Returning to number one after April in 2001 the Stereophonics returned to the top with their third album Just Enough Education to Perform. Spawning two #5 singles the album remained at the top for 3 weeks in this return one more week than its original stay. This made its total number of weeks at the top 5. This became their 2nd UK album chart topper and a 3rd was to follow the following year. February

Spanish performer Enrique Iglesias was next to hit the top with what many see as his UK Breakthrough (though he had two top ten in two years prior) with the single release of the ballad "Hero" which stayed at the top for four weeks. He made himself and his father Julio Iglesias the first father/son combination to top the charts separately and as solo artists. His father had hit the top of the UK charts over 20 years before Enrique did when his cover version of "Begin The Beguine" went to the top in 1981. The track was taken from his chart topping album Escape which spawned a #3 hit "Escape" later on in the year two #12 hits by December.

Taking over from the Stereophonics were fusion kings the Chemical Brothers with their 3rd #1 album Come With Us. Despite having received success on the albums chart throughout their career they hadn't received a chart topping single early 1997. Topping the charts alongside his only number one single Enrique's second English album Escape topped the charts for 2 weeks making him the first Latin Artist to have a number one single and album simultaneously in the UK as well as the first person since the Spice Girls. March

Overtaking the totals of pop phenomena Spice Girls and ABBA Westlife hit the top for a record 10th time with their third release from their third album "World Of Our Own". The album of the same name became their second consecutive #1 album. They now had as many number ones as the queen of pop herself Madonna. They also were the act to obtain 10 chart toppers the quickest (now 5 acts had achieved 10 or more) with only 35 months between this and their first. However it could be said this record is unfair because it was only a few months after that the Beatles managed to achieve 10 but they tended to spend several weeks at the summit slowing down their release rate whereas most of Westlife's #1's spend one to two weeks at the top.

Taking over was the fastest selling debut single in UK chart history. Winner of the TV talent show Pop Idol Will Young had been voted as the winner by over 4 million people in the final. Despite the media suggesting this was unexpected Young actually won six out of the nine weeks with Gareth Gates the eventually runner-up winning three times. His debut single "Anything is Possible/Evergreen" topped the charts for 3 weeks and sold over 1.1 million copies in its first week of sale making it the fastest selling debut single in UK chart history. Altogether it sold over 1.7 million copies becoming the 11th biggest selling single in the UK. It is also the second fastest selling single in the UK with only Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" ahead of it. It became the biggest selling single of the year.

A 2-week run at the top was next from veteran band The Police. Experiencing massive success in the early 1980s with 5 #1 singles lead singer Sting eventually went solo and became a very successful and highly respected musician especially in the US. A combination of his greatest hits and the Police's greatest hits was released entitled The Very Best of Sting & The Police. Greatest hits took over from greatest hits when The Essential Barbra Streisand replaced Sting & The Police at the top however after a week it was knocked off by rock band Nickelback with their 3rd studio album Silver Side Up. The album spawned a massive #4 hit "How You Remind Me" which made #1 in the US. April Taking over from the winner of the show Pop Idol runner up Gareth Gates scored a #1 with his debut single "Unchained Melody". Incredibly he spent one further week at the summit than Will Young did becoming the second single of the year to have a four week run at #1. However the single itself sold less than Will Young's selling only 1.3 million copies but nonetheless it became the 77th million selling single in the UK and the last one until 2004. Overall it is the 37th biggest selling single in the UK. The more incredible thing about this song is that it is the fourth single to reach the summit 4 times by different artists. First was Jimmy Young in 1955 then a re-issue of the Righteous Brothers in 1990 then the acting duo Robson & Jerome took it the top in 1995 and finally Gareth Gates in 2002. Robson & Jerome's version remains the biggest selling to date. Scoring their sixth UK chart topper Oasis returned to the top of the UK charts with a track similar to their older material "The Hindu Times". The track was taken off their new album Heathen Chemistry. It only lasted a week at the summit following the same fate as every other #1 single they had. The top of the albums chart was dominated