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.

Janet Jackson
All for You
Pop, R&B

This number-1 debut boasted a chart-topping title cut.

JoJo
The High Road
Pop, R&B

The CD peaked at No. 12. “Too Little Too Late” became a Top-10 pop single.

Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Pop, R&B

American Idol champ debuted at No. 10 on the pop chart. “Tattoo” became a Top-10 hit.

Alicia Keys
As I Am
R&B

Chart Action: Disc debuted at No. 1 with a whopping 742,000 copies sold its first week. The title track is …

Mario
Turning Point
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Disc peaked at No. 13. “Let Me Love You” spent two months as pop’s hottest single.

Jennifer Lopez
This Is Me … Then
Pop, R&B

Number-3 disc includes the hit “”Jenny From the Block””

Will Smith
Willennium
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

A Top-10 pop and R&B disc

Luther Vandross
Dance With My Father
R&B

A million-selling, chart-topping R&B and pop disc

112
Part III
R&B, Rap/Hip-Hop

Peaked at number 2

Sisqó
Unleash the Dragon
R&B

The disc climbed to 2 and has sold over 3 million copies. “Thong Song” was a Top-5 smash.

Ciara
Goodies
R&B

Disc came in at No. 3. The title song spent six weeks as the nation’s hottest pop single.