256) The Velvet Rope

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Jackson left behind her girl-next-door image forever with with The Velvet Rope, an album of sexy, confessional, freewheeling hip-hop soul. She fuses Joni Mitchell and Q-Tip in "Got 'Til It's Gone," but the shocker is her girl-girl version of Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night."

Total album sales: 3 million

Peak chart position: 1

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