Events

• January 9 - Max Lilja leaves Apocalyptica.
• January 18 - Rayna Foss leaves Coal Chamber
• February 13 - Jennifer Lopez becomes the first singer to have a remix album J to tha L-O!: The Remixes debut at number one, selling over 156,000 copies.
• March 7 - Burton C. Bell leaves Fear Factory after falling out with Dino Cazares. Fear Factory soon disband.
• March 12 - Silverchair withdraw from the Gone South festival in Australia after Daniel Johns contracts reactive arthritis.
• March 24 - Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True.
• April 23 - Avril Lavigne released "Complicated", her first single ever.
• April 25 - Lisa Lopes is killed in a car crash
• June - Graham Coxon leaves Blur during Think Tank's recording sessions, after tensions with the others members mainly due to its alleged alcohol problems and its disagreement about the choice of Fatboy Slim as producer. Coxon only contributed in one song, Battery in your legs. He was later "replaced" on tour by Simon Tong, former guitarist of The Verve.
• June 4 - Avril Lavigne released her debut album, Let Go, which became one of the best selling albums of 2002.
• June 5 - U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly, is charged with 21 counts of having sexual intercourse with a minor after a videotape allegedly showing him engaged in sexual acts with an underage girl is broadcast on the internet.
• June 15 - The Los Angeles, California, USA radio station KROQ airs the 10th Annual Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Hoobastank, Jack Johnson, Jimmy Eat World, Moby, New Found Glory, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, The Strokes, System of a Down, Unwritten Law, The Vines, The Violent Femmes and Rob Zombie.
• June 19 - Hikaru Utada releases the album Deep River, which sold 2,350,170 copies in a week, debuting at number 1 on the weekly, monthly, and annual Oricon album chart. This would be her third time at number 1 on the year-end rankings of that particular chart, a record for any Japanese musical act or worldwide.
• June 30 - The Glastonbury Festival features headline acts Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, and Air.
• July 27 - Avril Lavigne debut single "Complicated" went to #1 for 8 weeks.
• September 4 - Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first winner of the television talent contest, American Idol.
• September 11 - Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured in a domestic accident, leading to the discovery of a brain tumor.
• October 2 - Christina Aguilera releases her controversial music video for "Dirrty", the lead single from her second album Stripped.
• October 13 - The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston, USA.
• October 24 - Mikey "Bug" Cox is fired from Coal Chamber after disputes with other members about his drug addiction.
• October 29 - Stripped, the highly anticipated second studio album from Christina Aguilera, is released and makes its debut at number two on the Billboard 200 album chart; selling over 330,000 copies in its first week.
• October 26 - Avril Lavigne gets her second number one hit "Sk8er Boi".
• October 30 - Jam Master Jay is shot dead at a studio in Queens. Run-DMC disbands
• November 29 - Concert For George is held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death, under the musical direction of friend Eric Clapton. Performers included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Clapton, Jeff Lynne, Ravi Shankar, and Billy Preston. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation.
• November 30 - British girl group Girls Aloud is formed on the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals.
• December 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
• The Area 2 Festival features headline acts Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, and Blue Man Group.
• U2 and Paul McCartney perform during the halftime show for Super Bowl XXXVI. U2's performance becomes a tribute to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attack.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 2002

Bands disbanded

• Alice in Chains (reform in 2005)
• 59 Times The Pain
• 98 Degrees
• a1
• As the Sun Sets
• Backstreet Boys (Reunited 2005, original band member Kevin Richardson leaves group in 2006)
• Bardot
• Big Wreck
• Bim Skala Bim
• Botch
• Cast
• Coalesce
• Deporitaz
• Devourment (reform in 2005)
• Died Pretty (reform in 2008)
• Tha Dogg Pound (reform in 2006)
• Fear Factory (reform within the year)
• Fenix TX (reform in 2005)
• Fugazi (indefinite hiatus)
• Godflesh
• Grade
• Gravity Kills
• Hole
• IMx
• Karma to Burn (reform in 2009)
• Life Without Buildings
• Long Beach Dub Allstars
• Lyte Funky Ones
• The Mayfield Four
• Matthew Good Band
• McBride & the Ride
• Megadeth (reform in 2004)
• Midnight Oil
• Mr. Big
• 'N Sync
• Nobody's Angel
• Pooka
• The Promise Ring
• Red Snapper
• Run-D.M.C.
• Salt-n-Pepa
• Sleepy Township
• Stabbing Westward
• Underground Lovers (reform in 2009)

