'N Sync
No Strings Attached
Pop

Chart-topper set a new first-week sales record (2.4 million copies). “”Bye Bye Bye”” was a Top-5 hit.

Janet Jackson
20 Y.O.
Pop, R&B

No. 1 R&B disc

S Club 7
S Club
Pop

Despite topping out at 112, this disc has generated many inquiries from readers of Focus on the Family’s teen mags.

Carrie Underwood
Some Hearts
Country, Pop

It bowed as the No. 1 country disc. The single “Jesus, Take the Wheel” became a hit.

Prince
3121
Pop, R&B

Disc debuted at No. 1

Enya
The Memory of Trees
Alternative, Pop
Madonna
Bedtime Stories
Pop
Various/Soundtrack
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Alvin, Simon and Theodore’s latest album climbed to No. 5 and sold 500,000 copies.

Various/Soundtrack
8 Mile
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

First-week sales of 702,000 propelled this disc to the top. The single “”Lose Yourself”” also hit number 1. “

Jewel
0304
Folk, Pop, Rock

Disc debuted at number 2

Backstreet Boys
Backstreet Boys
Pop, R&B
Michael Bolton
Timeless (The Classics)
Pop
P!nk
Can’t Take Me Home
Pop

More than 2 million copies sold. The singles “There You Go” and “Most Girls” both cracked pop’s Top-10.

Chris Brown
Exclusive
Pop, R&B

A Top-5 pop and R&B album, Exclusive features the No. 1 single “Kiss Kiss.”

Ashlee Simpson
I Am Me
Pop, Rock

Disc debuted at No. 1.