#1 Album on October 24, 2004

50 Number Ones
George Strait

George Strait's compilation album also includes the new release "I Hate Everything", which became George's fifty-first #1 song. George earned his first #1 hit with 1981's "Fool Hearted Memory". During his army days, George Strait played in a band called Rambling while stationed in Hawaii.
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#1 Album on October 22, 1995

Daydream
Mariah Carey

Daydream is recognized as Mariah's most critically acclaimed release. The global #1 hit has sold over ten million copies since its 1995 release and is Mariah's best selling in America. Mariah Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York.
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#1 Album on October 20, 1999

Human Clay
Creed

Creed front man Scott Stapp wrote the lyrics for "With Arms Wide Open" when he found out that he was going to be a father. The song earned a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 2001. Creed was formed in 1995 in Tallahassee at Florida State University.
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#1 Album on October 19, 1989

Dr. Feelgood
Mötley Crüe

Several notable artists, including Bryan Adams, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Steven Tyler, backed Mötley Crüe on Dr. Feelgood. The album features "Without You", "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" and "Kickstart My Heart". The latter was inspired by bassist Nikki Sixx's near-fatal heroin overdose in 1987. Mötley Crüe formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981.
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#1 Album on October 18, 1994

Monster
R.E.M.

The first single from Monster, "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", refers to the bizarre phrase used by an attacker on news anchor Dan Rather in 1986. The album was a hard-edged departure from previous R.E.M. releases. The Athens, Georgia-based band played its first show on April 5, 1980 at a friend's birthday party.
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#1 Album on October 17, 1998

Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
Jay-Z

Hard Knock Life is Jay-Z's most commercially successful album. The album stayed at #1 for over a month during autumn 1998 and spawned two top ten hits, "Can I Get A..." and "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". The album earned a Grammy but Jay-Z boycotted the ceremony protesting fellow rapper DMX's failure to garner a Grammy nomination.
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#1 Album on October 16, 1976

Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder

Stevie Wonder was born as Stevland Hardaway Judkins in Saginaw, Michigan. Stevie Wonder's double album Songs in the Key of Life became his best-selling. The album debuted at #1 and produced the #1 songs "I Wish" and "Sir Duke", as well as the charters "Another Star", "Isn't She Lovely", "As" and "Knocks Me Off My Feet". Stevie has been blind since birth.
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