This is an alphabetical artist list of every song to make the top 40 during
any given week during this year and its peak highest position reached on the
national charts in USA
What are your favorite songs on this list?
My personal favorites are listed at the very bottom :
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Aaliyah I Care 4 U 2002 16
Aaliyah More Than A Woman 2002 25
Alan Jackson Drive (For Daddy Gene) 2002 28
Alan Jackson Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) 2002 28
Alan Jackson Work In Progress 2002 35
Alanis Morissette Hands Clean 2002 23
Alicia Keys A Woman's Worth 2002 07
Alicia Keys Fallin' 2002 09
Amerie Why Don't We Fall In Love 2002 23
Angie Martinez feat Lil' Mo & Sacario If I Could Go! 2002 15
Ashanti Baby 2002 15
Ashanti Foolish 2002 01
Ashanti Happy 2002 08
Avant Makin' Good Love 2002 27
Avril Lavigne Complicated 2002 02
Avril Lavigne Sk8er Boi (Skater Boy) 2002 10
B2K Gots Ta Be 2002 37
B2K Uh Huh 2002 37
Beenie Man feat Janet Feel It Boy 2002 28
Big Tymers, The Still Fly 2002 11
Brad Paisley I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) 2002 29
Brad Paisley Wrapped Around 2002 35
Brandy Full Moon 2002 18
Brandy What About Us? 2002 07
Brooks & Dunn My Heart Is Lost To You 2002 15
Brooks & Dunn The Long Goodbye 2002 39
Busta Rhymes Break Ya Neck 2002 26
Busta Rhymes feat P. Diddy & Pharrell Pass The Courvoisier, Pt 2 2002 11
Calling, The Wherever You Will Go 2002 05
Cam'ron feat Juetz Santana Hey Ma 2002 03
Cam'ron feat Juetz Santana Oh Boy 2002 14
Celine Dion A New Day Has Come 2002 22
Chad Kroeger feat Josey Scott Hero 2002 03
Chris Cagle I Breathe In, I Breathe Out 2002 35
City High with Eve Caramel 2002 18
Clipse Grindin' 2002 30
Clipse When The Last Time 2002 19
Craig David Seven Days 2002 10
Creed My Sacrifice 2002 04
Creed One Last Breath 2002 06
Daniel Bedingfield Gotta Get Thru This 2002 10
Darryl Worley I Miss My Friend 2002 28
Dave Matthews Band Where Are You Going 2002 39
Default Wasting My Time 2002 13
Destiny's Child Emotion 2002 10
Diamond Rio Beautiful Mess 2002 28
Diamond Rio Completely 2002 28
Dirty Vegas Days Go By 2002 14
Dixie Chicks Landslide 2002 13
Dixie Chicks Long Time Gone 2002 07
DJ Sammy & Yanou feat Do Heaven 2002 08
Emerson Drive I Should Be Sleeping 2002 35
Eminem Cleanin' Out My Closet 2002 04
Eminem Lose Yourself 2002 01
Eminem Without Me 2002 02
Enrique Iglesias Escape 2002 12
Enrique Iglesias Hero 2002 03
Enya Only Time 2002 10
Erick Sermon feat Redman React 2002 36
Eve with Alicia Keys Gangsta Lovin' 2002 02
Fabolous Young'n (Holla Back) 2002 33
Fabolous feat P. Diddy & Jagged Edge Trade It All 2002 20
Faith Evans I Love You 2002 14
Faith Hill Cry 2002 33
Fat Joe with Ashanti What's Luv? 2002 02
Fat Joe with R. Kelly We Thuggin' 2002 15
Five For Fighting Superman (It's Not Easy) 2002 14
Gary Allan The One 2002 37
George Strait Living and Living Well 2002 27
George Strait Run 2002 34
Ginuwine Stingy 2002 33
Ginuwine (Elgin Lumpkin) Differences 2002 04
Glenn Lewis Don't You Forget It 2002 30
Goo Goo Dolls Here Is Gone 2002 18
Irv Gotti presents The Inc. Down 4 U 2002 06
Ja Rule feat Charli "Chuck" Baltimore Down A** Chick 2002 25
Ja Rule with Ashanti Always On Time 2002 01
Ja Rule with Case Livin' It Up 2002 06
Jaheim with Next Anything 2002 28
Janet feat Missy Elliott, P Daddy & Carly Simon Son Of A Gun 2002 28
Jennifer Lopez feat Jadakiss & Styles Jenny From The Block 2002 03
Jennifer Lopez feat Nas I'm Gonna Be Alright 2002 10
