2002 in music
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[edit] Events
2002 was marked by significant trends in Rock Music. Two music genres were focused on in this year both gained major popularity. The continued trend of pop music leaning to R&B and hiphop, and Rock gradually changing its face from the underground. Rock which had for the past years been dominated by corporate nu-metal bands such as Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and pop-punk acts such as Blink-182, and Green Day, began sharing the scene with other genres such as emo which saw increase in interest in record sales which would pick up in the coming years, with bands such as Taking Back Sunday releasing the album Tell All Your Friends, and Brand New. Indie also saw a slight rise in sales, with increasing awareness in indie bands from the Omaha, Nebraska indie scene. It also was the rise of garage rock bands like The White Stripes,The Strokes, and The Vines. Nirvana also made a dramatic comeback with the song "You Know You're Right" quickly becoming a chart topper, briefly.
Rap continued to have mainstream success in the pop world, with Eminem's The Eminem Show becoming one of the fastest selling rap albums, alongside with Nelly for the year of 2002.
- April 23, 2002: Wilco's critically acclaimed fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, is released, debuting at #13.
- June 5 - U.S. soul and R&B singer R. Kelly, was charged with 21 counts of child pornography after a videotape allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl is broadcast on the Internet.
- June 15 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 10th Annual of the 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.
- July 16 - Simon & Garfunkel release the album Live In New York City, 1967, a recording of their live performance at Lincoln Center on 22 January 1967.
- 11–13 October - The fifth Terrastock festival is held in Boston.
- November to December - Die Trying records their self-titled debut album, which was released on June 10, 2003.
- November 29 - The 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, Billy Preston and others. The event benefitted the Material World Charitable Foundation
- November 30 - Popular UK girl group Girls Aloud are formed on reality TV show Popstars: The Rivals
- December 2 - Peter Garrett leaves Midnight Oil.
- Glastonbury Festival, June 28 to 30. Headline acts: Coldplay, Garbage, Stereophonics, Orbital, Roger Waters, Rod Stewart, Air
- Area 2 Festival, Headline acts: Moby, David Bowie, Busta Rhymes, Ash, Blue Man Group
- Takahiro Nishikawa leaves Dreams Come True on March 24 [1]
- 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.
- Beyoncé Knowles' solo career begins
[edit] Bands formed
- Arctic Monkeys
- D.I. (reunited, they broke up in 1995)
- From First To Last
- Velvet Revolver
[edit] Bands disbanded
- Bardot
- Coalesce
- Died Pretty
- Fear Factory (they reform in 2004)
- Fenix TX (reform in 2005)
- 59 Times The Pain
- Godflesh
- Gravity Kills
- Karma To Burn
- Life Without Buildings
- Megadeth (they reform in 2004)
- Midnight Oil
- The Promise Ring
- Red Snapper
- Run DMC
- Stabbing Westward
- Stone Temple Pilots
[edit] Albums released
[edit] Top hits
- "A Little Less Conversation" - JXL featuring Elvis Presley
- "A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
- "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
- "Atsuki Kodō no Hate" - B'z
- "Big Yellow Taxi" - Counting Crows
- "Blurry" - Puddle of Mudd
- "Brother Down" - Sam Roberts
- "By The Way" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Kylie Minogue, Minogue's first American Top 10 single in 14 years.
