# List of UK top-ten albums in 2002

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart during 2002, as well as albums which peaked in 2001 and 2003 but were in the top ten in 2002. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and twenty-six albums were in the top ten this year. Sixteen albums from 2001 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Come Away with Me by Norah Jones, Justified by Justin Timberlake, Let Go by Avril Lavigne and Missundaztood by Pink were all released in 2002 but did not reach their peak until 2003. All Rise by Blue, Read My Lips by Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Songs in A Minor by Alicia Keys were the albums from 2001 to reach their peak in 2002. Four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Avril Lavigne, Justin Timberlake, Pink, Shakira and Sugababes were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2002.
The 2001 Christmas number-one album, Swing When You're Winning by Robbie Williams, remained at the top spot for the first two weeks of 2002. The first new number-one album of the year was Just Enough Education to Perform by Stereophonics. Overall, twenty-seven different albums peaked at number-one in 2002, with Robbie Williams (2) having the most albums hit that position.

## Background
### Multiple entries

One-hundred and twenty-six albums charted in the top 10 in 2002, with one-hundred and nine albums reaching their peak this year (including The Platinum Collection and The Very Best of Sting & The Police, which both charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).
Four artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2002. Badly Drawn Boy, Blue, Robbie Williams and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Badly Drawn Boy's two entries were both released this year.

### Chart debuts

Forty-three artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2002 as a lead artist. Badly Drawn Boy had one more entry in his breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
| Artist | Number of top 10s | First entry | Chart position | Other entries |
| Jools Holland | 1 | Small World Big Band | 8 | — |
| Gordon Haskell | 1 | Harry's Bar | 2 | — |
| Sum 41 | 1 | All Killer No Filler | 7 | — |
| Aaliyah | 1 | Aaliyah | 5 | — |
| Ja Rule | 1 | Pain Is Love | 3 | — |
| Howard Shore | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | 10 | — |
| Enrique Iglesias | 1 | Escape | 1 | — |
| Pink | 1 | Missundaztood | 2 | — |
| The Hives | 1 | Your New Favourite Band | 7 | — |
| Nickelback | 1 | Silver Side Up | 1 | — |
| Brandy | 1 | Full Moon | 9 | — |
| Shakira | 1 | Laundry Service | 2 | — |
| Beverley Knight | 1 | Who I Am | 7 | — |
| Gomez | 1 | In Our Gun | 8 | — |
| Badly Drawn Boy | 2 | About a Boy | 6 | Have You Fed the Fish? (10) |
| Hank Marvin | 1 | Guitar Player | 10 | — |
| Doves | 1 | The Last Broadcast | 1 | — |
| Kosheen | 1 | Resist | 8 | — |
| Hundred Reasons | 1 | Ideas Above Our Station | 6 | — |
| Liberty X | 1 | Thinking It Over | 3 | — |
| Ian Van Dahl | 1 | Ace | 7 | — |
| Norah Jones | 1 | Come Away with Me | 1 | — |
| DJ Shadow | 1 | The Private Press | 8 | — |
| New Found Glory | 1 | Sticks and Stones | 10 | — |
| Nelly | 1 | Nellyville | 2 | — |
| The Vines | 1 | Highly Evolved | 3 | — |
| Idlewild | 1 | The Remote Part | 3 | — |
| Ashanti | 1 | Ashanti | 3 | — |
| The Coral | 1 | The Coral | 5 | — |
| Beth Orton | 1 | Daybreaker | 8 | — |
| Vanessa Carlton | 1 | Be Not Nobody | 2 | — |
| Röyksopp | 1 | Melody A.M. | 9 | — |
| Sugababes | 1 | Angels with Dirty Faces | 2 | — |
| Queens of the Stone Age | 1 | Songs for the Deaf | 4 | — |
| The Music | 1 | The Music | 4 | — |
| Ms. Dynamite | 1 | A Little Deeper | 10 | — |
| Avril Lavigne | 1 | Let Go | 1 | — |
| Will Young | 1 | From Now On | 1 | — |
| Holly Valance | 1 | Footprints | 9 | — |
| S Club Juniors | 1 | Together | 5 | — |
| Gareth Gates | 1 | What My Heart Wants to Say | 2 | — |
| Justin Timberlake | 1 | Justified | 1 | — |
| Darius | 1 | Dive In | 6 | — |

#### Notes

Darren Hayes scored two top 10 albums with the group Savage Garden prior to the launch of his solo career; debut release Spin peaked at number 2 in April 2002. Justin Timberlake's first post-NSYNC project Justified rose to number-one in February 2003; none of the group's three albums had reached the top 10.

