 List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2002

Adult Contemporary is a chart published by "Billboard" ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) genre.In 2002, nine different songs topped the chart in 52 issues of the magazine, based on weekly airplay data from radio stations compiled by Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.In the first issue of "Billboard" of the new year, the number one song was "Simple Things", a collaboration between pianist Jim Brickman and singer Rebecca Lynn Howard, which moved into the top spot that week.