by a lady with a powerful voice and her 5th UK #1 album Cline Dion with A New Day Has Come. Staying at the top for 4 weeks she did not hit the top again for the next two years but continued charting throughout. The album's singles did not fair as well as the album one making the Top 10 one settling in the Top 20 and one just creeping into the Top 40. May Having charted since 2000 UK girl band Sugababes scored their 1st UK #1 with their 5th single "Freak Like Me". Despite spawning two #1 singles their album only made #2 later in the year. The song was originally performed by Adina Howard in 1995 who took it to #33. After a short spell of 7 days a third Neighbours star scored a UK No.1. Holly Valance's debut single "Kiss Kiss" was originally released in Europe written in Turkish. Holly scored a #2 hit "Down Boy" later on in the year and her debut album Footprints made #9. After releasing 2 further singles she disappeared from the music scene. With his fifth consecutive Top 10 single and 3rd UK #1 Ronan Keating returns to the top of the singles chart with the first release off his new album Destination. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" was originally a hit in the US for Garth Brooks. Continuing the run of one week number ones were Liberty X. The five losers who just failed to make Hear'Say in the talent show Popstars formed Liberty X. Despite scoring only one UK #1 single with Just a Little the group continued successfully into 2003/4 and proved themselves to be more successful than Hear'Say who disbanded in October of this year. Also after not releasing a single in the United Kingdom for almost 11 months Atomic Kitten released their 9th single titled It's Ok! peaked at #3 on the charts and eventually went silver. Even bigger success was to follow with their next release. Also scoring big success were S Club Juniors an 8-piece pre-teen spin off from their already successful predocessors S Club 7 (who saw the departure of band member Paul Cattermole earlier that year). After being chosen from nationwide auditions to support them on their arena tour their debut single One Step Closer sent them straight to number 2 a position they seemed to peak at non stop throughout the year with their next two releases Automatic High in August and New Direction in October. Despite the split of the remaining six members of S Club 7 the following year and a name change to S Club 8 they would go onto release two top 20 albums and score 7 top 20 singles before they disbanded in early 2005. Boyband Blue hit the top with their debut album All Rise. The album spawned 2 #1 singles "Too Close" and "If You Come Back". The title track from their album which was their debut single only made #4. It was only a week before British indie rock band Doves hit the top with their 2nd album The Last Broadcast which remained at the top for 2 weeks. It was quickly knocked off by American electronic musician Moby with his 2nd UK #1 album 18. Despite having charted since 1991 he has only received 2 Top 10 hits. On 23 May the Classical Brits award ceremony took place. The most successful British performers were Sir Colin Davis Russell Watson and Guy Johnston. June Consolidating his position as the rapper with the most UK chart toppers Eminem hit the top for a third time with the first single from his third album "Without Me". The album spent 5 weeks at the top of the UK charts becoming the second longest stay of the year and the longest stay until December. The album The Eminem Show was to become his most successful to date in the UK along with Curtain Call in 2005. Will Young hit the top again with his second single "Light My Fire" a cover of a classic Doors track which only made #49 in 1967. He had performed this on the show Pop Idol and the performance was praised highly by the general public. The single was successful topping the charts for 2 weeks. As for the albums chart first to hit the top was Ronan Keating with his second album Destination. The album had already spawned a #1 single "If Tomorrow Never Comes". Ronan continued to chart into 2004. July Becoming another single to spend 4 weeks at the top "A Little Less Conversation" ended an ongoing chart battle since 1977. Elvis accumulated 15 chart toppers by 1965 during which the Beatles were enjoying their time as global megastars. They then got a record 17 chart toppers by 1969 when they finally began to fade. Elvis scored a 16th chart topper in 1970 when he revived his career in Las Vegas. Then a single made just before his death was released after his death in May 1977 and went straight to No.1 giving him his 17th UK #1. The two biggest music acts in the UK were neck and neck and despite numerous posthumous releases it wasn't until 25 years later that one of them finally took the lead. It was indeed the king of pop Elvis Presley who scored his 18th UK #1 with a remix of an old hit from a long forgotten movie. "A Little Less Conversation" was remixed by DJ JXL and used in a Nike World Cup