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, 2000s in music and the List of years in Country Music
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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 | |
| March 9 | "Bring on the Rain" | Jo Dee Messina (with 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 | |
| April 13 | "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out" | Chris Cagle | 1 | |
| 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" | 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 | |
| September 28 | "Beautiful Mess" | Diamond Rio | 3 | 2 |
| October 5 | "Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo" | Tracy Byrd | 1 | |
| October 19 | "Somebody Like You" | Keith Urban | 6 | |
| November 30 | "These Days" | Rascal Flatts | 3 | |
| 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.
Other major hits
- "American Child" – Phil Vassar
- "Before I Knew Better" – Brad Martin
- "Every River" - Brooks & Dunn
- "Help Me Understand" – Trace Adkins
- "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)" – Steve Azar
- "I Don't Want You to Go" – Carolyn Dawn Johnson
- "I Keep Lookin'" – Sara Evans
- "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" – Shania Twain
- "I'm Movin' On" – Rascal Flatts
- "The Impossible" – Joe Nichols
- "In Another World" – Joe Diffie
- "Just Let Me Be in Love" – Tracy Byrd
- "Just What I Do" – Trick Pony
- "Landslide" – Dixie Chicks
- "Long Time Gone" – Dixie Chicks
- "Mendocino County Line" – Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
- "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde" – Travis Tritt
- "My Heart is Lost to You" – Brooks & Dunn
- "My Town" – Montgomery Gentry
- "Not a Day Goes By" – Lonestar
- "Ol' Red" – Blake Shelton
- "The One" – Gary Allan
- "Red Ragtop" – Tim McGraw
- "She Was" – Mark Chesnutt
- "Some Days You Gotta Dance" – Dixie Chicks
- "Squeeze Me In" – Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
- "That's Just Jessie" – Kevin Denney
- "That's When I Love You" – Phil Vassar
- "Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man" – Andy Griggs
- "What If She's an Angel" – Tommy Shane Steiner
- "When You Lie Next To Me" – Kellie Coffey
- "Where the Stars and Stripes and Eagle Fly" – Aaron Tippin
- "Where Would You Be" – Martina McBride
- "Wrapped Around" – Brad Paisley
- "Wrapped Up in You" – Garth Brooks
- "Work in Progress" – Alan Jackson
- "Young" – Kenny Chesney
Top new album releases
- Drive – Alan Jackson (Arista)
- Halos & Horns - Dolly Parton (Sugar Hill)
- Home – Dixie Chicks (Monument/Sony)
- Something Worth Leaving Behind – Lee Ann Womack (MCA Nashville)
Births
Deaths
- February 13 - Waylon Jennings, 64, singer and guitarist (diabetic complications)
- March 3 - Harlan Howard, 74, songwriter
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Bill Carlisle (1908–2003)
- Porter Wagoner (born 1927)
Major Awards
Grammy awards
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- Toby Keith
- Song Of The Year -- "I'm Movin' On" - Rascal Flatts - Phillip Brian White, David Vincent Williams
- Single Of The Year -- "The Good Stuff" - Kenny Chesney
- Album Of The Year -- Drive - Alan Jackson
- Top Male Vocalist -- Kenny Chesney
- Top Female Vocalist -- Martina McBride
- Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
- Top Vocal Group -- Rascal Flatts
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Joe Nichols
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Kellie Coffey
- Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Emerson Drive
- Video Of The Year -- "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" -- Alan Jackson (Director: Steven Goldmann)
- Vocal Event Of The Year -- "Mendocino County Line" -- Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack
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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