page_title: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 2002
section_title: Chart history
hierarchical_section_title: List of Hot Country Singles & Tracks number ones of 2002 / Chart history
caption_attribution_description: English: CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Country music star Darryl Worley performs on camp Thursday in front of more than 2,000 elated servicemembers during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army’s 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour. Worley is touring with country music singers Mark Wills, Keni Thomas, hip-hop artists The Washington Projects, comedian Al Franken, sports commentator Leeann Tweeden and members of the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader. Camp Arifjan was the first show for the tour which will travel to Iraq next. Lt Gen R. Steven Whitcomb, Third Army/U.S. Army Central commander welcomed the tour to Kuwait and stressed the importance of the work being done to support the war in Iraq.
context_page_description: Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2002, 21 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.
  Singer Alan Jackson's song "Where Were You" was at number one at the start of the year, having been at the top since the issue dated December 29, 2001, and remained at number one until the issue dated February 2, when it was replaced by "Good Morning Beautiful" by Steve Holy. This marked Holy's first appearance at the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Other acts who reached the number one position for the first time in 2002 included Darryl Worley with "I Miss My Friend", Chris Cagle with "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" and Rascal Flatts with "These Days".
caption: Darryl Worley achieved his first number one in 2002 with "I Miss My Friend".
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