Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2002 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2002, these are the rest of the best pop tracks of 2002. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002.

1. No Doubt “Hella Good” Rock Steady (Interscope)
2. Eminem “Without Me” The Eminem Show (Interscope)
3. Avril Lavigne “Complicated” Let Go (Arista)
4. Justin Timberlake “Cry Me A River” Justified (Jive)
5. Tweet “Oops (Oh My)” Southern Hummingbird (Goldmind/Elektra)
6. Daniel Bedingfield “Gotta Get Through This” Gotta Get
Thru This (Island)
7. Nelly “Hot In Herre” Nellyville (Universal)
8. Missy Elliot “Work It” Under Construction (Elektra)
9. Jennifer Lopez featuring the LOX “Jenny from the Block” This Is Me…Then (Epic/Sony)
10. Justin Timberlake “Like I Love You” Justified (Jive)
11. Sean Paul “Gimme the Light” Dutty Rock (VP/Atlantic)
12. Ashanti “Happy” Ashanti (Murder Inc)
13. Fat Joe featuring Ashanti “What’s Luv” Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (Atlantic)
14. Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” Nellyville (Universal)
15. P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon “I Need A Girl Pt. 1” We Invented The Remix (Bad Boy)
16. Justin Timberlake “Señorita” Justified (Jive)
17. Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule “Ain’t It Funny” J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (Epic/Sony)
18. Eve featuring Alicia Keys “Gangsta Lovin’” Eve-Olution (Interscope)