[BoyWithUke]], Korean-American alt-pop singer, musician
*[[August 26]] – [[Lil Tecca]], American rapper
*[[August 30]] – [[Bktherula]], American rapper
*[[September 3]] – [[Kyline Alcantara]], Filipina singer and TV personality
*[[September 5]]
**[[Alika Milova]], Estonian singer
**[[Alessandra Mele]], Italian-Norwegian singer
*[[September 7]] – [[Ericdoa]], American singer, songwriter, and record producer
*[[September 17]] – [[ArrDee]], English rapper
*[[September 20]] – [[Gabriel LaBelle]], Canadian singer
*[[September 23]] – [[Maddie Ziegler]], American dancer and actress
*[[September 25]] – [[Renée Downer]], English singer, member of Flo
*[[September 29]] – [[Chloe Moriondo]], American singer-songwriter and YouTuber
*[[October 2]] – [[Jacob Sartorius]], American singer
*[[October 9]]
**[[Any Gabrielly]], Brazilian singer and dancer
**[[Lolly Talk|Elka Cheng]], Hong Kong singer, member of [[Lolly Talk]]
*[[October 15]] – [[Malu Trevejo]], Cuban singer and media personality
*[[October 23]] – [[Ningning (singer)|Ningning]], Chinese singer, member of [[aespa]]
*[[October 24]]
**[[Ado (singer)|Ado]], Japanese singer
**[[Lyn Lapid]], American singer and instrumentist
*[[October 29]] – [[Ruel (singer)|Ruel]], English born Australian soul R&B singer-songwriter
*[[November 1]] – [[NLE Choppa]], American rapper
*[[November 5]] - [[Jawsh 685]], New Zealand beat maker and music producer
*[[November 8]] - [[Sunghoon (singer, born 2002)|Sunghoon]], South Korean singer and former figure skater, member of [[Enhypen]]
*[[November 26]] - [[Baylee Littrell]], American country singer (son of Leighanne Wallace and [[Brian Littrell]] (Member of [[Backstreet Boys]]))
*[[December 13]] - [[AC Bonifacio]], Canadian dancer, singer, vlogger and actress
*[[December 16]]
**[[Zera (musician)|Zera]], Serbian-Austrian rapper and songwriter
**[[Double Lz]], British rapper and songwriter
*[[December 30]] - [[Lina Kuduzović]], Slovenian singer
** Unknown:
* Unknown Date in [[December]]: [[Evie Irie]], Australian singer-songwriter

