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Albums in the Year 2002

This page lists the top albums of 2002 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 2002 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Eminem	The Eminem Show	2002	UK 1 - Jun 2002, US 1 of 2002, Austria 1 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 1 - Jun 2002, Norway 1 - Jun 2002, Sweden 1 - Jun 2002, Italy 8 of 2002, Global 34 - 20 M claimed, NARM 63, Defin200 63, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed 2002, RIAA 123 - 8 M claimed, Rolling Stone 317, Acclaimed 1049
2	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me	2002	UK 1 - May 2002, Sweden 1 - Oct 2002, Grammy in 2002, US 2 of 2003, Switzerland 2 - Sep 2002, Austria 3 - Mar 2003, Norway 4 - Aug 2002, Italy 12 of 2002, NARM 27, Defin200 27, RIAA 64 - 10 M claimed, WXPN 86, Internet 119 - 13 M claimed 2002, Acclaimed 870
3	Coldplay	A Rush Of Blood To The Head	2002	UK 1 - Sep 2002, Switzerland 1 - Sep 2002, Norway 1 - Sep 2002, Sweden 5 - Sep 2002, Austria 10 - Sep 2002, Italy 22 of 2002, UK Radio2 31, NARM 65, Defin200 65, WXPN 78, RYM 125 of 2002, Acclaimed 283, Rolling Stone 473
4	Red Hot Chili Peppers	By The Way	2002	UK 1 - Jul 2002, Austria 1 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 1 - Jul 2002, Norway 1 - Jul 2002, Sweden 1 - Jul 2002, Italy 10 of 2002, UK Radio2 87, WXPN 460, Acclaimed 1545
5	Robbie Williams	Escapology	2002	UK 1 - Nov 2002, Austria 1 - Dec 2002, Switzerland 1 - Dec 2002, Norway 1 - Dec 2002, Sweden 1 - Nov 2002, Italy 4 of 2003, UK Radio2 59
6	Shakira	Laundry Service	2002	Austria 1 - Mar 2002, Switzerland 1 - Feb 2002, Norway 1 - Feb 2002, Sweden 1 - Feb 2002, UK 2 - Mar 2002, Italy 5 of 2002, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed 2002, Defin200 172
7	Bruce Springsteen	The Rising	2002	UK 1 - Aug 2002, Norway 1 - Aug 2002, Sweden 1 - Aug 2002, Switzerland 2 - Aug 2002, Austria 4 - Aug 2002, Italy 34 of 2002, WXPN 140, RYM 142 of 2002, Acclaimed 1431
8	Celine Dion	A New Day Has Come	2002	UK 1 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 1 - Apr 2002, Norway 1 - Apr 2002, Sweden 1 - Apr 2002, Austria 3 - Apr 2002, Italy 13 of 2002
9	Elvis Presley	Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits	2002	UK 1 - Oct 2002, Austria 1 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 1 - Oct 2002, Sweden 1 - Oct 2002, Norway 3 - Oct 2002, Global 117 - 9 M claimed
10	Avril Lavigne	Let Go	2002	UK 1 - Sep 2002, Switzerland 2 - Aug 2002, Norway 3 - Sep 2002, US 5 of 2003, Austria 5 - Oct 2002, Sweden 6 - Sep 2002, Italy 17 of 2002, Defin200 162, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed
11	Moby	18	2002	UK 1 - May 2002, Austria 1 - May 2002, Switzerland 1 - May 2002, Norway 2 - May 2002, Sweden 3 - May 2002, Italy 55 of 2002
12	Alanis Morissette	Under Rug Swept	2002	Switzerland 1 - Mar 2002, Norway 1 - Mar 2002, UK 2 - Mar 2002, Austria 2 - Mar 2002, Sweden 3 - Mar 2002, Italy 29 of 2002
13	Nickelback	Silver Side Up	2002	UK 1 - Feb 2002, Austria 1 - Feb 2002, Sweden 2 - Jan 2002, Switzerland 4 - Jan 2002, Norway 13 - Jan 2002, Italy 62 of 2002, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed
14	Oasis	Heathen Chemistry	2002	UK 1 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 1 - Jul 2002, Sweden 2 - Jul 2002, Norway 3 - Jul 2002, Austria 4 - Jul 2002, Italy 50 of 2002
15	U2	The Best Of 1990-2000	2002	Switzerland 1 - Nov 2002, UK 2 - Nov 2002, Norway 2 - Nov 2002, Austria 4 - Dec 2002, Sweden 6 - Nov 2002, Italy 15 of 2002
16	The Rolling Stones	Forty Licks	2002	UK 2 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 2 - Oct 2002, Norway 2 - Oct 2002, Sweden 2 - Oct 2002, Austria 3 - Oct 2002, Italy 37 of 2002
17	Shania Twain	Up	2002	Austria 2 - Dec 2002, Switzerland 2 - Dec 2002, Norway 2 - Dec 2002, US 3 of 2003, UK 4 - Nov 2002, Sweden 8 - Nov 2002
18	Beck	Sea Change	2002	Norway 1 - Oct 2002, UK 20 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 30 - Oct 2002, Austria 34 - Oct 2002, RYM 47 of 2002, WXPN 226, Rolling Stone 440, Acclaimed 662
19	Pink	Missundaztood	2002	UK 2 - Apr 2002, US 4 of 2002, Norway 4 - Feb 2002, Austria 6 - Mar 2002, Switzerland 7 - Feb 2002, Sweden 7 - Mar 2002, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
20	The Dixie Chicks	Home	2002	US 4 of 2003, Switzerland 26 - Apr 2003, Sweden 37 - Mar 2003, Norway 39 - Nov 2002, Austria 40 - May 2003, NARM 100, Defin200 100, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed, WXPN 723
21	Nelly	Nellyville	2002	UK 2 - Jul 2002, US 3 of 2002, Switzerland 6 - Jul 2002, Norway 9 - Jul 2002, Austria 10 - Jul 2002, Sweden 11 - Jul 2002, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed
22	Ronan Keating	Destination	2002	UK 1 - Jun 2002, Norway 2 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 3 - Jun 2002, Sweden 5 - May 2002, Austria 7 - Jun 2002
23	Mark Knopfler	The Ragpicker's Dream	2002	Norway 1 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 5 - Oct 2002, Sweden 5 - Oct 2002, UK 7 - Oct 2002, Austria 9 - Oct 2002, Italy 97 of 2002
24	Queens of The Stone Age	Songs For The Deaf	2002	Norway 2 - Sep 2002, UK 4 - Sep 2002, Sweden 18 - Sep 2002, Switzerland 20 - Sep 2002, Austria 25 - Sep 2002, RYM 35 of 2002, Acclaimed 369
25	The Foo Fighters	One By One	2002	UK 1 - Nov 2002, Norway 2 - Nov 2002, Sweden 3 - Oct 2002, Austria 19 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 28 - Nov 2002
26	David Bowie	Heathen	2002	Norway 2 - Jun 2002, Austria 4 - Jun 2002, UK 5 - Jun 2002, Sweden 6 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 7 - Jun 2002, RYM 180 of 2002
27	Tom Waits	Alice	2002	Norway 3 - May 2002, Austria 6 - May 2002, Sweden 13 - May 2002, RYM 18 of 2002, UK 20 - May 2002, Switzerland 24 - May 2002, Acclaimed 1504
28	Westlife	Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits - Volume 1	2002	UK 1 - Nov 2002, Sweden 2 - Nov 2002, Norway 10 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 14 - Nov 2002, Austria 32 - Dec 2002
29	Peter Gabriel	Up	2002	Switzerland 4 - Oct 2002, Sweden 6 - Oct 2002, UK 11 - Oct 2002, Norway 11 - Oct 2002, Austria 14 - Oct 2002, Italy 64 of 2002, RYM 102 of 2002
30	Bon Jovi	Bounce	2002	UK 2 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 2 - Oct 2002, Austria 4 - Oct 2002, Sweden 4 - Oct 2002, Norway 9 - Oct 2002
31	Tom Waits	Blood Money	2002	Norway 4 - May 2002, Austria 7 - May 2002, Sweden 12 - May 2002, UK 21 - May 2002, Switzerland 25 - May 2002, RYM 87 of 2002, Acclaimed 2716
