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

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.

Top hits of the year

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
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
  • Fell to #2 on October 5.
October 5 Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo Tracy Byrd 1 B
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.

Other major hits

Peak Single Artist Notes
18 All over Me Blake Shelton
5 American Child Phil Vassar
25 Barbed Wire and Roses Pinmonkey
15 Before I Knew Better Brad Martin
  • Martin's only Top 40 country hit.
23 Cold One Comin' On Montgomery Gentry
12 Cry Faith Hill
23 Dare to Dream Jo Dee Messina
23 Does My Ring Burn Your Finger Lee Ann Womack
12 Every River Brooks & Dunn
12 Forgive Rebecca Lynn Howard
  • Howard's only Top 40 country hit.
17 Help Me Understand Trace Adkins
21 I Always Liked That Best Cyndi Thomson
18 I Cry Tammy Cochran
2 I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday) Steve Azar
7 I Don't Want You to Go Carolyn Dawn Johnson
5 I Keep Looking Sara Evans
4 I Should Be Sleeping Emerson Drive
7 I'm Gonna Getcha Good! Shania Twain
  • Debuted at #24, setting what was then a new record for the highest debut by a female on the country charts. Twain also held the previous record, which was set by the #29 debut of "Love Gets Me Every Time" in 1997.
4 I'm Movin' On Rascal Flatts
3 The Impossible Joe Nichols A
10 In Another World Joe Diffie
23 Jezebel Chely Wright
9 Just Let Me Be in Love Tracy Byrd
13 Just What I Do Trick Pony
  • The only single of Trick Pony's career not to feature Heidi Newfield on lead vocals, this song instead featured Keith Burns on lead.
2 Landslide Dixie Chicks
20 Life Happened Tammy Cochran
2 Long Time Gone Dixie Chicks
22 Mendocino County Line Willie Nelson with Lee Ann Womack
8 Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde Travis Tritt
5 My Heart Is Lost to You Brooks & Dunn
5 My Town Montgomery Gentry
3 Not a Day Goes By Lonestar
14 Ol' Red Blake Shelton
3 The One Gary Allan
24 One Day Closer to You Carolyn Dawn Johnson
5 Red Ragtop Tim McGraw
16 Saints & Angels Sara Evans
11 She Was Mark Chesnutt
7 Some Days You Gotta Dance Dixie Chicks
  • This song was previously recorded by The Ranch, a short-lived band fronted by Keith Urban. Urban also played guitar on the Dixie Chicks' version.
20 Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack
16 Squeeze Me In Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
13 Strong Enough to Be Your Man Travis Tritt
16 That's Just Jessie Kevin Denney
3 That's When I Love You Phil Vassar
18 Thicker Than Blood Garth Brooks
19 'Til Nothing Comes Between Us John Michael Montgomery
7 Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man Andy Griggs
2 What If She's an Angel Tommy Shane Steiner
  • Steiner's only Top 40 country hit.
8 When You Lie Next to Me Kellie Coffey
2 Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly Aaron Tippin
3 Where Would You Be Martina McBride
3 Work in Progress Alan Jackson
5 Wrapped up in You Garth Brooks
2 Young Kenny Chesney

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

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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