==Deaths==
* [[January 2]] – [[Zac Foley]] (33), bassist of [[EMF (band)|EMF]] (drug overdose)
* [[January 3]] – [[Juan García Esquivel]] (83) Mexican band leader, pianist and composer
* [[January 7]] – [[Jon Lee (drummer)|Jon Lee]] (33), [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]] drummer (suicide)
* [[January 20]] – [[Ivan Karabyts]] (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer
* [[January 21]] – [[Peggy Lee]] (81), jazz singer and songwriter
* [[January 22]]
** <!--January 22-->[[Peter Bardens]], (56), keyboardist of [[Camel (band)|Camel]]
** <!--January 22-->[[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]] (106), composer
* [[March 1]] – [[Doreen Waddell]] (36), singer who had worked with [[Soul II Soul]] and [[The KLF]]
* [[March 13]] – [[Marc Moreland]] (44), guitarist ([[Wall of Voodoo]], [[The Skulls (U.S. band)|The Skulls]]) (liver failure)
* [[March 19]] – [[John Patton (musician)|John Patton]] (66), jazz and soul organist
* [[March 23]] – [[Eileen Farrell]] (82), operatic soprano
* [[March 24]] – [[Dorothy DeLay]] (84), [[Juilliard School]] violin teacher of [[Itzhak Perlman]] and [[Midori Goto|Midori]]
* [[March 26]] – [[Randy Castillo]] (51), drummer for [[Ozzy Osbourne]] & [[Mötley Crüe]]
* [[March 27]] – [[Dudley Moore]] (66), English composer, pianist and actor
* [[March 31]] – [[Lucio San Pedro]] (89), Filipino composer and teacher
* [[April 2]] – [[Levi Celerio]] (91), Filipino composer and lyricist
* [[April 5]] – [[Layne Staley]] (34), lead vocalist of [[Alice in Chains]] and [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]]
* [[April 13]] – [[Alex Baroni]] (35), singer
* [[April 15]] – [[Ram Singh Thakur]] (87), Indian freedom fighter, musician and composer
* [[April 17]] – [[Tak Shindo]] (79), musician, composer and arranger
* [[April 25]] – [[Lisa Lopes]] (30), singer (car accident)
* [[April 27]] – [[Hillous Butrum]] (74), country musician
* [[May 3]] – [[Evgeny Svetlanov]] (73), composer and conductor
* [[May 6]]
** [[Otis Blackwell]] (71), songwriter and pianist
** [[Bjørn Johansen (musician)|Bjørn Johansen]] (61), Norwegian saxophonist
* [[May 7]] – [[Xavier Montsalvatge]] (90), composer
* [[May 9]] – [[Leon Stein]] (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910)
* [[June 5]] – [[Dee Dee Ramone]] (50), of The [[Ramones]] (heroin overdose)
* [[June 6]] – [[Robbin Crosby]] (42), guitarist ([[Ratt]])
* [[June 13]] – [[Ralph Shapey]] (81), American composer and conductor
* [[June 15]] – [[Big Mello]] (33), rapper (car accident)
* [[June 27]] – [[John Entwistle]] (57), bassist of [[The Who]] (heart attack)
* [[June 29]] – [[Rosemary Clooney]] (74), US singer and actress
* [[July 2]]
** [[Ray Brown (musician)|Ray Brown]] (75), jazz bassist
** [[Earle Brown]] (75), composer
* [[July 4]] – [[Gerald Bales]] (83), Canadian organist and composer 
* [[July 11]] – [[Rosco Gordon]] (74), blues singer and songwriter
* [[July 19]] 
**[[Dave Carter]] (49), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
**[[Alan Lomax]] (87), American folklorist, ethnomusicologist and musician
* [[July 21]] – [[Gus Dudgeon]] (59), English music producer
* [[August 2]]
** [[Joe Allison]] (77), songwriter
** [[Magda László]], operatic soprano
* [[August 9]] – [[Bertold Hummel]] (76), German composer
* [[August 10]] – [[Michael Houser]] (40), guitarist ([[Widespread Panic]]) (pancreatic cancer)
* [[August 14]] – [[Dave Williams (singer)|Dave Williams]] (30), vocalist of [[Drowning Pool]]
* [[August 31]] – [[Lionel Hampton]] (94), vibraphone virtuoso
* [[September 7]] – [[Erma Franklin]] (64), gospel singer
* [[September 20]] – [[Joan Littlewood]] (87), impresario
* [[September 24]] – [[Tim Rose]], (62), singer-songwriter
* [[September 29]] – [[Mickey Newbury]] (62), singer, songwriter
* [[October 3]] – [[Darryl DeLoach]] (55), guitarist ([[Iron Butterfly]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]] (66), harpist ([[The Chieftains]])
* [[October 18]] – [[Roman Tam]] (57), singer
* [[October 24]] – [[Adolph Green]] (87), lyricist
* [[October 25]] – [[Richard Harris]] (72), actor and singer
* [[October 27]] – [[Tom Dowd]] (77), recording engineer and producer
* [[October 30]] – [[Jam-Master Jay]] (37), member of [[Run-D.M.C.]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Lonnie Donegan]] (71), skiffle musician
* [[November 5]] – [[Billy Guy]] (66), singer ([[The Coasters]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Hadda Brooks]] (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer
* [[November 28]] – [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]] (59), blues singer and guitarist
* [[November 30]] – [[Minuetta Kessler]] (88), concert pianist, classical composer and music educator
* [[December 9]] – [[Mary Hansen]] (36), member of [[Stereolab]] (road accident)
* [[December 13]] – [[Zal Yanovsky]] (57), rock singer and guitarist ([[The Lovin' Spoonful]])
* [[December 22]] – [[Joe Strummer]] (50), singer and guitarist of [[The Clash]]
* [[December 31]] – [[Kevin MacMichael]] (51), Canadian guitarist of British band [[Cutting Crew]]

==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 [[Talking Heads]]
* Inductees of the [[Gospel Music Association|GMA]] [[Gospel Music Hall of Fame]] include [[Pat Boone]], and [[Amy Grant]]

===ARIA Music Awards===
* [[ARIA Music Awards of 2002]]

===Grammy Awards===
* [[Grammy Awards of 2002]]

===Country Music Association Awards===
* [[2002 Country Music Association Awards]]

===Eurovision Song Contest===
* [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]]

===Mercury Music Prize===
* ''[[A Little Deeper]]'' – [[Ms. Dynamite]] wins.

