This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2002.

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Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

Also in 2002

Bands formed

Bands disbanded

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Albums released

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Release date unknown

Popular songs

• "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" – Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé • "Addictive" – Truth Hurts feat. R.A.K.I.M. • "Aerials" – System of a Down • "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" – Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule and Caddillac Tah • "All I Have" – Jennifer Lopez featuring LL Cool J • "All My Life" – Foo Fighters • "All the Things She Said" – t.A.T.u. • "All You Wanted" – Michelle Branch • "Always On Time" – Ja Rule featuring Ashanti • "Are You In?" – Incubus • "Amber" – 311 • "Aserejé" – Monkey Circus • "Beautiful" – Christina Aguilera • "Blurry" – Puddle of Mudd • "Born to Try" – Delta Goodrem • "Boom" – P.O.D. • "Bop Bop Baby" – Westlife (UK) • "Boys" – Britney Spears • "Break Ya Neck" – Busta Rhymes • "Buried Myself Alive" – The Used • "By the Way" – Red Hot Chili Peppers • "Can't Believe" – Faith Evans, Carl Thomas, and Shyne • "Can't Get You Out of My Head" – Kylie Minogue • "Can't Stop" – Red Hot Chili Peppers • "Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!)" – Garbage • "Cleanin' Out My Closet" – Eminem • "Clocks" – Coldplay • "Come into My World" – Kylie Minogue • "Complicated" – Avril Lavigne • "Crawling in the Dark" – Hoobastank • "Days Go By" – Dirty Vegas • "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" – The White Stripes • "Defy You" – The Offspring • "Désenchantée" – Kate Ryan • "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 • "Downfall" – Trust Company • "Electrical Storm" – U2 • "Emily" – Bowling for Soup • "Epiphany" – Staind • "Escape" – Enrique Iglesias • "Everyday" – Bon Jovi • "Everything" – M2M • "Feel" – Robbie Williams • "Fell in Love with a Girl" – The White Stripes • "Flowers in the Window" – Travis • "Foolish" – Ashanti • "For You" – Staind • "Full Moon" – Brandy • "The Game of Love" – Santana ft. Michelle Branch • "Gangsta Lovin'" – Eve • "Get Over You" – Sophie Ellis-Bextor • "Get the Party Started" – Pink • "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" – Star Academy France • "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" – Bowling for Soup • "Girl Talk" – TLC • "Girlfriend" – 'N Sync featuring Nelly • "Goodbye to You" – Michelle Branch • "Good Times" – Styles P • "Grace" – Supergrass • "Handle This" – Sum 41 • "Hands Clean" – Alanis Morissette • "Head On Collision" – New Found Glory • "Headstrong" – Trapt • "Hearts on Fire" – HammerFall • "Hella Good" – No Doubt • "Help Me" – Nick Carter • "Here I Am" – Bryan Adams • "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 • "Hundred Million" – Treble Charger • "I Care 4 U" – Aaliyah • "I Feel So" – Box Car Racer • "I Need a Girl (Part Two)" – P. Diddy, Ginuwine, Loon and Mario Winans • "I Think I Love You" – Kaci Battaglia • "I'd Do Anything" – Simple Plan • "If I Could Go" – Angie Martinez featuring Sacario & Lil Mo • "I'm a Slave 4 U" – Britney Spears • "I'm Alive" – Céline Dion • "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" – Shania Twain • "I'm Just a Kid" – Simple Plan • "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" – Britney Spears • "In My Place" – Coldplay • "In the End" – Linkin Park • "In Your Eyes" – Kylie Minogue • "independent" – Ayumi Hamasaki • "It's Goin' Down" – The X-Ecutioners featuring Mike Shinoda and Mr. Hahn • "Jenny from the Block" – Jennifer Lopez featuring Jadakiss and Styles P • "Just like a Pill" – Pink • "Keep Fishin'" – Weezer • "The Ketchup Song (Asereje)" – Las Ketchup • "Les Mots" – Mylène Farmer and Seal • "Letters to You" – Finch • "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" – Good Charlotte • "Like I Love You" – Justin Timberlake • "Little By Little" – Oasis • "A Little Less Conversation" – Elvis Presley vs. JXL • "Lose Yourself" – Eminem • "Love at First Sight" – Kylie Minogue • "Love Don't Let Me Go" – David Guetta • "Marie" – Johnny Hallyday • "Miss You" – Aaliyah • "A Moment Like This" – Kelly Clarkson • "Motivation" – Sum 41 • "Move Bitch" – Ludacris featuring Mystikal and I-20 • "Murder on the Dancefloor" – Sophie Ellis Bextor • "My Friends Over You" – New Found Glory • "My Sacrifice" – Creed • "My Neck, My Back" – Khia • "Never Again" – Nickelback • "A New Day Has Come" – Celine Dion • "No One Knows" – Queens of the Stone Age • "Not Gonna Get Us" – t.A.T.u. • "One Last Breath" – Creed • "Overprotected" – Britney Spears • "Papa Don't Preach" – Kelly Osbourne • "Prayer" – Disturbed • "Precious Illusions" – Alanis Morissette • "Put the Needle on It" – Dannii Minogue • "Rapture" – iiO • "The Red" – Chevelle • "The Rising" – Bruce Springsteen • "Running Away" – Hoobastank • "Satisfaction" – Benny Benassi • "The Scientist" – Coldplay • "Seein' Red" – Unwritten Law • "She Hates Me" – Puddle of Mudd • "She Loves Me Not" – Papa Roach • "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 • "Southern Sun/Ready Steady Go" – Paul Oakenfold • "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 • "Swing Swing" – All American Rejects • "Take Me Away" – 4 Strings • "The Taste of Ink" – The Used • "There Is" – Box Car Racer • "A Thousand Miles" – Vanessa Carlton • "Through the Rain" – Mariah Carey • "The Tide Is High" – Atomic Kitten • "Too Bad" - Nickelback • "Toxicity" – System of a Down • "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 • "Voyage" – Ayumi Hamasaki • "We Are All Made of Stars" – Moby • "What About Us?" – Brandy • "What I Go To School For" – Busted • "Where's Your Head At?" – Basement Jaxx • "Wherever You Will Go" – The Calling • "Without Me" – Eminem • "Without You" – Silverchair • "Work It" – Missy Elliott • "World of Our Own" – Westlife (UK) • "You Know You're Right" – Nirvana • "Your Body Is A Wonderland" – John Mayer • "Youth of the Nation" – P.O.D. • "The Zephyr Song" – Red Hot Chili Peppers

Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US

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Awards

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Eurovision Song Contest

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