Jennifer Lopez with Ja Rule Ain't It Funny 2002 01
Jennifer Lopez with Ja Rule I'm Real 2002 01
Jermaine Dupri & Ludacris Welcome to Atlanta 2002 25
Jewel Standing Still 2002 25
Jimmy Eat World The Middle 2002 05
Jo Dee Messina with Tim McGraw Bring On The Rain 2002 36
Joe Nichols Man With A Memory 2002 29
Joe Nichols The Impossible 2002 29
John Mayer No Such Thing 2002 13
Justin Timberlake Like I Love You 2002 11
Keith Urban Somebody Like You 2002 23
Keke Wyatt with Avant Nothing In This World 2002 27
Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This 2002 01
Kelly Rowland Stole 2002 27
Kenny Chesney The Good Stuff 2002 22
Kenny Chesney Young 2002 35
Kylie Minogue Can't Get You Out Of My Head 2002 07
Kylie Minogue Love At First Sight 2002 23
LeAnn Rimes Can't Fight The Moonlight 2002 11
Lenny Kravitz Dig In 2002 31
Lifehouse Hanging By a Moment 2002 20
Linkin Park In The End 2002 02
LL Cool J Luv U Better 2002 04
Lonestar Not A Day Goes By 2002 36
Ludacris Roll Out (My Business) 2002 17
Ludacris with Mystikal & Infamous 2.0 Move B***h 2002 10
Ludacris with Sleepy Brown Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!) 2002 22
Madonna Die Another Day 2002 08
Mario Just A Friend 2002 2002 04
Martina McBride Blessed 2002 31
Mary J. Blige Family Affair 2002 01
Mary J. Blige No More Drama 2002 15
Mary J. Blige with Ja Rule Rainy Dayz 2002 12
matchbox twenty Disease 2002 29
Michael Jackson Butterflies 2002 14
Michelle Branch All You Wanted 2002 06
Michelle Branch Goodbye To You 2002 21
Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot Work It 2002 02
Montgomery Gentry My Town 2002 40
Mr. Cheeks Lights, Camera, Action! 2002 14
Musiq Dontchange 2002 17
Musiq Halfcrazy 2002 20
Mystikal Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall) 2002 37
N.O.R.E. (aka Noreaga) Nothin' 2002 10
Nappy Roots feat Anthony Po' Folks 2002 21
Nelly #1 2002 22
Nelly Hot In Herre 2002 01
Nelly feat Kelly Rowland Dilemma 2002 01
Nelly Furtado Turn Off The Light 2002 05
Nickelback How You Remind Me 2002 01
No Doubt Hella Good 2002 13
No Doubt feat Bounty Killer Hey Baby 2002 05
No Doubt feat Lady Saw Underneath It All 2002 03
NSync Gone 2002 11
NSync with Nelly Girlfriend 2002 05
Outkast The Whole World 2002 19
P. Diddy & Ginuwine feat Loon & Friends I Need A Girl (Part Two) 2002 04
P. Diddy with Usher & Loon I Need A Girl (Part One) 2002 02
P.O.D. Youth Of The Nation 2002 28
Phil Vassar That's When I Love You 2002 37
Pink Don't Let Me Get Me 2002 08
Pink Get The Party Started 2002 04
Pink Just Like A Pill 2002 08
Puddle Of Mudd Blurry 2002 05
R. Kelly The World's Greatest 2002 34
Rascal Flatts These Days 2002 23
Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way 2002 34
Santana & Michelle Branch The Game Of Love 2002 05
Sara Evans Born To Fly 2002 35
Sara Evans I Keep Looking 2002 35
Sean Paul Gimme The Light 2002 07
Shakira Underneath Your Clothes 2002 09
Shakira Whenever, Wherever 2002 06
Shania Twain I'm Gonna Getcha Good! 2002 34
Sheryl Crow Soak Up The Sun 2002 17
Staind It's Been Awhile 2002 05
Steve Azar I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday) 2002 35
Steve Holy Good Morning Beautiful 2002 29
Styles Good Times 2002 22
The Calling Werever Will You Go 2002 05
Tim McGraw Red Rag Top 2002 40
Tim McGraw Set This Circus Down 2002 26
Tim McGraw The Cowboy in Me 2002 33
Tim McGraw Unbroken 2002 26
TLC Girl Talk 2002 28
