Date
|
Album
|
Artist
|
Notes
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O C T O B E R
|
1
|
Before the Backstreet Boys 1989–1993 |
Nick Carter |
Compilation
|
The Complete Singles Collection 1994-2000 |
The Unseen |
Compilation
|
Cruel Smile |
Elvis Costello and the Imposters |
-
|
Downthesun |
Downthesun |
-
|
The Execution of All Things |
Rilo Kiley |
-
|
Floetic |
Floetry |
-
|
Live in Paris |
Diana Krall |
Live
|
Man Vs. Machine |
Xzibit |
-
|
To Live and Die in CA |
Daz Dillinger |
-
|
To Understand: The Early Recordings of Matthew Sweet |
Matthew Sweet |
Compilation
|
Tuxicity |
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine |
-
|
Twisted Angel |
LeAnn Rimes |
-
|
The Young and the Hopeless |
Good Charlotte |
-
|
2
|
Consumed by Your Poison |
Despised Icon |
-
|
7
|
Entering the Spectra |
Karmakanic |
-
|
8
|
Alienating Our Audience |
Mindless Self Indulgence |
Live
|
The Bad, the Worse, and the Out of Print |
The Bouncing Souls |
Compilation
|
BareNaked |
Jennifer Love Hewitt |
-
|
Ben Folds Live |
Ben Folds |
Live
|
Bounce |
Bon Jovi |
-
|
Caution |
Hot Water Music |
-
|
Clone |
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon |
-
|
Comalies |
Lacuna Coil |
-
|
Cruelty Without Beauty |
Soft Cell |
-
|
Device, Voice, Drum |
Kansas |
Live
|
Early Years |
Tiger Army |
EP
|
El Cielo |
dredg |
-
|
Electric Tears |
Buckethead |
-
|
1st Class |
Large Professor |
-
|
Fuck the System |
The Exploited |
-
|
Golden Road |
Keith Urban |
-
|
Happy With What You Have to Be Happy With |
King Crimson |
EP
|
It Won't Be Christmas Without You |
Brooks & Dunn |
Christmas
|
Jingle All the Way |
Crash Test Dummies |
Christmas
|
Kings of Crunk |
Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz |
-
|
The Last DJ |
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
-
|
Lost Horizons |
Lemon Jelly |
-
|
Make Up the Breakdown |
Hot Hot Heat |
Debut
|
Mis Boleros Favoritos |
Luis Miguel |
Compilation
|
Not 4 Sale |
Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas |
-
|
Pictures |
John Michael Montgomery |
-
|
Power in Numbers |
Jurassic 5 |
-
|
Rise Above: 24 Black Flag Songs to Benefit the West Memphis Three |
Rollins Band |
Covers album
|
Rollin' Stoned |
Kottonmouth Kings |
-
|
Sean-Nós Nua |
Sinéad O'Connor |
Traditional Irish songs
|
Statues |
Moloko |
-
|
This Is Who I Am |
Heather Headley |
Debut
|
Wonder What's Next |
Chevelle |
-
|
Velocity of Sound |
The Apples in Stereo |
-
|
11
|
Being Out Rocks |
Various Artists |
Compilation
|
I to Sky |
JJ72 |
-
|
14
|
Footprints |
Holly Valance |
-
|
Hate |
The Delgados |
-
|
Out from Out Where |
Amon Tobin |
-
|
Up the Bracket |
The Libertines |
-
|
15
|
10 |
LL Cool J |
-
|
Attack!! |
Yngwie J. Malmsteen |
-
|
Cry |
Faith Hill |
Hill's third consecutive album to reach no. 1
|
Heavy Metal Thunder |
Saxon |
-
|
Let It Rain |
Tracy Chapman |
-
|
Paullelujah! |
MC Paul Barman |
-
|
Perfecting Loneliness |
Jets to Brazil |
-
|
Santa Claus Lane |
Hilary Duff |
Christmas; Debut
|
Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti |
Various Artists |
Red Hot Benefit Series
|
