Rob Thomas - ...Something to Be
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Rob Thomas
...Something to Be ( 2005 )
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...Something to Be is the debut solo album from the Matchbox Twenty lead singerRob Thomas. The album was released on April 5, 2005, and it debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, knocking out Mariah Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi. This marked the first time that a male artist from a rock or pop group has debuted at number one with his first solo album since Billboard introduced the chart 50 years ago.