### Soundtracks

Soundtrack albums for various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included About a Boy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

### Best-selling albums

Robbie Williams had the best-selling album of the year with Escapology. The album spent fourteen weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number one), sold over 1.2 million copies and was certified 5× platinum by the BPI. Missundaztood by Pink came in second place. Enrique Iglesias' Escape, A Rush of Blood to the Head from Coldplay and One Love by Blue made up the top five. Albums by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eminem, Westlife, Elvis Presley and Oasis were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.

## Top-ten albums
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Album peaked in 2001 but still in chart in 2002. |
| ♦ | Album released in 2002 but peaked in 2003. |
| (#) | Year-end top-ten album position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Album | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
| Albums in 2001 |||||||
| 27 January 2001 | 53 | No Angel ‡ | Dido | 1 | 10 February 2001 | 7 |
| 24 March 2001 | 8 | Whoa, Nelly! ‡ | Nelly Furtado | 2 | 15 September 2001 | 1 |
| 21 April 2001 | 22 | Just Enough Education to Perform ‡ | Stereophonics | 1 | 21 April 2001 | 5 |
| 15 September 2001 | 8 | A Funk Odyssey ‡ | Jamiroquai | 1 | 15 September 2001 | 2 |
| 15 September 2001 | 11 | Read My Lips | Sophie Ellis-Bextor | 2 | 29 June 2002 | 2 |
| 13 October 2001 | 20 | Fever ‡ | Kylie Minogue | 1 | 13 October 2001 | 2 |
| 27 October 2001 | 11 | Gold: Greatest Hits ‡ | Steps | 1 | 27 October 2001 | 3 |
| 10 November 2001 | 2 | Lickin' on Both Sides ‡ | Mis-Teeq | 3 | 10 November 2001 | 1 |
| 10 November 2001 | 8 | Songs in A Minor | Alicia Keys | 6 | 30 March 2002 | 1 |
| 17 November 2001 | 2 | Britney ‡ | Britney Spears | 4 | 17 November 2001 | 1 |
| 24 November 2001 | 11 | World of Our Own ‡ | Westlife | 1 | 24 November 2001 | 1 |
| 24 November 2001 | 9 | Dreams Can Come True, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 ‡ | Gabrielle | 2 | 15 December 2001 | 4 |
| 24 November 2001 | 6 | Their Greatest Hits: The Record ‡ | Bee Gees | 5 | 24 November 2001 | 1 |
| 1 December 2001 | 13 | Swing When You're Winning ‡ | Robbie Williams | 1 | 1 December 2001 | 7 |
| 8 December 2001 | 14 | All Rise | Blue | 1 | 4 May 2002 | 1 |
| 8 December 2001 | 8 | Sunshine ‡ | S Club 7 | 3 | 8 December 2001 | 4 |
| Albums in 2002 |||||||
| 5 January 2002 | 11 | Freak of Nature | Anastacia | 4 | 4 May 2002 | 2 |
| 12 January 2002 | 4 | Small World Big Band | Jools Holland | 8 | 12 January 2002 | 3 |
| 19 January 2002 | 3 | Harry's Bar | Gordon Haskell | 2 | 19 January 2002 | 1 |
| 26 January 2002 | 2 | All Killer No Filler | Sum 41 | 7 | 26 January 2002 | 1 |
| 2 February 2002 | 2 | Aaliyah | Aaliyah | 5 | 2 February 2002 | 1 |
| 2 February 2002 | 5 | Pain Is Love | Ja Rule | 3 | 16 February 2002 | 1 |
| 2 February 2002 | 1 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Howard Shore | 10 | 2 February 2002 | 1 |
