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”

Death Cab for Cutie
Plans
Alternative, Rock

Top-5 pop album

Alanis Morissette
Jagged Little Pill
Alternative, Rock

Disc spent over two months at No. 1

Duffy
Rockferry
Jazz/Swing/Blues, Pop, Rock

Top 5 pop disc sold 500,000 copies. The hit “Mercy” was a global success.

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

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.

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.