Toby Keith Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue 2002 25
Toby Keith My List 2002 26
Toby Keith Who's Your Daddy? 2002 22
Tommy Shane Steiner What If She's An Angel 2002 39
Toya I Do!! 2002 16
Tracy Byrd Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo 2002 26
Train Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) 2002 05
Truth Hurts feat Rakim Addictive 2002 09
Tweet Call Me 2002 31
Tweet Opps (Oh My) 2002 07
Usher U Don't Have To Call 2002 03
Usher U Got It Bad 2002 01
Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles 2002 05
Vanessa Carlton Ordinary Day 2002 30
Wyclef Jean feat Claudette Ortiz Two Wrongs 2002 28
KYLIE MINOGUE - CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD (2002) hit #7
Can't Get You Out of My Head" is a song by Australian
recording artist and songwriter
Kylie Minogue, which was released from her eighth
studio album
Fever (2001). The song was released worldwide as the
lead single from the album, which was released on 8
September, 2001. The song was written and produced by
Cathy Dennis and
Rob Davis. "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is an uptempo
dance-pop song, containing elements of
nu-disco and a slow
house beat.
The song became Minogue's most successful
single to date in her music history, with many considering
it to be her
signature song; indeed, Minogue has often recognised it
as such. The song was a worldwide hit as it reached number
one in more than 40 countries. The song peaked at number one
in the United Kingdom, her native Australia, Germany,
France, Italy, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland and every
other European country except Finland, where it peaked at
number five. The song also peaked at number seven on the
U.S.
Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minogue's first top
ten hit there since "The
Locomotion", which reached number three in 1988.
The song received hugely positive reviews from
music critics, many considering it Minogue's best single
to date. Minogue has been credited with spearheading the
modern fusion of pop and dance music, with "Can't Get You
Out of My Head" being an obvious example. The song was
awarded for multiple awards and honors. The song also
released a
music video, which featured Minogue in a futuristic
city, dancing to the dancers in a yellow car. To 2009, the
song has sold over five million copies (four million in 2001)
Kylie Ann Minogue,
OBE born 28 May 1968) — often
known simply asKylie — is an Australian singer,
recording artist, songwriter,
showgirl, and actress.
After beginning her career as a child actress on
Australian television, she achieved recognition through her
role in the television soap opera
Neighbours, before commencing her career as a
recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion",
spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles
chart and became the highest-selling single of the decade.
This led to a contract with songwriters and
producers
Stock, Aitken & Waterman.
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS - ESCAPE (2002) hit #12
Escape" is a
pop song written by
Kara DioGuardi,
Enrique Iglesias, Steve Morales and David Siegel for
Iglesias' 2001 album
Escape. The song is the album's
opening track, and was released as its second single in
2002 (see
2002 in music). The song reached number three in the
UK and number twelve in the
U.S. charts. There is a
Spanish version of the song, also sung by Iglesias,
titled "Escapar".
