BILLBOARD MAGAZINE'S (BARRY KOWAL) TOP ALBUMS FOR 2002

No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month
  1 LET GO-AVRIL LAVIGNE-SEPTEMBER                                                                          2090
  2 HYBRID THEORY-LINKIN PARK-January                                                      1998
  3 THE EMINEM SHOW-EMINEM-June                                                            1724
  4 HOME-DIXIE CHICKS-September                                                            1516
  5 M!SSUNDAZTOOD-PINK-January                                                             1462
  6 NELLYVILLE-NELLY-July                                                                  1226
  7 O BROTHER,WHERE ART THOU?-SOUNDTRACK-March                                             1174
  8 WEATHERED-Creed-January                                                                 972
  9 WORD OF MOUF-Ludacris-January                                                           958
 10 ASHANTI-ASHANTI-April                                                                   948
 11 Up!-Shania Twain-December                                                               704
 12 Drive-Alan Jackson-February                                                             682
 13 Now Volume 9-Various Artists-April                                                      612
 14 A New Day Has Come-Celine Dion-April                                                    590
 15 Cocky-Kid Rock-February                                                                 576
 16 Stripped-Christina Aguilera-November                                                    536
 17 Elvis:30 #1 Hits-Elvis Presley-October                                                  514
 18 No Shoes,No Shirt,No Problem-Kenny Chesney-May                                          506
 19 Unleashed-Toby Keith-August                                                             462   
 20 C'mon C'mon-Sheryl Crow-April                                                           456
 21 Josh Groban-Josh Groban-April                                                           452
 22 Under Construction-Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot-November                                  444
 23 The Rising-Bruce Springsteen-August                                                     438
 24 Cry-Faith Hill-October                                                                  434
 25 Now 10-Various Artists-August                                                           424
 26 P.Diddy & Bad Boy Records Present.. Remixes-Various Artists-May                         416
 27 Justified-Justin Timberlake-November                                                    414
 28 A Rush Of Blood To The Head-Coldplay-September                                          408
 29 I Care 4 U-Aaliyah-December                                                             388
 30 Come Clean-Puddle Of Mudd-March                                                         376
 31 Stillmatic-Nas-January                                                                  370
 32 Now 11-Various Artists-January                                                          342
 33 J To Tha L-o! The Remixes-Jennifer Lopez-February                                       332
 34 Totally Hits 2002-Various Artists-June                                                  326
 35 Busted Stuff-Dave Matthews Band-July                                                    290
 36 The Scorpion King-Soundtrack-April                                                      276
 37 (Reanimation)-Linkin Park-August                                                        270
 38 Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors-December                                             264
 39 Spider-Man Soundtrack-May                                                               256
 40 Shaman-Santana-November                                                                 252
 41 The Last Temptation-Ja Rule-December                                                    250
 42 Forty Licks-Rolling Stones-October                                                      246
 43 By The Way-Red Hot Chili Peppers-July                                                   236
 44 Best Of Both Worlds-R.Kelly-April                                                       236
 45 October Road-James Taylor-August                                                        230
 46 Under Rug Swept-Alanis Morisette-March                                                  226
 47 Juslisen(Just Listen)-Musiq-May                                                         212
 48 Untouchables-Korn-June                                                                  210
 49 Come Home With Me-Cam'ron-May                                                           206
 50 Believe-Disturbed-October                                                               202
 51 Hood Rich-Big Tymer-May                                                                 192
 52 Southern Hummingbird-Tweet-April                                                        192
 53 Lord Willin'-Clipse-September                                                           188
 54 Irv Gotti Presents The Inc.-Various Artists-July                                        188
 55 Fever-Kylie Minogue-March                                                               180
 56 Full Moon-Brandy-March                                                                  150
 57 10-LL Cool J-October                                                                    142
 58 Lovehatetragedy-Papa Roach-July                                                         140
 59 Mended-Marc Anthony-June                                                                140
 60 Ultimate Manilow-Barry Manilow-February                                                 140
 61 Man vs. Machine-Xzibit-October                                                          136
 62 Life Goes On-Donnel Jones-June                                                          134
 63 Better Dayz-2 Pac-December                                                              132
 64 Eve-olution-Eve-September                                                               132
 65 O,Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits-July                                                    132
 66 It Had To Be You...The Great American Songbook-Rod Stewart-November                     130
 67 The Young And The Hopeless-Good Charlotte-November                                      126
 68 Blueprint 2:The Gift And The Curse-Jay Z                                                122
 69 Ludacris Presents Disturbing The Peace:Golden Grain-Various-October                     122
 70 XXX-Soundtrack-August                                                                   122
 71 Thug Holiday-Trick Daddy-August                                                         122
 72 Disney Lilo & Stitch Soundtrack-July                                                    112
 73 God's Favorite-N.O.R.E.-July                                                            102
 74 Nirvana-Nirvana-November                                                                 98
 75 A Gangster And A Gentlemen-Styles-July                                                   98
 76 Ecstasy-Avant-April                                                                      98
 77 American Idol:Greatest Moments-Soundtrack-October                                        96
 78 The Fix-Scarface-August                                                                  96
 79 Hard Candy-Counting Crows-July                                                           96
 80 18-Moby-May                                                                              96
 81 WWF:Forceable Entry-Various Artists-April                                                96
 82 B2K-B2K-March                                                                            96
