Best-Selling Music of 2002

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2002 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Celebrity culture was reshaping the charts, with autobiographies and TV tie-ins competing hard with literary fiction. Amazon UK's growing reach meant a single word-of-mouth recommendation could propel a title to the top overnight.

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#1 — Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

4.2 · 97

#2 — A Rush Of Blood To The Head

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

4.4 · 332

#3 — Come Away With Me

Come Away With Me

4.5 · 312

#4 — A New Day At Midnight

A New Day At Midnight

4.1 · 65

#5 — By the Way

By the Way

4.5 · 253

#6 — Fever

Fever

4.5 · 135

#7 — Swing When You're Winning

Swing When You're Winning

4.3 · 311

#8 — Just Enough Education To Perform

Just Enough Education To Perform

3.7 · 85

#9 — Now That's What I Call Music! 53

Now That's What I Call Music! 53

4.4 · 36

#10 — Is This It?

Is This It?

4.3 · 227

#11 — Heathen Chemistry

Heathen Chemistry

4.3 · 138

#12 — Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

4.8 · 485

#13 — Your New Favourite Band

Your New Favourite Band

4.4 · 57

#14 — The Best Of 1990-2000 (2CD)

The Best Of 1990-2000 (2CD)

4.5 · 51

#15 — One Love

One Love

4.8 · 34

#16 — No Angel

No Angel

4.5 · 257

#17 — M!ssundaztood

M!ssundaztood

4.6 · 110

#18 — Forty Licks

Forty Licks

4.6 · 183

#19 — 18

18

4.3 · 75

#20 — Let Go

Let Go

4.5 · 197

#21 — Love Is Here

Love Is Here

4.4 · 70

#22 — Jools Holland And Friends - Small World Big Band

Jools Holland And Friends - Small World Big Band

4.3 · 128

#23 — More Friends: Small World Big Band Volume 2

More Friends: Small World Big Band Volume 2

4.4 · 50

#24 — Silver Side Up

Silver Side Up

4.4 · 133

#25 — The Last Broadcast

The Last Broadcast

4.5 · 72

#26 — Simple Things

Simple Things

4.6 · 166

#29 — While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

4.5 · 88

#30 — Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits

4.6 · 108

#31 — Melody A.M.

Melody A.M.

4.6 · 82

#32 — From Now On

From Now On

4.8 · 78

#33 — Nirvana

Nirvana

4.5 · 141

#34 — The Invisible Band

The Invisible Band

3.9 · 99

#35 — Angels With Dirty Faces

Angels With Dirty Faces

4.5 · 57

#36 — Songs in a Minor

Songs in a Minor

4.5 · 61

#37 — The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

4.8 · 661

#38 — The Coral

The Coral

4.4 · 62

#39 — Read My Lips

Read My Lips

4.3 · 70

#40 — About A Boy

About A Boy

4.3 · 42

#41 — THE RISING

THE RISING

4.6 · 92

#42 — All Rise

All Rise

4.6 · 48

#43 — Have You Fed The Fish?

Have You Fed The Fish?

4.6 · 30

#44 — The Eminem Show

The Eminem Show

4.6 · 179

#45 — Best Of Bowie

Best Of Bowie

4.8 · 793

#46 — Feels So Good

Feels So Good

3.9 · 20

#47 — A Little Deeper

A Little Deeper

4.8 · 23

#48 — Andrea Bocelli: Sentimento

Andrea Bocelli: Sentimento

4.6 · 31

#49 — Come With Us

Come With Us

4.1 · 54

#50 — Laundry Service

Laundry Service

4.5 · 104

#51 — A Funk Odyssey

A Funk Odyssey

4.1 · 61

#52 — Up! [International Version]

Up! [International Version]

4.4 · 63

#53 — Escape

Escape

4.6 · 72

#54 — Freak of Nature

Freak of Nature

4.6 · 42

#55 — Parachutes

Parachutes

4.4 · 412

#56 — Under Rug Swept (UK-Enhanced)

Under Rug Swept (UK-Enhanced)

4.2 · 73

#57 — White Ladder

White Ladder

4.5 · 256

#58 — Original Pirate Material

Original Pirate Material

4.5 · 141

#59 — Whoa Nelly [UK Edition]

Whoa Nelly [UK Edition]

4.3 · 39

#60 — Sunshine

Sunshine

4.9 · 34

#61 — Gorillaz

Gorillaz

4.4 · 121

#62 — Greatest Hits 1970-2002

Greatest Hits 1970-2002

4.7 · 221

#63 — Ragpickers Dream, The (Bonus Tracks)

Ragpickers Dream, The (Bonus Tracks)

4.5 · 96

#64 — Now That's What I Call Music! 51

Now That's What I Call Music! 51

4.4 · 40

#65 — The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

4.5 · 138

#66 — B.R.M.C.

B.R.M.C.

4.4 · 58

#67 — O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

4.7 · 195

#68 — One By One

One By One

4.3 · 118

#69 — Fame Academy

Fame Academy

4.1 · 26

#70 — What My Heart Wants To Say

What My Heart Wants To Say

4.5 · 20

#71 — Anything Is Possible / Evergreen

Anything Is Possible / Evergreen

4.6 · 25

#72 — Best of 1990-2000

Best of 1990-2000

4.3 · 50

#73 — Russell Watson - Reprise

Russell Watson - Reprise

4.9 · 37

#74 — White Blood Cells

White Blood Cells

4.5 · 74

#75 — Dive In

Dive In

4.5 · 39

#76 — Another Late Night: Zero 7

Another Late Night: Zero 7

4.4 · 25

#77 — Lost Horizons

Lost Horizons

4.5 · 77

#78 — Destination

Destination

4.5 · 23

#79 — A Little Less Conversation

A Little Less Conversation

4.4 · 11

#80 — Forever Delayed

Forever Delayed

4.4 · 103

#81 — It Had To Be You - The Great American Songbook

It Had To Be You - The Great American Songbook

4.6 · 96

#82 — Testify [Uk Version]

Testify [Uk Version]

4.4 · 47

#83 — Pop Idol - the Big Band Album

Pop Idol - the Big Band Album

4.3 · 38

#84 — The Very Best of Sting and The Police

The Very Best of Sting and The Police

4.7 · 164

#85 — The Remote Part

The Remote Part

4.4 · 42

#86 — The Optimist LP

The Optimist LP

4.5 · 67

#87 — Be Not Nobody

Be Not Nobody

4.3 · 57

#88 — World Of Our Own

World Of Our Own

4.7 · 66

#89 — Heathen

Heathen

4.5 · 164

#90 — Daybreaker

Daybreaker

4.3 · 24

#91 — ...All This Time

...All This Time

4.4 · 35

#92 — Down the Road

Down the Road

4.5 · 20

#93 — The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

4.8 · 364

#94 — The Greatest Hits 1970-2002

The Greatest Hits 1970-2002

4.7 · 221

#95 — The Best Air Guitar Album in the World... Vol II

The Best Air Guitar Album in the World... Vol II

4.4 · 72

#96 — Hybrid Theory

Hybrid Theory

4.6 · 451

#97 — Nellyville

Nellyville

3.5 · 23

#98 — Californication

Californication

4.1 · 223

#99 — Now That's What I Call Music! 52

Now That's What I Call Music! 52

4.5 · 40

#100 — Pet Sounds [2000 Re-issue]

Pet Sounds [2000 Re-issue]

4.5 · 282

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