Kanye West
The College Dropout
Rap/Hip-Hop

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

Eminem
Encore
Rap/Hip-Hop

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

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 …

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 …

Akon
Konvicted
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-5 disc includes the hits “Smack That” and “I Wanna Love You”

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Creepin’ On Ah Come Up
Rap/Hip-Hop
Silkk the Shocker
Made Man
Rap/Hip-Hop
Jodeci
The Show, The After Party, The Hotel
Pop, Rap/Hip-Hop
3LW
3LW
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-40 disc

Cake
Fashion Nugget
Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock
Toni Braxton
The Heat
Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Million-seller peaked at 2.

Various/Soundtrack
Charlie’s Angels
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock, Soundtracks

This million-selling, Top-10 CD includes the Destiny’s Child hit “”Independent Women Part I.””

Jay-Z
Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter
Rap/Hip-Hop

Number-1 debut on the R&B and pop charts

Kid Rock
History of Rock
Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Disc debuted at number 2

Kanye West
Graduation
Rap/Hip-Hop

Album debuted at No. 1 with 957,000 sold in a week. “Stronger” and “Good Life” became pop hits.