Goo Goo Dolls
Gutterflower
Alternative, Rock

“Here Is Gone” managed to become a Top-20 pop single.

Shakira
Laundry Service
Pop

With four songs in Spanish, the album debuted at 3.

Ludacris
ChickenNBeer
Rap/Hip-Hop

Number-1 pop/R&B disc has sold nearly one million copies. “Stand Up” was a Top-5 single.

Clay Aiken
Measure of a Man
Pop

Number-1 disc sold 613,000 units in a week and contains the chart-topping single “This Is the Night”

Will Smith
Born to Reign
Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc topped out at 13

Jewel
Spirit
Folk

This multi-million-selling follow-up to Pieces of You debuted at number 3. “”Hands”” was a Top-20 single.

Kris Kross
Young, Rich & Dangerous
Rap/Hip-Hop
All-4-One
All-4-One
Rap/Hip-Hop
India.Arie
Acoustic Soul
Folk, Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B

Thanks to seven 2002 Grammy nominations, this disc experienced a spike in popularity.

Natasha Bedingfield
Pocketful of Sunshine
Pop, R&B

CD debuted at No. 3. “Love Like This,” a duet with rapper Sean Kingston, became a Top 10 pop song.

Paris Hilton
Paris
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Paris found itself lodging at No. 6 its first week on the charts. “Stars Are Blind” became a Top-20 hit.

Jackson Browne
I’m Alive
Rock
Chamillionaire
The Sound of Revenge
Rap/Hip-Hop

Million-selling Top-10 disc. The single “Ridin'” shot to No. 1.

Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold
Metal

Schizophrenic Top 5 disc

Galactic Cowboys
Machine Fish
Metal, Rock