32	Chicago	The Chicago Story - Complete Greatest	2002	Sweden 1 - Oct 2002, Norway 4 - Sep 2002, Austria 6 - Sep 2002, UK 11 - Sep 2002, Switzerland 29 - Sep 2002
33	Santana	Shaman	2002	Switzerland 1 - Nov 2002, Austria 4 - Nov 2002, Norway 6 - Nov 2002, Sweden 15 - Oct 2002, Italy 24 of 2002
34	Original Soundtrack	8 Mile	2002	Austria 2 - Dec 2002, Norway 2 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 3 - Nov 2002, Sweden 10 - Jan 2003, Italy 29 of 2003
35	Christina Aguilera	Stripped	2002	UK 2 - Jan 2003, Switzerland 9 - Nov 2002, Austria 10 - Nov 2002, Norway 10 - Nov 2002, Sweden 13 - Mar 2003, Global 82 - 12 M claimed
36	Nirvana	Nirvana's Greatest Hits	2002	Austria 1 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 2 - Nov 2002, Norway 5 - Nov 2002, Sweden 10 - Nov 2002
37	Howard Shore	Lord Of The Rings, Fellowship of the Ring	2002	Austria 4 - Jan 2002, Sweden 6 - Nov 2001, Switzerland 8 - Jan 2002, UK 10 - Jan 2002, Norway 13 - Jan 2002, RYM 13 of 2001
38	Jennifer Lopez	This Is Me... Then	2002	Switzerland 3 - Dec 2002, Sweden 7 - Dec 2002, Austria 8 - Dec 2002, UK 13 - Mar 2003, Norway 13 - Dec 2002, Italy 67 of 2003
39	Linkin Park	Reanimation	2002	Austria 2 - Aug 2002, UK 3 - Aug 2002, Switzerland 3 - Aug 2002, Sweden 18 - Aug 2002, Norway 32 - Aug 2002
40	Scooter	Push The Beat For This Jam - The Singles	2002	Norway 1 - Feb 2002, Sweden 2 - Feb 2002, UK 6 - Aug 2002, Austria 13 - Feb 2002
41	Korn	Untouchables	2002	Austria 2 - Jun 2002, UK 4 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 5 - Jun 2002, Sweden 7 - Jun 2002, Norway 8 - Jun 2002
42	Elton John	The Greatest Hits 1970-2002	2002	UK 3 - Nov 2002, Norway 7 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 12 - Nov 2002, Sweden 12 - Dec 2002, Austria 19 - Dec 2002, Italy 83 of 2002
43	The Chemical Brothers	Come With Us	2002	UK 1 - Feb 2002, Switzerland 12 - Feb 2002, Sweden 21 - Feb 2002, Norway 22 - Feb 2002, Austria 33 - Mar 2002
44	Queen	The Platinum Collection - Greatest Hits I, II & III	2002	UK 2 - May 2002, Norway 2 - Feb 2003, Italy 9 of 2002, Sweden 16 - Nov 2002, Austria 34 - Mar 2003
45	POD	Satellite	2002	Austria 5 - Mar 2002, Norway 7 - Apr 2002, Sweden 8 - Feb 2002, Switzerland 11 - Feb 2002, UK 16 - Jan 2002, Italy 90 of 2002
46	Sheryl Crow	C'mon C'mon	2002	UK 2 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 4 - Apr 2002, Austria 5 - Apr 2002, Norway 11 - Apr 2002, Sweden 12 - May 2002
47	The Cranberries	Stars, The Best Of 1992-2002	2002	Switzerland 4 - Sep 2002, Norway 6 - Oct 2002, UK 20 - Sep 2002, Austria 23 - Oct 2002, Sweden 37 - Oct 2002, Italy 38 of 2002
48	Johnny Cash	American IV: The Man Comes Around	2002	Norway 4 - Nov 2002, RYM 7 of 2002, Sweden 21 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 40 - Nov 2002, WXPN 663, Acclaimed 1032
49	David Bowie	Best Of Bowie	2002	Sweden 9 - Oct 2002, Norway 10 - Mar 1981, UK 11 - Nov 2002, Austria 12 - Aug 1981, Switzerland 15 - Nov 2002, Italy 94 of 2002
50	Andrea Bocelli	Sentimento	2002	UK 7 - Nov 2002, Sweden 10 - Nov 2002, Austria 14 - Dec 2002, Norway 17 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 22 - Nov 2002, Italy 73 of 2002