Enrique Iglesias (born Enrique Miguel Iglesias
Preysler; May 8, 1975) is a
Spanish singer, songwriter and occasional actor, popular
in both the Latin market and the
Hispanic American market in the United States. He is the
son of the famous Spanish singer
Julio Iglesias. Within five years of beginning his
musical career in the 1990s, he became the biggest seller of
Spanish-language albums of that decade. He made his
crossover into the mainstream English language market before
the turn of the millennium, signing a multi-album deal with
Universal Music Group for an unprecedented US$50,000,000
with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums
and
Interscope to release English albums. In 2010, he parted
with Interscope and signed with another Universal Music
Group label,
Universal Republic.
Iglesias has sold over 100 million records worldwide,
making him one of the best selling Spanish language artists
of all time. He has had five
Billboard Hot 100 top five singles, including two
number-ones, and holds the record for producing 22
number-one Spanish-language singles on the Billboard's
Hot Latin Tracks. He has also had ten number-one songs
on Billboard's Dance charts, more than any other
single male artist. Altogether, Iglesias has amassed 68
number-one songs on the various Billboard charts
KYLIE MINOGUE - LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT (2002) hit #23
"Love at First Sight" was released in the UK on 10 June
2002, debuting at #2, and spending a total of twelve weeks
in the Top 75, and was also certified
Silver for shipments of at least 200,000 copies and sold
183,810 copies. It also became Minogue's third consecutive
release to top the UK radio airplay charts. The song
received 3,116 plays in one week, breaking the record that
she held previously with "Can't
Get You Out of My Head."
Outside of the UK, the song was also very successful. It
reached the Top 10 in
Spain,
Israel,
Hong Kong,
Poland,
Canada,
Hungary &
Ireland as well as in many other countries while in
Minogue's home country of
Australia, the song debuted at #3 on the singles chart.
Due to favorable reception, "Love at First Sight" was
released in the
United States with a different arrangement mixed by duo
Ruff & Jam. Minogue had previously found success on the
Billboard Hot 100 with "The
Loco-Motion" in 1988 (#3) and "Can't Get You Out of My
Head" in 2001 (#7). "Love at First Sight" became her second
consecutive release to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard
charts, reaching #23. It also performed very well on the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it became
Minogue's second song to reach #1 there. The music video for
"Love at First Sight" was shot in
Dublin,
Ireland on 12 May 2002.
AVRIL LAVIGNE - SKATER BOY (SK8ER BOI) (2002) hit #10
Sk8er Boi"
("skater boy") is a song by
Avril Lavigne, and is the second
single from her debut album,
Let Go (2002). It was written by Avril Lavigne and
The Matrix (Scott Spock,
Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix.
Released in 2002, the single reached number ten on the United States
Billboard Hot 100 (becoming Lavigne's second top ten single
there), number eight in the United Kingdom, number three in Australia,
number thirteen in Canada and number one in Spain, becoming one of her
most successful songs to date.
Avril Ramona Lavigne (born 27 September 1984) is a Canadian
singer-songwriter. She was born in
Belleville,
Ontario, but spent most of her youth in the small town
of
Napanee. By the age of 15, she had appeared on stage
with
Shania Twain; by 16, she had signed a two-album
recording contract with
Arista Records worth more than $2 million. In 2002, when
she was 17 years old, Lavigne broke onto the music scene
with her debut album
Let Go.
Let Go made Lavigne the youngest
female soloist to reach No. 1 in the UK, and the album was
certified
four-times platinum by the
Recording Industry Association of America. By 2009, over
16 million copies had been sold worldwide. Her breakthrough
single, "Complicated",
peaked at No. 1 in many countries around the world, as did
the album Let Go. Her second album,
Under My Skin, was released in 2004 and was her
first album to peak at No. 1 on the U.S.
Billboard 200, eventually selling more than 10 million
copies worldwide.
The Best Damn Thing, Lavigne’s third album, was
released in 2007, becoming her third No. 1 album in the
UK Albums Chart and featuring her first U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 single, "Girlfriend".
Lavigne has scored six number-one singles worldwide,
including "Complicated", "Sk8er
Boi", "I'm
with You", "My
Happy Ending", "Nobody's
Home", and "Girlfriend". With more than 30 million
copies of her albums sold worldwide, Lavigne is one of the
top-selling artists releasing albums in the U.S., with over
10.25 million copies certified by the RIAA.
