Mariah Carey
Music Box
Pop, R&B
Chris Brown
Chris Brown
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Peaked at 2 on the pop chart. “Run It!” spent over a month as the No. 1 pop single.

T.I.
Paper Trail
Rap/Hip-Hop

Paper Trail, “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” all went to No 1.

P.O.D.
When Angels & Serpents Dance
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Metal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Reggae, Rock

Peaked at No. 9

Ice Cube
The Predator
Rap/Hip-Hop
Ashlee Simpson
I Am Me
Pop, Rock

Disc debuted at No. 1.

U2
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Rock

Debuted at No. 1 with 840,000 copies sold its first week. “Vertigo” was a Top-40 hit and an iPod jingle.

Eminem
The Slim Shady LP
Rap/Hip-Hop

This vile collection debuted at 2 on the pop chart and has sold over a million copies.

P!nk
Can’t Take Me Home
Pop

More than 2 million copies sold. The singles “There You Go” and “Most Girls” both cracked pop’s Top-10.

Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
Pop, R&B
Various/Soundtrack
8 Mile
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

First-week sales of 702,000 propelled this disc to the top. The single “”Lose Yourself”” also hit number 1. “

Various/Soundtrack
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Alvin, Simon and Theodore’s latest album climbed to No. 5 and sold 500,000 copies.

Paul Brandt
Calm Before the Storm
Country
T-Pain
Epiphany
Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 1 album spawned the Top-10 pop hits “Bartender” and “Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)”

Beastie Boys
Hello Nasty
Rap/Hip-Hop

The Boys’ first disc in four years, this comeback effort spent a month at number 1 and sold nearly 700,000 …