Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Another Side

“Push It to the Limit” topped iTunes’ download chart. A year after its release, this Top 40 disc continues to generate questions from many teens who write to us.

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Fall and Winter

Peaked at 33 on Billboard’s Christian chart.

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Wincing the Night Away

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

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Don’t You Fake It

Disc sold 500,000 copies. “Face Down” became a Top-5 modern rock hit.

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Ciara: The Evolution

Album debuted at No. 1. The No. 1 R&B/ Hip-hop single “Promise” peaked at 11 on the pop chart.

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Damita Jo

Disc debuted at number 2

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Be As You Are: Songs From an Old Blue Chair

Disc debuted atop the pop and country charts

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Back to Bedlam

The album peaked at 9. “You’re Beautiful” was a Top-5 pop single that spent time at No. 1 among paid downloads.

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Graduation

Album debuted at No. 1 with 957,000 sold in a week. “Stronger” and “Good Life” became pop hits.

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Kingdom Come

No. 1 its first week with 680,000 copies sold

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What’s Left of Me

Debuted at No. 2. The title cut cracked the Top-10.

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The First Lady

No. 1 R&B disc topped out at No. 2 on the pop chart. “Again” was a hot R&B single.

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Unfinished Business

Album bowed at No. 1

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Somewhere Down in Texas

No. 1 country and pop disc. “You’ll Be There” was a Top-5 country single.

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Long Road Out of Eden

The band’s first studio album in 28 years (a double disc) debuted at No. 1 with 711,000 sold in a week

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