Waiting for My Rocket to Come |
Jason Mraz |
Debut
|
Welcome |
Taproot |
-
|
You Forgot It in People |
Broken Social Scene |
-
|
20
|
Slanted and Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe |
Pavement |
Compilation
|
21
|
All Eyez on Me |
Monica |
-
|
Comfort In Sound |
Feeder |
-
|
Human Conditions |
Richard Ashcroft |
-
|
The Kiss of Morning |
Graham Coxon |
-
|
Our House: the Original Songs |
Madness |
Compilation
|
Unity |
Rage |
-
|
22
|
Best of Bowie |
David Bowie |
Compilation
|
Christmas Is Almost Here |
Carly Simon |
Christmas
|
Dancing Down the Stony Road |
Chris Rea |
-
|
The Essential Leonard Cohen |
Leonard Cohen |
Compilation
|
Garfield |
Adam Green |
-
|
A Girl Can Mack |
3LW |
-
|
Is This Thing Loaded? |
Northstar |
-
|
It Had to Be You: the Great American Songbook |
Rod Stewart |
Covers
|
Kidz Bop Christmas |
Kidz Bop Kids |
-
|
Live From Camp X-Ray |
Rocket from the Crypt |
-
|
Neva Surrenda |
Outlawz |
-
|
New Earth Mud |
Chris Robinson |
-
|
One by One |
Foo Fighters |
-
|
Order of the Leech |
Napalm Death |
-
|
Save Rock 'n' Roll |
The Flaming Sideburns |
-
|
Shaman |
Santana |
-
|
Some Things |
Lasgo |
-
|
Spend the Night |
The Donnas |
-
|
Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 |
Black Sabbath |
Compilation
|
Transplants |
Transplants |
-
|
Wishes: A Holiday Album |
Kenny G |
Holiday
|
Worship Again |
Michael W. Smith |
Live
|
Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) |
Behemoth |
-
|
26
|
Present |
Killing Heidi |
-
|
28
|
( ) |
Sigur Rós |
-
|
Crimson Thunder |
HammerFall |
-
|
Enjoy the Moment |
Randy Napoleon |
|
Forever Delayed |
Manic Street Preachers |
Compilation
|
Heart and Soul - 13 Rock Classics |
Bonnie Tyler |
-
|
A New Day at Midnight |
David Gray |
|
Now or Never |
Nick Carter |
-
|
Oh Me Oh My |
Devendra Banhart |
-
|
Scarlet's Walk |
Tori Amos |
-
|
Simply Deep |
Kelly Rowland |
-
|
Unholy Cult |
Immolation |
|
29
|
Guns, God and Government |
Marilyn Manson |
Video
|
Da Capo |
Ace of Base |
-
|
Divine Discontent |
Sixpence None the Richer |
-
|
Liza's Back |
Liza Minnelli |
Live
|
Lucky Day |
Shaggy |
-
|
Melt |
Rascal Flatts |
-
|
The Metal Opera Part II |
Avantasia |
-
|
8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture |
Various artists |
Soundtrack
|
Nirvana |
Nirvana |
Compilation
|
Pistols at Dawn |
Consumed |
-
|
Santa Hooked Me Up |
B2K |
Christmas
|
Stripped |
Christina Aguilera |
-
|
Thug World Order |
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
-
|
30
|
Shawn Desman |
Shawn Desman |
Debut
|
31
|
Alexisonfire |
Alexisonfire |
Debut
|
Something Good Is Going to Happen to You |
Baboon |
-
|
Season's Greetings from moe. |
Moe |
Christmas
|
N O V E M B E R
|
2
|
Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado |
Dave Matthews Band |
Live
|
A Wonderful World |
Tony Bennett and k.d. lang |
-
|
4
|
The Ballad Hits |
Roxette |
Compilation
|
Eddie's Archive |
Iron Maiden |
Box Set
|
Family Tree |
Björk |
Box Set
|
Greatest Hits |
Björk |
Compilation
|
The Guest |
Phantom Planet |
-
|
À la vie, à la mort ! |
Johnny Hallyday |
Double album
|
One Love |
Blue |
