Lady Gaga
The Fame
EDM/Electronica/Techno, Pop, R&B

Album peaked at No. 4. “Just Dance” and “Poker Face” both topped the Hot 100 singles chart.

Christina Aguilera
Back to Basics
Pop, R&B

CD hit No. 1. “Ain’t No Other Man” peaked at 6.

Various/Soundtrack
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop, Soundtracks

This chart-topping R&B disc yielded Janet Jackson’s number-1 pop single “”Doesn’t Really Matter.””

God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation
God’s Property
Christian/Gospel, R&B
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”