Appropriately titled, Janet Jackson’s third studio album Control pushed the singer to commercial success, after leaving the management of her father and taking more control over her own career.

On her sixth studio album, Mariah Carey took control over her own career and successfully blended R&B and Hip-Hop to create what many, including Mariah, view as her best album and her magnum opus.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ is an album most rappers can only dream about having in their discography. On his debut album, 50 Cent was able to have both the radio and the streets on lock.