===[[Glenn Gould Prize]]===
* [[Pierre Boulez]] (laureate), [[Jean-Guihen Queyras]] (protégé)

==2002 in awards==
===WET Awards 2002===
{{Infobox award
| name     = 2nd WET Awards
| image    =
| caption  =
| date     = June 25, 2002
| location = [[Dolby Theatre|Kodak Theatre]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| presenter = [[1980 in television#WET (TV channel)|White Entertainment Television]]
| host     = [[Mike Myers]] <br />[[Jim Carrey]]
| network  = [[1980 in television#WET (TV channel)|WET]]
| producer =
| previous = [[2001 in music#WET Awards 2001|1st]]
| main     = {{nowrap|[[2001 in television#WET Awards|WET Awards]]}}
| next     = [[2003 in music#WET Awards 2003|3rd]]
}}

The '''2nd [[2001 in television#WET Awards|WET Awards]]''' took place at the [[Dolby Theatre|Kodak Theatre]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] on June 25, 2002. The awards recognized Americans in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. Comedian [[Mike Myers]] and [[Jim Carrey]] hosted the event for the second time.

====Winners and nominees====
{| class=wikitable width="100%"
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Video of the Year
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Viewers' Choice
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[No Doubt]] feat. [[Bounty Killer]] – "[[Hey Baby (No Doubt song)|Hey Baby]]"'''
** [[Nelly Furtado]] – "[[I'm Like a Bird]]"
** [[Sam Moran]] feat. [[Dane Bowers]] – "[[2001 in music#Amish Paradise (song)|Amish Paradise]]"
** [[Jennifer Lopez]] feat. [[Ja Rule]] – "[[I'm Real (Jennifer Lopez song)|I'm Real (Murder Remix)]]"
** [[NSYNC]] and [[98 Degrees|98°]] – "[[2001 in music#Can U Get wit It (song)|Can U Get wit It]]"
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Blue (English group)|Blue]] – "[[Too Close (Next song)#Blue version|Too Close]]"'''
** [[Nelly Furtado]] – "[[I'm Like a Bird]]"
** [[Backstreet Boys]] feat. [[98 Degrees|98°]] – "[[2001 in music#Freak Me (Backstreet Boys song)|Freak Me]]"
** [[D12]] – "[[Purple Pills|Purple Hills]]"
** [[Britney Spears]] – "[[Overprotected]]"
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Female Rock Artist
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Male Rock Artist
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Sheryl Crow]]'''
** [[Tori Amos]]
** [[Melissa Etheridge]]
** [[Michelle Branch]]
** [[Stevie Nicks]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Coldplay]]'''
** [[Cypress Hill]]
** [[Lenny Kravitz]]
** [[Aerosmith]]
** [[Nickelback]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Female Pop Artist
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Male Pop Artist
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Shakira]]'''
** [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]]
** [[Nelly Furtado]]
** [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
** [[Britney Spears]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Justin Timberlake]]'''
** [[Michael Jackson]]
** [[Sam Moran]]
** [[Enrique Iglesias]]
** [[Aaron Carter]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82;" colspan="2"| Best Group
|-
| colspan="2" valign="top" |
* '''[[NSYNC]]'''
** [[O-Town]]
** [[Blue (English group)|Blue]]
** [[Atomic Kitten]]
** [[Backstreet Boys]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best New Artist
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Country Artist
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Britney Spears]]'''
** [[Kylie Minogue]]
** [[Blue (English group)|Blue]]
** [[Michael Jackson]]
** [[Five (group)|Five]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Tim McGraw]]'''
** [[Toby Keith]]
** [[Kenny Chesney]]
** [[Alan Jackson]]
** [[Brad Paisley]]
|-
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Actress
! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! width="50%" | Best Actor
|-
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Mandy Moore]]'''
** [[Angelina Jolie]]
** [[Cameron Diaz]]
** [[Nicole Kidman]]
** [[Reese Witherspoon]]
| valign="top" |
* '''[[Will Ferrell]]'''
** [[Elijah Wood]]
** [[Vin Diesel]]
** [[Paul Walker]]
** [[Jackie Chan]]
|-
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* '''[[Mae Young]]'''
** [[Stacy Keibler]]
** [[Molly Holly]]
** [[Torrie Wilson]]
** [[Trish Stratus]]
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* '''[[Brock Lesnar]]'''
** [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]
** [[Triple H]]
** [[The Undertaker]]
** [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]
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* '''[[Eurythmics]]'''
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* '''[[Kurt Angle]]'''
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==Charts==
* [[Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002]]

===Triple J Hottest 100===
* [[Triple J Hottest 100, 2002]]

==See also==
* [[2002 in British music|2002 in music (UK)]]
* [[:Category:Record labels established in 2002|Record labels established in 2002]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2002 in music| ]]
[[Category:2002-related lists]]
[[Category:Music-related lists]]
[[Category:Music by year]]