| 9 February 2002 | 2 | Come with Us | The Chemical Brothers | 1 | 9 February 2002 | 1 |
| 9 February 2002 | 26 | Escape (#3) | Enrique Iglesias | 1 | 16 February 2002 | 2 |
| 9 February 2002 | 31 | Missundaztood ♦ (#2) | Pink | 2 | 18 January 2003 | 1 |
| 9 February 2002 | 2 | Your New Favourite Band | The Hives | 7 | 16 February 2002 | 1 |
| 16 February 2002 | 16 | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | 1 | 23 March 2002 | 2 |
| 16 February 2002 | 2 | A Fine Romance: The Love Songs of Frank Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 23 February 2002 | 1 |
| 16 February 2002 | 6 | Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection | Boyz II Men | 2 | 23 February 2002 | 1 |
| 2 March 2002 | 5 | The Very Best of Sting & The Police | Sting & The Police | 1 | 2 March 2002 | 2 |
| 9 March 2002 | 9 | The Essential Barbra Streisand | Barbra Streisand | 1 | 16 March 2002 | 1 |
| 9 March 2002 | 1 | Full Moon | Brandy | 9 | 9 March 2002 | 1 |
| 16 March 2002 | 2 | Under Rug Swept | Alanis Morissette | 2 | 16 March 2002 | 1 |
| 23 March 2002 | 11 | Laundry Service | Shakira | 2 | 24 August 2002 | 1 |
| 23 March 2002 | 1 | Who I Am | Beverley Knight | 7 | 23 March 2002 | 1 |
| 30 March 2002 | 8 | J to tha L–O! The Remixes | Jennifer Lopez | 4 | 30 March 2002 | 1 |
| 30 March 2002 | 1 | In Our Gun | Gomez | 8 | 30 March 2002 | 1 |
| 6 April 2002 | 6 | A New Day Has Come | Celine Dion | 1 | 6 April 2002 | 4 |
| 13 April 2002 | 5 | Spin | Darren Hayes | 2 | 13 April 2002 | 1 |
| 13 April 2002 | 1 | Release | Pet Shop Boys | 7 | 13 April 2002 | 1 |
| 20 April 2002 | 3 | C'mon, C'mon | Sheryl Crow | 2 | 20 April 2002 | 1 |
| 20 April 2002 | 5 | About a Boy | Badly Drawn Boy | 6 | 20 April 2002 | 1 |
| 20 April 2002 | 1 | Guitar Player | Hank Marvin | 10 | 20 April 2002 | 1 |
| 11 May 2002 | 3 | The Last Broadcast | Doves | 1 | 11 May 2002 | 2 |
| 11 May 2002 | 1 | Frantic | Bryan Ferry | 6 | 11 May 2002 | 1 |
| 18 May 2002 | 1 | The Sound of the Jam | The Jam | 3 | 18 May 2002 | 1 |
| 18 May 2002 | 3 | No More Drama | Mary J. Blige | 4 | 25 May 2002 | 1 |
| 18 May 2002 | 2 | Resist | Kosheen | 8 | 25 May 2002 | 1 |
| 25 May 2002 | 3 | 18 | Moby | 1 | 25 May 2002 | 1 |
| 25 May 2002 | 13 | The Platinum Collection | Queen | 2 | 25 May 2002 | 3 |
| 25 May 2002 | 1 | Down the Road | Van Morrison | 6 | 25 May 2002 | 1 |
| 1 June 2002 | 6 | Destination | Ronan Keating | 1 | 1 June 2002 | 1 |
| 1 June 2002 | 3 | Together | Lulu | 4 | 1 June 2002 | 1 |
| 1 June 2002 | 1 | Ideas Above Our Station | Hundred Reasons | 6 | 1 June 2002 | 1 |
| 8 June 2002 | 14 | The Eminem Show (#7) | Eminem | 1 | 8 June 2002 | 5 |
| 8 June 2002 | 3 | Thinking it Over | Liberty X | 3 | 8 June 2002 | 1 |
| 8 June 2002 | 2 | Ace | Ian Van Dahl | 7 | 8 June 2002 | 1 |
| 8 June 2002 | 29 | Come Away with Me ♦ | Norah Jones | 1 | 8 March 2003 | 4 |
| 15 June 2002 | 1 | The Private Press | DJ Shadow | 8 | 15 June 2002 | 1 |
| 22 June 2002 | 1 | Untouchables | Korn | 4 | 22 June 2002 | 1 |
