This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2002.
Events
- January 13 - CMT premieres CMT Crossroads, which features country music artists being paired with artists from other genres. The show has since become one of the channel's most successful programs; the first episode featured Lucinda Williams and Elvis Costello.
- May 27 - Toby Keith releases "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)"; written in response to the death of Keith's father and the September 11, 2001 attacks, the song stirs up controversy for the line "We'll put a boot in your ass/It's the American way". Canadian-born newsman Peter Jennings and Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines both express criticism of the song, with a feud with the latter lasting for a year.
- October 7 - Toby Keith begins airing in television spots as the spokesman for Ford, with his original composition, "Ford Truck Man", during that night's broadcast of Monday Night Football.
- November 19 â Shania Twain returned with her fourth album, Up!. It opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 874,000 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:
Top new album releases
The following albums placed within the Top 50 on the Top Country Albums charts in 2002:
Other top albums
Deaths
Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Major awards
ARIA Awards
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards
- Video of the Year â "Young", Kenny Chesney
- Male Video of the Year â "Young", Kenny Chesney
- Female Video of the Year â "Blessed", Martina McBride
- Group / Duo Video of the Year â "Only in America", Brooks & Dunn
- Breakthrough Video of the Year â "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out", Chris Cagle
- Video Collaboration of the Year â "Mendocino County Line", Willie Nelson Featuring Lee Ann Womack
- Hottest Video of the Year â "The Cowboy in Me", Tim McGraw
- Concept Video of the Year â "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)", Brad Paisley
- Fashion Plate Video of the Year â "Jezebel", Chely Wright
- "LOL" (Laugh Out Loud) Video of the Year â "I Wanna Talk About Me", Toby Keith
- Love Your Country Video of the Year â "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)", Alan Jackson
- Video Director of the Year â "I Wanna Talk About Me", Toby Keith (Director: Michael Salomon)
- Video Visionary Award â Dixie Chicks
Americana Music Honors & Awards
Academy of Country Music
Canadian Country Music Association
Country Music Association
Further reading
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944âÂÂ2005 â 6th Edition." 2005.
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