Bands reformed

• D.I. (after 1995 hiatus)
• Fear Factory
• Little River Band original members reform as Birtles Shorrock Goble
• Phish (after 2000 hiatus)
• Suffocation

Albums released

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December

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• Love for the Streets - Caesars
• 40 Years - The Dubliners
• Live from the Gaiety - The Dubliners
• Two Rainy Nights - Joe Jackson (live)

Top hits

• "A Little Less Conversation" - JXL featuring Elvis Presley
• "A Moment Like This" - Kelly Clarkson
• "A New Day Has Come" - Celine Dion
• "A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
• "Are You In?" - Incubus
• "Addictive" - Truth Hurts feat. R.A.K.I.M.
• "Aerials" - System of a Down
• "All My Life" - Foo Fighters
• "All the Things She Said" - t.A.T.u.
• "All You Wanted" - Michelle Branch
• "The Anthem" - Good Charlotte
• "Any" - Mr. Children
• "Aserejé - Las Ketchup
• "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" - B'z
• "Beautiful- Snoop Dogg, Pharrell & Charlie Wilson
• "Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows
• "Blurry" - Puddle of Mudd
• "Born to Try" - Delta Goodrem
• "Boom" - P.O.D.
• "'03 Bonnie and Clyde" - Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé Knowles
• "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts
• "By the Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "C'est une belle journée" - Mylène Farmer
• "Can't Believe" - Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, and Shyne
• "Can't Get You out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue, Minogue's first American Top 10 single in 14 years since the Loco-Motion.
• "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
• "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem
• "Clocks" - Coldplay
• "Come into My World" - Kylie Minogue
• "Complicated " - Avril Lavigne
• "Cum-cum mania" - Félicien
• "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" - The White Stripes
• "Defy You" - The Offspring
• "Die Another Day" - Madonna
• "Dilemma" - Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
• "Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
• "Disease" - Matchbox Twenty
• "Do You Realize??" - The Flaming Lips
• "Don't Let Me Get Me" - Pink
• "Don't Stop" - The Rolling Stones
• "Don't You Want Me" - Alcazar
• "Dreaming Of You" - The Coral
• "Escape" - Enrique Iglesias
• "Electrical Storm" - U2
• "Everyday" - Bon Jovi
• "Feel" - Robbie Williams
• "Fell in Love with a Girl"-The White Stripes
• "Flowers in the Window" - Travis
• "Foolish" - Ashanti
• "Full Moon" - Brandy
• "The Game of Love" - Santana ft. Michelle Branch
• "Get Busy" - Sean Paul
• "Get Ready" - Shawn Desman
• "Get the Party Started" - Pink
• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! " - Star Academy France
• "Girl Talk" - TLC
• "Girlfriend" - 'N Sync
• "Girlfriend" - 'N Sync featuring Nelly
• "Goodbye to You" - Michelle Branch
• "Grace" - Supergrass
• "Hella Good" - No Doubt
• "Hands Clean" - Alanis Morissette
• "Here is Gone" - Goo Goo Dolls
• "Here to Stay" - KoЯn
• "Hero" - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
• "Hero" - Enrique Iglesias
• "Hey Baby" - No Doubt
• "Hikari" - Hikaru Utada
• "The Hindu Times" - Oasis
• "Hot in Herre" - Nelly
• "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
• "Hundred Million" - Treble Charger
• "I Care 4 U" - Aaliyah
• "I Need a Girl " - P. Diddy, Ginuwine, Loon and Mario Winans
• "I'm Alive" - Céline Dion
• "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain
• "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" - Britney Spears
• "If I Could Go" - Angie Martinez
• "In My Place" - Coldplay
• "In the End" - Linkin Park
