Like most aspects of our lives, the events of September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on music. Four of the Top 5 singles of 2002 were directly related to 9/11. Bruce Springsteen released the highly acclaimed LP, "The Rising" with ten of it's tracks reaching the chart. "Lonesome Day" spent the second half of 2002 in the top ten. The title track became the first song to debut at number one in almost five years. Alan Jackson premiered the heartfelt "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" at the 2001 CMA's. The song spent 13 of it's record 16 weeks at number one in 2002. Some controversy surrounded Toby Keith's patriotic response, "The Angy American (Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue)", helping to fuel it's four week run at number one. Philadelphia's Alecia Moore, aka Pink had at least one song on the chart every week in 2002, making her the top female artist of the year. "Get The Party Started" spent 5 weeks at the top in 2001, yet remained on UU-BRU Radio Playlist deep into 2002 to land at #19 for the year. The top group of 2002, No Doubt, despite not hitting number one, placed three singles in the year end Top 20. Even though he lost on Britain's Pop Idol, Scotland's Darius Danesh showed some chart muscle when "Colourblind" made a late year debut and spent six weeks at number one, finishing the year at #35. Elvis Presley made his best chart showing on UU-BRU Radio Playlist to date, 25 years after his death, with "A Little Less Conversation", a number two single remixed by JXL.
TOP ACT OVERALL Bruce Springsteen
TOP MALE ARTIST Bruce Springsteen
TOP FEMALE ARTIST Pink
TOP GROUP No Doubt
TOP NEW ACT Darius Danesh
15 songs reached #1 on UU-BRU in 2002
