2002
Top Selling Singles
- Enrique Iglesias – Hero
- Shakira – Whenever Wherever
- Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody
- Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
- Atomic Kitten – The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)
- Nickelback – How You Remind Me
- Will Young – Anything Is Possible / Evergreen
- Las Ketchup – The Ketchup Song (Asereje)
- Elvis vs JXL – A Little Less Conversation
- Gareth Gates – Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)
Christmas No.1: Girls Aloud – Sound Of The Underground
Top Selling Albums
- ROBBIE WILLIAMS – ESCAPOLOGY
- P!NK – M!SSUNDAZTOOD
- ENRIQUE IGLESIAS – ESCAPE
- COLDPLAY – A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
- BLUE – ONE LOVE
- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – BY THE WAY
- NOW SERIES (UK) NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 53
- EMINEM THE EMINEM SHOW
- WESTLIFE UNBREAKABLE – THE GREATEST HITS – VOL 1
- ELVIS PRESLEY ELV1S: 30 #1 HITS
At the Box Office
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Monsters, Inc.
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
- Die Another Day
- Spider-Man
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- Ocean’s Eleven
- Austin Powers In Goldmember
- Men In Black II
Cost of Living
Average house price | £125,747 |
Average salary | £24,603 |
Average car price | Toyota Corolla £14,600 |
Petrol | 70p/litre |
Pint of beer | £2.09 |
Packet of 20 Cigarettes | £4.39 |
Pint of milk | 36p |
In the News
- Prime Minister – Tony Blair (Labour)
- The foot and mouth crisis is declared over after eleven months
- It’s the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Great Britain wins 1 gold and 1 bronze medal.
- The Queen Mother, dies aged 101
- It’s the year of the Potters Bar rail crash in Hertfordshire killing seven people
- The “Party in the Palace” takes place at Buckingham Palace, London for The Queen’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.
- England’s hopes of winning the World Cup are ended by a 2–1 defeat to Brazil in the quarter-finals
- London City Hall is opened on the south bank of the River Thames,
- Rio Ferdinand becomes the most expensive player in English football when he completes his £29,100,000 transfer from Leeds United to Manchester United
- The Commonwealth Games, are hosted by Manchester
- Ian Huntley, is charged with the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.
- The twentieth Bond Film film is released in British cinemas as Pierce Brosnan bows out in Die Another Day
On the Telly
- The animated series of Mr. Bean premieres on ITV
- EastEnders character Angie Watts is killed off
- Comedian Roy Hudd joins Coronation Street to play a lighthearted character, an undertaker named Archie Shuttleworth
- Cbeebies and CBBC launch
- Cat Deeley presents her final edition of SM:TV after 4 years.
- Tamzin Outhwaite leaves EastEnders as Mel Owen
- ITV airs the first edition of Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway,
- The EastEnders character Mark Fowler, played by Todd Carty, has been axed after 12 years
- The Scottish children’s series Balamory debuts on CBeebies.
- BBC One celebrates the 21st anniversary of Only Fools and Horses, by repeating the first episode
- Tony Blackburn is voted the winner of the first series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!
- Shane Richie makes his first appearance as Alfie Moon in EastEnders.
Music
- Girl band Girls Aloud are formed from the five female contestants who win the ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals and go on to have the Christmas No.1
- Will Young wins the first series of Pop Idol.
Top Selling Christmas Toys
- Bratz Dolls – £24.99 (£39.48)
- Rapunzel Barbie – £13.70 (£21.64)
- Xbox – £299.99 (£473.99)
Gadgets
- Bluetooth Headsets