List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2002

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.^[1]

Chart history

Key

Indicates best-selling album of 2002

Issue Date	Album	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
January 5	Weathered	Creed	[2]
January 12			[3]
January 19			[4]
January 26			[5]
February 2	Drive	Alan Jackson	[6]
February 9			[7]
February 16			[8]
February 23	J to tha L-O!: The Remixes	Jennifer Lopez	[9]
March 2	Drive	Alan Jackson	[10]
March 9	J to tha L-O!: The Remixes	Jennifer Lopez	[11]
March 16	Under Rug Swept	Alanis Morissette	[12]
March 23	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Soundtrack	[13]
March 30			[14]
April 6	Now 9	Various Artists	[15]
April 13	A New Day Has Come	Celine Dion	[16]
April 20	Ashanti	Ashanti	[17]
April 27			[18]
May 4			[19]
May 11	No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems	Kenny Chesney	[20]
May 18	Hood Rich	Big Tymers	[21]
May 25	Juslisen	Musiq Soulchild	[22]
June 1	We Invented the Remix	P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family	[23]
June 8	The Eminem Show	Eminem	[24]
June 15			[25]
June 22			[26]
June 29			[27]
July 6			[28]
July 13	Nellyville	Nelly	[29]
July 20			[30]
July 27			[31]
August 3	Busted Stuff	Dave Matthews Band	[32]
August 10	Unleashed	Toby Keith	[33]
August 17	The Rising	Bruce Springsteen	[34]
August 24			[35]
August 31	Nellyville	Nelly	[36]
September 7	The Eminem Show	Eminem	[37]
September 14	Home	Dixie Chicks	[38]
September 21			[39]
September 28			[40]
October 5	Believe	Disturbed	[41]
October 12	ELV1S: 30#1 Hits	Elvis Presley	[42]
October 19			[43]
October 26			[44]
November 2	Cry	Faith Hill	[45]
November 9	Shaman	Santana	[46]
November 16	8 Mile	Soundtrack	[47]
November 23			[48]
November 30	The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse	Jay-Z	[49]
December 7	Up!	Shania Twain	[50]
December 14			[51]
December 21			[52]
December 28			[53]

See also

• 2002 in music
• List of number-one albums (United States)

References