2002 in country music

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See also: 2001 in country music, 2002 in music, other events of 2002, 2003 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

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[edit] Events

  • November – Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up!. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
February 2 Good Morning Beautiful Steve Holy 5 A
March 9 Bring on the Rain Jo Dee Messina
(featuring Tim McGraw)		 1
March 16 The Cowboy in Me Tim McGraw 1
March 23 The Long Goodbye Brooks & Dunn 1
  • Song was co-written by Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, who later released his own version of it.
March 30 Blessed Martina McBride 2 B
April 13 I Breathe In, I Breathe Out Chris Cagle 1 C
April 20 My List Toby Keith 5
May 25 Drive (For Daddy Gene) Alan Jackson 4
June 22 Living and Living Well George Strait 2
July 6 I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) Brad Paisley 2
July 20 Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue
(The Angry American)		 Toby Keith 1
July 27 The Good Stuff Kenny Chesney 7 1
September 14 Unbroken Tim McGraw 1
September 21 I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley 1 A
September 28 Beautiful Mess Diamond Rio 2 2
October 5 Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo Tracy Byrd 1 B
Tracy's first #1 since "Holdin' Heaven" nine years previous.
October 19 Somebody Like You Keith Urban 6
November 30 These Days Rascal Flatts 3 A
December 21 Who's Your Daddy? Toby Keith 1
December 28 She'll Leave You With a Smile George Strait 2
  • 1 – No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • 2 – Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Other top albums

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

[edit] Academy of Country Music

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

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