Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Peaked at 4 and sold more than 500,000 copies. “Leave (Get Out)” became a hit single.

No. 1 album has sold more than a million copies

Two weeks as the nation’s No. 1 pop album

The album peaked at No. 3 and has sold more than 500,000 copies. “Welcome to My Life” was a Top-40 single.

Disc peaked at No. 4

This Top-5 disc boasts the smash hit “SOS (Rescue Me)” and its follow-up, “Unfaithful.”

Debuted at No. 1 on the pop and country charts. “Small Town Southern Man” became a No. 1 country hit.

Number-1 R&B disc peaked at 2 on the pop chart

Disc hit No. 1 with first-week sales of 540,000 copies. “Déjà Vu” was a Top-5 single. “Ring the Alarm” rose to 11.

Debuted at No. 1 and sold more than 2 million copies in under three weeks

Top-5 disc includes the hits “Smack That” and “I Wanna Love You”

Crested at 8 on the pop album chart

Top-3 pop, No. 1 country disc

Bowed as the No. 1 pop and R&B disc. “Be Without You” topped the R&B singles chart.

This incredibly poetic and nonsensical disc came in at No. 2 on the pop album chart.