A Perfect Circle
Emotive
Alternative, Rock

Entered the pop chart at No. 2

A Perfect Circle
Mer De Noms
Alternative, Rock

It sold 500,000 copies and went as high as number 4.

98 Degrees
98 Degrees and Rising
Pop, R&B

This Top-20 disc has sold more than a million copies and spawned the number-3 hit “”Because of You.””

Garth Brooks
In Pieces
Country
Billy Gilman
One Voice
Country, Pop

The title track from this million-selling, number-2 country disc topped out at 20.

Colbie Caillat
Coco
Folk, Pop

Top-5 disc includes “Bubbly,” which peaked at No. 7

Staind
Break the Cycle
Metal, Rock

A number-1 debut with millions sold.

Jay-Z
Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life
Rap/Hip-Hop

Million-seller spent its first five weeks as the best-selling pop and R&B disc

Panic! at the Disco
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
Alternative, Pop, Punk

Million-seller peaked at No. 13 on the album chart. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” was a Top-10 pop single.

Various/Soundtrack
Elektra – The Album
Rock

Failed to crack the Top-40, but Switchfoot, 12 Stones and Evanescence make this a hot disc for Christian teens.

Korn
Follow the Leader
Metal

This vile CD entered the charts at number 1 with more than a quarter-million copies sold its first week.

3 Doors Down
Away From the Sun
Rock

Top-10 disc

Sade
Lovers Rock
Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B

Disc peaked at 3

Staind
Chapter V
Rock

Disc debuted at No. 1

Dru Hill
Enter the Dru
R&B

Million-selling disc peaked at 2. “”These Are the Times”” is a Top-5 R&B single.