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND - WHERE ARE YOU GOING (2002) hit #38
The band is known for their annual
summer-long tours of the US and Europe, featuring lengthy
improvisational renditions of their songs, accompanied by an elaborate
video and lighting show. This portion of the tour has become a stamp of
DMB and has grown with the band since
Fenton Williams began in the early 1990s.
KEITH URBAN - SOMEBODY LIKE YOU (2002) hit #23 (#1 country)
Somebody Like You" is the title of a song recorded by
Australian
country music singer
Keith Urban, co-written by him and
John Shanks. It is the first
single release from his 2002 studio album
Golden Road, as well as his fifth American single
release. The song spent six weeks at Number One on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts and #23 on the
Billboard Hot 100. In December 2009, Billboard
also named it the Number One country song of the first
decade of the 21st century.
"Somebody Like You" is in
common time in the key of
E major. The verses use a chord pattern of E-A-E-B-A-E,
with a pattern of E-A-E-A-C♯m-F♯m7
on the chorus, and the lead vocal ranges from E4 to G♯5.
"Somebody Like You" reached the number one position on
the
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now
Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week of October
19, 2002, holding that position for six weeks and spending
forty-one weeks on that chart. It also reached number 23 on
the all-genre
Billboard Hot 100 charts. In December 2009,
Billboard ranked "Somebody Like You" as the number
one country song for the first decade of the 21st century
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a
New Zealand-Australian
country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose
commercial success has been mainly in the
United States and
Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his
career in Australia at an early age. In 1991, he released a
self-titled debut album, and charted four singles in
Australia before moving to the United States in 1992.
Eventually, Urban found work as a session guitarist before
starting a band known as
The Ranch, which recorded one studio album on
Capitol Records and charted two singles on the
Billboard country charts.
LEANN RIMES - CAN'T FIGHT THE MOONLIGHT (2002) hit #11
Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a
pop song written by
Diane Warren, recorded by
country pop singer
LeAnn Rimes and featured on the soundtrack of the film
Coyote Ugly. It is also featured in the film and is
also credited as the
theme of the film. Released as a
single on August 22, 2000 by Rimes, the song had huge
success, reaching number one in eight countries, including
the
United Kingdom and
Australia, where it was the best-selling single of 2001.
It reached #1 in the
United Kingdom in November 2000. It also reached #1 in
Australia and went on to become the highest selling single
in Australia of 2001. It went triple platinum in Australia
selling over 210,000 copies. In Ireland, it reached number
one and is currently the 18th best selling single in the
history of the Irish Charts. In the U.S., it enjoyed two
chart runs on the Billboard Hot 100. On its original chart
run in 1999/2000, "Can't Fight the Moonlight" stalled at
number 71. It regained renewed interest in late 2001 and
2002, and rose up the charts to number eleven. In the U.S.,
the single is certified gold by the
RIAA (which signifies sales of 500,000+ copies). The
song spent forty-two weeks on the charts and sold 668,000
copies.
The single has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. It
sold over 530,000 copies in the United Kingdom as stated by
Britain's
Official Charts Company. The song was the 12th best
seller of 2000 in the UK and the 55th of the 2000 decade
SANTANA featuring MICHELLE BRANCH - THE GAME OF LOVE (2002) hit #5
Tina Turner originally recorded the track for Santana,
however this version remained unreleased until October 16,
2007, where it featured on
Ultimate Santana, with the Branch version also
appearing on the effort.
The music video depicts Santana and Branch in an alley
with couples around them, each expressing their love for one
another. The director was Paul Fedor.
