List of Top Country Albums number ones of 2002

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Rascal Flatts topped the chart for the first time with Melt. Rascal Flatts 2013.jpg
Rascal Flatts topped the chart for the first time with Melt .

Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard . In 2002, 11 different albums topped the chart, based on electronic point of sale data provided by SoundScan Inc. [1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 5, Scarecrow by Garth Brooks was at number one, its sixth week atop the chart. [2] Two weeks later it was displaced by the soundtrack album of the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? , which was one of two albums to spend 11 weeks at number one during the year, the most by a single record. The second album to occupy the peak position for 11 weeks was No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems by Kenny Chesney, which did so in two spells between May and July. Both albums also topped the all-genre Billboard 200 chart, as did most of the year's other country number ones, [3] [4] reflecting country music's high level of popularity and sales at the time; the genre's sales increased in 2002 even while overall music sales declined. [5] [6] The O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which had spent 24 weeks at number one on the country chart in 2001, returned to the top of that listing and finally topped the Billboard 200 after more than 60 weeks on the chart following it winning the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in March 2002. [7] [8] [9]

The only albums to reach number one on the Top Country Albums listing but not top the Billboard 200 were both by acts making their first appearance at number one on the country chart. In August, Darryl Worley spent a single week at number one with his first chart-topper, I Miss My Friend . [10] Three months later, the group Rascal Flatts reached the top spot for the first time with Melt , which also spent one week at number one. [11] The year's final number one was Up! by Shania Twain, which entered the chart at number one in the issue of Billboard dated December 7, [12] and remained atop the chart for the remainder of the year. Twain had achieved huge success over the preceding five years, particularly with the album Come On Over , which is recognized as the highest-selling album of all time by a female artist, as well as the biggest-selling country album. [13] [14] Up!, however, would prove to be her final album of new material before she went on a lengthy hiatus from the music industry due to medical and personal issues. [15]

Chart history

Darryl Worley achieved his first number one with I Miss My Friend. Darryl Worley Kuwait 2.jpg
Darryl Worley achieved his first number one with I Miss My Friend .
Kenny Chesney spent 11 weeks at number one with No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems. Kenny Chesney 20070830.jpg
Kenny Chesney spent 11 weeks at number one with No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems .
Unleashed was a number one for Toby Keith. Toby Keith in concert.jpg
Unleashed was a number one for Toby Keith.
Shania Twain ended the year at number one with Up!. It would be her last album before a lengthy hiatus from the music industry. ShaniaTwain3.jpg
Shania Twain ended the year at number one with Up! . It would be her last album before a lengthy hiatus from the music industry.
Issue dateTitleArtist(s)Ref.
January 5 Scarecrow Garth Brooks [2]
January 12 [16]
January 19 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack [17]
January 26 [18]
February 2 Drive Alan Jackson [19]
February 9 [20]
February 16 [21]
February 23 [22]
March 2 [23]
March 9 [24]
March 16 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack [25]
March 23 [26]
March 30 [27]
April 6 [28]
April 13 [29]
April 20 [30]
April 27 [31]
May 4 [32]
May 11 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney [33]
May 18 [34]
May 25 [35]
June 1 [36]
June 8 [37]
June 15 [38]
June 22 [39]
June 29 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack [40]
July 6 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney [41]
July 13 [42]
July 20 [43]
July 27 [44]
August 3 I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley [45]
August 10 Unleashed Toby Keith [46]
August 17 [47]
August 24 [48]
August 31 [49]
September 7 [50]
September 14 Home Dixie Chicks [51]
September 21 [52]
September 28 [53]
October 5 [54]
October 12 ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley [55]
October 19 [56]
October 26 [57]
November 2 Cry Faith Hill [58]
November 9 [59]
November 16 Melt Rascal Flatts [60]
November 23 Cry Faith Hill [61]
November 30 Home Dixie Chicks [62]
December 7 Up! Shania Twain [12]
December 14 [63]
December 21 [64]
December 28 [65]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Top Country Albums</span> Weekly country music rankings published by Billboard magazine in the United States

Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales along with digital sales and streaming. The chart was first published in the issue of Billboard dated January 11, 1964, under the title Hot Country Albums, when the number one album was Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash.

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