| 22 June 2002 | 1 | Heathen | David Bowie | 5 | 22 June 2002 | 1 |
| 22 June 2002 | 2 | Big Squeeze: The Very Best of Squeeze | Squeeze | 8 | 22 June 2002 | 1 |
| 22 June 2002 | 1 | The Definitive Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers | 10 | 22 June 2002 | 1 |
| 29 June 2002 | 1 | Lovehatetragedy | Papa Roach | 4 | 29 June 2002 | 1 |
| 29 June 2002 | 1 | Sticks and Stones | New Found Glory | 10 | 29 June 2002 | 1 |
| 13 July 2002 | 14 | Heathen Chemistry (#10) | Oasis | 1 | 13 July 2002 | 1 |
| 13 July 2002 | 11 | Nellyville | Nelly | 2 | 13 July 2002 | 2 |
| 13 July 2002 | 1 | Charango | Morcheeba | 7 | 13 July 2002 | 1 |
| 13 July 2002 | 1 | Hullabaloo Soundtrack | Muse | 10 | 13 July 2002 | 1 |
| 20 July 2002 | 28 | By the Way (#6) | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 20 July 2002 | 5 |
| 20 July 2002 | 1 | Highly Evolved | The Vines | 3 | 20 July 2002 | 1 |
| 20 July 2002 | 1 | Hard Candy | Counting Crows | 9 | 20 July 2002 | 1 |
| 20 July 2002 | 1 | Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection | Jimi Hendrix | 10 | 20 July 2002 | 1 |
| 27 July 2002 | 2 | The Remote Part | Idlewild | 3 | 27 July 2002 | 1 |
| 27 July 2002 | 3 | Ashanti | Ashanti | 3 | 3 August 2002 | 1 |
| 27 July 2002 | 1 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | Bryan Adams | 8 | 27 July 2002 | 1 |
| 3 August 2002 | 1 | O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits | Aerosmith | 6 | 3 August 2002 | 1 |
| 10 August 2002 | 3 | The Rising | Bruce Springsteen | 1 | 10 August 2002 | 1 |
| 10 August 2002 | 3 | Reanimation | Linkin Park | 3 | 10 August 2002 | 2 |
| 10 August 2002 | 1 | The Coral | The Coral | 5 | 10 August 2002 | 1 |
| 10 August 2002 | 2 | Push the Beat for This Jam (The Singles '94–'02) | Scooter | 6 | 10 August 2002 | 1 |
| 10 August 2002 | 1 | Daybreaker | Beth Orton | 8 | 10 August 2002 | 1 |
| 17 August 2002 | 3 | Be Not Nobody | Vanessa Carlton | 7 | 17 August 2002 | 1 |
| 17 August 2002 | 1 | Evil Heat | Primal Scream | 9 | 17 August 2002 | 1 |
| 24 August 2002 | 2 | Melody A.M. | Röyksopp | 9 | 24 August 2002 | 1 |
| 31 August 2002 | 5 | Imagine | Eva Cassidy | 1 | 31 August 2002 | 1 |
| 31 August 2002 | 1 | Magic Hotel | Toploader | 3 | 31 August 2002 | 1 |
| 7 September 2002 | 31 | A Rush of Blood to the Head (#4) | Coldplay | 1 | 7 September 2002 | 3 |
| 7 September 2002 | 7 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Sugababes | 2 | 7 September 2002 | 1 |
| 7 September 2002 | 1 | Songs for the Deaf | Queens of the Stone Age | 4 | 7 September 2002 | 1 |
| 14 September 2002 | 1 | The Music | The Music | 4 | 14 September 2002 | 1 |
| 21 September 2002 | 5 | Feels So Good | Atomic Kitten | 1 | 21 September 2002 | 1 |
| 21 September 2002 | 1 | Intergalactic Sonic 7″s | Ash | 3 | 21 September 2002 | 1 |
| 28 September 2002 | 2 | Illumination | Paul Weller | 1 | 28 September 2002 | 1 |
| 28 September 2002 | 1 | A Little Deeper | Ms Dynamite | 10 | 28 September 2002 | 1 |
| 5 October 2002 | 9 | ELV1S: 30 No. 1 Hits (#9) | Elvis Presley | 1 | 5 October 2002 | 2 |
