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

Sting
Brand New Day
Rock

Grammy-winning project peaked at 15

The Shins
Wincing the Night Away
Pop, Rock

This incredibly poetic and nonsensical disc came in at No. 2 on the pop album chart.

Kenny Chesney
Be As You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair
Country

Disc debuted atop the pop and country charts

Janet Jackson
Damita Jo
Pop, R&B

Disc debuted at number 2

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication
Alternative, Rock

The band’s first album in four years peaked at 3.

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Let’s Face It
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Punk
Cake
Fashion Nugget
Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock
3LW
3LW
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-40 disc

Jodeci
The Show, The After Party, The Hotel
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop