{"id":21542,"date":"2024-08-05T07:38:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T13:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21542"},"modified":"2024-08-02T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:19:39","slug":"fifty-years-of-music-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/fifty-years-of-music-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2693\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end\u00a0<em>Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.<\/p>\n<p>We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 2002, the year I celebrated my 28th birthday.\u00a0 Only 29 songs remain familiar to me today, with just 21 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.<\/p>\n<p>#96: Avril Lavigne \u2013 <em>Sk8er Boi<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 29 plays<\/p>\n<p>Peaking at #10, it gave Lavigne her second straight top ten hit and a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.<\/p>\n<p>#95: Alanis Morissette \u2013 <em>Hands Clean<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n<p>The lead single from Morissette&#8217;s fifth studio album, it reached #23 and was her last single to crack the Top 40.<\/p>\n<p>#87: Jewel \u2013 <em>Standing Still<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 20 plays<\/p>\n<p>Spending a total of 20 weeks on the Hot 100, it topped out at #25<\/p>\n<p>#77: Ludacris \u2013 <em>Rollout (My Business)<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 23 plays<\/p>\n<p>Nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance, it went to #17.<\/p>\n<p>#71: No Doubt featuring Lady Saw \u2013 <em>Underneath It All<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n<p>Spending two weeks at #3, it is the groups highest charting single.<\/p>\n<p>#63: Eminem \u2013 <em>Lose Yourself<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 55 plays<\/p>\n<p>The track from the <em>8 Mile<\/em> soundtrack spent 12 weeks at #1 across 2002 and 2003, becoming the rapper&#8217;s first chart topping single.<\/p>\n<p>#59: No Doubt \u2013 <em>Hella Good<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 26 plays<\/p>\n<p>The second single from the group&#8217;s fifth studio album, it peaked at #13.<\/p>\n<p>#56: LeAnn Rimes \u2013 <em>Can&#8217;t Fight the Moonlight<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n<p>The theme song from <em>Coyote Ugly<\/em>, it stalled at #71 in 2000 but returned to the charts in late 2001, eventually rising to #11.<\/p>\n<p>#54: Missy Elliot \u2013 <em>Work It<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n<p>Elliot&#8217;s most successful single, it spent ten weeks at #2, tying Foreigner for the longest stint at that position.<\/p>\n<p>#47: Eminem \u2013 <em>Cleanin&#8217; Out My Closet<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 31 plays<\/p>\n<p>The second release from the rapper&#8217;s fourth studio album, it peaked at #4.<\/p>\n<p>#46: Five for Fighting \u2013 <em>Superman (It&#8217;s Not Easy)<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The first charting single for the band, it reached #14 while being used to honor the victims, survivors, police, and firefighters involved in the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>#45: Kylie Minogue \u2013 <em>Can\u2019t Get You Out of My Head<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Written and produced by former singer Cathy Dennis, it topped out at #7 and was her best-selling single in the US since 1987.<\/p>\n<p>#43: Pink \u2013 <em>Just Like a Pill<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n<p>Peaking at #8, it was written by Pink and Dallas Austin for her second studio album.<\/p>\n<p>#36: Pink \u2013 <em>Don&#8217;t Let Me Get Me<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n<p>The fifth top ten hit of Pink&#8217;s career, it reached #8.<\/p>\n<p>#35: Sheryl Crow \u2013 <em>Soak Up the Sun<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n<p>The lead single from her fourth studio album, it went to #17, becoming her sixth Top 40 hit.<\/p>\n<p>#32: No Doubt \u2013 <em>Hey Baby<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 27 plays<\/p>\n<p>Earning the band the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, it spent two weeks at #5.<\/p>\n<p>#28: Shakira \u2013 <em>Whenever, Wherever<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n<p>The lead single from the Colombian singer&#8217;s English language debut, it peaked at #6.<\/p>\n<p>#25: Chad Kroger featuring Josey Scott \u2013 <em>Hero<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Recorded for the <em>Spider-Man<\/em> soundtrack, it topped the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock charts while topping out at #3 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>#24: Pink \u2013 <em>Get the Party Started<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 26 plays<\/p>\n<p>Originally written for Madonna, Pink took the party anthem to #4 in late December 2001.<\/p>\n<p>#23: Michelle Branch \u2013 <em>All You Wanted<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n<p>Reaching #6, this second single from her debut album was written by Branch.<\/p>\n<p>#22: Enrique Iglesias \u2013 <em>Hero<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Released eight days before the 9\/11 attacks in 2001, it spent fifteen weeks at #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart while going to #3 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>#21: Eminem \u2013 <em>Without Me<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 25 plays<\/p>\n<p>Earning two Grammy nominations, the lead single from Eminem&#8217;s fourth studio album peaked at #2.<\/p>\n<p>#20: Creed \u2013 <em>My Sacrifice<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Spending nine weeks atop the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, it reached #4 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>#14: Jimmy Eat World \u2013 <em>The Middle<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s only Top 40 hit, it went all the way to #5.<\/p>\n<p>#11: Avril Lavigne \u2013 <em>Complicated<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 18 plays<\/p>\n<p>The debut single from the Canadian singer-songwriter, it topped out at #2 while staying on the chart for 31 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>#6: Vanessa Carlton \u2013 <em>A Thousand Miles<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>The singer&#8217;s debut single, it remains her biggest hit, reaching #5.<\/p>\n<p>#5: The Calling \u2013 <em>Wherever You Will Go<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n<p>The band&#8217;s only single to reach the Hot 100, it peaked at #5.<\/p>\n<p>#3: Nelly \u2013 <em>Hot in Herre<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n<p>The lead single from his second studio album, it spent seven weeks at #1 during the summer of 2002.<\/p>\n<p>#1: Nickelback \u2013 <em>How You Remind Me<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n<p>Spending four weeks atop the Hot 100 across 2001 and 2002, it was named the most played song of the decade on US radio stations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end\u00a0Billboard\u00a0Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day. 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