51	The Calling	Camino Palmero	2002	Norway 10 - May 2002, Sweden 11 - Apr 2002, UK 12 - Jul 2002, Austria 12 - May 2002, Switzerland 26 - Jun 2002, Italy 96 of 2002
52	Atomic Kitten	Feels So Good	2002	UK 1 - Sep 2002, Austria 7 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 7 - Sep 2002, Norway 15 - Oct 2002
53	A-Ha	Lifelines	2002	Norway 1 - May 2002, Switzerland 6 - May 2002, Austria 8 - May 2002, Sweden 21 - May 2002
54	Wilco	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	2002	RYM 2 of 2002, Norway 4 - May 2002, Sweden 24 - May 2002, WXPN 58, Acclaimed 115
55	Eva Cassidy	Imagine	2002	UK 1 - Aug 2002, Norway 6 - Sep 2002, Sweden 24 - Jan 2003, Switzerland 38 - Sep 2002
56	Papa Roach	Love Hate Tragedy	2002	Switzerland 3 - Jun 2002, UK 4 - Jun 2002, Austria 15 - Jul 2002, Norway 25 - Jul 2002, Sweden 25 - Jun 2002
57	t.A.T.u.	200 Km/H In The Wrong Lane	2002	Austria 3 - Mar 2003, Switzerland 5 - Dec 2002, UK 12 - Feb 2003, Sweden 14 - Nov 2002, Italy 69 of 2002
58	Bryan Ferry	Frantic	2002	Norway 4 - Apr 2002, UK 6 - May 2002, Sweden 10 - Apr 2002, Austria 14 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 26 - Apr 2002
59	Neil Young	Are You Passionate?	2002	Norway 4 - Apr 2002, Sweden 4 - Apr 2002, UK 24 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 27 - Apr 2002, Austria 36 - Apr 2002
60	Van Morrison	Down The Road	2002	Norway 5 - May 2002, UK 6 - May 2002, Austria 9 - May 2002, Sweden 10 - May 2002, Switzerland 36 - Jun 2002
61	Doves	The Last Broadcast	2002	UK 1 - May 2002, Norway 11 - May 2002, RYM 124 of 2002, Acclaimed 1393
62	Morcheeba	Charango	2002	Switzerland 4 - Jul 2002, UK 7 - Jul 2002, Austria 8 - Jul 2002, Norway 18 - Jul 2002, Italy 65 of 2002
63	Roxette	The Ballad Hits	2002	Sweden 5 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 8 - Nov 2002, Norway 8 - Nov 2002, UK 11 - Feb 2003, Austria 21 - Dec 2002
64	Kent	Vapen & Ammunition	2002	Norway 1 - Apr 2002, Sweden 1 - Apr 2002
65	Herbert Gronemeyer	Mensch	2002	Austria 1 - Sep 2002, Switzerland 1 - Sep 2002
66	Barbra Streisand	The Essential Barbra Streisand	2002	UK 1 - Mar 2002, Norway 4 - Mar 2002, Sweden 4 - Mar 2002
67	Las Ketchup	Hijas del tomate	2002	Switzerland 6 - Sep 2002, Sweden 7 - Oct 2002, Norway 13 - Oct 2002, Austria 22 - Oct 2002, Italy 82 of 2002
68	Phil Collins	Testify	2002	Switzerland 2 - Nov 2002, Sweden 4 - Nov 2002, Austria 9 - Dec 2002, Norway 14 - Nov 2002
69	Lauryn Hill	MTV Unplugged No. 2.0	2002	Switzerland 3 - May 2002, Austria 4 - May 2002, Norway 5 - May 2002, Sweden 10 - May 2002
70	The Pet Shop Boys	Release	2002	UK 7 - Apr 2002, Sweden 12 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 13 - Apr 2002, Norway 33 - Apr 2002, Austria 37 - Apr 2002
71	Iron Maiden	Rock In Rio	2002	Norway 14 - Apr 2002, Sweden 14 - Apr 2002, UK 15 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 17 - Apr 2002, RYM 25 of 2002
72	No Doubt	Rock Steady	2002	Norway 8 - Jan 2002, Austria 12 - Feb 2002, Switzerland 33 - Feb 2002, Rolling Stone 316, Acclaimed 2965
73	Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Read My Lips	2002	UK 2 - Jun 2002, Norway 7 - Apr 2002, Austria 22 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 26 - Jun 2002