 83 Bounce-Bon Jovi-October                                                                  94
 84 Gutterflower-Goo Goo Dolls-April                                                         94
 85 Charmbracelet-Mariah Carey-December                                                      90
 86 Voyage To India-India.Arie-October                                                       90
 87 MTV Unplugged No.2-Lauryn Hill-May                                                       90
 88 Away From The Sun-Three Doors Down-December                                              88
 89 500 Degreez-Lil' Wayne-August                                                            88
 90 Be Not Nobody-Vanessa Carlton-May                                                        88
 91 Pandemonium-B2K-December                                                                 78
 92 No More Drama (2002)-Mary J. Blige-February                                              76
 93 Off The Hook-Various Artists-June                                                        70
 94 Best Of 1990-2000 & B-Sides-U2-November                                                  56
 95 One By One-Foo Fighters-November                                                         56
 96 Maladroit-Weezer-May                                                                     56
 97 Sticks And Stones-New Found Glory-June                                                   54
 98 World Outside My Window-Glenn Lewis-April                                                54
 99 The Rebirth Of Kirk Franklin-Kirk Franklin-March                                         54
100 Riot Act-Pearl Jam-November                                                              52
101 Melt-Rascal Flats-November                                                               52
102 Truthfully Speaking-Truth Hurts-July                                                     52
103 Far Side Of The World-Jimmy Buffett-April                                                52
104 More Than You Think You Are-Matchbox 20-December                                         50
105 3D-TLC-November                                                                          50
106 Masquerade-Wyclef Jean-July                                                              50
107 Vapor Trails-Rush-May                                                                    50
108 Star Wars Episode II:Attack Of The Clones Soundtrack-May                                 50
109 Audioslave-December                                                                      48 
110 Scarlet's Walk-Tori Amos-November                                                        48
111 Stanley Climbfall-Lifehouse-October                                                      48
112 Dirty Vegas-Dirty Vegas-June                                                             48
113 Back In The US (Live)-Paul McCartney-December                                            46
114 Still Ghetto-Jaheim-November                                                             46
115 Sea Change-Beck-October                                                                  46
116 Just Whitney-Whitney Houston-December                                                    44
117 Live At Folsom Field Boulder Colorado-Dave Matthews Band-November                        44
118 The G Spot-Gerald Levert-October                                                         44
119 The Last DJ-Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers-October                                        44
120 Up-Peter Gabriel-October                                                                 44
121 Paradise-Kenny G-October                                                                 44
122 All I Have-Amerie-August                                                                 44
123 Mario-Mario-August                                                                       44
124 Gravity-Our Lady Of Peace-July                                                           44
125 Living Proof-Cher-March                                                                  44
126 Things In The Game Done Changed-Dave Hollister-October                                   42
127 The Lost Tapes-Nas-October                                                               42
128 Full Circle-Boyz/Men-August                                                              42
129 Are You Passionate?-Neil Young-April                                                     42
130 Lovers Live-Sade-February                                                  (2000)        42
131 Golden Road-Keith Urban-October                                                          40
132 Animal House-Angie Martinez-September                                                    40
133 X-Def Leppard-August                                                                     40
134 The Lonely Position Of Neutral-TRUST Company-August                                      40
135 Highly Evolved-The Vines-July                                                            40
136 Border Girl-Paulino Robio-July                                                           40
137 Cee-Lo...Cee-Lo Green And His Perfect Imperfections-Cee-Lo-May                           40
138 Doggy Bag-Lil Bow Wow-January                                                            40
139 Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$-Snoop Dogg-December                                          38
140 Elton John's Greatest Hits 1970-2002-Elton John-November                                 38
141 Sentimento-Andrea Bocelli-November                                                       38
142 Thug World Order-Bones & Thugs-November                                                  38
143 Simply Deep-Kelly Rowland-November                                                       38
144 Best Of Fleetwood Mac-Fleetwood Mac-October                                              38
145 Twisted Again-Leann Rimes-October                                                        38
146 Quizas-Enrique Iglesias-October                                                          38
147 Undaground Legend-Lil' Flip-September                                                    38
148 Layin Da Smak Down-Project Pat-August                                                    38
149 Box Car Racer-Box Car Racer-June                                                         38
150 Totally Country:17 New Chart-Topping Hits-Various Artists-February                       38
151 More Than A Woman-Toni Braxton-December                                                  36
152 World Wrestling Entetainment-Jim Johnston-November                                       36
153 Universal Soldier-Pastor Troy-October                                                    36
154 The Ballatician:Grit & Grind-E-40-July                                                   36
155 Born To Reign-Will Smith-July                                                            36
156 The Osbourne Family Album-Osbourne Family-July                                           36
157 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot-Wilco-May                                                           36
158 Silver Lining-Bonnie Raitt-April                                                         36
159 Grammy Nominees 2003-Various Artists-March                                               36
160 Worship Again-Michael W.Smith-November                                                   34
161 Wonder What's Next-Chevelle-October                                                      34
162 Diamond Princess-Trina-September                                                         34
163 Rebirth-Keith Sweat-August                                                               34
164 Heathen-David Bowie-June                                                                 34
165 State Property Soundtrack-February                                                       34