• "independent" - Ayumi Hamasaki
• "In Your Eyes" - Kylie Minogue
• "Isle of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids
• "J'ai demandé à la lune" - Indochine
• "J'ai tout oublié EP" - Marc Lavoine and Cristina Marocco
• "Just like a Pill" - Pink
• "Keep Fishin'" - Weezer
• "Kimi ga Suki" - Mr. Children
• "Lazy" - X-Press 2 and David Byrne
• "Les Mots" - Mylene Farmer and Seal
• "Life Goes On" - Dragon Ash
• "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" - Good Charlotte
• "Like I Love You" - Justin Timberlake
• "Little By Little" - Oasis
• "Lose Yourself" - Eminem
• "Love at First Sight" - Kylie Minogue
• "Love to See You Cry" - Enrique Iglesias
• "Love Don't Let Me Go" - David Guetta
• "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx
• "Marie" - Johnny Hallyday
• "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
• "Miss You" - Aaliyah
• "My Sacrifice" - Creed
• "My Neck, My Back - Khia
• "Nessaja" - Scooter
• "Never Again" - Nickelback
• "Okina Furudokei" - Ken Hirai
• "One Last Breath" - Creed
• "Ordinary Day" - Vanessa Carlton
• "Overprotected" - Britney Spears
• "Precious Illusions" - Alanis Morissette
• "Put the Needle on It" - Dannii Minogue
• "Qui est l'exemple ?" - Rohff
• "The Red" - Chevelle
• "The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand
• "SAKURA Drops" - Hikaru Utada
• "Santa Cruz" - The Thrills
• "Satellite" - P.O.D.
• "The Scientist" - Coldplay
• "Screaming Infidelities" - Dashboard Confessional
• "Seein Red" - Unwritten Law
• "Serve the Ego" - Jewel #1 club hit, released as CD single only
• "Shake It Off" - Jarvis Church
• "She Loves Me Not" - Papa Roach
• "She Hates Me" - Puddle of Mudd
• "Silent Sigh" - Badly Drawn Boy
• "Sk8er Boi" - Avril Lavigne
• "Slow Burn" - David Bowie
• "Soak Up the Sun" - Sheryl Crow
• "Something to Talk About" - Badly Drawn Boy
• "Sound of the Underground" - Girls Aloud
• "Spin" - Lifehouse
• "Stach Stach" - Bratisla Boys
• "Stay Together for the Kids" - Blink-182
• "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow
• "Still Waiting" - Sum 41
• "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis
• "The Taste of Ink" - The Used
• "There Goes The Fear" - Doves
• "This Is Me" - Bryan Adams
• "Time After Time" - Distant Soundz
• "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
• "Tokyo" - Keisuke Kuwata
• "Tous ensemble" - Johnny Hallyday
• "Trackin'" - Billy Crawford
• "Tu trouveras" - Natasha St-Pier
• "Un Enfant de toi" - Phil Barney and Marlène Duval
• "Unbreakable" - Westlife
• "Underneath Your Clothes" - Shakira
• "Understanding in a Car Crash" - Thursday
• "Voyage" - Ayumi Hamasaki
• "Wadatsumi no Ki" - Chitose Hajime
• "We're All Made of Stars" - Moby
• "What About Us?" - Brandy
• "Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira
• "Where's Your Head At?" - Basement Jaxx
• "Wherever You Will Go" - The Calling
• "Without Me" - Eminem
• "You Know You're Right" - Nirvana
• "Youth of the Nation" - P.O.D.
• "The Zephyr Song" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US

1. The Eminem Show - Eminem
2. Nellyville - Nelly
3. Let Go - Avril Lavigne
4. Britney - Britney Spears
5. Laundry Service - Shakira
6. Silver Side Up - Nickelback
7. A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
8. 8701 - Usher
9. Home - Dixie Chicks
10. Missundaztood - Pink

Classical music

• Kalevi Aho - Flute Concerto
• Leonardo Balada - Passacaglia for Orchestra
• Derek Bourgeois - Symphony No. 9
• George Crumb - Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano
• Peter Maxwell Davies - Naxos Quartet No. 1
• Philip Glass - Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra
• Patrick Hawes - Blue in Blue
• Tolga Kashif - Queen Symphony
• Theo Loevendie - Clarinet Concerto