74	Flaming Lips	Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots	2002	UK 13 - Jul 2002, Norway 15 - Jul 2002, RYM 21 of 2002, Acclaimed 321, WXPN 342
75	Manu Chao	Radio Bemba Sound System	2002	Switzerland 2 - Sep 2002, Norway 13 - Sep 2002, Sweden 20 - Sep 2002, Austria 33 - Oct 2002
76	Helmut Lotti	My Tribute To The King	2002	Austria 4 - Aug 2002, Sweden 5 - Aug 2002, Norway 9 - Aug 2002, Switzerland 11 - Aug 2002
77	David Gray	A New Day At Midnight	2002	UK 1 - Nov 2002, Norway 29 - Nov 2002, WXPN 798
78	Pearl Jam	Riot Act	2002	Norway 3 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 13 - Nov 2002, Sweden 13 - Nov 2002, Italy 78 of 2002
79	Craig David	Slicker Than Your Average	2002	UK 4 - Nov 2002, Switzerland 6 - Nov 2002, Sweden 26 - Nov 2002, Norway 27 - Nov 2002
80	Tracy Chapman	Let It Rain	2002	Switzerland 4 - Oct 2002, Austria 7 - Nov 2002, Norway 24 - Oct 2002, Sweden 27 - Oct 2002
81	Marc Anthony	Mended	2002	Norway 4 - Jul 2002, Sweden 11 - May 2002, Switzerland 13 - Jun 2002, Austria 27 - Jul 2002
82	Jennifer Lopez	J To Tha L-O - The Remixes	2002	UK 4 - Mar 2002, Austria 11 - Mar 2002, Switzerland 14 - Mar 2002, Sweden 39 - May 2002
83	Bryan Adams & Hans Zimmer	Spirit - Stallion Of The Cimarron	2002	Austria 6 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 6 - May 2002, Norway 19 - Jul 2002, Sweden 24 - Sep 2002
84	Weezer	Maladroit	2002	Norway 4 - May 2002, UK 16 - May 2002, Austria 22 - May 2002, Sweden 22 - May 2002
85	Wyclef Jean	Masquerade	2002	Norway 7 - Jul 2002, Sweden 8 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 13 - Jun 2002, Austria 26 - Jul 2002
86	Lionel Richie	Encore	2002	UK 8 - Dec 2002, Switzerland 10 - Dec 2002, Austria 15 - Jan 2003, Sweden 16 - Jan 2003
87	Brandy	Full Moon	2002	Switzerland 7 - Mar 2002, UK 9 - Mar 2002, Sweden 20 - Mar 2002, Norway 24 - Mar 2002
88	Audioslave	Audioslave	2002	Norway 5 - Dec 2002, Sweden 14 - Nov 2002, UK 26 - Jan 2003, Switzerland 34 - Dec 2002
89	Diana Krall	Live In Paris	2002	Norway 5 - Oct 2002, Sweden 15 - Oct 2002, Austria 29 - Oct 2002, Switzerland 30 - Oct 2002
90	Hakan Hellstrom	Det ar so jag sager det	2002	Sweden 1 - Nov 2002, Norway 3 - Nov 2002
91	Xavier Naidoo	Zwischenspiel - Alles fur den Herrn	2002	Austria 1 - Apr 2002, Switzerland 3 - Apr 2002
92	Die Toten Hosen	Auswartsspiel	2002	Austria 1 - Feb 2002, Switzerland 3 - Feb 2002
93	Vanessa Carlton	Be Not Nobody	2002	UK 7 - Aug 2002, Austria 13 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 15 - Jun 2002, Norway 33 - Jul 2002
94	Def Leppard	X	2002	Switzerland 9 - Aug 2002, UK 14 - Aug 2002, Sweden 15 - Aug 2002, Norway 19 - Aug 2002
95	Millencolin	Home From Home	2002	Sweden 6 - Mar 2002, Switzerland 31 - Mar 2002, Austria 33 - Mar 2002, Norway 36 - Mar 2002
96	Counting Crows	Hard Candy	2002	UK 9 - Jul 2002, Norway 16 - Jul 2002, Sweden 19 - Jul 2002, Switzerland 39 - Jul 2002
97	Peter Joback	Jag kommer hem igen till jul	2002	Sweden 1 - Nov 2002, Norway 4 - Dec 2003
98	Vikingarna	Kramgoa lotar 2002	2002	Sweden 1 - Sep 2002, Norway 4 - Oct 2002
99	Sigur Ros	( )	2002	Norway 6 - Nov 2002, RYM 13 of 2002, WXPN 845, Acclaimed 1112
100	Man'o'war	Warriors Of The World	2002	Sweden 13 - Jun 2002, Norway 14 - Jun 2002, Austria 18 - Jun 2002, Switzerland 35 - Jun 2002