Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
Alternative, Rock

This band’s ironic storytelling cracked the Top 10.

The Game
The Documentary
Rap/Hip-Hop

It entered the pop and R&B charts at No. 1, selling nearly 600,000 copies its first week.

Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter
Pop

Top-10 disc. “Bad Day” spent over a month at No. 1.

Audioslave
Out of Exile
Rock

Disc debuted at No. 1

Los Lonely Boys
Los Lonely Boys
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, Rock

This disc peaked at 9 and contains the Top-20 single “Heaven.”

OutKast
Aquemini
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc peaked at 2 on the pop and R&B charts. More than 500,000 sold.

Korn
Untouchables
Metal

Disc debuted at number 2

Alice in Chains
Dirt
Alternative, Metal, Rock
Eminem
The Eminem Show
Rap/Hip-Hop

This chart-topping disc sold more copies its first day (nearly 300,000) than its competition did in an entire week.

Vonda Shepard
Songs From Ally McBeal
Folk, Rock

This soundtrack maintained a solid Top-10 presence for more than a month.

Limp Bizkit
Three Dollar Bill, Y’all
Metal, Rap/Hip-Hop

These tourmates of Korn, Ice Cube and Orgy penetrated Billboard’s Top 25.

My Chemical Romance
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Alternative, Punk, Rock

This slow-burner has sold nearly a million copies.

OneRepublic
Dreaming Out Loud
Alternative, Pop, Rock

The popularity of its first single, “Apologize,” drove the disc into the Top 20.

Kanye West
808s & Heartbreak
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

No. 1 pop and R&B album

Bruce Hornsby
Harbor Lights
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, Rock