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.

Eminem
Encore
Rap/Hip-Hop

Debuted at No. 1 and sold more than 2 million copies in under three weeks

Aaron Neville
The Grand Tour
R&B
Ashley Tisdale
Guilty Pleasure
Pop, Rock

This High School Musical alum’s second studio album debuted at No. 12 on Billboard’s album chart.

Alan Jackson
Good Time
Country

Debuted at No. 1 on the pop and country charts. “Small Town Southern Man” became a No. 1 country hit.

D’Angelo
Voodoo
R&B

This number-1 R&B and pop effort sold more than a million copies its first month and yielded the hit “Untitled …

Moby
Play
R&B, Rock

The Grammy-nominated Play has sold more than 500,000 copies.

Kanye West
The College Dropout
Rap/Hip-Hop

Number-1 R&B disc peaked at 2 on the pop chart

Alanis Morissette
Under Rug Swept
Alternative, Rock

Disc debuted at number 1. “Hands Clean” was a Top-40 single.

Vince Gill
I Still Believe in You
Country
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Zoot Suit Riot
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop

A Top-20 pop disc