Contributor: Bob Smithouser

Compilation debuted at No. 1

It entered the pop and R&B charts at No. 1, selling nearly 600,000 copies its first week.

This disc peaked at 9 and contains the Top-20 single “Heaven.”

Top-5 debut

Top-10 disc. “Bad Day” spent over a month at No. 1.

This band’s ironic storytelling cracked the Top 10.

The album went gold and hit No. 1 its first week. “My Band” peaked at 6.

No. 1 for two weeks. “Burnin’ Up” cracked the Top 5 on the singles chart.

The popularity of its first single, “Apologize,” drove the disc into the Top 20.

Top-3 disc spawned the hit “Get Drunk and Be Somebody”

This concept album about a serial killer (whose macabre exploits are just the twisted fantasy of a convict) bowed at 53.

No. 1 pop and R&B album

Came in at No. 2, the band’s highest debut to date

Disc topped out at No. 2. “When You Were Young” was a Top-20 pop/No. 1 rock single.

No. 1 pop and R&B/rap disc