Kanye West
Late Registration
Rap/Hip-Hop

First-week sales of 860,000 drove this disc straight to No. 1. “Gold Digger” became a top R&B and pop single.

JC Chasez
Schizophrenic
Pop, R&B, Rock

A Top-20 solo debut for this member of ‘N Sync

Aerosmith
Just Push Play
Metal, Rock

Disc debuted at number 2. “Jaded” was a Top-20 hit.

Whitney Houston
My Love Is Your Love
Pop, R&B

Million-selling Top-10 R&B disc peaked at 13 on the pop chart

Ja Rule
Pain Is Love
Rap/Hip-Hop

Spent its first two weeks at number 1. More than a million copies sold.

Coldplay
X&Y
Pop, Rock

The disc debuted at No. 1, moving 737,000 copies its first week. “Speed of Sound” was a Top-10 pop single.

Marilyn Manson
Antichrist Superstar
Metal
Shwayze
Shwayze
Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-10 pop disc. “Buzzin'” became a hot single.

Ludacris
Release Therapy
Rap/Hip-Hop

This No. 1 album by Chris Bridges (aka Ludacris) contains the smash hit “Money Maker.”

The Wallflowers
Breach
Rock
Paul McCartney
Off The Ground
Pop
Britney Spears
…Baby One More Time
Pop, R&B

Chart-topping CD also yielded a number-1 single (“”. . . Baby One More Time””)

The Naked Brothers Band
The Naked Brothers Band
Pop

This collection of songs from the Nickelodeon series hit No. 23.

Kylie Minogue
Fever
Pop

Disc peaked at number 3

Nelly
Nellyville
Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc debuted at number 1. “Hot in Herre” was the nation’s hottest single for a month.