Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Youth

Peaked at No. 4 on the pop album chart

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Louder Now

This lyrically obscure disc peaked at No. 2.

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When the World Comes Down

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

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Blackbird

Disc peaked at No. 13

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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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Mezmerize

Came in at No. 1

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I Don’t Want You Back

Peaked at 7 and went gold (500,000 sold). Repeated obscenities didn’t keep “F— It (I Don’t Want You Back)” from becoming a Top-20 pop hit.

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Jukebox

Double-disc of cover tunes went as high as No. 12

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The Best D–n Thing

Disc debuted at No. 1. The hit single “Girlfriend” cracked the Top 5.

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License to Chill

Thanks to cameos by country stars, this million-seller is Buffett’s first album ever to debut at No. 1.

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Hannah Montana 2/Meet Miley Cyrus

Two-disc TV soundtrack debuted at No. 1

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Ten Thousand Fists

Album debuted at No. 1

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Hard Candy

The artist’s seventh No. 1 pop album includes “4 Minutes,” a single that climbed as high as No. 3.

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