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 The Chart Hitz New Zealand Best Of 2002 Charts were compiled from our members voting for the: Best TV Chart Show - NZ, Best TV Chart Show - International, Best Music Related TV Show, Best Concert/Performance (Within NZ), Best Newcomer, Best New Zealand Artist/Group, Best Overall Artist/Group, Best Album - NZ & Best Album - International.
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The Best Of 2002 feature has been broken down into several sections.  Click on a link to be taken to that respective section. Our final commentary for 2002 can be found at the end of this feature.




The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Of 2002 Singles Chart Top 50

Fly By II - BLUEThis year's Best Of Singles Chart is based on a points system where every single chart released during the year counted towards the final Best Of 2002 Singles Chart.  Each time a song made the chart between: numbers fifty and thirty-one, ten points were added to it's total; numbers thirty and eleven, twenty points were added to it's total; numbers ten and one, thirty points were added to it's total.  This was used to reward those songs which had staying power in the chart but may not have necessarily reached the upper limits of the chart.
For each songs individual position in the weekly chart, number one was given fifty points, number two forty-nine points, and so on, with number fifty being given one point.  Then all weeks results were collated together and the results are displayed below with the total number of points each song accrued during the year.
For information on what the asterisk(*) and hash(#) symbols mean, see the notes below the chart.

PositionWeeks In Chart#Peak##Total No. Of Points#Song
ARTIST
Album/Single Release
1 39 1 (6 Weeks!) 2513 Fly By II
BLUE
All Rise
2 42 1 2475 World Of Our Own
WESTLIFE
World Of Our Own/World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)/Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
3 42 1 (5 Weeks!) 2331 Caught In The Middle
A1
Make It Good
4 42 1 2143 When You're Looking Like That
WESTLIFE
World Of Our Own/Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
5 31 1 (5 Weeks!) 1884 In The End
LINKIN PARK
Hybrid Theory (Bonus Edition - 2CD)
6 31 2 1864 Bop Bop Baby
WESTLIFE
World Of Our Own/World Of Our Own (Deluxe Edition)/Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1
7 33 4 1619* There's A Whole Lot Of Loving
SIX
(Single Release)
8 28 1 1619* If You Come Back
BLUE
All Rise
9 33 3 1545 Don't Let Me Get Me
P!NK
M!ssundaztood
10 25 1 1493 Bruce
RUBICON (NZ MUSIC)
(Single Release)
11 23 1 (2 Weeks!) 1454 Just A Little
LIBERTY X
Thinking It Over
12 38 9 1447 You Are
ATOMIC KITTEN
Right Now (2001)
13 26 1 (3 Weeks!) 1442 Without Me
EMINEM
The Eminem Show
14 23 1 (2 Weeks!) 1434 Just Like A Pill
P!NK
M!ssundaztood
15 21 2 1418 Best In Me
BLUE
All Rise
16 21 2 (2 Weeks!) 1349 Complicated
AVRIL LAVIGNE
Let Go
17 20 2 1323 Dilemma
NELLY feat. KELLY ROWLAND
Nellyville
18 24 1 1246 Sophie
GOODSHIRT (NZ MUSIC)
Good
19 24 5 (2 Weeks!) 1222 Girlfriend (The Neptunes Remix)
*NSYNC feat. NELLY
(Single Release)
20 26 2 1209 How You Remind Me
NICKELBACK
Silver Side Up
21 23 4 1197 Are You In?
INCUBUS
Morning View
22 26 5 1193 It's OK
ATOMIC KITTEN
Feels So Good
23 16 1 (8 Weeks!) 1181 The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)
ATOMIC KITTEN
Feels So Good
24 22 1 1179 Always On Time
JA RULE feat. ASHANTI
Pain Is Love/Pain Is Love (Australian Bonus Edition)
25 24 7 1163 Escape
ENRIQUE IGLESIAS
Escape
26 19 1 1122 Falling In Love Again
ANIKA MOA (NZ MUSIC)
Thinking Room
27 23 1 (2 Weeks!) 1119 Murder On The Dancefloor
SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR
Read My Lips/Read My Lips (Revised Edition)
28 21 6 1097 Hot In Herre
NELLY
Nellyville
29 22 10 1081 Papa Don't Preach
KELLY OSBOURNE & INCUBUS
Shut Up/The Osbourne Family Album
30 18 1 (4 Weeks!) 1071 Movies
ALIEN ANT FARM
ANThology
31 22 1 1031 Too Close
BLUE
All Rise
32 22 1 993 It's On
NESIAN MYSTIK (NZ MUSIC)
Polysaturated
33 15 2 (3 Weeks!) 991 Sk8er Boi
AVRIL LAVIGNE
Let Go
34 22 4 977 Youth Of The Nation
P.O.D.
Satellite
35 17 2 955 In Too Deep
SUM 41
All Killer No Filler
36 16 2 (3 Weeks!) 953 Alive
P.O.D.
Satellite
37 23 4 952 Blurry
PUDDLE OF MUDD
Come Clean
38 19 2 (2 Weeks!) 938 Get The Party Started
P!NK
M!ssundaztood
39 22 7 937 U Got It Bad
USHER
8701
40 17 4 933 Cleanin' Out My Closet
EMINEM
The Eminem Show
41 18 3 918 Misty Frequencies
CHE FU (NZ MUSIC)
Navigator
42 16 2 916 Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
GOOD CHARLOTTE
The Young And The Hopeless
43 21 7 (2 Weeks!) 899 My Sacrifice
CREED
Weathered
44 15 3 895 Round Round
SUGABABES
Angels With Dirty Faces
45 19 1 891 Hey Baby
NO DOUBT feat. BOUNTY KILLER
Rock Steady
46 23 9 886 Queen Of My Heart
WESTLIFE
World Of Our Own
47 22 9 839 If Tomorrow Never Comes
RONAN KEATING
Destination
48 21 6 823 Whenever, Wherever
SHAKIRA
Laundry Service
49 20 10 (3 Weeks!) 808 Make It Good
A1
Make It Good
50 16 4 805 Kiss Kiss
HOLLY VALANCE
Footprints

