The Billboard Top Latin albums chart, published in Billboard magazine, is a record chart that features Latin music sales information. This data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan from a sample that includes music stores, music departments at electronics and department stores, internet sales (both physical and via digital downloads) and verifiable sales from concert venues in United States.

There were fifteen number-one albums in 2002, including Libre by Marc Anthony, which received a nomination for Best Salsa album at the Latin Grammy Awards of 2002, and MTV Unplugged by Alejandro Sanz—the winner of the Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias peaked at number one for the fifth time on this chart with Quizás, while Colombian performer Shakira, Mexican norteño band Los Tigres del Norte, and rock band Maná released their third chart topper, respectively. Los Temerarios became the fourth act to release two number-one albums in the same year, after Selena, Enrique Iglesias and Grupo Bryndis. Intocable, Chayanne, Thalía, Las Ketchup, Banda el Recodo and Luis Fonsi peaked at number one for the first time.

One compilation album hit the top of this chart in 2002, Las 30 Cumbias Más Pegadas, which includes performances by Angeles Azules, Grupo Carabo, Los Askis, Rayito Colombiano, Chon Arauza y La Furia Colombiana, Aaron y Su Grupo Illusion, Grupo Perla Colombiana and Tropa Vallenata.

Albums

Issue Date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 5	Libre (Free)	Marc Anthony
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 2
March 9
March 16	MTV Unplugged	Alejandro Sanz
March 23
March 30	Amor Secreto (Secret Love)	Luis Fonsi
April 6
April 13	Las 30 Cumbias Más Pegadas (The 30 Best Cumbias)	Various artists
April 20	Grandes Éxitos (Greatest Hits)	Chayanne
April 27	Sueños (Dreams)	Intocable
May 4
May 11
May 18
May 25	Grandes Éxitos	Chayanne
June 1	Historia Musical (Musical History)	Los Temerarios
June 8	Thalía	Thalía
June 15
June 22
June 29
July 6
July 13	Una Lágrima No Basta (A Tear Is Not Enough)	Los Temerarios
July 20
July 27
August 3
August 10
August 17	No Me Sé Rajar (I Won't Back Down)	Banda el Recodo
August 24	Una Lágrima No Basta	Los Temerarios
August 31
September 7	Revolución de Amor (Love Revolution)	Maná
September 14
September 21
September 28
October 5	Quizás (Maybe)	Enrique Iglesias
October 12
October 19
October 26
November 2	Las Ketchup	Las Ketchup
November 9
November 16	La Reina del Sur (Queen of the South)	Los Tigres del Norte
November 23	Grandes Éxitos (Greatest Hits)	Shakira
November 30	La Reina del Sur	Los Tigres del Norte
December 7	Las Ketchup	Las Ketchup
December 14
December 21
December 28