advertisement. As a consequence it shot straight to the top of the UK charts putting Elvis at the top of the most #1's category. Taking over was Gareth Gates scoring his second No.1 single this time with an original song being one of his few singles to have not been cover versions. "Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)" topped the charts for 3 weeks bettering Will Young by one week once again. Topping the albums chart for the fourth time Oasis hit the top with their new album Heathen Chemistry. The album's singles had already received success with "The Hindu Times" becoming their 6th #1 and the follow up single "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" peaking at #2. The album however only spent a week at the top quickly overtaken by the first release in 2 years from the Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way. The title track from the album became their highest charting single ever making #2. This was also their only #1 album. August Hitting the top was Darius Danesh third in Pop Idol. "Colourblind" spent two weeks at the top but despite being less successful than the debuts of Gareth or Will Darius wrote the song himself. The Sugababes hit the top for a second time with their sixth single "Round Round". Like their first #1 single it only spent a week at the summit. The song was taken from the soundtrack to the hit film "The Guru". Specialising in Pop/R'N'B with garage influences all-male act Blazin' Squad entered at the top of the charts with their massively hyped debut single "Crossroads". Their success slowly decline throughout their career. Interrupting the Chili's run at the top was US singing legend Bruce Springsteen hit the top with his 5th #1 album The Rising. His success on the singles chart was fading rapidly since the early 90's with no Top 10 hits since 1994. Returning to the top for a further 2 weeks were the Chili's with By the Way. Having been a successful band throughout the 80's the 90's was a slightly quieter decade for the group but the release of Californication turned them around in 2000 and By the Way helped propel them straight to the top. Scoring a 2nd consecutive UK #1 album another collection of the late Eva Cassidy's work was compiled and released. Imagine was not quite as successful as Songbird only topping the chart for a week but put her on the way to breaking a chart record the following year. September Reviving an old #1 for the second time to create another one for themselves were girl group Atomic Kitten. This time it was Blondie's 1980 chart topper "The Tide Is High" which they changed slightly to make "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)". It topped the charts for 3 weeks and after this they never saw the top of the charts again in the United Kingdom however they had managed 3 #1 singles in the UK throughout their career. They split at the beginning of 2004 releasing a Greatest Hits album. US solo performer Pink scored her first solo chart topper with a track taken from her second album Missundaztood. The track was called "Just Like A Pill" and was contained in a series of tracks that showed Pink for whom she really was. She had previously been with Christina Aguilera Lil' Kim and Mya on their rendition of "Lady Marmalade" so she could claim this as her second UK #1. Despite being her most successful album Missundaztood only made second place on the album chart. Increasing their popularity even further Coldplay released their second album and follow up to massive successful Parachutes. A Rush of Blood to the Head became a great success. Containing hits such as "In My Place" "The Scientist" & "Clocks" the album even sustained their popularity in the US and they became one of the few 21st century British acts to achieve fame and popularity in the US. While topping the singles charts with their 3rd and final #1 Atomic Kitten scored a #1 album with their 3rd release Feels So Good. The album spawned two Top 3 hits as well as their 3rd chart topper. October After both having two chart toppers the two "Pop Idols" Will Young and Gareth Gates joined forces and revived an old Beatles classic "The Long and Winding Road". It gave them both their third UK chart topper and established both of them as national stars. However it was from here that Gareth would slowly decline and Will would rise to become an even bigger star. The B-side to this was Gareth's re-working of Elvis' classic #2 from 1969 "Suspicious Minds". Will Young's version of Jackie Wilson's" Sweetest Feeling" also appeared on the B-side. The year was proving to be very successful for Elvis in many ways and there was one great album success to still be received. Next to hit the top but only for a week were three Spanish sisters Las Ketchup with a holiday novelty song "The Ketchup Song (Asjere)". What was probably considered the tune of 2002 came next and was a duet between US rapper Nelly and Kelly Rowland a member of Destiny's Child. She was the only one out of the three from her old group