List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2002

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Eminem's The Eminem Show was the best-selling album of 2002.

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. [1]

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25 acts achieved number one albums during this year with artist such as Nelly and Shania Twain who had their albums debut at number one on the chart. Rapper Eminem's The Eminem Show is the best selling album of 2002 selling over approximately 7.6 million copies by the end of the year. It is also the longest running album of 2002 spending six non-consecutive weeks the chart and was known for its first full week of sales debut of 1.322 million copies which Nielsen SoundScan scanned as the then sixth largest sales of all time in its first week.

The band Creed continued its eight week long run on the chart but is credited as the longest running album for 2001. Jennifer Lopez earned her second number one album on the charts with J to tha L-O!: The Remixes , which became the highest first week sales of a remix album at the time. R&B artist Ashanti earned her first number one album with her self-titled debut album Ashanti , which opened up with first week sales of 503,000 copies in its first week alone. Puff Daddy earned his first number one album since No Way Out back in 1997. Rapper Jay-Z earned his fifth chart topper with The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse , which opened up with first week sales of 545,000 copies alone. Heavy metal band Disturbed earned its first number one album on the chart with Believe , which opened up with first week sales of 284,000 copies alone.

Country music singer Shania Twain's album Up! opened up with a huge first week sales of 857,000 copies in its first week alone, giving her the recognition of the highest first week sales of her career and second highest of the year, only behind Eminem's The Eminem Show and at the time the fastest selling solo female album ever. Nelly's album Nellyville opened up with his highest first week sales of his career which logged on with huge sales of 714,000 copies in its first week alone, which beat his sales of his debut album Country Grammar , which opened up with first week sales of 235,000 copies. Country singer Alan Jackson album Drive gave him his first number one album on the chart and opened up with first week sales of 211,000 copies.

Chart history

Key
†Indicates best performing album of 2002
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef.
January 5 Weathered Creed 860,000 [2] [3]
January 12398,000 [4] [5]
January 19166,000 [6] [7]
January 26138,000 [8] [9]
February 2 Drive Alan Jackson 423,000 [10] [11]
February 9230,000 [12] [13]
February 16189,000 [14] [15]
February 23 J to tha L-O!: The Remixes Jennifer Lopez 156,049 [16] [17]
March 2DriveAlan Jackson184,000 [18] [19]
March 9J to tha L-O!: The RemixesJennifer Lopez102,000 [20] [21]
March 16 Under Rug Swept Alanis Morissette 215,000 [22] [23]
March 23 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack159,000 [24] [25]
March 30149,000 [26] [27]
April 6 Now 9 Various Artists420,000 [28] [29]
April 13 A New Day Has Come Celine Dion 558,000 [30] [31]
April 20 Ashanti Ashanti 503,000 [32] [33]
April 27246,000 [34] [35]
May 4190,000 [36] [37]
May 11 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney 235,000 [38] [39]
May 18 Hood Rich Big Tymers 160,000 [40] [41]
May 25 Juslisen Musiq Soulchild 260,000 [42] [43]
June 1 We Invented the Remix P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family 256,000 [44] [45]
June 8 The Eminem Show † Eminem 284,000 [46] [47]
June 151,322,000 [48] [49]
June 22809,000 [50] [51]
June 29529,562 [52] [53]
July 6381,000 [54] [55]
July 13 Nellyville Nelly 715,000 [56] [57]
July 20450,000 [58] [59]
July 27340,000 [60] [61]
August 3 Busted Stuff Dave Matthews Band 622,000 [62] [63]
August 10 Unleashed Toby Keith 338,000 [64] [65]
August 17 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 525,000 [66] [67]
August 24239,000 [68] [69]
August 31NellyvilleNelly183,000 [70] [71]
September 7The Eminem Show†Eminem170,000 [72] [73]
September 14 Home Dixie Chicks 780,000 [74] [75]
September 21367,000 [76] [77]
September 28214,000 [78] [79]
October 5 Believe Disturbed 284,000 [80] [81]
October 12 ELV1S: 30#1 Hits Elvis Presley 500,000 [82] [83]
October 19337,000 [84] [85]
October 26205,000 [86] [87]
November 2 Cry Faith Hill 472,000 [88] [89]
November 9 Shaman Santana 299,000 [90] [91]
November 16 8 Mile Soundtrack702,000 [92] [93]
November 23508,000 [94] [95]
November 30 The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse Jay-Z 545,000 [96] [97]
December 7 Up! Shania Twain 874,000 [98] [99]
December 14623,000 [100] [101]
December 21317,000 [102] [103]
December 28373,000 [104] [105]

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