This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002. List of years in country music (Table) 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998    1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005    2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Related time period or subjects 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 20th century 21st century 22nd century Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Other top albums 4 Deaths 5 Hall of Fame inductees 5.1 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 5.2 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 6 Major awards 6.1 Grammy Awards 6.2 Juno Awards 6.3 CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards 6.4 Academy of Country Music 6.5 Canadian Country Music Association 6.6 Country Music Association 7 Further reading 8 Other links 9 External links Events November Shania Twain returned with her fourth album Up!. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874000 copies; the album remained atop the chart until the new year. Top hits of the year

The following songs placed within the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 2002: See also: List of number-one country hits of 2002 (U.S.) US Single Artist Reference 18 All Over Me Blake Shelton 5 American Child Phil Vassar 1 Beautiful Mess Diamond Rio 15 Before I Knew Better Brad Martin 1 Blessed Martina McBride 1 Bring On the Rain Jo Dee Messina (featuring Tim McGraw) 1 Courtesy of the Red White and Blue (The Angry American) Toby Keith 1 The Cowboy in Me Tim McGraw 12 Cry Faith Hill 1 Drive (For Daddy Gene) Alan Jackson 12 Every River Brooks & Dunn 12 Forgive Rebecca Lynn Howard 1 Good Morning Beautiful Steve Holy 1 The Good Stuff Kenny Chesney 17 Help Me Understand Trace Adkins 1 I Breathe In I Breathe Out Chris Cagle 18 I Cry Tammy Cochran 2 I Don't Have to Be Me ('Til Monday) Steve Azar 7 I Don't Want You to Go Carolyn Dawn Johnson 5 I Keep Looking Sara Evans 1 I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley 4 I Should Be Sleeping Emerson Drive 7 I'm Gonna Getcha Good! Shania Twain 1 I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song) Brad Paisley 4 I'm Movin' On Rascal Flatts 3 The Impossible Joe Nichols 10 In Another World Joe Diffie 9 Just Let Me Be in Love Tracy Byrd 13 Just What I Do Trick Pony 2 Landslide Dixie Chicks 20 Life Happened Tammy Cochran 1 Living and Living Well George Strait 1 The Long Goodbye Brooks & Dunn 2 Long Time Gone Dixie Chicks 8 Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde Travis Tritt 5 My Heart Is Lost to You Brooks & Dunn 1 My List Toby Keith 5 My Town Montgomery Gentry 3 Not a Day Goes By Lonestar 14 Ol' Red Blake Shelton 3 The One Gary Allan 5 Red Ragtop Tim McGraw 16 Saints & Angels Sara Evans 11 She Was Mark Chesnutt 1 She'll Leave You with a Smile George Strait 7 Some Days You Gotta Dance Dixie Chicks 1 Somebody Like You Keith Urban 20 Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack 16 Squeeze Me In Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood 13 Strong Enough to Be Your Man Travis Tritt 1 Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo Tracy Byrd 16 That's Just Jessie Kevin Denney 3 That's When I Love You Phil Vassar 1 These Days Rascal Flatts 18 Thicker Than Blood Garth Brooks 19 'Til Nothing Comes Between Us John Michael Montgomery 7 Tonight I Wanna Be Your Man Andy Griggs 1 Unbroken Tim McGraw 2 What If She's an Angel Tommy Shane Steiner 8 When You Lie Next to Me Kellie Coffey 2 Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly Aaron Tippin 3 Where Would You Be Martina McBride 1 Who's Your Daddy Toby Keith 3 Work in Progress Alan Jackson 2 Wrapped Around Brad Paisley 5 Wrapped Up in You Garth Brooks 2 Young Kenny Chesney Top new album releases

The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2002: See also: List of number-one country albums of 2002 (U.S.) US Album Artist Record Label Reference 8 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection George Strait MCA Nashville 9 The Almeria Club Recordings Hank Williams Jr. Curb 4 American Child Phil Vassar Arista Nashville 2 American IV: The Man Comes Around Johnny Cash Lost Highway 3 Completely Diamond Rio Arista Nashville 1 Cry Faith Hill Warner Bros. 1 Drive Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 1 Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley RCA 5 Forgive Rebecca Lynn Howard MCA Nashville 7 Freedom Andy Griggs RCA Nashville 2 Golden Road Keith Urban Capitol Nashville 5 The Great Divide Willie Nelson Lost Highway 4 Halos & Horns Dolly Parton Blue Eye 1 Home Dixie Chicks Open Wide 1 I Miss My Friend Darryl Worley DreamWorks Nashville 7 Jerusalem Steve Earle E-Squared 3 Knock on the Sky