experiencing success as a solo artist but she soon would be overtaken by Beyonc Knowles. "Dilemma" became a song no-one would ever forget and stayed on top of the charts for 2 weeks. It also topped the charts in the US. Nelly experienced much greater success in his home country compared to the UK. Gathering every #1 single Elvis had experienced in both the UK and US a collection of 30 songs plus "A Little Less Conversation" as a bonus track was released on an album entitled Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits. The king of pop clocked up more sales staying on top for 2 weeks. He was replaced by Pop Idol Will Young who scored his first #1 album with 'From Now On'. The album contained his first 3 singles all of which had topped the chart. The album stayed at the top of the charts for 2 weeks. The album spawned one final hit which peaked at #2. November Based in Germany Spanish producer DJ Sammy featuring Yanou and Do on vocals re-worked an old Bryan Adams track from 1985 "Heaven" and took it to the top. Bryan Adams only managed to take the track to #38. Only lasting a week at the summit the song was quickly overtaken by the boyband that could do no wrong. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UK charts since when they first started back in 1952 the 941st No.1 came from Westlife yet again with their 11th #1 single "Unbreakable". This gave them more chart toppers than the queen of pop herself Madonna. Only Elvis Presley the Beatles and Cliff Richard had received more #1 singles than Westlife now. After a week US superstar Christina Aguilera returned to the top of the UK charts for the 3rd time promoting a new raunchier image with her first single from her second album Stripped. "Dirrty" came with an overtly sexual video and despite its massive popularity in the UK it failed to reach the Top 20 in her US homeland. US rock band the Foo Fighters scored their 1st #1 album with their 4th release One By One. All of the band's 3 previous albums had gone Top 10 2 of them going Top 3. However after a week singer David Gray took over from them with second album A New Day At Midnight. It stayed on top for a week but was nowhere near as successful as its predecessor White Ladder. Blue returned to the top of the album chart again for one week only with their second release One Love which would provide them with three more top 10 hits including their third and final UK #1 the following month. Compiling all of their singles to date boyband Westlife released Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits - Vol 1 containing their 11 #1 singles and other hits. It was quickly knocked off by the biggest selling album of the year which topped the charts all through December and part of January. December Twelve months after he hit the top with his debut single Daniel Bedingfield returned to the top with a slow ballad "If You're Not The One". It became his 2nd UK #1 and was the third release from his debut album Gotta Get Thru This which despite producing 5 Top 10 singles and 6 Top 40 hits only managed to make #13 in the albums chart. A fourth chart topper confirmed Eminem as the most successful rapper in UK chart history. The song "Lose Yourself" is taken from the soundtrack to his own film 8 Mile which also proved very popular. The song also topped the charts in the US. Boy band Blue returned to the top of the UK charts for the 3rd time collaborating with Elton John to revive an old hit of his "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word". Amazingly despite charting for 31 years this was only Elton's 5th UK #1 single. Popstars: The Rivals became the new phenomenon in the world of talent shows and it produced 2 new acts boyband One True Voice and girl group Girls Aloud. They both released their singles in Christmas week and the girls beat the boys to the top spot claiming the Christmas number one with their debut single "Sound Of The Underground". The song topped the charts for 4 weeks and escalated them to great fame. They have had continued success for 6 years releasing 20 top 10 singles and 6 successful albums but One True Voice quickly disappeared from the music scene after just one more hit. Robbie Williams took the Christmas number one album spot yet again with his fifth #1 album Escapology. The album contained the massive single hit "Feel" and the soon to be single hits "Come Undone" "Something Beautiful" and "Sexed Up". The album remained on top for 6 weeks becoming the longest stay at the top since he himself topped the charts last year in December when Swing When You're Winning topped the charts for 7 weeks. Amazingly the album did return to the top the following year almost nine months after it was first released. It became one of the few albums to drop out of the Top 40 and climb back in to reach the top spot again. Classical music The year produced several new classical works by British composers including Derek Bourgeois's Symphony No. 9 and Peter Maxwell Davies's Naxos Quartet No. 1. The biggest