Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Shock Value

Top-5 album. Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake appear on the hit single “Give It to Me.”

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Don’t Forget

A No. 2 debut

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E=MC2

Disc debuted at No. 1. The randy single “Touch My Body” hit No. 1.

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The Open Door

Disc debuted at No. 1

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Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

This No. 1 country album hit 6 on the pop chart.

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Trilla

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

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Here I Stand

No. 1 album. “Love in This Club” also topped the charts and has moved 1.5 million digital downloads.

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Get Lifted

No. 1 R&B and Top-5 pop album. “Ordinary People” was a Top-40 hit.

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Chinese Democracy

Peaked during its first week at No. 3.

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Daughtry

Million-selling debut peaked at No. 2

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Destiny Fulfilled

No. 2 pop disc topped the R&B chart. “Soldier” and “Lose My Breath” were both Top-10 singles.

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Here for the Party

Million-selling, No. 1 country disc peaked at 2 on the pop chart. “Redneck Woman” spent more than a month at No. 1.

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Libertad

Disc peaked at No. 5

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Sean Kingston

Disc debuted at 6. The pop hit “Beautiful Girls” spent a month at No. 1.

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