SHeDAISY Lyric Street 6 Let It Be Christmas Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 9 Live Alison Krauss & Union Station Rounder 9 Man with a Memory Joe Nichols Universal South 1 Melt Rascal Flatts Lyric Street 3 My Town Montgomery Gentry Columbia 1 No Shoes No Shirt No Problems Kenny Chesney BNA 8 Rise and Shine Randy Travis Word/Curb 7 Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top Various Artists RCA Nashville 9 Side Tracks Steve Earle E-Squared 2 Something Worth Leaving Behind Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville 10 Stars & Stripes Aaron Tippin Lyric Street 4 Strong Enough Travis Tritt Columbia 6 Then Came the Night Tommy Shane Steiner RCA Nashville 2 This Side Nickel Creek Sugar Hill 2 Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors Tim McGraw Curb 2 Totally Country Various Artists BNA 5 Totally Country Vol. 2 Various Artists Epic 3 Twisted Angel LeAnn Rimes Curb 1 Unleashed Toby Keith DreamWorks Nashville 1 Up! Shania Twain Mercury Nashville 5 When You Lie Next to Me Kellie Coffey BNA Other top albums US Album Artist Record Label Reference 47 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection Johnny Cash Mercury Nashville 14 After the Storm Chris LeDoux Capitol Nashville 39 Another Way to Go Radney Foster Dualtone 13 Barricades & Brickwalls Kasey Chambers Warner Bros. 46 The Best of America Various Artists Curb 20 Bluegrass & White Snow: A Mountain Christmas Patty Loveless Epic 47 Bramble Rose Tift Merritt Lost Highway 39 Can You Hear Me Now Sawyer Brown Curb 39 Can't Back Down Collin Raye Epic 35 Chase the Sun Shannon Lawson MCA Nashville 37 Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography Bill Engvall Warner Bros. 28 Classic Country: Great Story Songs Various Artists Time Life 19 Cledus Envy Cledus T. Judd Monument 39 Cledus Navidad Cledus T. Judd Monument 37 The Color of Roses Lorrie Morgan Image 13 Country Croonin' Anne Murray StraightWay 46 The Dark Guy Clark Sugar Hill 21 Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions The Chieftains RCA 29 Easy Kelly Willis Rykodisc 34 Electric Jack Ingram Columbia 21 Elvis: Today Tomorrow & Forever Elvis Presley RCA 13 Emerson Drive Emerson Drive DreamWorks Nashville 16 The Essential Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Legacy 35 The Family Album Roy D. Mercer Capitol Nashville 18 Forever Country Various Artists Razor & Tie 16 Greatest Hits Mark Wills Mercury Nashville 49 The Heart of a Legend Johnny Cash Madacy 39 A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love Hayseed Dixie Dualtone 40 How Sweet the Sound 25 Favorite Hymns and Gospel Greats Charlie Daniels Sparrow 26 If That Ain't Country Anthony Smith Mercury Nashville 48 Inside Traxx 2002 Various Artists Curb 12 It Won't Be Christmas Without You Brooks & Dunn Arista Nashville 39 Johnny Cash at Madison Square Garden Johnny Cash Legacy 18 A Joyful Noise Jo Dee Messina Curb 14 Kevin Denney Kevin Denney Lyric Street 17 Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash Various Artists Columbia 11 Life Happened Tammy Cochran Epic 40 Little Big Town Little Big Town Monument 27 Love Songs John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros. 17 Lovesick Broke and Driftin' Hank Williams III Curb 48 The Lovin' Side Travis Tritt Rhino 23 Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt Columbia 50 Midnight and Lonesome Buddy Miller Hightone 29 Mindy McCready Mindy McCready Capitol Nashville 35 Miss Fortune Allison Moorer Universal South 19 Now Again The Flatlanders New West 13 On a Mission Trick Pony Warner Bros. 29 Osama-Yo' Mama The Album Ray Stevens Curb 28 Outside the Lines Cory Morrow Write On 17 Pinmonkey Pinmonkey BNA 13 Pictures John Michael Montgomery Warner Bros. 22 Ralph Stanley Ralph Stanley Columbia 40 Redneck Fiddlin' Man Charlie Daniels Blue Hat 36 Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Ricky Skaggs Lyric Street 12 Room to Breathe Delbert McClinton New West 38 Roses Kathy Mattea Narada 19 The Season for Romance Lee Ann Womack MCA Nashville 38 Sixwire Sixwire Warner Bros. 37 Spirit Dancer BlackHawk Columbia 18 Stars & Guitars Willie Nelson Lost Highway 39 Tanya Tanya Tucker Tuckertime 32 This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits Ty Herndon Epic 27 Time-Life's Treasury of Bluegrass Various Artists Time Life 32 The Ultimate Collection Hank Williams Mercury Nashville 23 Up! (Country Mixes) Shania Twain Mercury Nashville 19 The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Elektra 29 Waitin' on Joe Steve Azar Mercury Nashville 14 We Were Soldiers Soundtrack Various Artists Columbia 42 White Trash Christmas Bob Rivers Atlantic 18 Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume III Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Capitol Nashville 34 Wings of a Honky-Tonk Angel Brad Martin Epic 45 Winter Marquee Nanci Griffith Rounder Deaths February 13 Waylon Jennings 64 singer and guitarist (diabetic complications) March 3 Harlan Howard 74 songwriter Hall of Fame inductees Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Bill Carlisle (1908-2003) Porter Wagoner (1927-2007) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Anne Murray Art Snider Bev Munro D'Arcy Scott Elmer Tippe Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance "Cry" Faith Hill Best Male Country Vocal Performance "Give My Love to Rose" Johnny Cash Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal "Long Time Gone" Dixie Chicks Best Country Collaboration with Vocals "Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Best Country Instrumental Performance "Lil' Jack Slade" Dixie Chicks Best Country Song "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson Best Country Album Home Dixie Chicks Best Bluegrass Album Lost in the Lonesome Pines Jim Lauderdale Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Juno Awards Country Recording of the Year "I'm Gonna Getcha Good!" Shania Twain CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards Video of the Year "Young" Kenny Chesney Male Video of the Year "Young" Kenny Chesney Female Video of the Year "Blessed" Martina McBride Group / Duo Video of the Year "Only in America" Brooks & Dunn Breakthrough Video of the Year "I Breathe In I Breathe Out" Chris Cagle Video Collaboration of the Year "Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson Featuring Lee Ann Womack Hottest Video of the Year "The Cowboy in Me" Tim McGraw Concept Video of the Year "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" Brad Paisley Fashion Plate Video of the Year "Jezebel" Chely Wright "LOL" (Laugh Out Loud) Video of the Year "I Wanna Talk About Me" Toby Keith Love Your Country Video of the Year "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson Video Director of the Year "I Wanna Talk About Me" Toby Keith (Director: Michael Salomon) Video Visionary Award Dixie Chicks Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year Toby Keith Song of the Year "I'm Movin' On" Rascal Flatts Single of the Year "The Good Stuff" Kenny Chesney Album of the Year Drive Alan Jackson Top Male Vocalist Kenny Chesney Top Female Vocalist Martina McBride Top Vocal Duo Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group Rascal Flatts Top New Male Vocaliast Joe Nichols Top New Female Vocaliast Kellie Coffey Top New Vocal Duo or Group Emerson Drive Video of the Year "Drive (For Daddy Gene)" Alan Jackson (Director: Steven Goldmann) Vocal Event of the Year "Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Canadian Country Music Association Fans' Choice Award Terri Clark Male Artist of the Year Paul Brandt Female Artist of the Year Carolyn Dawn Johnson Group or Duo of the Year Emerson Drive SOCAN Song of the Year "Ten Million Teardrops" Jason McCoy Tim Taylor Single of the Year "I Don't Want You to Go" Carolyn Dawn Johnson Album of the Year Small Towns and Big Dreams Paul Brandt Top Selling Album Scarecrow Garth Brooks CMT Video of the Year "I Don't Want You to Go" Carolyn Dawn Johnson Chevy Trucks Rising Star Award Emerson Drive Roots Artist or Group of the Year Jimmy Rankin Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year Alan Jackson Song of the Year "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson Single of the Year "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Alan Jackson Album of the Year Drive Alan Jackson Male Vocalist of the Year Alan Jackson Female Vocalist of the Year Martina McBride Vocal Duo of the Year Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year Dixie Chicks Musician of the Year Jerry Douglas Horizon Award Rascal Flatts Music Video of the Year "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" Brad Paisley (Director: Peter Zavadil) Vocal Event of the Year "Mendocino County Line" Willie Nelson and Lee Ann Womack Musician of the Year Jerry Douglas Further reading Kingsbury Paul "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs the Stars and the Stories" Villard Books Random House; Opryland USA 1995 Kingsbury Paul "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989" Country Music Foundation 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3) Millard Bob "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music" HarperCollins New York 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7) Whitburn Joel "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005. Other links Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame External links Country Music Hall of Fame