#1 Album on December 31, 2004

The Red Light District
Ludacris

Ludacris reached #1 in the winter of 2004. Almost every track on Red Light features a different producer. Featured producer guests on the album include DMX, Sleepy Brown, Bobby V. and Trick Daddy. Ludacris was born Christopher Bridges in Champaign, Illinois, and grew up in suburban Atlanta.
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#1 Album on December 30, 1994

Vitalogy
Pearl Jam

Vitalogy produced three singles. The song "Spin the Black Circle" earned the band its first Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. The released singles "Not for You" and "Immortality" did not fare as well as the album tracks "Better Man" and "Corduroy", which received generous radio air-play.

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#1 Album on December 29, 2005

Curtain Call: The Hits
Eminem

Curtain Call is a greatest hits compilation plus three new songs from rapper Eminem. The album gave Eminem his fourth straight #1 record. With Curtain Call came speculation that Eminem would transition from performer to producer and record label front man.

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#1 Album on December 28, 1968

The Beatles (White Album)
Beatles

The White Album is the band's best-selling album of all and is ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums. Most of the album's songs were conceived during the group's visit to Rishikesh, India in the spring of 1968. The White Album is noted by many as the beginning of the end for the Beatles.
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#1 Album on December 27, 1980

Double Fantasy
John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Fans eagerly welcomed John and Yoko back after a five year recording hiatus. The album produced several hit singles and won the 1982 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Double Fantasy was released three weeks before the murder of John Lennon.
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#1 Album on December 26, 1981

For Those About to Rock We Salute You
AC/DC

The Australian rock group AC/DC was formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. For Those About to Rock was the band's first #1 album in the U.S. The release spawned two AC/DC classics, including the title track and "Lets Get It Up".
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#1 Album on December 25, 1988

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker

Giving You was Anita Baker's first #1 album. The album was released in October 1989 and topped the charts for four weeks. The album features the title track single and earned three Grammy Awards. Anita was born in Toledo, Ohio and grew up in Detroit, Michigan.

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