classical hit of 2002 however was Tolga Kashif's Queen Symphony which used themes from works by Queen to create a full-length orchestral work. Patrick Hawes wrote his first film score for The Incredible Mrs Ritchie directed by Paul Johansson. Howard Goodall followed up his earlier successful TV series Howard Goodall's Big Bangs with Howard Goodall's Great Dates in which he focused on significant dates in the history of music. Charts Number-one singles Issue Date Song Artist(s) Sales 6 January "Gotta Get Thru This" Daniel Bedingfield 27000 13 January "More Than a Woman" Aaliyah 30081 20 January "My Sweet Lord" George Harrison 66567 27 January "Hero" Enrique Iglesias 101056 3 February 98388 10 February 82000 17 February 100000 24 February "World of Our Own" Westlife 102000 3 March "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" Will Young 1108659 10 March 377074 17 March 100000 24 March "Unchained Melody" Gareth Gates 850535 31 March 228477 7 April 102321 14 April 83500 21 April "The Hindu Times" Oasis 116321 28 April "Freak Like Me" Sugababes 85500 5 May "Kiss Kiss" Holly Valance 143408 12 May "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Ronan Keating 147610 19 May "Just a Little" Liberty X 153219 26 May "Without Me" Eminem 185500 2 June "Light My Fire" Will Young 177000 9 June 62000 16 June "A Little Less Conversation" Elvis vs JXL 278782 23 June 201211 30 June 188427 7 July 136000 14 July "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" Gareth Gates 241000 21 July 105000 28 July 67000 4 August "Colourblind" Darius 111000 11 August 62000 18 August "Round Round" Sugababes 79000 25 August "Crossroads" Blazin' Squad 53000 1 September "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" Atomic Kitten 144000 8 September 67000 15 September 46000 22 September "Just Like a Pill" Pink 49000 29 September "The Long and Winding Road" / "Suspicious Minds" / "Sweetest Feeling" Will Young and Gareth Gates 132500 6 October 65000 13 October "The Ketchup Song (Aserej)" Las Ketchup 105000 20 October "Dilemma" Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland 200000 27 October 129000 3 November "Heaven" DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do 119000 10 November "Unbreakable" Westlife 90000 17 November "Dirrty" Christina Aguilera featuring Redman 74000 24 November 47000 1 December "If You're Not the One" Daniel Bedingfield 74500 8 December "Lose Yourself" Eminem 91000 15 December "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Blue featuring Elton John 87000 22 December "Sound of the Underground" Girls Aloud 213140 29 December 128000 Number-one albums Issue Date Song Artist(s) Sales 6 January Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 47000 13 January Just Enough Education to Perform Stereophonics 41000 20 January 45000 27 January 40000 3 February Come With Us The Chemical Brothers 49500 10 February Escape Enrique Iglesias 38500 17 February 57750 24 February The Very Best Of Sting and The Police 38000 3 March 59000 10 March The Essential Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand 79167 17 March Silver Side Up Nickelback 38000 24 March 39000 31 March A New Day Has Come Cline Dion 89000 7 April 39000 14 April 32000 21 April 26500 28 April All Rise Blue 23917 5 May The Last Broadcast Doves 52000 12 May 22500 19 May 18 Moby 51658 26 May Destination Ronan Keating 123000 2 June The Eminem Show Eminem 228297 9 June 87000 16 June 59000 23 June 47000 30 June 44000 7 July Heathen Chemistry Oasis 230551 14 July By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 134055 21 July 72000 28 July 56700 4 August The Rising Bruce Springsteen 57071 11 August By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 36000 18 August 31000 25 August Imagine Eva Cassidy 57500 1 September A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 273924 8 September 108000 15 September Feels So Good Atomic Kitten 80000 22 September Illumination Paul Weller 54000 29 September Elv1s - 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 134000 6 October 99840 13 October From Now On Will Young 187350 20 October 59000 27 October One By One Foo Fighters 91471 3 November A New Day At Midnight David Gray 118000 10 November One Love Blue 117500 17 November Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Westlife 188000 24 November Escapology Robbie Williams 264104 1 December 187000 8 December 195000 15 December 229000 22 December 310000 29 December 226000 Top 50 singles Position Song Title Artist Highest Position Sales 1 "Anything Is Possible" Will Young 1 1789919 2 "Unchained Melody" Gareth Gates 1 1329740 3 "Hero" Enrique Iglesias 1 742478 4 "Dilemma" Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland 1 659662 5 "A Little Less Conversation" Elvis vs. JXL 1 634364 6 "Anyone of Us (Stupid Mistake)" Gareth Gates 1 573125 7 "Whenever Wherever" Shakira 2 554756 8 "The Ketchup Song (Asereje)" Las Ketchup 1 538591 9 "Just A Little" Liberty X 1 502138 10 "Without Me" Eminem 1 487037 11 