Alter Bridge
One Day Remains
Alternative, Metal, Rock

This disc from the Scott Stapp-less members of Creed peaked at No. 5.

Ace of Base
The Bridge
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop
Josh Turner
Your Man
Country

This follow-up to Long Black Train was a Top-3 pop and country debut.

Alien Ant Farm
ANThology
Rock

A slow-burner with more than 1 million sold

Young Jeezy
The Inspiration
Rap/Hip-Hop

Million-selling album hit No. 1 on the pop and R&B charts and spawned the popular single “I Luv It”

Lana Del Rey
NFR!
Alternative, Folk, Pop

Lana Del Rey returns with another ethereal effort that dangles between hope and despair, introspection and recklessness.

Taylor Swift
Lover
Pop

Taylor Swift’s seventh effort is sweet and sensual in equal measure.

Tori Kelly
Inspired by True Events
Pop

Tori Kelly’s third effort mines autobiographical details from her life on an album that’s light and heavy, personal and reflective.

Skillet
Victorious
Christian/Gospel, Metal, Rock

Skillet has tattooed themes of perseverance and determination across nearly every song on the aptly named Victorious.

NF
The Search
Christian/Gospel, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

NF’s latest album brims with his trademark gritty authenticity as he clings to God amid deep mental health struggles.

Ed Sheeran
No. 6 Collaborations Project
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Ed Sheeran’s collaboration with many popular rappers pushes his sixth album in more problematic directions.

Chris Brown
Indigo
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Chris Brown insists Indigo is about “energy, love, light and happiness.” But it’s also about sex, profanity and materialism.

Lil Nas X
7 EP
Country, Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Lil Nas X’s debut EP blends and blurs musical genres … as well positive and problematic messages.

Madonna
Madame X
Pop, R&B, Reggae

Madonna’s latest careens between yearning for change and embracing naughty behavior as only the Material Girl can do.

Jonas Brothers
Happiness Begins
Pop

Six years after breaking up, the Jonas Brothers return with an album that’s more mature in every sense of that …