List of UK top-ten albums in 2002

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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2002, as well as albums which peaked in 2001 and 2003 but were in the top ten in 2002. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Contents

One-hundred and twenty-six albums were in the top ten this year. Sixteen albums from 2001 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Come Away with Me by Norah Jones, Justified by Justin Timberlake, Let Go by Avril Lavigne and Missundaztood by Pink were all released in 2002 but did not reach their peak until 2003. All Rise by Blue, Read My Lips by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys were the albums from 2001 to reach their peak in 2002. Four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Avril Lavigne, Justin Timberlake, Pink, Shakira and Sugababes were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2002.

The 2001 Christmas number-one album, Swing When You're Winning by Robbie Williams, remained at the top spot for the first two weeks of 2002. The first new number-one album of the year was Just Enough Education to Perform by Stereophonics. Overall, twenty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 2002, with Robbie Williams (2) having the most albums hit that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and twenty-six albums charted in the top 10 in 2002, with one-hundred and nine albums reaching their peak this year (including The Platinum Collection and The Very Best of Sting & The Police , which both charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).

Four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Badly Drawn Boy, Blue, Robbie Williams and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Badly Drawn Boy's two entries were both released this year.

Chart debuts

Forty-three artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2002 as a lead artist. Badly Drawn Boy had one more entry in his breakthrough year.

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 album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Jools Holland 1Small World Big Band8
Gordon Haskell 1Harry's Bar2
Sum 41 1 All Killer No Filler 7
Aaliyah 1 Aaliyah 5
Ja Rule 1 Pain Is Love 3
Howard Shore 1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
10
Enrique Iglesias 1 Escape 1
Pink 1 Missundaztood [A] 2
The Hives 1 Your New Favourite Band 7
Nickelback 1 Silver Side Up 1
Brandy 1 Full Moon 9
Shakira 1 Laundry Service 2
Beverley Knight 1 Who I Am 7
Gomez 1 In Our Gun 8
Badly Drawn Boy 2 About a Boy 6 Have You Fed the Fish? (10)
Hank Marvin 1Guitar Player10
Doves 1 The Last Broadcast 1
Kosheen 1 Resist 8
Hundred Reasons 1 Ideas Above Our Station 6
Liberty X 1 Thinking It Over 3
Ian Van Dahl 1 Ace 7
Norah Jones 1 Come Away with Me [B] 1
DJ Shadow 1 The Private Press 8
New Found Glory 1 Sticks and Stones 10
Nelly 1 Nellyville 2
The Vines 1 Highly Evolved 3
Idlewild 1 The Remote Part 3
Ashanti 1 Ashanti 3
The Coral 1 The Coral 5
Beth Orton 1 Daybreaker 8
Vanessa Carlton 1 Be Not Nobody 2
Röyksopp 1 Melody A.M. 9
Sugababes 1 Angels with Dirty Faces 2
Queens of the Stone Age 1 Songs for the Deaf 4
The Music 1 The Music 4
Ms. Dynamite 1 A Little Deeper 10
Avril Lavigne 1 Let Go [C] 1
Will Young 1 From Now On 1
Holly Valance 1 Footprints 9
S Club Juniors 1 Together 5
Gareth Gates 1 What My Heart Wants to Say 2
Justin Timberlake 1 Justified [D] 1
Darius 1 Dive In 6
Notes

Darren Hayes scored two top 10 albums with the group Savage Garden prior to the launch of his solo career; debut release Spin peaked at number 2 in April 2002. Justin Timberlake's first post-NSYNC project Justified rose to number-one in February 2003; none of the group's three albums had reached the top 10.

Soundtracks

Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included About a Boy , The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron .

