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.

Robbie Williams again, this time topping with Escapology, headlined a 2002 list defined by mature, expansive guitar records. Coldplay's A Rush Of Blood To The Head and Red Hot Chili Peppers' By the Way pushed stadium-scale rock up the chart, while Norah Jones' debut Come Away With Me brought a quiet jazz-pop counterweight. The catalogue heavyweights stand out: Elvis's Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits, the Rolling Stones' Forty Licks and Queen's The Platinum Collection all charting decades into their careers. Avril Lavigne's Let Go and Pink's M!ssundaztood flagged the rising teen-rock crossover. Across the board, 2002 favoured the assured and the established over the brand new.

Born in 2002? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2002 — books, film, games and music.

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#1 — Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

Escapology [Explicit Lyrics]

4.2 · 97 reviews

#2 — A Rush Of Blood To The Head

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

4.4 · 332 reviews

#3 — Come Away With Me

Come Away With Me

4.5 · 312 reviews

#4 — A New Day At Midnight

A New Day At Midnight

4.1 · 65 reviews

#5 — By the Way

4.5 · 253 reviews

#6 — Fever

4.5 · 135 reviews

#7 — Swing When You're Winning

Swing When You're Winning

4.3 · 311 reviews

#8 — Just Enough Education To Perform

Just Enough Education To Perform

3.7 · 85 reviews

#9 — Now That's What I Call Music! 53

Now That's What I Call Music! 53

4.4 · 36 reviews

#10 — Is This It?

4.3 · 227 reviews

#11 — Heathen Chemistry

Heathen Chemistry

4.3 · 138 reviews

#12 — Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits

4.8 · 485 reviews

#13 — Your New Favourite Band

Your New Favourite Band

4.4 · 57 reviews

#14 — The Best Of 1990-2000 (2CD)

The Best Of 1990-2000 (2CD)

4.5 · 51 reviews

#15 — One Love

4.8 · 34 reviews

#16 — No Angel

4.5 · 257 reviews

#17 — M!ssundaztood

4.6 · 110 reviews

#18 — Forty Licks

4.6 · 183 reviews

#19 — 18

4.3 · 75 reviews

#20 — Let Go

4.5 · 197 reviews

#21 — Love Is Here

4.4 · 70 reviews

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

Jools Holland And Friends - Small World Big Band

4.3 · 128 reviews

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

More Friends: Small World Big Band Volume 2

4.4 · 50 reviews

#24 — Silver Side Up

4.4 · 133 reviews

#25 — The Last Broadcast

The Last Broadcast

4.5 · 72 reviews

#26 — Simple Things

4.6 · 166 reviews

#29 — While My Guitar Gently Weeps

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

4.5 · 88 reviews

#30 — Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits

Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits

4.6 · 108 reviews

#31 — Melody A.M.

4.6 · 82 reviews

#32 — From Now On

4.8 · 78 reviews

#33 — Nirvana

4.5 · 141 reviews

#34 — The Invisible Band

The Invisible Band

3.9 · 99 reviews

#35 — Angels With Dirty Faces

Angels With Dirty Faces

4.5 · 57 reviews

#36 — Songs in a Minor

Songs in a Minor

4.5 · 61 reviews

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

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

4.8 · 661 reviews

#38 — The Coral

4.4 · 62 reviews

#39 — Read My Lips

4.3 · 70 reviews

#40 — About A Boy

4.3 · 42 reviews

#41 — THE RISING

4.6 · 92 reviews

#42 — All Rise

4.6 · 48 reviews

#43 — Have You Fed The Fish?

Have You Fed The Fish?