SHANIA TWAIN - I'M GONNA GETCHA GOOD (2002) hit #34
I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" is a song by Canadian singer
Shania Twain. It was the first single released from her
2002 album
Up!. The song was written by
Mutt Lange and Shania Twain. "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
was originally released to American radio on September 23,
2002. Shania chose "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" as the first
single for Up! since she felt it was relatable to
past Shania singles, and she didn't want something too
unfamiliar. The song has become one of her biggest hits
worldwide, charting in different countries that she has
never had hits in before. At the
2003 Juno Awards "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" was named
Country Recording of the Year]
Later, the
Jonas Brothers covered the song for the soundtrack for
their film
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.
"I'm
Gonna Getcha Good!" debuted on the Billboard Hot
Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of October 19, 2002
at number 24, setting what was then a record for the
highest-ever debut by a female artist on the country charts
(it would later be surpassed by
Gretchen Wilson's "All
Jacked Up" and later
Carrie Underwood's "So
Small"). The single spent 20 weeks on the chart and
climbed to a peak position of number seven on December 7,
2002, where it remained for one week. "I'm Gonna Getcha
Good!" became Twain's 13th top ten single and 17th top 20
single. The song reached number 31 on the Billboard
Hot 100 Airplay chart. At
adult contemporary radio, "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!"
debuted at number 27 the week of November 16, 2002, the
highest debut of the week. The single spent 26 weeks on the
chart and climbed to a peak position of number ten on
December 21, 2002
"I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" became Twain's third biggest
single in the UK, only behind "That
Don't Impress Me Much" and "Man!
I Feel Like a Woman!". It also became her fifth
consecutive, sixth overall, top ten single. It debuted on
November 16, 2002, at its peak at number four. It remained
on the entire chart for 15 weeks. In Canada the commercial
single peaked at number one for one week. It became her
second number one single on Canada Singles Charts (after "God
Bless the Child").
JENNIFER LOPEZ - JENNY FROM THE BLOCK (2002) hit #3
Jenny from
the Block" is a song by American singer
Jennifer Lopez, featuring American rappers
Styles
P and
Jadakiss. Written by Lopez,
Troy Oliver,
Mr.
Deyo, Samuel Barnes, and Jean-Claude Olivier and produced by
Cory Rooney, Oliver, and
Poke & Tone, it was released to radio in late September 2002 as the
lead single from Lopez's third studio album,
This Is Me... Then (2002). In its lyrics, she insists that
success has not spoiled her yet and that she remains the same girl she
has always been. It received mixed reviews from music critics, some of
whom noticed that it was silly whereas others felt it was infectious.
The song reached number one in Canada and entered the top ten on the
majority of all other charts it appeared on. Since the song's release,
Lopez has become known as "Jenny from The Block" as a
nickname in the media
On the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100, "Jenny from the Block" debuted at number
67 the week of October 12, 2002. Six weeks later, it had already reached
the top ten, finally peaking at number three the week of December 7,
2002. It remained there for four consecutive weeks, stuck behind
Eminem's
"Lose
Yourself" and
Missy Elliott's "Work
It". Jenny From the Block also ranked #33 on VH1's list of the most
awesomely bad songs of all-time. It was also listed as #93 on the list
of the 100 Worst Songs Ever by Matthew Wilkening of
AOL
Radio, commenting that Lopez is "just your average girl, willing to
risk a national TV gig over the size of her 'dressing-room compound
Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), often known by her
monikerJ.Lo, is an American actress, businesswoman, dancer
and recording artist. Born and raised in
The
Bronx, New York, she enrolled in singing and dancing classes. She
started her career as a
Fly Girl on the television program
In Living Color and as a back-up dancer for
Janet Jackson. Lopez gained recognition in the action-thriller
Money Train (1995). Her first leading role was in the
biographical film
Selena (1997), which was her breakthrough role, earning her an
ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress and
Golden Globe nomination.
VANESSA CARLTON - A THOUSAND MILES (2002) hit #5
A Thousand Miles", originally titled "Interlude", is
a
pop song written by American singer
Vanessa Carlton and recorded for her 2002 debut album
Be Not Nobody. It was co-produced and co-arranged by
Carlton and
Ron Fair, and was released as the album's first
single in 2002. Her signature song, it became Carlton's
breakthrough hit and one of the most popular songs of the
year. It remains Carlton's biggest hit in the US to date,
and her only single to reach the top ten of the
Billboard Hot 100.
