Music Genre: R&B

This million-seller debuted atop the pop and R&B charts.

Best-selling R&B disc climbed to No. 2 on the Billboard 200. “S.E.X.” was a Top-40 pop single.

Million-seller peaked at No. 8

Peaked at No. 3 and sold more than a million copies

A Top-10 debut

Million-selling disc topped out at 2 on the pop chart. “”Family Affair”” was a number-1 single.

Peaked at 11. “This Love” was a hit single.

Disc sold 500,000 copies, peaking at No. 6 and spawning the Top-10 single “Rehab”

The Purple One’s 25th studio effort, a triple album, debuted at No. 2.

No. 1 R&B disc

This number-1 R&B and pop album features the Top-10 R&B single “Lifetime.”

Peaked at 2 on the pop chart. “Run It!” spent over a month as the No. 1 pop single.