Akon
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop
No. 3 R&B disc made it to No. 7 on the pop chart. “Beautiful,” “I’m So Paid” and “Right Now …
Jordin Sparks
Pop, R&B
American Idol’s season-six champ returns with a sophomore disc that charted at No. 7 with first-week sales of 48,000 albums.
Beyoncé
R&B
Album debuted at 1. “Crazy in Love” spent six weeks as the top pop single.
India.Arie
Folk, Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B
No. 1 pop and R&B album