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Information about 2002 In Country Music

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 2Good Morning BeautifulSteve Holy5A
March 9Bring on the RainJo Dee Messina
(featuring Tim McGraw)		1
March 16The Cowboy in MeTim McGraw1
March 23The Long GoodbyeBrooks & Dunn1
March 30BlessedMartina McBride2B
April 13I Breathe In, I Breathe OutChris Cagle1C
April 20My ListToby Keith5
May 25Drive (For Daddy Gene)Alan Jackson4
June 22Living and Living WellGeorge Strait2
July 6I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)Brad Paisley2
July 20Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue
(The Angry American)		Toby Keith1
July 27The Good StuffKenny Chesney71
September 14UnbrokenTim McGraw1
September 21I Miss My FriendDarryl Worley1A
September 28Beautiful MessDiamond Rio22
October 5Ten Rounds with Jose CuervoTracy Byrd1B
Tracy's first #1 since "Holdin' Heaven" nine years previous.
October 19Somebody Like YouKeith Urban6
November 30These DaysRascal Flatts3A
December 21Who's Your Daddy?Toby Keith1
December 28She'll Leave You With a SmileGeorge Strait2
  • 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

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.

Other links

External links

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 20 Born to Fly Sara Evans 1
January 27 Without You Dixie Chicks 1
February 3 Tell Her Lonestar 2
February 17 There is No Arizona Jamie O'Neal 1 A
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March 10 – During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas" (referring to Maines' hometown of Lubbock and President Bush hailing from the same state).
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Up! was the first all-new studio album by Canadian singer Shania Twain in 5 years, released in November 2002 (see 2002 in music). The album was recorded in three different ways: country ("Green" disc), pop ("Red" disc) and international ("Blue" disc).
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The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists.
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Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis.
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February 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 672 - Death of Saint Chad, whose feast day this is.

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Released 2002
Format Digital Download, CD single
Genre Country
Length 3:31
Label Curb Records
Writer(s) Zack Lyle, Todd Cerney
Producer(s) Wilbur Rimes
Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1

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    • Steve Holy (born February 23, 1972 in Dallas, Texas) is an American country music artist. He is best known for his single "Good Morning Beautiful" which was featured in the 2001 film Angel Eyes.
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    Events

    • 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.

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    Jo-Dee Marie Messina (born August 25, 1970 in Holliston, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American Country Music Singer-songwriter, who came to fame in the mid-1990s. She is best-known for her kiss-off songs, like 1997's "Bye Bye", 1999's "Lesson in Leavin'", and 2005's "My Give-a-Damn's
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    Tim McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country music singer who has achieved many number one hits on the country singles and album charts, with total sales in excess of 40 million units.
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    March 16 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king

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    Tim McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country music singer who has achieved many number one hits on the country singles and album charts, with total sales in excess of 40 million units.
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    March 23 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 625 - Battle of Uhud takes place between Muslims and Pagans in Arabia

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    March 30 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 240 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.

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    Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is a prolific American Grammy nominated country music singer-songwriter.

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    Martina was born in Sharon, Kansas, where her parents, Daryl and Jeanne Schiff, owned a dairy farm.
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    April 13 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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    Events

    • 1055 - Victor II is consecrated pope.

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    Events

    • 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII.

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    Released 2002
    Recorded 2001
    Genre country music
    Label DreamWorks Records
    Writer(s) Toby Keith
    Rand Bishop
    Producer(s) Nelson Larkin
    Harold Shedd
    Peak chart positions
  • US Country - #1
  • US Hot 100 - #26

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    Events

    • 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo back from the Moors.

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    Released 2002
    Format CD single
    Recorded 2001
    Genre Country music
    Length 4:02
    Label Arista
    Writer(s) Alan Jackson
    Producer(s) Keith Stegall
    Peak chart positions
  • 1 (U.S. Country)
  • 28 (U.S.
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    • Alan Jackson (born 17 October 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country singer and songwriter. Influenced by the new traditional country of the 1980s, he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending both honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and
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    George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001).
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