Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Top-5 pop album

This gold album landed at number 5, giving the crooner the highest debut of his career.

Peaked at No. 3 and sold more than a million copies

A Top-40 effort on the rise

Paper Trail, “Whatever You Like” and “Live Your Life” all went to No 1.

Disc sold 500,000 copies, peaking at No. 6 and spawning the Top-10 single “Rehab”

Top-5 country disc features the popular tune “Leave the Pieces.”

Top-20 pop disc

The disc came in at No. 1. “It’s Not My Time” became a Top 20 pop single.

Top-5 disc features the single “S.O.S.,” which climbed to No. 17

This gold release topped out at No. 8

Peaked at 2 on the pop chart. “Run It!” spent over a month as the No. 1 pop single.

Peaked at 11. “This Love” was a hit single.

It bowed as the No. 1 country disc. The single “Jesus, Take the Wheel” became a hit.

No. 1 R&B disc