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.

By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers was the longest-running UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number-one album of 2002, spending 19 weeks atop 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

Nickelback's third studio album Silver Side Up spent 16 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2002. It was the year's second best-selling rock and metal album, and the 12th best-selling in the UK.

Linkin Park's debut studio album Hybrid Theory spent the first two weeks of 2002 at number one, at the end of a six-week run beginning the previous year.

Satellite, the fourth album by P.O.D., was number one for two weeks.

The self-titled compilation by Nirvana spent two weeks at number one in November 2002.

Key

†	Indicates best-selling rock album of 2002

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label(s)	Ref.
5 January	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.
12 January
19 January	Satellite	P.O.D.	Atlantic
26 January
2 February	B.R.M.C.	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	Virgin
9 February	Silver Side Up	Nickelback	Roadrunner
16 February
23 February
2 March
9 March
16 March
23 March
30 March
6 April
13 April
20 April
27 April
4 May
11 May
18 May
25 May
1 June	Ideas Above Our Station	Hundred Reasons	Columbia
8 June	The Platinum Collection	Queen	Parlophone
15 June
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
3 August
10 August
17 August
24 August
31 August
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
28 September
5 October	Bounce	Bon Jovi	Mercury
12 October	By the Way †	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
19 October
26 October
2 November	One by One	Foo Fighters	RCA
9 November	Nirvana	Nirvana	Geffen
16 November
23 November	By the Way †	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Warner Bros.
30 November
7 December
14 December
21 December
28 December

See also

• 2002 in British music
• List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2002

External links

• Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company
• The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1