Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2002, 21 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly
airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]
The longest unbroken run at number one during 2002 was seven weeks, achieved by
Kenny Chesney's song "
The Good Stuff", which was also ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs.[10] Two artists achieved three number one hits during 2002.
Tim McGraw topped the chart in March with "
Bring On the Rain", a collaboration with
Jo Dee Messina, which was replaced at the top the following week by his single "
The Cowboy in Me".[11] Later in the year he returned to the number one position with "
Unbroken".
Toby Keith reached number one with "
My List", "
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" and "
Who's Your Daddy?". McGraw and Keith's singles contributed to a dominance of the chart in 2002 by male vocalists. Other than Messina's collaboration with McGraw, the only number one by a female artist was "
Blessed" by
Martina McBride, which would be the last number one for a solo female artist for more than two years.[12] The final number one hit of the year was "
She'll Leave You with a Smile" by
George Strait.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 2002, 21 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles & Tracks, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly
airplay data from country music radio stations compiled by
Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.[1]
The longest unbroken run at number one during 2002 was seven weeks, achieved by
Kenny Chesney's song "
The Good Stuff", which was also ranked number one on Billboard's year-end chart of the most popular country songs.[10] Two artists achieved three number one hits during 2002.
Tim McGraw topped the chart in March with "
Bring On the Rain", a collaboration with
Jo Dee Messina, which was replaced at the top the following week by his single "
The Cowboy in Me".[11] Later in the year he returned to the number one position with "
Unbroken".
Toby Keith reached number one with "
My List", "
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)" and "
Who's Your Daddy?". McGraw and Keith's singles contributed to a dominance of the chart in 2002 by male vocalists. Other than Messina's collaboration with McGraw, the only number one by a female artist was "
Blessed" by
Martina McBride, which would be the last number one for a solo female artist for more than two years.[12] The final number one hit of the year was "
She'll Leave You with a Smile" by
George Strait.