Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Chart-topping R&B/hip-hop disc hit No. 2 on Billboard’s pop chart. “Girl Tonite” became a Top-20 single.

No. 1 pop and country disc

Top-10 disc includes the chart-topping hit “Drop It Like It’s Hot”

Double disc peaked at No. 2. “Best of You” was a Top-20 pop single.

Album peaked at 6. “Life Is a Highway” became a Top-10 pop single.

Grammy-nominated disc peaked at No. 2

Came in at No. 1 with a personal best in first-week sales (564,000)

Debuted at No. 5

Peaked at 3 and sold more than 500,000 copies

This No. 1 R&B album crested at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top-200.

No. 1 pop and R&B album

Disc debuted at No. 4

Entered the charts at No. 33

Disc spent three weeks firmly ensconced at No. 1. “What Hurts the Most” was the nation’s top country single.

Sold nearly 200,000 in its first week at No. 1