4.6 · 30 reviews

#44 — The Eminem Show

The Eminem Show

4.6 · 179 reviews

#45 — Best Of Bowie

4.8 · 793 reviews

#46 — Feels So Good

3.9 · 20 reviews

#47 — A Little Deeper

A Little Deeper

4.8 · 23 reviews

#48 — Andrea Bocelli: Sentimento

Andrea Bocelli: Sentimento

4.6 · 31 reviews

#49 — Come With Us

4.1 · 54 reviews

#50 — Laundry Service

Laundry Service

4.5 · 104 reviews

#51 — A Funk Odyssey

4.1 · 61 reviews

#52 — Up! [International Version]

Up! [International Version]

4.4 · 63 reviews

#53 — Escape

4.6 · 72 reviews

#54 — Freak of Nature

Freak of Nature

4.6 · 42 reviews

#55 — Parachutes

4.4 · 412 reviews

#56 — Under Rug Swept (UK-Enhanced)

Under Rug Swept (UK-Enhanced)

4.2 · 73 reviews

#57 — White Ladder

4.5 · 256 reviews

#58 — Original Pirate Material

Original Pirate Material

4.5 · 141 reviews

#59 — Whoa Nelly [UK Edition]

Whoa Nelly [UK Edition]

4.3 · 39 reviews

#60 — Sunshine

4.9 · 34 reviews

#61 — Gorillaz

4.4 · 121 reviews

#62 — Greatest Hits 1970-2002

Greatest Hits 1970-2002

4.7 · 221 reviews

#63 — Ragpickers Dream, The (Bonus Tracks)

Ragpickers Dream, The (Bonus Tracks)

4.5 · 96 reviews

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

Now That's What I Call Music! 51

4.4 · 40 reviews

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

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

4.5 · 138 reviews

#66 — B.R.M.C.

4.4 · 58 reviews

#67 — O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

4.7 · 195 reviews

#68 — One By One

4.3 · 118 reviews

#69 — Fame Academy

4.1 · 26 reviews

#70 — What My Heart Wants To Say

What My Heart Wants To Say

4.5 · 20 reviews

#71 — Anything Is Possible / Evergreen

Anything Is Possible / Evergreen

4.6 · 25 reviews

#72 — Best of 1990-2000

Best of 1990-2000

4.3 · 50 reviews

#73 — Russell Watson - Reprise

Russell Watson - Reprise

4.9 · 37 reviews

#74 — White Blood Cells

White Blood Cells

4.5 · 74 reviews

#75 — Dive In

4.5 · 39 reviews

#76 — Another Late Night: Zero 7

Another Late Night: Zero 7

4.4 · 25 reviews

#77 — Lost Horizons

4.5 · 77 reviews

#78 — Destination

4.5 · 23 reviews

#79 — A Little Less Conversation

A Little Less Conversation

4.4 · 11 reviews

#80 — Forever Delayed

Forever Delayed

4.4 · 103 reviews

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

It Had To Be You - The Great American Songbook

4.6 · 96 reviews

#82 — Testify [Uk Version]

Testify [Uk Version]

4.4 · 47 reviews

#83 — Pop Idol - the Big Band Album

Pop Idol - the Big Band Album

4.3 · 38 reviews

#84 — The Very Best of Sting and The Police

The Very Best of Sting and The Police

4.7 · 164 reviews

#85 — The Remote Part

The Remote Part

4.4 · 42 reviews

#86 — The Optimist LP

The Optimist LP

4.5 · 67 reviews

#87 — Be Not Nobody

4.3 · 57 reviews

#88 — World Of Our Own

World Of Our Own

4.7 · 66 reviews

#89 — Heathen

4.5 · 164 reviews

#90 — Daybreaker

4.3 · 24 reviews

#91 — ...All This Time

...All This Time

4.4 · 35 reviews

#92 — Down the Road

4.5 · 20 reviews

#93 — The Definitive Collection

The Definitive Collection

4.8 · 364 reviews

#94 — The Greatest Hits 1970-2002

The Greatest Hits 1970-2002

4.7 · 221 reviews

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

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

4.4 · 72 reviews

#96 — Hybrid Theory

4.6 · 451 reviews

#97 — Nellyville

3.5 · 23 reviews

#98 — Californication

Californication

4.1 · 223 reviews

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

Now That's What I Call Music! 52

4.5 · 40 reviews

#100 — Pet Sounds [2000 Re-issue]

Pet Sounds [2000 Re-issue]

4.5 · 282 reviews

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