JANUARY
Top hit
How You Remind Me · Nickelback
Top album
Weathered · Creed
Enter the Year
Year
2002
The Download Era
Pop, R&B, and rock collide in a faster cycle — but every week still leaves a mark.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
U Got It Bad · Usher
Top album
Drive · Alan Jackson
MARCH
Top hit
Always On Time · Ja Rule
Top album
Drive · Alan Jackson
APRIL
Top hit
Ain't It Funny · Jennifer Lopez
Top album
Now 9 · Various Artists
MAY
Top hit
Foolish · Ashanti
Top album
Ashanti · Ashanti
JUNE
Top hit
Foolish · Ashanti
Top album
P. Diddy & Bad Boy Records Present... We Invented The Remix · Various Artists
JULY
Top hit
Hot In Herre · Nelly
Top album
The Eminem Show · Eminem
AUGUST
Top hit
Hot In Herre · Nelly
Top album
Busted Stuff · Dave Matthews Band
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Dilemma · Nelly
Top album
The Eminem Show · Eminem
OCTOBER
Top hit
A Moment Like This · Kelly Clarkson
Top album
Believe · Disturbed
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Dilemma · Nelly
Top album
Cry · Faith Hill
DECEMBER
Top hit
Lose Yourself · Eminem
Top album
Up! · Shania Twain