Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Beautiful Soul

Million-seller peaked at No. 15. The title track was a Top-20 single.

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Hannah Montana

Spent its first two weeks at No. 1

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All the Right Reasons

Disc debuted at No. 1. The hit single “Photograph” peaked at 2.

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Live Like You Were Dying

No. 1 country and pop CD. Its title track topped the country singles chart.

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Nothing Is Sound

Crossover effort peaked at 3

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Infinity on High

No. 1 album contains the Top-5 hit “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms Race”

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The System Has Failed

The band’s 10th studio album peaked at 18.

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Circus

The disc reached No. 1, as did “Womanizer.”

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Sacred

A No. 2 pop album

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The Dutchess

Top-5 pop disc. “London Bridge” opened big on the singles charts.

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American Idiot

This rock opera of sorts (some cuts contain multiple “movements”) hit No. 1 its first week.

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Corinne Bailey Rae

This slow-burner has sold more than a million copies and peaked at No. 4.

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One of the Boys

Top 10 disc harbors the No. 1 hit “I Kissed a Girl”

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Drastic Fantastic

Entered the pop chart at No. 9

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When the Sun Goes Down

First-week sales of 550,000 sent this disc to number 1. “There Goes My Life” spent seven weeks atop the country singles chart.

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