D12
Devil’s Night
Rap/Hip-Hop

The involvement of controversial rapper Eminem powered this disc to number 1 its first week on the charts.

Jay-Z
Vol. 2…Hard Knock Life
Rap/Hip-Hop

Million-seller spent its first five weeks as the best-selling pop and R&B disc

OutKast
Aquemini
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc peaked at 2 on the pop and R&B charts. More than 500,000 sold.

The Game
The Documentary
Rap/Hip-Hop

It entered the pop and R&B charts at No. 1, selling nearly 600,000 copies its first week.

Boyz II Men
II
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop
Papa Roach
Lovehatetragedy
Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Landed at number 2 without the help of a hot single.

Beck
Mellow Gold
Folk, Rap/Hip-Hop
House of Pain
House of Pain
Rap/Hip-Hop
Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
Rap/Hip-Hop

A huge number-1 debut. The disc sold 1.7 million copies its first week.

Tupac Shakur
Still I Rise
Rap/Hip-Hop
D12
D12 World
Rap/Hip-Hop

The album went gold and hit No. 1 its first week. “My Band” peaked at 6.

Coolio
It Takes a Thief
Rap/Hip-Hop
Limp Bizkit
Three Dollar Bill, Y’all
Metal, Rap/Hip-Hop

These tourmates of Korn, Ice Cube and Orgy penetrated Billboard’s Top 25.

Eminem
The Eminem Show
Rap/Hip-Hop

This chart-topping disc sold more copies its first day (nearly 300,000) than its competition did in an entire week.

Boyz II Men
Evolution
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop