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| Song | Artist | Project | Peak position |
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| "Ms. Jackson" | OutKast | Stankonia | 1 |
| "Ride Wit Me" | Nelly featuring City Spud | Country Grammar | 3 |
| "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" | Jay-Z | The Blueprint | 8 |
| "E.I." | Nelly | Country Grammar | 15 |
| "Girls, Girls, Girls" | Jay-Z | The Blueprint | 17 |
| "I'm a Thug" | Trick Daddy | Thugs Are Us | |
| "Purple Pills" | D12 | Devil's Night | 19 |
| "#1" | Nelly | Nellyville | 22 |
| "Music" | Erick Sermon featuring Marvin Gaye | Music | |
| "Area Codes" | Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg | Word of Mouf | 24 |
| "Can't Deny It" | Fabolous featuring Nate Dogg | Ghetto Fabolous | 25 |
| "Oochie Wally" | Nas & Bravehearts | Nas & Ill Will Records Presents QB's Finest | 26 |
| "So Fresh, So Clean" | OutKast | Stankonia | 31 |
| Number | Album | Artist | 1st-week sales | 1st-week position |
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| 1 | The Great Depression | DMX | 439,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Until The End of Time | 2Pac | 427,000 | 1 |
| 3 | The Blueprint | Jay-Z | 420,000 | 1 |
| 4 | Devil's Night | D12 | 372,000 | 1 |
| 5 | Pain Is Love | Ja Rule | 361,000 | 1 |
| 6 | Stillmatic | Nas | 342,000 | 8 |
| 7 | Doggy Bag | Lil' Bow Wow | 320,000 | 11 |
| 8 | Word of Mouf | Ludacris | 281,000 | 3 |
| 9 | Project English | Juvenile | 213,000 | 2 |
| 10 | Kiss tha Game Goodbye | Jadakiss | 204,000 | 5 |
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