Orgy
Candya–
Metal, Rock

A Top-40 CD

Ashanti
Concrete Rose
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc landed at No. 7. “Only U” scaled the pop chart.

System of a Down
Hypnotize
Metal, Rock

Now the first band in history to hit No. 1 with two studio albums in the same calendar year.

Duffy
Rockferry
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, Rock

Top 5 pop disc sold 500,000 copies. The hit “Mercy” was a global success.

Garth Brooks
Scarecrow
Country, Pop

Entered the country and pop charts at number 1

Ashanti
Ashanti
R&B

Disc spent several weeks at number 1; the single “Foolish” spent several months at number 1.

Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
Alternative, Rock

Disc spent over two months at No. 1

Tim McGraw
A Place in the Sun
Country

A pop and country chart-topper. “”Please Remember Me””spent 5 weeks as country music’s hottest single.

Death Cab for Cutie
Plans
Alternative, Rock

Top-5 pop album

Gretchen Wilson
All Jacked Up
Country

Debuted at No. 1 atop the country and pop charts. “All Jacked Up” became a Top-10 country hit.

Lil' Kim
The Naked Truth
Rap/Hip-Hop

This No. 3 R&B, No. 6 pop debut includes the Top-10 urban single “Lighters Up.”

Common
Be
Rap/Hip-Hop

Album climbed as high as No. 2

Garth Brooks
The Life of Chris Gaines
Country, Pop
Lily Allen
It’s Not Me, It’s You
Alternative, Pop

Allen’s sophomore effort hit No. 5 on Billboard’s album chart.

John Mayer
Continuum
Folk, Pop, Rock

Million-selling disc peaked at No. 2 and contains the smash single “Waiting on the World to Change”