Best-selling albums

Robbie Williams had the best-selling album of the year with Escapology . The album spent fourteen weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number one), sold over 1.2 million copies and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Missundaztood by Pink came in second place. Enrique Iglesias' Escape , A Rush of Blood to the Head from Coldplay and One Love by Blue made up the top five. Albums by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem, Westlife, Elvis Presley and Oasis were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

Top-ten albums

Key
SymbolMeaning
Album peaked in 2001 but still in chart in 2002.
Album released in 2002 but peaked in 2003.
(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rank
EnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
AlbumArtistPeakPeak
reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Albums in 2001
27 January 200153 No Angel Dido 110 February 20017
24 March 20018 Whoa, Nelly! Nelly Furtado 215 September 20011
21 April 200122 Just Enough Education to Perform Stereophonics 121 April 20015
15 September 20018 A Funk Odyssey Jamiroquai 115 September 20012
11 Read My Lips Sophie Ellis-Bextor 229 June 20022
13 October 200120 Fever Kylie Minogue 113 October 20012
27 October 200111 Gold: Greatest Hits Steps 127 October 20013
10 November 20012 Lickin' on Both Sides Mis-Teeq 310 November 20011
8 Songs in A Minor Alicia Keys 630 March 20021
17 November 20012 Britney Britney Spears 417 November 20011
24 November 200111 World of Our Own Westlife 124 November 20011
9 Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Gabrielle 215 December 20014
6 Their Greatest Hits: The Record Bee Gees 524 November 20011
1 December 200113 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 11 December 20017
8 December 200114 All Rise Blue 14 May 20021
8 Sunshine S Club 7 38 December 20014
Albums in 2002
5 January 200211 Freak of Nature Anastacia 44 May 20022
12 January 20024Small World Big Band Jools Holland 812 January 20023
19 January 20023Harry's Bar Gordon Haskell 219 January 20021
26 January 20022 All Killer No Filler Sum 41 726 January 20021
2 February 20022 Aaliyah Aaliyah 52 February 20021
5 Pain Is Love Ja Rule 316 February 20021
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Howard Shore 102 February 20021
9 February 20022 Come with Us The Chemical Brothers 19 February 20021
26 Escape (#3) Enrique Iglesias 116 February 20022
31 Missundaztood (#2) Pink 218 January 20031
2 Your New Favourite Band The Hives 716 February 20021
16 February 200216 Silver Side Up Nickelback 123 March 20022
2A Fine Romance: The Love Songs of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra 623 February 20021
6 Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection Boyz II Men 223 February 20021
2 March 20025 The Very Best of Sting & The Police Sting & The Police 12 March 20022
9 March 20029 The Essential Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand 116 March 20021
1 Full Moon Brandy 99 March 20021
16 March 20022 Under Rug Swept Alanis Morissette 216 March 20021
23 March 200211 Laundry Service Shakira 224 August 20021
1 Who I Am Beverly Knight 723 March 20021
30 March 20028 J to tha L–O! The Remixes Jennifer Lopez 430 March 20021
1 In Our Gun Gomez 830 March 20021
6 April 20026 A New Day Has Come Celine Dion 16 April 20024
13 April 20025 Spin Darren Hayes 213 April 20021
1 Release Pet Shop Boys 713 April 20021
20 April 20023 C'mon, C'mon Sheryl Crow 220 April 20021
5 About a Boy Badly Drawn Boy 620 April 20021
1Guitar Player Hank Marvin 1020 April 20021
11 May 20023 The Last Broadcast Doves 111 May 20022
1 Frantic Bryan Ferry 611 May 20021
18 May 20021 The Sound of the Jam The Jam 318 May 20021
3 No More Drama Mary J. Blige 425 May 20021
2 Resist Kosheen 825 May 20021
25 May 20023 18 Moby 125 May 20021
13 The Platinum Collection Queen 225 May 20023
1 Down the Road Van Morrison 625 May 20021
1 June 20026 Destination Ronan Keating 11 June 20021
3 Together Lulu 41 June 20021
1 Ideas Above Our Station Hundred Reasons 61 June 20021
8 June 200214 The Eminem Show (#7) Eminem 18 June 20025
3 Thinking it Over Liberty X 38 June 20021
2 Ace Ian Van Dahl 78 June 20021
29 Come Away with Me Norah Jones 18 March 20034
15 June 20021 The Private Press DJ Shadow 815 June 20021
22 June 20021 Untouchables Korn 422 June 20021
