List of Top 25 albums for 2002 in Australia

The following lists the top 25 albums of 2002 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart.[1][2]

#	Title	Artist	Highest pos. reached	weeks at No. 1
1.	The Eminem Show	Eminem	1	6[3]
2.	Laundry Service	Shakira	1	8[4]
3.	Barricades & Brickwalls	Kasey Chambers	1	2[nb 1]
4.	Fever	Kylie Minogue	1	5[nb 2]
5.	Escape	Enrique Iglesias	1	3[7]
6.	A Funk Odyssey	Jamiroquai	1	6[nb 3]
7.	By the Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	1	4[9]
8.	Polyserena	george	1	2[10]
9.	30 #1 Hits	Elvis Presley	1	4[11]
10.	Let Go	Avril Lavigne	1	7[nb 4]
11.	Nellyville	Nelly	2
12.	Swing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	3
13.	Shrek	Soundtrack	2
14.	Songs in A Minor	Alicia Keys	3
15.	A New Day Has Come	Céline Dion	1	5[13]
16.	The Record (Greatest Hits)	Bee Gees	2
17.	Hybrid Theory	Linkin Park	2
18.	Diorama	Silverchair	1	1[14]
19.	The Final Dig?	The Twelfth Man	1	5[nb 5]
20.	Missundaztood	Pink	14
21.	Destination	Ronan Keating	3
22.	Best of The Corrs	The Corrs	2
23.	Toxicity	System of a Down	6
24.	Weathered	Creed	3
25.	Sing When You're Winning	Robbie Williams	7

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Peak chart positions from 2002 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 100 albums for each week during 2002.[2]

Notes

1. Barricades & Brickwalls entered the ARIA Top 50 charts at #4 in September 2001 and left in November.[5] It returned to the Top 50 briefly in December 2001, returned again for a longer run in February 2002 and peaked at #1 in March for two weeks.[5] It has spent a total of 84 weeks in the charts, remaining until March 2003.[5]
2. Fever debuted at #1 in October 2001 and spent a total of 74 weeks in the charts, remaining until March 2003.[6]
3. A Funk Odyssey debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in September 2001 for one week and left in November.[8] It returned to the Top 50 in December 2001 and peaked at #1 in January / February 2002 for five more weeks.[8] It has spent a total of 70 weeks in the charts, remaining until February 2003.[8]
4. Let Go debuted at #3 on the ARIA Top 50 in September 2002 and peaked at #1 in mid-December for three weeks.[12] It continued at #1 for four more weeks to late January 2003.[12] It remained in the Top 50 until September 2003 and spent a total of 52 weeks in the charts.[12]
5. The Final Dig? debuted at #1 on the ARIA Top 50 in mid-December 2001 for three weeks.[15] It continued at #1 for two more weeks in January 2002.[15] It remained in the Top 50 until late February 2002 and spent a total of 11 weeks in the charts.[15]

References

1. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2002". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 23 February 2009.
2. "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
3. "Eminem - The Eminem Show". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
4. "Shakira - Laundry Service". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
5. "Kasey Chambers - Barricades & Brickwalls". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
6. "ARIA Charts - Fever". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
7. "Enrique Iglesias - Escape". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
8. "Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
9. "Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
10. "george - Polyserena". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
11. "Elvis Presley - Elv1s - 30 #1 Hits". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
12. "Avril Lavigne - Let Go". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
13. "Céline Dion - A New Day Has Come". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
14. "Silverchair - Diorama". Australian Charts Portal. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
15. "The 12th Man - The Final Dig?". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.