No Doubt
Return of Saturn
Pop, Rock

Top-5 release

Radiohead
In Rainbows
Alternative, EDM/Electronica/Techno, Rock

More than a million fans visited the band’s Web site when In Rainbows was offered as a name-your-own-price download. Then, …

Joe
My Name Is Joe
R&B

This million-seller went all the way to the top of the R&B chart (a number-2 pop CD). “I Wanna Know” …

T.I.
King
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

This No. 1 pop and R&B disc contains the chart-topping R&B hit “What You Know.”

Various/Soundtrack
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Pop, Soundtracks

Debuted at No. 2

Backstreet Boys
Never Gone
Pop

Peaked at No. 3 and has sold more than 1 million copies. The single “Incomplete” has sold 500,000 copies.

Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
Alternative, Metal, Rock
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Alternative, Punk, Rock

Thanks to grass-roots online publicity, free song downloads and solid buzz on peer-to-peer networks, this indie band’s debut bowed at …

Linkin Park
Meteora
Alternative, Metal, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Million-selling disc debuted at number 1.

Rascal Flatts
Unstoppable
Country

The country trio’s sixth album debuted at No 1 on the album chart, their fourth consecutive chart-topper.

Usher
8701
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Number-4 pop disc. “U Remind Me” topped the pop and R&B singles charts.

Britney Spears
Oops! … I Did It Again
Pop

Topped the charts its first week selling 1.3 million. Title track entered the Top 10.

Tyrese
Tyrese
R&B

This million-seller peaked at 6 on the R&B chart. The smooth “”Sweet Lady”” is a Top-10 single.

Mary J. Blige
The Breakthrough
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Bowed as the No. 1 pop and R&B disc. “Be Without You” topped the R&B singles chart.

Natalie Merchant
Tigerlily
Folk, Rock