In the U.S. "A Thousand
Miles" was released as a
CD single on February 12 and debuted on the
Billboard Hot 100 later that month; it peaked at number
five for three weeks in May and remained on the chart for 41
weeks. The album Be Not Nobody was released on April
30 and, partly because of the popularity of "A Thousand
Miles", debuted in the U.S. top five with first-week sales
of over 101,000 copies. The single was successful on several
other Billboard formats and topped the for four weeks
in June, becoming the biggest hit of the year on that chart.
It was 2002's sixth most-played single on U.S. radio
(ranking sixth on the Hot 100 2002 year-end chart)
"A Thousand Miles" won in the "Can't Get You out of My
Head" category at the
VH1
"Big in 2002" Awards,
and it was nominated for three
Grammy Awards: "Record
of the Year", "Song
of the Year" and "Best
Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)". The song became popular amongst U.S.
troops serving in
Iraq, and in April 2003 the
Chicago Sun-Times reported that it had become the
most requested song on the radio station
British Forces Broadcasting Service Middle East. Carlton
responded, "Perhaps, 'A Thousand Miles' conveys the feelings
and longing and desperation that the U.S. soldiers feel for
their loved ones. I don't know. But whatever peace I am able
to bring to the hearts of the people at war is a
contribution that I am proud of"
By May 2003 the website Musicnotes had sold a record 10,000
pieces of digital
sheet music for "A Thousand Miles", and it won the
website's "Song of the Year" award.
The song's production team was nominated for a 2003
Technical Excellence & Creativity Award in the category of
"Outstanding Creative Achievement in Record Production —
Single or Track".
LINKIN PARK - IN THE END (2002) hit #2
In the End" is a song by American
rock band
Linkin Park. The song was released as the fourth single
from their debut album
Hybrid Theory.
"In the End" is one of Linkin
Park's most popular and successful songs, reaching the top
ten multiple times and reaching as high as #2 on the
Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number one on the
Z100 Top 100 songs of 2002 countdown. This song also
ranked at #121 in
Blender magazine's The 500 Greatest Songs Since You
Were Born]
The song is Billboard's second most played rock song of the
decade. It was also remixed on
Reanimation as "Enth E Nd".
"In the End" is Linkin Park's highest charting single in the
US, debuting at #78 and peaking at number 2 on the Hot 100
in March 2002 and being kept off the top spot by "Ain't
It Funny" by
Jennifer Lopez and
Ja Rule. It left the Hot 100 after 38 weeks. It reached
number 1 on the
Alternative Songs chart for five weeks, starting in
December 2001, becoming their first hit on this chart. It
has spent 44 Weeks there, becoming their longest running on
that chart. It also reached number one on the
Pop Songs chart. "In the End" was the 7th best
performing single on the
Billboard Hot 100 during 2002, and was the 2nd best
performing rock song and alternative song of the decade on
the Alternative Songs chart and the Rock Songs chart.
"In
the End" reached the top five on the Canadian
BDS Airplay chart and remained in the top five for
another month. "In the End" debuted higher on the Canadian
Singles Chart than it did in the U.S. and topped the chart
three weeks later for two weeks, from October 13, 2005. It
peaked higher in Canada than "Papercut".
The song was released in
Australia,
Europe and
New Zealand on December 22, 2001. "One
Step Closer", "Papercut"
and "Crawling"
reached the UK top twenty, while "In the End" reached the
top ten. "In the End" continued the trend of higher-charting
singles when it debuted and peaked at number eight.
JIMMY EAT WORLD - THE MIDDLE (2002) hit #5
The Middle" is a song by the American alternative
rock band
Jimmy Eat World. It was released in November 2001 as the
second single of their fourth album
Bleed American. It was a top five
Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2002. The song was a
breakthrough hit for Jimmy Eat World (who had self-financed
the recording of the Bleed American album after
having been dropped by
Capitol Records in 1999). The track is featured in the
music video game
Rock Band 2, as well as
Guitar Hero: World Tour.
