Shawn Mendes
Handwritten
Pop

Canada’s latest adolescent social media-spawned singing export majors in aww-shucks teen twitterpation, but goes a whole lot further than just …

Hanson
Underneath
Pop, Rock

Entered the album chart at 25

Keith Urban
Be Here
Country

This No. 1 country disc climbed as high as 3 on the pop chart. “Days Go By” was a No. …

Sarah McLachlan
Afterglow
Alternative, Folk, Pop, Rock

Million-selling CD peaked at 2. “Fallen” was a hit single.

Collective Soul
Disciplined Breakdown
Rock
Jack Johnson
Sleep Through the Static
Folk, Pop

No. 1 album has sold more than a million copies

R. Kelly
TP.3 Reloaded
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Two weeks as the nation’s No. 1 pop album

Soulja Boy Tell'em
Soulja Boy Tellem.com
Rap/Hip-Hop

This Top-5 CD yielded the hits “Soulja Girl” and “Crank That (Soulja Boy),” which spent months as the nation’s hottest …

Rihanna
A Girl Like Me
Pop, R&B

This Top-5 disc boasts the smash hit “SOS (Rescue Me)” and its follow-up, “Unfaithful.”

Slipknot
Iowa
Metal

This deplorable disc checked in at number 3.

Barenaked Ladies
Everything to Everyone
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Top-10 pop disc

50 Cent
The Massacre
Rap/Hip-Hop

More than a month at No. 1 and 3 million sold. “Disco Inferno” and “Candy Shop” were simultaneous Top-5 hits.

Jay-Z
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse
Rap/Hip-Hop

This release—like its predecessor—debuted atop the pop and R&B charts.”

Keane
Under the Iron Sea
Alternative, Pop, Rock

Disc peaked at No. 4

Simple Plan
Still Not Getting Any
Pop, Punk, Rock

The album peaked at No. 3 and has sold more than 500,000 copies. “Welcome to My Life” was a Top-40 …