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
Brooks & Dunn
Hard Workin’ Man
Country
Silkk the Shocker
Made Man
Rap/Hip-Hop
Backstreet Boys
Millennium
Pop

In just one week, this CD went platinum (one million sold).””I Want It That Way”” is a Top-10 single.

Christina Aguilera
Stripped
Pop, R&B

Disc debuted at number 2 “

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Creepin’ On Ah Come Up
Rap/Hip-Hop
Akon
Konvicted
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-5 disc includes the hits “Smack That” and “I Wanna Love You”

Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
Alternative, Rock

Crested at 8 on the pop album chart

Sara Evans
Real Fine Place
Country

Top-3 pop, No. 1 country disc

Beck
Midnite Vultures
Folk, Rap/Hip-Hop

It’s the latest Top-40 disc for Beck Hansen, who once recorded a tune titled “MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke …

Beyoncé
B’Day
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc hit No. 1 with first-week sales of 540,000 copies. “Déjà Vu” was a Top-5 single. “Ring the Alarm” rose …

The Strokes
Room on Fire
Alternative, Rock

Aided by a Rolling Stone cover, the band debuted at 4.