List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2002

Rapper Eminem's "Lose Yourself" was the longest-running number-one single released in 2002.

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay. In 2002, there were seven singles that topped the chart, the lowest number of singles to top the chart in a single year ever (if the two songs which peaked in 2001 are included, 2002 would have the second lowest number of chart-topping singles in a year, behind 2005). Although nine singles reached number one in fifty-two issues of the magazine in the calendar year, two songs began their peak position in 2001 and are thus excluded.Template:Citation needed

In 2002, five acts earned their first U.S. number one single, either as a lead artist or featured guest. These artists were Ashanti, Nelly, Kelly Clarkson, and Eminem. Kelly Rowland, despite having hit number one with Destiny's Child, also earns her first number one song as a solo act. In 2002, Ja Rule, Ashanti, and Nelly had two number-one singles in the Billboard Hot 100.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Most of the number-one singles in 2002 were extended chart-toppers. "Lose Yourself" is the longest-running single, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 consecutive weeks,<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="BonusEndless">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="GreinOscar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> eight of which were in this calendar year. "Foolish" and "Dilemma" both stayed at number one for 10 weeks,<ref name="BonusEndless"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> the latter of which was non-consecutive. "Ain't It Funny" by Jennifer Lopez, in its remix version with Ja Rule, peaked at number one for six weeks.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Rock band Nickelback's "How You Remind Me", which first peaked at number one in 2001, is the best-performing single of 2002.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> "Lose Yourself", which is the soundtrack to the 2002 film 8 Mile, is the second most-successful soundtrack song in the entire rock era. It is behind Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You", having topped the chart for 14 weeks.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> "Lose Yourself" is also the longest-running Oscar-winning number-one song since singer-actor Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" had 14 weeks on top in the 1940s.<ref name="GreinOscar"/> "A Moment Like This" is noted for its fifty-two-to-one leap in 2002, breaking the 38-year-old record set by The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from number twenty-seven to one.<ref name="BonsonLife">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Nelly became the first act to have consecutive number-one singles as the lead artist since 1994, when Boyz II Men had consecutive number-ones.

Chart history

Singer Ashanti's debut single "Foolish" topped the chart for 10 straight weeks.

Rapper Nelly's "Dilemma" stayed at the top spot for 10 weeks, tying with Ashanti's "Foolish".

Singer Kelly Clarkson's debut single "A Moment Like This" is noted for its 52-to-one leap in 2002, breaking the 38-year-old record set by The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love", which jumped from number 27 to one.

Key

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Indicates best-performing single of 2002

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881	January 5	"How You Remind Me" Template:Dagger	Nickelback	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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882	February 23	"Always on Time"	Ja Rule featuring Ashanti	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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883	March 9	"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)"	Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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885	June 29	"Hot in Herre"	Nelly	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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886	August 17	"Dilemma"	Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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887	October 5	"A Moment Like This"	Kelly Clarkson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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888	November 9	"Lose Yourself"	Eminem	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
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Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Nelly	17
2	Ashanti	12
3	Kelly Rowland	10
4	Ja Rule	8
	Eminem
6	Jennifer Lopez	6
7	Usher	5
8	Nickelback	2
	Kelly Clarkson

See also

• 2002 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2000s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The 2000s (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services Template:Webarchive and print editions of the magazine.