Jesse McCartney
Departure
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Album came in at No. 14 and contains the Top 10 pop hit “Leavin'”

Good Charlotte
The Young and the Hopeless
Punk, Rock

Entered the Billboard Hot 200 at number 7

Lil' Kim
La Bella Mafia
Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-5 pop album

Various/Soundtrack
A Walk to Remember
Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

A Top-40 disc dominated by Switchfoot and Mandy Moore tunes

Dido
Life for Rent
Folk

Debuted at number 4

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.