Contributor: Bob Smithouser

I’m Not Dead

Disc debuted at No. 6. The single “Stupid Girls” peaked at 13 on the pop chart.

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Long Black Train

This Top-5 country disc has sold 500,000 copies. Its title track was a hit single.

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Monkey Business

Album debuted at No. 2

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Insomniatic

Disc reached No. 15. “Potential Breakup Song” became a hit single.

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The Sweet Escape

Album hit No. 3 and contains the Top-10 single “Wind It Up”

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The Girl in the Other Room

This Top-5 pop disc spent its first two weeks atop Billboard’s Internet Album Sales chart.

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Taking the Long Way

Debuted at No. 1 on the pop chart—and stayed there for an extra week

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Seventeen Days

Disc debuted at No. 1

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Rebirth

The tabloid darling’s album debuted at No. 2. Its first single, “Get Right,” barely missed the Top 10.

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Permission to Land

Top-40 disc has sold more than 500,000 copies

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The Reason

Top-5 CD spawned the Top-20 single “The Reason”

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Come What(ever) May

Disc debuted at No. 4

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Jennifer Hudson

Disc hit No. 2. “Spotlight” became a Top 40 single.

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Fearless

Album debuted at No. 1 with first-week sales of 592,000 copies. “White Horse” and “Love Story” became hot pop singles.

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Be Here

This No. 1 country disc climbed as high as 3 on the pop chart. “Days Go By” was a No. 1 country hit.

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