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Ronan Keating 1 460000 12 "How You Remind Me" Nickelback 4 430000 13 "The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)" Atomic Kitten 1 415000 14 "Kiss Kiss" Holly Valance 1 390000 15 "The Logical Song" Scooter 2 386000 16 "Light My Fire" Will Young 1 350000 17 "Sound of the Underground" Girls Aloud 1 350000 18 "Colourblind Darius 1 320000 19 "Heaven" DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do 1 300000 20 "Me Julie" Ali G and Shaggy 2 300000 21 "Get the Party Started" Pink 2 290.000 22 "The Long and Winding Road" Will Young & Gareth Gates 1 280000 23 "One Step Closer" S Club Juniors 2 280000 24 "The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)" Cheeky Girls 2 279000 25 "If You're Not The One" Daniel Bedingfield 1 270000 26 "Lose Yourself" Eminem 1 265000 27 "Something" Lasgo 4 260000 28 "Hot in Herre" Nelly 4 255000 29 "Freak Like Me" Sugababes 1 235000 30 "Nu Flow" Big Brovaz 3 232000 31 "Dirrty" Christina Aguilera featuring Redman 1 229000 32 "Round Round" Sugababes 1 225000 33 "Like I Love You" Justin Timberlake 2 221000 34 "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Blue featuring Elton John 1 220000 35 "It's OK!" Atomic Kitten 3 218000 36 "Complicated" Avril Lavigne 3 214000 37 "Addicted to Bass" Puretone 2 208000 38 "Sacred Trust/After You're Gone" One True Voice 2 205000 39 "Hero" Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott 2 200000 40 "World Of Our Own" Westlife 1 195000 41 "Underneath Your Clothes" Shakira 3 193000 42 "Just Like A Pill" Pink 1 192000 43 "The Hindu Times" Oasis 1 184000 44 "Girlfriend" 'N Sync & Nelly 2 181000 45 "One Love" Blue 3 179000 46 "Escape" Enrique Iglesias 3 176000 47 "4 My People" Missy Elliott 4 173000 48 "Automatic High" S Club Juniors 2 170000 49 "Insatiable" Darren Hayes 7 168000 50 "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" Oasis 2 166000 Top 40 Albums Position Album Title Artist Highest Position Sales 1 Escapology Robbie Williams 1 1500000 2 The Eminem Show Eminem 1 1390000 3 Missundaztood Pink 2 1330000 4 Escape Enrique Iglesias 1 1300000 5 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 1 1195000 6 One Love Blue 1 1190000 7 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 1 1000000 8 Elv1s - 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 1 900000 9 Unbreakable - The Greatest Hits - Vol. 1 Westlife 1 900000 10 Heathen Chemistry Oasis 1 800000 11 Come Away With Me Norah Jones 3 12 Silver Side Up Nickelback 1 700000 13 A New Day At Midnight David Gray 1 14 Greatest Hit I II & III (The Platinum Collection) Queen 2 15 Fever Kylie Minogue 1 777000 16 Let Go Avril Lavigne 4 17 Greatest Hits 1970-2002 Elton John 3 18 From Now On Will Young 1 19 Forty Licks The Rolling Stones 2 20 Feels So Good Atomic Kitten 1 702000 21 Laundry Service Shakira 2 697000 22 Nellyville Nelly 2 692000 23 Destination Ronan Keating 1 688000 24 Just Enough Education to Perform Stereophonics 1 687000 25 Angels with Dirty Faces Sugababes 2 686000 26 All Rise Blue 1 678000 27 No Angel Dido 1 675000 28 Read My Lips Sophie Ellis-Bextor 2 660000 29 Freak Of Nature Anastacia 4 650000 30 What My Heart Wants To Say Gareth Gates 2 644000 31 Songs In A Minor Alicia Keys 6 627000 32 Thinking It Over Liberty X 3 610000 33 White Ladder David Gray 1 34 Nirvana Nirvana 3 35 Swing When You're Winning Robbie Williams 1 36 The Essential Barbra Streisand 1 37 Up! Shania Twain 4 515000 38 Ashanti Ashanti 3 503000 39 A New Day Has Come Cline Dion 1 490000 40 Pain Is Love Ja Rule 3 484000 Music awards BRIT Awards The 2002 BRIT Awards winners were: Best British Male Solo Artist: Robbie Williams Best British Female Solo Artist: Dido Best British Group: Travis Best British Album: Dido: "No Angel" Best British Dance Act: Basement Jaxx Best British Newcomer: Blue Best International Male: Shaggy Best International Female: Kylie Minogue Best International Group: Destiny's Child Best International Newcomer: The Strokes Best International Album: Kylie Minogue - "Fever" Best British Video: So Solid Crew "21 Seconds" Best British Single: S Club 7 "Don't Stop Movin'" Best Pop Act: Westlife Outstanding Contribution: Sting Classical BRITS Female Artist of the Year Cecilia Bartoli Male Artist of the Year Sir Colin Davis Album of the Year Russell Watson Encore Ensemble/Orchestral Album of the Year Richard Hickox and London Symphony Orchestra Vaughan Williams A London Symphony Contemporary Music Award Tan Dun Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Young British Classical Performer Guy Johnston Critics' Award Sir Colin Davis and London Symphony Orchestra Berlioz Les Troyens Biggest-selling Classical Album Russell Watson Encore Outstanding Contribution to Music Andrea Bocelli Mercury Music Prize The 2002 Mercury Music Prize was awarded to Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper Record of the Year The Record of the Year was awarded to "Unchained Melody" by Gareth Gates. 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