Notes:
* Positions based on number of weeks in chart since point totals are the same.
# Based on all Chart Hitz NZ weekly charts released between 01/01/2002 and 31/12/2002 (Chart numbers 15 to 64).
## Based on all Chart Hitz NZ weekly charts released between 01/01/2002 and 31/12/2002 (Chart numbers 15 to 64).  Actual peak position and/or number of weeks at that position may be higher if the song charted outside of the specified period.


The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best TV Chart Show - New Zealand

The Pepsi ChartThis year saw The Pepsi Chart opened up to a wider audience with the addition of a Saturday afternoon rescreening on TV4's sister station TV3.  This undoubtedly helped The Pepsi Chart's success in this category by displacing last year's winner Coca-Cola Chart Show (and doing it by quite a substantial margin.)
Support for Coca-Cola RTR dwindled this year and only just beat m2 Volume: Top 12@1 to the number three spot.  This is possibly due to the heavy product placement throughout the half-hour show.  At least Pepsi does this in a more subtle manner.
  1. The Pepsi Chart (TV4/TV3)
  2. Coca-Cola Chart Show (TV2)
  3. Coca-Cola RTR (TV2)

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best TV Chart Show - International

Top Of The PopsWith only one entrant for this category it was hard for it to lose.
At least it deserves to win for it's Award Show, Christmas Show and it's weekly shows.
Congratulations Top Of The Pops!
Take note, TV executives: Give us more international Chart Shows!!!

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Music Related TV Show

Most WantedMost Wanted was, once again, the clear winner here.  Bribing people to watch the show, once again, paid off for them, but we feel they didn't need to do this as it is already a top quality show.  Also with TV3 now having dedicated screenings of Most Wanted plus using it to fill in gaps when programs are running too early is a real bonus.
  1. Most Wanted (TV4/TV3)
  2. Space (TV2)
  3. Coca-Cola New Releases (TV2)

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Concert/Performance (Within New Zealand)

RumbaWith so many artists coming to New Zealand this year, this category was quite a crowded bunch.
This year's winner was the Rumba concert which was held at the end of November in Auckland and throughout Australia (with a differing line-up.)  There was a mixture of both Kiwi and international artists including Abs, Nesian Mystik, P!NK, Taxiride, Toya and many more.  Our only critcism of Rumba was that the majority of the artists/groups performed for only approximately fifteen minutes each.
Big Day Out '02 was once again a huge success and Big Day Out '03 is set to be even bigger.  2003 is the ninth year that the BDO concert will have been held in New Zealand and each year it has become progressively stronger.
  1. Rumba - Various Artists
  2. Blue
  3. Big Day Out '02