When "The Middle" was released, the success of the album and
the band was dependent on the single breaking through. By
the end of 2001, the song had reached the top of the
Billboard modern rock track charts. The song was starting to
cross over to
Top 40 radio resulting in it reaching a peak of #5 on
the Billboard Hot 100. The song also charted in the UK
reaching a peak of #26 in 2002. The band toured extensively
behind the album, touring with
Weezer,
Tenacious D,
Green Day,
Blink-182, and the
Vans Warped Tour as well as the band's own headlining
tour. "The Middle" was the most commercially successful
single released from Bleed American.
Pitchfork Media named the track #165 on its list of the
top 500 tracks of the 2000s. Reviewer Mark Richardson wrote
of the track: "And if your band delivers that message of
hope with the kind of power-pop chorus hook that gives the
best couple of Weezer songs a run for their money, you've
accomplished something
Jimmy Eat World is an American
alternative rock band from
Mesa,
Arizona, that formed in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist
and guitarist Jim Adkins, guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton,
bassist Rick Burch and drummer Zach Lind.
MARY J BLIGE - NO MORE DRAMA (2002) hit #15
No More Drama" is a song by
Mary J. Blige, taken from her fifth studio album
No More Drama. It was released as the album's second
single worldwide (third single in some European markets).
The
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced track became another
hit for Blige, peaking at number 15 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 in the UK.
The song
famously samples "Nadia's
Theme", currently used as the theme music for the
soap opera
The Young and the Restless. In the song, Blige calls
herself "young and restless" in a further nod to the music
sample. The video for the song won Blige her first
MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.
Blige started her musical career in 1992,
releasing her debut album,
What's the 411? on MCA Records and Uptown. With her
tenth album,
My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) (2011),
she had ten consecutive albums debut in the top 10 on the
Billboard 200. Blige's work has defined the course of
R&B/Hip-Hop music.
My Life, in particular, is considered among the
greatest albums ever recorded according to
Rolling Stone (279/500),
Time, and
Vibe. For her part in combining hip hop and soul in
the early 1990s and its subsequent commercial success, Blige
received the
World Music Awards "Legends Award". In 2007 the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
awarded her its "Voice of Music" Award. ASCAP official
Jeanie Weems stated that "[Blige's] music has been the voice
of inspiration to women worldwide in both struggle and
triumph." That same year,
Time included her in its "Time 100" list, a
collection of the year's 100 most influential individuals
around the world. In a documentary by BET television, Mary
J. Blige said that when she hears music, she sees colors. In
other words she has Synesthesia.
PUDDLE OF MUDD - BLURRY (2002) hit #5
Blurry" is the title of a song by American
alternative group
Puddle of Mudd. It was released in October 2001 as the
second single from the album
Come Clean.
The song is the band's best known
song, reaching the number-one spot on the Billboard
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and
Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts for ten and nine weeks,
respectively. This soon propelled the single to mainstream
success, reaching the number 5 spot on the
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and
Billboard Hot 100. The song is also the band's
highest selling U.S. single ever, with sales of 753,000
copies, as of 2010. Additionally, the song's writers, Wes
Scantlin,
Doug Ardito, and
Jimmy Allen won
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers) Song of the Year and Pop Song of the Year for
this tune. "Blurry" also won 2 billboard awards in 2002, for
"modern rock track of the year" and "rock track of the
year". It also received the
Kerrang! Award for Best Single. "Blurry" reached #8 in
the
UK Singles Chart on its release there in June 2002,
becoming the band's highest charting single in the
United Kingdom.
Puddle Of Mudd is an American
rock band from
Kansas City, Missouri. To date the band has sold over 7 million
albums, and have had a string of #1
mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label
debut
Come Clean has sold over 5 million copies. They have released 2
independent and 4 major albums, with their latest being
Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate in December 2009, and
their latest compilation album being "re:(disc)overed",
released in August 2011.