| 5 October 2002 | 1 | Bounce | Bon Jovi | 2 | 5 October 2002 | 1 |
| 5 October 2002 | 28 | Let Go ♦ | Avril Lavigne | 1 | 11 January 2003 | 3 |
| 12 October 2002 | 4 | Forty Licks | The Rolling Stones | 2 | 12 October 2002 | 3 |
| 12 October 2002 | 2 | The Ragpicker's Dream | Mark Knopfler | 7 | 12 October 2002 | 1 |
| 12 October 2002 | 1 | Life on Other Planets | Supergrass | 9 | 12 October 2002 | 1 |
| 19 October 2002 | 4 | From Now On | Will Young | 1 | 19 October 2002 | 2 |
| 26 October 2002 | 1 | The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac | Fleetwood Mac | 7 | 26 October 2002 | 1 |
| 26 October 2002 | 1 | Footprints | Holly Valance | 9 | 19 October 2002 | 1 |
| 2 November 2002 | 4 | One by One | Foo Fighters | 1 | 2 November 2002 | 1 |
| 2 November 2002 | 1 | Human Conditions | Richard Ashcroft | 3 | 2 November 2002 | 1 |
| 2 November 2002 | 1 | Together | S Club Juniors | 5 | 2 November 2002 | 1 |
| 2 November 2002 | 1 | Comfort in Sound | Feeder | 6 | 2 November 2002 | 1 |
| 9 November 2002 | 10 | A New Day at Midnight | David Gray | 1 | 9 November 2002 | 1 |
| 9 November 2002 | 4 | What My Heart Wants to Say | Gareth Gates | 2 | 9 November 2002 | 1 |
| 9 November 2002 | 3 | Nirvana | Nirvana | 3 | 9 November 2002 | 1 |
| 9 November 2002 | 2 | Forever Delayed - The Greatest Hits | Manic Street Preachers | 4 | 9 November 2002 | 1 |
| 16 November 2002 | 10 | One Love (#5) | Blue | 1 | 16 November 2002 | 1 |
| 16 November 2002 | 2 | The Best of 1990-2000 & B-Sides | U2 | 2 | 16 November 2002 | 1 |
| 16 November 2002 | 24 | Justified ♦ | Justin Timberlake | 1 | 1 February 2003 | 7 |
| 16 November 2002 | 2 | Sentimento | Andrea Bocelli with Lorin Maazel and the London Symphony Orchestra | 7 | 16 November 2002 | 1 |
| 16 November 2002 | 1 | Have You Fed the Fish? | Badly Drawn Boy | 10 | 16 November 2002 | 1 |
| 23 November 2002 | 9 | Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1 (#8) | Westlife | 1 | 23 November 2002 | 1 |
| 23 November 2002 | 11 | Greatest Hits 1970–2002 | Elton John | 3 | 23 November 2002 | 2 |
| 23 November 2002 | 1 | Slicker Than Your Average | Craig David | 4 | 23 November 2002 | 1 |
| 30 November 2002 | 14 | Escapology (#1) | Robbie Williams | 1 | 30 November 2002 | 7 |
| 30 November 2002 | 2 | Up! | Shania Twain | 4 | 30 November 2002 | 1 |
| 30 November 2002 | 2 | It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook | Rod Stewart | 8 | 30 November 2002 | 1 |
| 7 December 2002 | 1 | Encore | Lionel Richie | 8 | 7 December 2002 | 1 |
| 14 December 2002 | 1 | Dive In | Darius | 6 | 14 December 2002 | 1 |

## Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2002, including albums that reached their peak in 2001. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2002 is also shown.
| Entries | Artist | Weeks | Albums |
| 2 | Badly Drawn Boy | 6 | About a Boy, Have You Fed the Fish? |
| 2 | Blue | 17 | All Rise, One Love |
| 2 | Robbie Williams | 13 | Escapology, Swing When You're Winning |
| 2 | Westlife | 11 | Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Volume 1, World of Our Own |