-
|
Submers |
Loscil |
[28]
|
Yanqui U.X.O. |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor |
-
|
5
|
American IV: The Man Comes Around |
Johnny Cash |
-
|
Anthology |
Carly Simon |
Compilation
|
The Best of 1990-2000 |
U2 |
Compilation +2 new tracks
|
Corridos de Muerte |
Asesino |
-
|
Edward the Great |
Iron Maiden |
Compilation
|
Grandes Éxitos |
Shakira |
Compilation
|
Have You Fed the Fish? |
Badly Drawn Boy |
-
|
Justified |
Justin Timberlake |
Debut
|
Live |
Alison Krauss |
Live
|
Live at the Rams Head |
Little Feat |
Live
|
Machine |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
EP
|
The Morning After |
Deborah Cox |
-
|
The Odyssey |
Symphony X |
-
|
One More Car, One More Rider |
Eric Clapton |
Live
|
Punishment in Capitals |
Napalm Death |
Live
|
Red Letter Days |
The Wallflowers |
-
|
Stars – The Best of 1992–2002 |
The Cranberries |
Compilation
|
Still Ghetto |
Jaheim |
-
|
Tallahassee |
The Mountain Goats |
-
|
Trapt |
Trapt |
-
|
We Are Science |
Dot Allison |
-
|
The Wraith: Shangri-La |
Insane Clown Posse |
-
|
11
|
Back in the U.S. |
Paul McCartney |
2xCD + DVD; Live
|
Felt: A Tribute to Christina Ricci |
Felt |
-
|
Unbreakable – The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 |
Westlife |
Compilation
|
12
|
3D |
TLC |
-
|
Away from the Sun |
3 Doors Down |
-
|
Back Into Your System |
Saliva |
-
|
The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Compilation
|
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse |
Jay-Z |
-
|
A Christmas Gift of Love |
Barry Manilow |
Christmas album
|
Darkhorse |
Crazy Town |
-
|
Deliverance |
Opeth |
-
|
Dutty Rock |
Sean Paul |
-
|
Greatest Hits 1970-2002 |
Elton John |
Compilation
|
Loose Screw |
The Pretenders |
-
|
Loyalty |
Fat Joe |
-
|
Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 6 |
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra |
-
|
Monsters in the Closet |
Swollen Members |
Compilation
|
Resurrection Through Carnage |
Bloodbath |
-
|
Riot Act |
Pearl Jam |
-
|
So Happily Unsatisfied |
Nine Days |
-
|
Symbol of Life |
Paradise Lost |
-
|
Testify |
Phil Collins |
-
|
Tribute to the Gods |
Iced Earth |
Covers album
|
Under Construction |
Missy Elliott |
-
|
14
|
Folk the World Tour |
Flight of the Conchords |
Live, debut
|
18
|
KylieFever2002: Live in Manchester |
Kylie Minogue |
Video
|
Another You Another Me |
H & Claire |
Debut
|
Brainwashed |
George Harrison |
-
|
Escapology |
Robbie Williams |
-
|
Fatal |
Hussein Fatal |
-
|
Greatest Hits |
Lighthouse Family |
Compilation
|
Live |
Running Wild |
Live
|
More Than a Woman |
Toni Braxton |
-
|
Nordland I |
Bathory |
-
|
Now That's What I Call Music! 53 (U.K. series) |
Various Artists |
Compilation
|
Organik Remixes |
Robert Miles |
Remix
|
Up! |
Shania Twain |
Sold in Country, Pop and World versions; 11× Platinum
|
19
|
Live |
Korn |
Video
|
Audioslave |
Audioslave |
Debut
|
Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture |
Various Artists |
Soundtrack
|
The End of All Things to Come |
Mudvayne |
-
|
Gone Wanderin' |
Jackie Greene |
-
|
Greatest Hits |
Geto Boys |
-
|
Last Temptation |