1 Heathen David Bowie 522 June 20021
2Big Squeeze: The Very Best of Squeeze Squeeze 822 June 20021
1The Definitive Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers 1022 June 20021
29 June 20021 Lovehatetragedy Papa Roach 429 June 20021
1 Sticks and Stones New Found Glory 1029 June 20021
13 July 200214 Heathen Chemistry (#10) Oasis 113 July 20021
11 Nellyville Nelly 213 July 20022
1 Charango Morcheeba 713 July 20021
1 Hullabaloo Soundtrack Muse 1013 July 20021
20 July 200228 By the Way (#6) Red Hot Chili Peppers 120 July 20025
1 Highly Evolved The Vines 320 July 20021
1 Hard Candy Counting Crows 920 July 20021
1 Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection Jimi Hendrix 1020 July 20021
27 July 20022 The Remote Part Idlewild 327 July 20021
3 Ashanti Ashanti 33 August 20021
1 Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Bryan Adams 827 July 20021
3 August 20021 O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits Aerosmith 63 August 20021
10 August 20023 The Rising Bruce Springsteen 110 August 20021
3 Reanimation Linkin Park 310 August 20022
1 The Coral The Coral 510 August 20021
2 Push the Beat for This Jam (The Singles '94–'02) Scooter 610 August 20021
1 Daybreaker Beth Orton 810 August 20021
17 August 20023 Be Not Nobody Vanessa Carlton 717 August 20021
1 Evil Heat Primal Scream 917 August 20021
24 August 20022 Melody A.M. Röyksopp 924 August 20021
31 August 20025 Imagine Eva Cassidy 131 August 20021
1 Magic Hotel Toploader 331 August 20021
7 September 200231 A Rush of Blood to the Head (#4) Coldplay 17 September 20023
7 Angels with Dirty Faces Sugababes 27 September 20021
1 Songs for the Deaf Queens of the Stone Age 47 September 20021
14 September 20021 The Music The Music 414 September 20021
21 September 20025 Feels So Good Atomic Kitten 121 September 20021
1 Intergalactic Sonic 7″s Ash 321 September 20021
28 September 20022 Illumination Paul Weller 128 September 20021
1 A Little Deeper Ms Dynamite 1028 September 20021
5 October 20029 ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits (#9) Elvis Presley 15 October 20022
1 Bounce Bon Jovi 25 October 20021
28 Let Go Avril Lavigne 111 January 20033
12 October 20024 Forty Licks The Rolling Stones 212 October 20023
2 The Ragpicker's Dream Mark Knopfler 712 October 20021
1 Life on Other Planets Supergrass 912 October 20021
19 October 20024 From Now On Will Young 119 October 20022
26 October 20021 The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 726 October 20021
1 Footprints Holly Valance 919 October 20021
2 November 20024 One by One Foo Fighters 12 November 20021
1 Human Conditions Richard Ashcroft 32 November 20021
1 Together S Club Juniors 52 November 20021
1 Comfort in Sound Feeder 62 November 20021
9 November 200210 A New Day at Midnight David Gray 19 November 20021
4 What My Heart Wants to Say Gareth Gates 29 November 20021
3 Nirvana Nirvana 39 November 20021
2 Forever Delayed - The Greatest Hits Manic Street Preachers 49 November 20021
16 November 200210 One Love (#5) Blue 116 November 20021
2 The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides U2 216 November 20021
24 Justified Justin Timberlake 11 February 20037
2 Sentimento Andrea Bocelli with Lorin Maazel
and the London Symphony Orchestra
716 November 20021
1 Have You Fed the Fish? Badly Drawn Boy 1016 November 20021
23 November 20029 Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (#8) Westlife 123 November 20021
11 Greatest Hits 1970–2002 Elton John 323 November 20022
1 Slicker Than Your Average Craig David 423 November 20021
30 November 200214 Escapology (#1) Robbie Williams 130 November 20027
2 Up! Shania Twain 430 November 20021
2 It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook Rod Stewart 830 November 20021
7 December 20021 Encore Lionel Richie 87 December 20021
14 December 20021 Dive In Darius 614 December 20021

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2002, including albums that reached their peak in 2001. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2002 is also shown.

EntriesArtistWeeksAlbums
2 Badly Drawn Boy 6 About a Boy , Have You Fed the Fish?
Blue 17 All Rise , One Love
Robbie Williams 13 Escapology , Swing When You're Winning
Westlife 11 Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 , World of Our Own

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