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.
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
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2002 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.5 JanuaryHybrid TheoryLinkin ParkWarner Bros.12 January19 JanuarySatelliteP.O.D.Atlantic26 January2 FebruaryB.R.M.C.Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubVirgin9 FebruarySilver Side UpNickelbackRoadrunner16 February23 February2 March9 March16 March23 March30 March6 April13 April20 April27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 JuneIdeas Above Our StationHundred ReasonsColumbia8 JuneThe Platinum CollectionQueenParlophone15 June22 JuneUntouchablesKornEpic29 JuneLovehatetragedyPapa RoachDreamWorks6 JulyThe Platinum CollectionQueenParlophone13 JulyHullabaloo SoundtrackMuseMushroom20 JulyBy the Way Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.27 July3 August10 August17 August24 August31 August7 SeptemberSongs for the DeafQueens of the Stone AgeInterscope14 SeptemberBy the Way Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.21 September28 September5 OctoberBounceBon JoviMercury12 OctoberBy the Way Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.19 October26 October2 NovemberOne by OneFoo FightersRCA9 NovemberNirvanaNirvanaGeffen16 November23 NovemberBy the Way Red Hot Chili PeppersWarner Bros.30 November7 December14 December21 December28 December
See also 2002 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2002
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1