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| ⇦ 2001 | 2003 ⇨ |
The Best Music of 2002
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2002. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2002, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| Aaliyah | I Care 4 U | ☆ |
| Against Me! | Reinventing Axl Rose | ☆ |
| And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead | Source Tags & Codes | ☆ |
| Audioslave | Audioslave | ☆ |
| Avril Lavigne | Let Go | ☆ |
| Beck | Sea Change | ☆ |
| Boards of Canada | Geogaddi | ☆ |
| Bohren & Der Club Of Gore | Black Earth | ☆ |
| Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | ☆ |
| Christina Aguilera | Stripped | ☆ |
| Coldplay | A Rush Of Blood To The Head | ☆ |
| Counting Crows | Hard Candy | ☆ |
| Dave Matthews Band | Busted Stuff | ☆ |
| David Bowie | Heathen | ☆ |
| Dixie Chicks | Home | ☆ |
| Dream Theater | Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence | ☆ |
| Eminem | The Eminem Show | ☆ |
| Eminem & Various Artists | 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture | ☆ |
| Faith Hill | Cry | ☆ |
| Foo Fighters | One by One | ☆ |
| George Harrison | Brainwashed | ☆ |
| Interpol | Turn On The Bright Lights | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | American IV: The Man Comes Around | ☆ |
| Justin Timberlake | Justified | ☆ |
| Kenny Chesney | No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems | ☆ |
| Maná | Revolución de Amor | ☆ |
| Mariah Carey | Charmbracelet | ☆ |
| Maroon 5 | Songs About Jane | ☆ |
| Missy Elliott | Under Construction | ☆ |
| Moby | 18 | ☆ |
| My Chemical Romance | I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love | ☆ |
| N.E.R.D. | In Search of... | ☆ |
| Nas | God's Son | ☆ |
| Neko Case | Blacklisted | ☆ |
| Nelly | Nellyville | ☆ |
| Nightwish | Century Child | ☆ |
| Norah Jones | Come Away With Me | ☆ |
| Opeth | Deliverance | ☆ |
| Phantom Planet | The Guest | ☆ |
| Porcupine Tree | In Absentia | ☆ |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Songs For The Deaf | ☆ |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | By The Way | ☆ |
| Shania Twain | Up! | ☆ |
| Sheryl Crow | C'mon, C'mon | ☆ |
| Sigur Rós | () | ☆ |
| Spoon | Kill the Moonlight | ☆ |
| System of a Down | Steal This Album! | ☆ |
| The Chemical Brothers | Come With Us | ☆ |
| The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | ☆ |
| The Libertines | Up The Bracket | ☆ |
| The Roots | Phrenology | ☆ |
| The Vines | Highly Evolved | ☆ |
| Tori Amos | Scarlet's Walk | ☆ |
| Various Artists | Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture | ☆ |
| Various Artists | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | ☆ |
| Weezer | Maladroit | ☆ |
| ⇦ 2001 | 2003 ⇨ |