Contributor: Bob Smithouser

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

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

Peaked at No. 2. Hits “Gimme More” and “Piece of Me” made the Top 10.

Top-10 album. “What You Waiting For?” was the first hit single.

The CD peaked at No. 12. “Too Little Too Late” became a Top-10 pop single.

Chart Action: Disc debuted at No. 1 with a whopping 742,000 copies sold its first week. The title track is a chart-topping single.

American Idol champ debuted at No. 10 on the pop chart. “Tattoo” became a Top-10 hit.

Disc peaked at No. 13. “Let Me Love You” spent two months as pop’s hottest single.

The Seattle grunge band’s eighth CD quickly sold a half-million copies and peaked at No. 2.

Topped out at No. 2. “Never Again” became a Top-10 pop single.

Elite guest vocalists helped this disc reach No. 2.

This No. 1 album enjoyed first-week sales of 465,000 copies.

Peaked at No. 14. “First Time” became a Top-40 single.

Peaked at No. 2 on the pop chart

Million-seller reached No. 1