Various/Soundtrack
2 Fast 2 Furious
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Various artists contributed to this number-1 R&B disc, which spent its first month in the pop Top 10.

Beyoncé
I Am … Sasha Fierce
Pop, R&B

This double disc came in at No 1. “If I Were a Boy” entered the Top 5.

Dru Hill
Enter the Dru
R&B

Million-selling disc peaked at 2. “”These Are the Times”” is a Top-5 R&B single.

Sade
Lovers Rock
Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B

Disc peaked at 3

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.

Boyz II Men
II
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop
Justin Timberlake
Justified
Pop, R&B

Disc debuted at number 2

Boyz II Men
Evolution
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop
Aaliyah
I Care 4 U
R&B

Million-selling posthumous release.

Blackstreet
Another Level
Jazz/Swing/Blues, R&B
Afroman
The Good Times
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Top-10 CD spawned the goofy pop hit “Because I Got High”

Kirk Franklin
The Nu Nation Project
Christian/Gospel, R&B

Album debuted at number 7

Nelly Furtado
Whoa, Nelly!
Pop, R&B

Peaked at 26. More than 500,000 units sold. “”I’m Like a Bird”” soared to number 9.

Various/Soundtrack
Camp Rock
Pop, R&B

Top 3 debut. “This Is Me” became a chart-topping iTunes single.

Kanye West
808s & Heartbreak
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

No. 1 pop and R&B album