Ja Rule |
-
|
Mic Club: The Curriculum |
Canibus |
-
|
More Than You Think You Are |
Matchbox Twenty |
-
|
Now That's What I Call Music! 11 (U.S. series) |
Various Artists |
Compilation
|
Quality |
Talib Kweli |
Debut
|
Runaway Train |
Oleander |
EP
|
Safe |
Kittie |
EP
|
Slicker Than Your Average |
Craig David |
-
|
Travelogue |
Joni Mitchell |
-
|
Uncontrollable Fatulence |
Various Artists |
Compilation
|
Wait for Me |
Susan Tedeschi |
-
|
23
|
Naughty or Nice |
3LW |
-
|
25
|
The Last Dance |
Steps |
Compilation
|
Seeing Double |
S Club |
-
|
This Is Me... Then |
Jennifer Lopez |
-
|
26
|
Better Dayz |
2Pac |
-
|
Birdman |
Birdman |
-
|
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue |
Bob Dylan |
Live 1975
|
Burned Alive By Time |
Evergreen Terrace |
-
|
Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 |
Jerry Cantrell |
-
|
Does This Look Infected? |
Sum 41 |
-
|
Dru World Order |
Dru Hill |
-
|
Duets |
Barbra Streisand |
Compilation
|
Emotional |
K-Ci and JoJo |
-
|
Encore |
Lionel Richie |
Live
|
Good Timin': Live at Knebworth England 1980 |
The Beach Boys |
Live 1980
|
Greatest Hits |
Will Smith |
Compilation
|
I & I Survived |
Bad Brains |
-
|
It Ain't Safe No More |
Busta Rhymes |
-
|
Lil' Beethoven |
Sparks |
-
|
Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ |
Snoop Dogg |
-
|
Phrenology |
The Roots |
-
|
Red 13 |
Journey |
EP
|
Shut Up |
Kelly Osbourne |
-
|
Steal This Album! |
System of a Down |
-
|
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors |
Tim McGraw |
-
|
27
|
Step into My Heart |
immi |
-
|
29
|
Skylarkin' |
Mic Christopher |
-
|
Synchronized |
Sheavy |
-
|
Twelve Shots on the Rocks |
Hanoi Rocks |
-
|
D E C E M B E R
|
1
|
El Sello De Los Tiempos |
WarCry |
-
|
2
|
Dive In |
Darius |
Debut
|
Goodnight Sun |
Mike Farris |
-
|
3
|
Charmbracelet |
Mariah Carey |
-
|
6
|
Breaking Up Gray Skies |
Zayra Alvarez |
-
|
Lost as One |
Whispering Gallery |
-
|
Taking the Lead |
Elias Viljanen |
-
|
9
|
Cold Black Piece of Flesh |
Sacrificium |
-
|
Makowiecki Band |
Tomasz Makowiecki |
-
|
10
|
200 km/h in the Wrong Lane |
t.A.T.u. |
-
|
Electric Circus |
Common |
-
|
Feast on Scraps |
Alanis Morissette |
Live DVD
|
I Care 4 U |
Aaliyah |
Compilation
|
Just Whitney |
Whitney Houston |
-
|
Legend of the Liquid Sword |
GZA |
-
|
Naughty or Nice |
3LW |
Christmas
|
Pandemonium! |
B2K |
-
|
Round Room |
Phish |
-
|
11
|
CARPE DIEM |
Yellow Generation |
-
|
Radio Caroline Vol.1 |
Miss Kittin |
Compilation
|
Sugar High |
Chihiro Onitsuka |
-
|
13
|
God's Son |
Nas |
-
|
Glam-rök |
Fireflight |
-
|
Teraz wiem |
Szymon Wydra |
-
|
16
|
Chloë |
Chloë Agnew |
Debut
|
Pop*Porn |
Libido |
-
|
17
|
Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001 |
As Friends Rust / Strike Anywhere |
Live video
|
Don't Stop Movin'
|
S Club
|
-
|
Game Time |
Lil' Romeo |
-
|
MTV Unplugged 2.0 |
Dashboard Confessional |
Live
|
20
|
Gecko Stroll |
Will Pan |
-
|
Jade-2 |
Jade Kwan |
-
|
24
|
The Genesis |
Yngwie Malmsteen |
-
|
What If It All Means Something |
Chantal Kreviazuk |
Canada
|
31
|
Revenge Is My Name |
Iron Mask |
-
|