Gnarls Barkley
St. Elsewhere
Alternative, Pop, R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

This Top-5 album has sold 500,000 copies. “Crazy” was a hit single.

Natasha Bedingfield
Pocketful of Sunshine
Pop, R&B

CD debuted at No. 3. “Love Like This,” a duet with rapper Sean Kingston, became a Top 10 pop song.

India.Arie
Acoustic Soul
Folk, Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B

Thanks to seven 2002 Grammy nominations, this disc experienced a spike in popularity.

New Edition
Home Again
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop
Anita Baker
Rhythm of Love
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, R&B
Amerie
All I Have
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, R&B

Top-10 pop and R&B disc.

Paula Abdul
Head Over Heels
Pop, R&B
Madonna
American Life
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Debuted atop the pop album chart. The title track was a Top-40 hit.

Various/Soundtrack
Moulin Rouge!
Pop, R&B, Rock, Soundtracks

Multiple weeks in the Top 5. “”Lady Marmalade”” was a number-1 single.

Sparkle
Sparkle
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

A Top-3 pop and R&B disc

R. Kelly
Happy People/U Saved Me
R&B

This No. 1 R&B double-disc has sold more than 3 million copies.

Various/Soundtrack
Runaway Bride
Country, Folk, Pop, R&B, Soundtracks

Various artists helped earn this disc Top-5 status.

Britney Spears
…Baby One More Time
Pop, R&B

Chart-topping CD also yielded a number-1 single (“”. . . Baby One More Time””)

Whitney Houston
My Love Is Your Love
Pop, R&B

Million-selling Top-10 R&B disc peaked at 13 on the pop chart

JC Chasez
Schizophrenic
Pop, R&B, Rock

A Top-20 solo debut for this member of ‘N Sync