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.

D12
Devil’s Night
Rap/Hip-Hop

The involvement of controversial rapper Eminem powered this disc to number 1 its first week on the charts.

Creed
My Own Prison
Metal, Rock
Beyoncé
I Am … Sasha Fierce
Pop, R&B

This double disc came in at No 1. “If I Were a Boy” entered the Top 5.

Celine Dion
One Heart
Pop

Peaked at 2 and sold well over 2 million units.

Demi Lovato
Here We Go Again
Pop, Rock

Disney’s latest double threat is back with her second album and her first No. 1.

Ashlee Simpson
Autobiography
Pop, Rock

Album spent its first week at No. 1. “Pieces of Me” climbed the pop singles chart.