Opera

• Friedrich Cerha - Der Riese vom Steinfeld
• Steve Reich - Three Tales
• Michel van der Aa - One

Musical theater

• Bombay Dreams     London production
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang     London production
• Hairspray     Broadway production opened at the Neil Simon Theatre on August 15
• Movin' Out     Broadway production
• Sweet Smell of Success: The Musical     Broadway production opened on March 14 at the Martin Beck Theatre and ran for 109 performances and 18 previews.
• Taboo London production opened January 29
• Thoroughly Modern Millie     Broadway production

Musical films

• Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Richard Gere
• Divorce: The Musical
• Green Lights
• Return to Never Land animated feature
• Unconditional Love

Deaths

• January 7 - Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer
• January 2 - Zac Foley (33), bassist of EMF
• January 20 - Ivan Karabyts (57), Ukrainian conductor and composer
• January 21 - Peggy Lee (81), jazz singer and songwriter
• January 22
  • Peter Bardens, (56), keyboardist of Camel
  • Sheldon Allman, (77)
• February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
• February 10 - Dave Van Ronk (65)
• February 13 - Waylon Jennings (64), country musician
• February 14 - Günter Wand (90), conductor
• February 24 - Leo Ornstein (108), composer
• February 27 - Dudley Moore (66), English composer, pianist and actor
• March 1 - Doreen Waddell, singer who had worked with Soul II Soul and The KLF
• March 23 - Eileen Farrell (82), operatic soprano
• March 24 - Dorothy DeLay (84), Juilliard School violin teacher of Itzhak Perlman and Midori
• March 26 - Randy Castillo (51), drummer for Ozzy Osbourne & Mötley Crüe
• April 5 - Layne Staley (34), member of Alice in Chains
• April 13 - Alex Baroni (35), singer
• April 25 - Lisa Lopes (30), singer
• April 27 - Hillous Butrum (74), country musician
• May 3 - Evgeny Svetlanov (73), composer and conductor
• May 7 - Xavier Montsalvatge, composer
• May 9 - Leon Stein (91), composer, conductor and musicologist (born September 18, 1910)
• June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone (50), The Ramones
• June 6 - Robbin Crosby (42), guitarist (Ratt)
• June 13 - Ralph Shapey (81), American composer and conductor
• June 15 - Big Mello (33), rapper
• June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist of The Who
• June 29 - Rosemary Clooney (74), US singer and actress
• July 2 - Ray Brown (75), jazz bassist
• July 2 - Earle Brown (75), composer
• August 2 - Joe Allison (77), songwriter
• August 9 - Bertold Hummel (76), German composer
• August 14 - Dave Williams (30), vocalist of Drowning Pool
• August 31 - Lionel Hampton (94), vibraphone virtuoso
• September 20 - Joan Littlewood (87), impresario
• September 29 - Mickey Newbury (62), singer, songwriter
• October 3 - Darryl DeLoach (55), guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
• October 24 - Adolph Green (87), lyricist
• October 25 - Richard Harris (72), actor and singer
• October 30 - Jam-Master Jay (37), member of Run-D.M.C.
• November 3 - Lonnie Donegan (71), skiffle musician
• November 21 - Hadda Brooks (86), U.S. jazz singer, pianist and composer
• December 9 - Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab
• December 22 - Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash
• December 31 - Kevin MacMichael (51), Canadian guitarist of British band Cutting crew

Awards

• The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Isaac Hayes, Brenda Lee, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Gene Pitney, Ramones and the Talking Heads
• Inductees of the GMA Gospel Music Hall of Fame include Pat Boone, and Amy Grant

ARIA Music Awards

• ARIA Music Awards of 2002

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 2002

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Mercury Music Prize

• A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite wins.

Glenn Gould Prize

• Pierre Boulez (laureate), Jean-Guihen Queyras (protégé)

Charts

Triple J Hottest 100

• Triple J Hottest 100, 2002

See also

• 2002 in music
• Record labels established in 2002

References