Music Genre: Alternative

It sold 500,000 copies and went as high as number 4.

Entered the pop chart at No. 2

Million-selling Top-40 disc

Million-seller peaked at No. 13 on the album chart. “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” was a Top-10 pop single.

Disc peaked at number 2 with first-week sales of nearly 300,000 copies

This band’s ironic storytelling cracked the Top 10.

This million-selling Top-10 disc spawned the number-4 pop hit “All Star.”

Compilation debuted at No. 1

This Top-20 disc has sold more than a million copies

The popularity of its first single, “Apologize,” drove the disc into the Top 20.

This slow-burner has sold nearly a million copies.

The Seattle grunge band’s eighth CD quickly sold a half-million copies and peaked at No. 2.

Depeche Mode’s 12th full-length album debuted at No 3 on the album chart.