Best Albums of 2002

Listed below are the best albums of 2002 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 greatest album charts.

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2002 year summaryThe best artists of 2002 were Wilco, Interpol, Coldplay, The Flaming Lips, Queens Of The Stone Age, Broken Social Scene, Beck, Sigur Rós, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Porcupine Tree.
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2002
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89
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Best Albums of 2002 composition

Artist Albums %


Various Artists 12 1%
Muse 2 0%
Nas 2 0%
Porcupine Tree 2 0%
Tom Waits 2 0%
The Mountain Goats 2 0%
Wire 2 0%
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Country Albums %


United States 468 47%
United Kingdom 184 18%
Canada 39 4%
Germany 36 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Sweden 27 3%
France 24 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 933 93%
Yes 67 7%
Live? Albums %
No 960 96%
Yes 40 4%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 17 2%
Best Artists of the 2000s
1. Radiohead
2. Arcade Fire
3. The Strokes
4. Coldplay
5. Sufjan Stevens
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Muse
8. Animal Collective
9. Wilco
10. The White Stripes
11. Kanye West
12. Phil Elverum
13. Interpol
14. Modest Mouse
15. Queens Of The Stone Age
16. Madvillain
17. LCD Soundsystem
18. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
19. The National
20. The Flaming Lips
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