# List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2002

The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2002, there were 14 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Linkin Park's debut studio album Hybrid Theory, which remained at number one for the first two weeks of the year at the end of a six-week run which began on 8 December 2001. The final number-one album of the year was By the Way, the eighth studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, which spent the last six weeks of the year (and the first three weeks of 2003) at number one in its fourth spell of the year at the top of the chart.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2002 was By the Way, which spent a total of 19 weeks at number one over four spells, including an initial run of seven consecutive weeks and a run at the end of the year of nine weeks (including the first three of 2003). By the Way was the best-selling rock and metal album of the year, ranking sixth in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Nickelback's major label debut Silver Side Up spent 16 weeks at number one in 2002, and was the 12th best-selling album of the year in the UK. Queen's three-disc compilation box set The Platinum Collection spent three weeks at number one in 2002, while three more albums – Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory, P.O.D.'s Satellite and the self-titled compilation by Nirvana – were number one for two weeks each during the year.

## Chart history

Key :
| † | Indicates best-selling rock album of 2002 |
| Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label(s) |
| 5 January | Hybrid Theory | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 12 January | Hybrid Theory | Linkin Park | Warner Bros. |
| 19 January | Satellite | P.O.D. | Atlantic |
| 26 January | Satellite | P.O.D. | Atlantic |
| 2 February | B.R.M.C. | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Virgin |
| 9 February | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 16 February | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 23 February | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 2 March | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 9 March | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 16 March | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 23 March | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 30 March | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 6 April | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 13 April | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 20 April | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 27 April | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 4 May | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 11 May | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 18 May | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 25 May | Silver Side Up | Nickelback | Roadrunner |
| 1 June | Ideas Above Our Station | Hundred Reasons | Columbia |
| 8 June | The Platinum Collection | Queen | Parlophone |
| 15 June | The Platinum Collection | Queen | Parlophone |
| 22 June | Untouchables | Korn | Epic |
| 29 June | Lovehatetragedy | Papa Roach | DreamWorks |
| 6 July | The Platinum Collection | Queen | Parlophone |
| 13 July | Hullabaloo Soundtrack | Muse | Mushroom |
| 20 July | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 27 July | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 3 August | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 10 August | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 17 August | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 24 August | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 31 August | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 7 September | Songs for the Deaf | Queens of the Stone Age | Interscope |
| 14 September | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 21 September | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 28 September | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 5 October | Bounce | Bon Jovi | Mercury |
| 12 October | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 19 October | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 26 October | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 2 November | One by One | Foo Fighters | RCA |
| 9 November | Nirvana | Nirvana | Geffen |
| 16 November | Nirvana | Nirvana | Geffen |
| 23 November | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 30 November | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 7 December | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 14 December | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 21 December | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |
| 28 December | By the Way † | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Warner Bros. |