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
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”