Orgy
Candya–
Metal, Rock

A Top-40 CD

Kings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Rock

Peaked at No. 55

Incubus
Morning View
Rock

The group achieved its highest debut ever, landing at number 2.

Chevelle
This Kind of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
Alternative, Christian/Gospel, Metal, Rock

Top-10 debut

Green Day
21st Century Breakdown
Pop, Punk, Rock

The pop-punk trio’s eighth studio album debuted at No. 1.

John Mayer
Continuum
Folk, Pop, Rock

Million-selling disc peaked at No. 2 and contains the smash single “Waiting on the World to Change”

The Offspring
Smash
Alternative, Punk, Rock
Fall Out Boy
From Under the Cork Tree
Pop, Punk, Rock

This slow-burner sold 1 million copies, peaking at No. 9.

Bruce Springsteen
The Rising
Rock

Springsteen’s first new disc since ’94 hit number 1.

Gorillaz
Demon Days
Alternative, Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock

Million-selling Top-10 disc yielded the hit single “Feel Good Inc.”

The Goo Goo Dolls
Dizzy Up the Girl
Rock

This follow-up to the band’s multiplatinum A Boy Named Goo peaked at 17.

Various/Soundtrack
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Country, Pop, Rock

The soundtrack for Hannah’s second big-screen outing hit No. 1. Single “The Climb” hit No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

Dave Matthews Band
Crash
Rock
Hinder
Take It to the Limit
Rock

CD peaked at No. 4. “Use Me” became a Top 5 single.

Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin
Pop, Punk, Rock

Came in at No. 1. “Don’t Tell Me” is a Top-25 single.