Hot 100 Airplay number-one hits of 2002 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 Airplay number-ones of 2002.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 5 | "U Got It Bad U Got It Bad "U Got It Bad" is a 2001 single from Usher's 2001 album 8701. It was the second US single from the album and the third international single, reaching number 1 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, and reaching the top 5 in the United Kingdom and Australia.The song was produced by... " |
Usher Usher (entertainer) Usher Terry Raymond IV , who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100... |
| January 12 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| January 19 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| January 26 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| February 2 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| February 9 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| February 16 | "U Got It Bad" | Usher |
| February 23 | "Always on Time Always on Time "Always on Time" is a song by American rapper Ja Rule, featuring Ashanti, and produced by Irv Gotti. The music was written by 7 Aurelius, Ja Rule and Irving Lorenzo. The song became both Ashanti's first Hot 100 number one single and Ja Rule's second.... " |
Ja Rule Ja Rule Jeffrey Atkins , better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla"... featuring Ashanti Ashanti (singer) Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model. She rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous debut album, which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release... |
| March 2 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| March 9 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller... featuring Ja Rule |
| March 16 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| March 23 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| March 30 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| April 6 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| April 13 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| April 20 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| April 27 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| May 4 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| May 11 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| May 18 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| May 25 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| June 1 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| June 8 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| June 15 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| June 22 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| June 29 | "Hot in Herre Hot in Herre "Hot in Herre" is a popular song and single performed by the hip-hop artist Nelly, and was released in 2002 as the first single on his album Nellyville. The song's producers were The Neptunes... " |
Nelly Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes, Jr. , better known by his stage name Nelly, is an Grammy Award winning American rapper and actor. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in 2000 with his debut album... |
| July 6 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| July 13 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| July 20 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| July 27 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| August 3 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| August 10 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| August 17 | "Dilemma Dilemma (song) "Dilemma" is a song by the American rapper Nelly, featuring R&B singer Kelly Rowland. The single was released in 2002 from the Nelly's album Nellyville, and Rowland's album Simply Deep... " |
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland Kelly Rowland Kelendria Trene "Kelly" Rowland is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and television personality. She rose to fame as one of the founding members of the American girl group Destiny's Child... |
| August 24 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| August 31 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| September 7 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| September 14 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| September 21 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| September 28 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| October 5 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| October 12 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| October 19 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| October 26 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| November 2 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| November 9 | "Lose Yourself Lose Yourself "Lose Yourself" is an Academy Award winning song by American hip-hop artist Eminem, released as the first single from the original soundtrack to the movie 8 Mile on October 22, 2002. It was written and produced by Eminem himself, along with longtime collaborator Jeff Bass, one half of the... " |
Eminem Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition... |
| November 16 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| November 23 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| November 30 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| December 7 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| December 14 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| December 21 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |
| December 28 | "Lose Yourself" | Eminem |