The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2002, as well as singles which peaked in 2001 and 2003 but were in the top 10 in 2002. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Two hundred and sixteen singles were in the top ten in 2002. Ten singles from 2001 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne was released in 2002 but did not reach its peak until 2003.[4] Fifty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Blazin' Squad, Girls Aloud, Busted, Holly Valance, Pharrell Williams and Shakira were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2002.
Two hundred and sixteen singles charted in the top 10 in 2002, with two-hundred and five singles reaching their peak this year.
Fifty artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Four artists had the joint most top ten singles in 2002 with four. American singer Ashanti's "Foolish" was her only solo single of her top ten entries, peaking at number four.[9] Of her collaborations, "What's Luv?" with Fat Joe, and "Down 4 U" alongside Irv Gotti, The Inc., Ja Rule, Charlie Baltimore and Vita both reached number four. A fourth hit, "Always on Time" also with Ja Rule reached number six.
The final four-time entrants to the top ten this year were S Club Juniors, a spinoff group from the successful S Club 7 (renamed as S Club in March 2002). Beginning with "One Step Closer", which got to number two,[16] they achieved further chart fame as "Automatic High" and "New Direction" equalled that placing.[17] Christmas double single "Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride" rounded off their year, peaking in sixth position.[15]
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Darren Hayes was one of the participants on the Artists Against AIDS Worldwide (known as All Star Tribute in the UK) charity single "What's Going On" which reached number six in 2001, but "Insatiable" was his first official credited top 10 single.[20]H & Claire performed together as a duo for the first time in 2002, reaching the top 10 on three occasions during the year. They had both been members of the 1990s-formed pop group Steps. Bandmate Faye Tozer had her only single outside Steps in 2002, featuring on Russell Watson's "Someone Like You", which reached number ten.[21]
A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2002. The Sport Relief single was a new version of Elton John's "Your Song", featuring Italian tenor Alessandro Safina alongside John, peaking at number four on 27 July 2002.[43][44]
"Anything is Possible"/"Evergreen" was ranked as the best-selling single of the decade, while "Unchained Melody" (2) also ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the 2000s.
Australian actress and singer Holly Valance had two UK top 10 hits in 2002. "Kiss Kiss" went to number-one in May while "Down Boy" reached number two in October.Scottish singer Darius Campbell, who came third in Pop Idol, scored two top 10 entries this year, including his debut single "Colourblind", which topped the chart for two weeks in August.In January 2002, less than two months after his death from lung cancer, ex-BeatleGeorge Harrison posthumously reached number-one in the UK charts with a re-release of his 1971 chart-topper "My Sweet Lord".David Byrne, the lead singer of rock band Talking Heads, featured on X-Press 2's hit single "Lazy", which reached number two in April of this year.Alex Band and his group The Calling made the UK top 10 in 2002 with their signature song, "Wherever You Will Go", which peaked at number three.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2002, including singles that reached their peak in 2001 or 2003. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2002 is also shown.
a "Sk8er Boi" reached its peak of number eight on 11 January 2003 (week ending).
b Released as the official single for Children in Need in 2001.[49]
c "My Sweet Lord" originally peaked at number-one upon its initial release in 1971. It was re-released as a single in January 2002, less than two months after George Harrison's death from lung cancer and reached number-one again for a single week.
d The original version of "Run to the Hills" peaked at number 7 upon its release in 1982.
f P Diddy, Usher and Loon all sang on "I Need a Girl (Part One)" but only Usher recorded the second song on the double-A side single, "U Don't Have to Call".[50]
g Gareth Gates and Will Young both sang on "The Long and Winding Road" but only Gates recorded the second song on the double-A side single, "Suspicious Minds".[51]
Gareth Paul Gates is an English singer-songwriter and actor. He was the runner-up in the first series of the ITV talent show Pop Idol in 2002. As of 2008, Gates had sold over 3.5 million records in the UK. He is also known for having a stutter, and has talked about his speech impediment publicly.
"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the prison film Unchained (1955), hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in 1965. According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.
This is a summary of 2002 in music in the United Kingdom.
The first series of British reality television show Pop Idol was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom during the winter months of 2001 and 2002. The show was a singing competition open to people aged between 16 and 26 years old, with the winner receiving a £1 million recording contract to release their debut album. Pop Idol received ratings of as high as 10 million viewers for shows before the live final. The footage of the programme's opening titles, as well as the live final of this series, was used in the first season of American Idol, which began over four months after the airing of the live final, in which Kelly Clarkson won the season.
Pop Idol was a British television talent show that ran for two series, in 2001 and 2003. The show was produced for ITV in a reality television format and aimed to unearth a previously undiscovered singer who could become an international success. Will Young was the winner of the first series and was awarded with a £1 million music recording contract. Young became the most successful contestant with a series of top-five hits, including his debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in 2002 and broke chart sales figure records. During the next seven years he recorded two further number-one singles, while two of his four albums were number-one in the UK Albums Chart. In the second series, Michelle McManus emerged victorious. Her debut single "All This Time" charted at number one in January 2003. Her second single, "The Meaning of Love", charted at a peak of number 16 and an album of the same name reached number three in the UK Albums Chart.
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