Akon
Freedom
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

No. 3 R&B disc made it to No. 7 on the pop chart. “Beautiful,” “I’m So Paid” and “Right Now …

Kirk Franklin and the Family
Whatcha Lookin’ 4
Christian/Gospel, R&B
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Pop

This million-selling Top-10 disc yielded the hit single “I Need to Know.”

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop
Danity Kane
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Pop, R&B

No. 1 pop disc contains the Top 20 hit “Damaged”

Mase
Welcome Back
Christian/Gospel, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-5 disc. “Breathe, Stretch, Shake” climbed the singles chart.

Godsmack
Godsmack
Metal

This Top-25 CD–the debut project by this Boston-based band–has sold more than a million copies.

DMX
Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood
Rap/Hip-Hop

It was while his last disc was just 8 months old and still in the Top 20 (2 million sold) …

Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground
Alternative, Rock
Savage Garden
Affirmation
Pop

This million-selling, Top-10 pop disc gave birth to the Top-5 single “I Knew I Loved You.”

Jordin Sparks
Battlefield
Pop, R&B

American Idol’s season-six champ returns with a sophomore disc that charted at No. 7 with first-week sales of 48,000 albums.

Panic at the Disco
Pretty. Odd.
Pop, Rock

Disc debuted at No. 2

Indigo Girls
Shaming of the Sun
Rock
Sheryl Crow
Tuesday Night Music Club
Pop, Rock
Eazy-E
It’s On (Dr. Dre)187UmKilla
Rap/Hip-Hop