Eric Clapton
Unplugged
Rock
Pearl Jam
Riot Act
Alternative, Rock

Disc debuted at 5 “

Various/Soundtrack
High School Musical 2
Pop, Soundtracks

No. 1 smash sold 615,000 copies its first week. “What Time Is It” climbed to No. 6 on the singles …

Keith Urban
Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing
Country

No. 1 country CD hit No. 3 on the pop chart. “Once in a Lifetime” became a Top-10 country song.

Tim McGraw
Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors
Country

Disc peaked at number 2. “”Red Ragtop”” was a Top-5 country hit.

The Strokes
First Impressions of Earth
Alternative, Rock

Hit No. 4

Darryl Worley
Have You Forgotten?
Country

Number-1 country disc. The title track spent a month as the top country single.

Paul Overstreet
Time
Country
Lyfe Jennings
The Phoenix
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Best-selling R&B disc climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard 200. “S.E.X.” was a Top-40 pop single.

Alicia Keys
Songs in A Minor
R&B

This million-seller debuted atop the pop and R&B charts.

Good Charlotte
The Chronicles of Life and Death
Alternative, Punk, Rock

Peaked at No. 3

Pearl Jam
Yield
Alternative, Rock
Nas
God’s Son
Rap/Hip-Hop

A number-1 R&B album

The Cranberries
To the Faithful Departed
Alternative