Rhythmic Top 40 number-one hits of 2002 (USA)
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This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Rhythmic Top 40
number-ones of 2002.
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
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 |
| January 12 | "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 |
| January 19 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| January 26 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| February 2 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| February 9 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| February 16 | "Always on Time" | Ja Rule featuring Ashanti |
| February 23 | "Ain't It Funny Ain't It Funny "Ain't It Funny" is a song recorded by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez. The song was written by Lopez and Cory Rooney, and produced by Rooney and Dan Shea for Lopez's second studio album, J.Lo... " |
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 2 | "Ain't It Funny" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule |
| March 9 | "What's Luv" | Fat Joe Fat Joe Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad.... featuring Ashanti |
| March 16 | "What's Luv" | Fat Joe featuring Ashanti |
| March 23 | "What's Luv" | Fat Joe featuring Ashanti |
| March 30 | "What's Luv" | Fat Joe featuring Ashanti |
| April 6 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| April 13 | "Foolish" | Ashanti |
| 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 | "Without Me Without Me "Without Me" is a rap song by American rapper Eminem. It was released as the lead single from his fourth studio album titled The Eminem Show in 2002, and re-released on his greatest-hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits in 2005.... " |
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... |
| June 8 | "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 |
| June 15 | "Hot In Herre" | Nelly |
| June 22 | "Hot In Herre" | Nelly |
| June 29 | "Hot In Herre" | Nelly |
| July 6 | "Hot In Herre" | Nelly |
| July 13 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| July 20 | "Hot in Herre" | Nelly |
| July 27 | "I Need a Girl (Part Two) I Need a Girl (Part Two) "I Need a Girl " is a single by American rapper P. Diddy with the collaboration of Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans and Tammy Ruggeri from the album We Invented the Remix Vol. 1. It is the second part of the single "I Need a Girl ". With the song's success on the charts, P. Diddy achieved the rare... " |
P. Diddy Sean Combs Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally... & Ginuwine Ginuwine Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine had released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990's... featuring Loon Loon (rapper) Amir Junaid Muhadith best known by his stage name Loon, is an African-American rapper that was formerly part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records, where he released his self-titled debut album, Loon. He has also made many guest appearances on songs of the R&B and hip hop genres. He is best known for his... , Mario Winans Mario Winans Mario Winans is an American R&B singer, songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born Mario Brown, he is the son of gospel recording artist Vickie Winans and her first husband, Bishop Ronald Brown. He is also the stepson of his mother's second husband, gospel singer, Pastor Marvin... and Tammi Ruggeri |
| August 3 | "Dilemma Dilemma A dilemma |proposition]]") is a problem offering two possibilities, neither of which is practically acceptable. One in this position has been traditionally described as "being on the horns of a dilemma", neither horn being comfortable... " |
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 10 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| August 17 | "Dilemma" | Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland |
| 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 | "Work It" | Missy Elliott Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one... |
| November 9 | "Work It" | Missy Elliott |
| November 16 | "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 |
| 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 |
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