Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Spent its first two weeks at No. 1

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

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

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

A No. 2 pop album

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

Crossover effort peaked at 3

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

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

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

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

Entered the pop chart at No. 9

Million-selling, No. 1 R&B disc cracked pop’s Top 5. “Back Then” became a Top-10 rap single.

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

Peaked at 15. “Gives You H—” became a Top 40 single.