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Newcomer

Nesian MystikAfter securing their first number one with their second single, "It's On", Nesian Mystik were always hot favourites to take out the Best Newcomer award.
Avril Lavigne was also a strong performer after the success of her debut, "Complicated", and the follow up "Sk8er Boi".
Also worthy of a mention is DJ Sammy who remixed the 1980s hit "Heaven" to become one of the best dance tracks of the year and followed it up with another remix, this time being "Boys Of Summer".
  1. Nesian Mystik
  2. Avril Lavigne
  3. DJ Sammy

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best New Zealand Artist/Group

ZedAfter taking out the Best Concert/Performance award last year, Zed have this year won the award for Best New Zealand Artist/Group in this new category.  It was a welcome return for Zed fans this year as the boys released a new single, "Starlight", which grabbed the Christmas #1 spot.
It's also been a great year for K'Lee with four hit singles off her debut album and getting international attention on various magazine covers.
  1. Zed
  2. K'Lee
  3. Nesian Mystik

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Overall Artist/Group

Westlife2002 has been a great year for Westlife with six top 20 singles ("When You're Looking Like That", "Queen Of My Heart", "World Of Our Own", "Bop Bop Baby", "Unbreakable", and "Written In The Stars".)  It's hardly surprising that they took out three of the top ten positions in the Best Of 2002 Singles Chart.
Blue also had a great year after the success of their singles "Too Close", "If You Come Back", "Fly By II", "Best In Me", "One Love/Get Ready", and "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (feat. Elton John)", with "Fly By II" being the top single of 2002.
  1. Westlife
  2. Blue
  3. Zed

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Album - New Zealand

Polysaturated - NESIAN MYSTIKThree hit singles from Nesian Mystik ("Nesian Style", "It's On" and "For The People") have helped make 'Polysaturated' a must-have for any pop/RnB music lover.
Natures Best 2, a collection of the songs voted 31 to 65 in Apra's poll of all time favorite Kiwi compositions, filled the gap in every Kiwi music lover's collection.  With artists ranging from DD Smash to Zed, Natures Best 2 is a classic New Zealand compilation.
  1. Polysaturated - NESIAN MYSTIK
  2. K'Lee - K'LEE
  3. Natures Best 2 - VARIOUS ARTISTS

The Official Chart Hitz NZ Chart:
Best Album - International

The Eminem Show - EMINEMHe's the person that so many parents love to hate which just makes the kids like him even more.  'The Eminem Show' was destined to be a success story after it was in mass distribution across P2P (peer-to-peer) networks worldwide before it was even released.  With smash hit singles like "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet", Eminem could do no wrong this year.
'Unbreakable' is a must-have for all Westlife fans as it packs in all of the group's hits including the new single of the same name.
'Make It Good', while not a strong performer, it does contain a few good tracks like the #1 smash "Caught In The Middle" and the follow up "Make It Good".  A1 are now "taking a break" so their fanbase which has grown significantly here in New Zealand over the last year will be sadly disappointed.
  1. The Eminem Show - EMINEM
  2. Unbreakable: The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - WESTLIFE
  3. Make It Good - A1

Chart Hitz NZ Commentary:

Firstly, let's look back at how we did with our predictions for 2002.
The possible demise of Britney Spears as the Princess of Pop - In 2002 Britney hit rock bottom with the singles "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" and "Boys".
Nelly Furtado going from strength to strength - The only thing that came out of the Nelly Furtado camp this year was "S*** On The Radio (Remember The Days)".  We were disappointed that there was only three hit singles from her debut 'Whoa Nelly!'.
Even more local music making the Top 50 - 2002 was a great year for New Zealand music with the following singles making the #1 spot: "Bruce" by Rubicon, "Sophie" by Goodshirt, "Falling In Love Again" by Anika Moa, "It's On" by Nesian Mystik, and "Starlight" by Zed.
Yet more "individual comebacks" from the Spice Girls - We were completely wrong with this one (some would say, thank goodness.)
The first full year of Chart Hitz New Zealand Chart - September saw in the first year of charting New Zealand's hottest hits, with the 2002 Christmas Chart ending the first full year of the Chart Hitz New Zealand Top 50 Chart.  We hope this will be the first year of many.

In 2003 look out for:
  • Christina Aguilera's return to form
  • A bigger and better Rumba
  • Yet even more Kiwi music making the Top 50
  • More local acts going international
  • Another full year of Chart Hitz New Zealand charts
  • Anything else we've missed

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