- "Can't Stop" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Chop Suey!" - System of a Down
- "Cleanin' Out My Closet" - Eminem
- "Come Into My World" - Kylie Minogue
- "Complicated" - Avril Lavigne
- "Confession of Love" - Revolution
- "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" - The White Stripes
- "Defy You" - The Offspring
- "Die Another Day" - Madonna
- "Dirrty" - Christina Aguilera featuring Redman
- "Disease" - matchbox twenty
- "Do You Realize??" - The Flaming Lips
- "Don't Let Me Get Me" - P!nk
- "Don't Stop" - The Rolling Stones
- "Dreaming Of You" - The Coral
- "Electrical Storm" - U2
- "Everyday" - Bon Jovi
- "Feel" - Robbie Williams
- "Fell in Love With a Girl"-The White Stripes
- "Flowers in the Window" - Travis
- "Game of Love" - Santana ft. Michelle Branch
- "Get Busy" - Sean Paul
- "Get Ready" - Shawn Desman
- "Get the Party Started" - Pink
- "Goodbye to You" - Michelle Branch
- "Grace" - Supergrass
- "Hella Good" - No Doubt
- "Hands Clean" - Alanis Morissette
- "Hero" - Chad Kroeger and Josey Scott
- "Hey Baby" - No Doubt
- "Hikari" - Hikaru Utada
- "The Hindu Times" - Oasis
- "Hot In Herre" - Nelly
- "How You Remind Me" - Nickelback
- "I'm Alive" - Céline Dion
- "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" - Shania Twain
- "In My Place" - Coldplay
- "In the End" - Linkin Park
- "independent" - Ayumi Hamasaki
- "Isle Of Dreams" (featuring Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara) - Spy Kids
- "Just like a Pill" - P!nk
- "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 to See You Cry" - Enrique Iglesias
- "Love Don't Let Me Go" - David Guetta
- "Lovely" - Bubba Sparxxx
- "The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World
- "My Sacrifice" - Creed
- "Nessaja" - Scooter (band)
- "Never Again" - Nickelback
- "Okina Furudokei" - Ken Hirai
- "One Last Breath" - Creed
- "Ordinary Day" - Vanessa Carlton
- "Precious Illusions" - Alanis Morissette
- "The Rising" - Bruce Springsteen
- "Rock Steady" - Remy Shand
- "SAKURA Drops" - Hikaru Utada
- "Santa Cruz" - The Thrills
- "The Scientist" - Coldplay
- "Serve the Ego" - Jewel #1 club hit, released as cd single only
- "Shake It Off" - Jarvis Church
- "She Loves Me Not" - Papa Roach
- "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
- "Steve McQueen" - Sheryl Crow
- "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" - Oasis
- "There Goes The Fear" - The Doves
- "This Is Me" - Bryan Adams
- "Through the Rain" - Mariah Carey
- "Tokyo" - Keisuke Kuwata
- "Voyage" - Ayumi Hamasaki
- "Wadatsumi no Ki" - Chitose Hajime
- "We're All Made of Stars" - Moby
- "Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira
- "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
See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA)
[edit] Top 5 Selling Albums of Billboard Year
- The Eminem Show - Eminem
- Weathered - Creed
- Nellyville - Nelly
- M!ssundaztood - P!nk
- Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
[edit] Top 10 selling albums of the year
- The Eminem Show - Eminem
- Nellyville - Nelly
- Let Go - Avril Lavigne
- A New Day Has Come - Celine Dion
- Ashanti - Ashanti
- Drive - Alan Jackson
- Home - Dixie Chicks
- M!ssundaztood - P!nk
- Up! - Shania Twain
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Soundtrack
[edit] Classical music
- Leonardo Balada - Passacaglia for Orchestra
- George Crumb - Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (A Little Midnight Music) for piano
- Philip Glass - Concerto for Harpsichord and Chamber Orchestra
- Patrick Hawes - Blue in Blue
- John Kinsella - Cello Concerto
- Theo Loevendie - Clarinet Concerto
- Peter Maxwell Davies - Naxos Quartet No. 1
- Curtis Schweitzer - Fanfare Americana
- Derek Bourgeous - Symphony No. 9
[edit] Opera
- Friedrich Cerha - Der Riese vom Steinfeld
- Steve Reich - Three Tales
- Mark-Anthony Turnage - The Silver Tassie
[edit] Musical theater
- Bombay Dreams London production
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang London production
- Hairspray Broadway production
- 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
[edit] Musical films
[edit] Deaths
- January 7 - Jon Lee (33), Feeder drummer, suicide.
- January 21 - Peggy Lee (81), Jazz performer, most famous for song Fever ("You give me fever...")
- February 1 - Hildegard Knef (76), actress, singer, writer
- February 13 - Waylon Jennings (64) - country musician
- February 24 - Leo Ornstein (107), 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 4 - Mark Vann (39), member of Leftover Salmon, melanoma
- 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
- March 27 - Stacy Barnes, American classical and jazz pianist.
- April 5 - Layne Staley (34), member of Alice in Chains
- April 25 - Lisa Lopes (30), member of TLC
- April 27 - Hillous Butrum (74), country musician
- May 7 - Xavier Montsalvatge, composer
- June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone (49), The Ramones
- June 15 - Big Mello (33), rapper
- June 27 - John Entwistle (57), bassist for 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 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 24 - Adolph Green (87), lyricist
- 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, 86
- December 9 - Mary Hansen (36), member of Stereolab
- December 22 - Joe Strummer (50), singer and guitarist of The Clash
[edit] 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
[edit] ARIA Music Awards
[edit] Grammy Awards
[edit] Eurovision Song Contest
[edit] Mercury Music Prize
- A Little Deeper - Ms. Dynamite wins.
[edit] Charts
[edit] KROQ
- KROQ Top 106.7 Countdown of 2002
