The Hold Steady
Stay Positive
Rock

Despite heavy buzz, disc landed at No. 30

System of a Down
Hypnotize
Metal, Rock

Now the first band in history to hit No. 1 with two studio albums in the same calendar year.

Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Pop, Rock

Duff’s self-titled project climbed as high as No. 2 and has sold more than a million copies.

Orgy
Candya–
Metal, Rock

A Top-40 CD

Kings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak
Rock

Peaked at No. 55

Avril Lavigne
Under My Skin
Pop, Punk, Rock

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

John Mayer
Heavier Things
Rock

Spent its first week at number 1. “Bigger Than My Body” was a Top-40 single.

Dave Matthews Band
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
Alternative, Jazz/Swing/Blues, Rock

The seventh studio offering from the Dave Matthews Band debuted at No. 1 (the band’s fifth consecutive chart-topper) with sales …

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