2007 in British music charts

none December 2007 2007 British music charts This is a summary of the year 2007 in British music. It was the first year of digital downloads being fully integrated into the charts, leading to many songs not given physical releases to enter the chart on download sales alone. Leona Lewis had the most successful single of the year with "Bleeding Love", which achieved sales of 787,652 copies. Her album Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album of all time in the UK. Rihanna spent ten weeks at number one with "Umbrella", the longest stay for any artist at number 1 for thirteen years and the second best selling single of the year, and Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with Back to Black. Summary December 2007 January 2007 began with the introduction of new chart rules meaning that all songs legally downloaded over the internet can count towards chart positions, whether or not a "physical" version of a song is available to purchase."Chart rules are changing!" bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-01-07. Although Leona Lewis stayed at number one in her first week, the change was felt further down the charts with songs such as "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley, "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado, "You Don't Know" by Eminem all returning to the charts on downloads alone. Also, as a result of downloads being eligible at any time, JoJo charted at number twenty-two with "Too Little Too Late", two weeks before physical release. Since then, various other songs have charted long before their CD release, including The Fray, whose "How to Save a Life" charted at number 29 on 21 January, two months before the CD's release. As a result, the CD release date was brought forward by a month. Mika topped the singles chart on 21 January to knock Leona Lewis off the top with the song "Grace Kelly" with sales around 30,000, to become only the second song (after Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy") to go to #1 exclusively via download sales. Just Jack climbed to number two with "Starz in Their Eyes" and The View at three with "Same Jeans". Chris Moyles, BBC Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, decided to test the new chart rules by selecting a random track for the public to download (legally) to see if it would chart. The track was "Honey to the Bee" by Billie and it reached number 17 on 21 January on downloads alone. March Kaiser Chiefs claimed their first #1 album with Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which stayed at the top for two weeks despite a challenge by Arcade Fire's second album Neon Bible. Take That claimed their 10th #1 single with "Shine", replaced two weeks later by Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud, who collaborated on the official Comic Relief single "Walk This Way". The single earned Sugababes their fifth #1 single, and Girls Aloud their third. Ray Quinn, who came second in the third series of The X Factor, went to #1 in the album charts with his album of swing covers, Doing It My Way. German dance group Cascada also released their first album, Everytime We Touch, which peaked at #2 and ended up being the UK's 22nd best selling album of the year. April Scottish duo The Proclaimers managed to score three weeks at the top of the singles chart with the unofficial Comic Relief single, "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" with Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin, selling over 200,000 copies to date. American rock band Kings of Leon recorded their first #1 album in the UK with their third album, Because of the Times. American producer Timbaland went to #1 with "Give It to Me", which was also at the top at the same time in the States. "Give It to Me" was an all-star collaboration with both Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. Another all-star collaboration replaced Timbaland at #1, with both Beyoncé and Shakira climbing to the top with "Beautiful Liar", which gave both Beyoncé and Shakira their second UK #1 within a year and also Beyoncé her third #1 as a solo artist. The Arctic Monkeys' first single from their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare, "Brianstorm", reached #2, behind Beyonce and Shakira's #1 hit. Avril Lavigne charted with The Best Damn Thing giving her a third UK #1 album. It is only the second time that a female solo artist has ever scored three #1's in the UK with her first three albums, following Let Go (#1 in 2003) and Under My Skin (#1 in 2004). May McFly gained their seventh #1 single with "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania", but the song fell to #20 and then #39 the following week, tying the record for the biggest fall from #1 with Elvis Presley. Rihanna went to #1 for the first time with "Umbrella" — a collaboration with Jay-Z — and would remain on top for the rest of the month. Linkin Park and Maroon 5 both got #1 albums in May, with Minutes to Midnight and It Won't Be Soon Before Long respectively. June The month of June began with Rihanna being at the #1 spot for both the singles and download chart. Her third album Good Girl Gone Bad also made it to the top in the albums chart. The White Stripes reached #2 with their single "Icky Thump". The 7" format of the single went on to become the UK's biggest selling 7" single in twenty years, which was partly due to a tie in with XL Records and NME (who had given away a free foldout 7" of new song "Rag and Bone", with space to include the "Icky Thump" 7"). The Traveling Wilburys went to #1 for the first time with The Traveling Wilburys Collection, followed by The White Stripes with their sixth album Icky Thump. Britain's most successful girl group the Spice Girls reformed and announced a global tour and Greatest Hits album. Muse played a record, sold-out two night concert in Wembley Stadium on the 16th and 17th of this month. Paul McCartney released his album Memory Almost Full on the 5th. July Editors went to #1 for the first time with their second album An End Has a Start. They would be followed by #1 albums from The Chemical Brothers (We Are the Night), The Enemy (We'll Live and Die in these Towns) and Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts, whose album One Chance was the first since Maroon 5's It Won't Be Soon Before Long to spend more than one week at #1. On 10 July, German Eurodance Group Cascada released their 3rd single Miracle. It entered at #57 and then went on to peak at #8, making it their 3rd consecutive top ten single. On 22 July, Rihanna's "Umbrella" secured ten weeks at #1. In doing so, it overtook Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" as the longest runner at #1 in the 21st Century and became one of the most successful R&B/Hip-Hop singles of all time. The title also cursed the British summertime which was one of the wettest in living memory. After a massive ten weeks at #1, Rihanna was finally replaced by Timbaland's second #1 single of the year, "The Way I Are", featuring newcomers Keri Hilson and D.O.E., whilst Kate Nash stayed at #2 with her official debut single "Foundations". August The record for the shortest single to ever chart was broken, when Hans Zimmer's "Spider Pig", from The Simpsons Movie soundtrack, entered the chart at #24. The running time for the song is a mere 1:04. Swedish singer Robyn earns her first UK top 40 #1, with the song "With Every Heartbeat". In the same week, Kate Nash made it to #1 in the albums chart with her debut album, Made of Bricks. Hip-Hop act Kanye West debuts at #3 in the singles chart with "Stronger" based on downloads alone, and then also in the same week being the #1 of the downloads chart. "Stronger" rose to #1 in the singles chart the following week and stayed there for 2 weeks. Seventeen-year-old Sean Kingston makes his British chart debut at #2 in the chart on downloads alone with Beautiful Girls. September On 2 September, Sean Kingston moves one place up the chart from #2 and earns his first #1 with the single "Beautiful Girls", Sean believes that he was inspired by music from his hero Jay-Z. One week later Hard-Fi triumphantly return with their second album Once Upon a Time in the West reaching #1 on 9 September. On the day of release the band played at Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street where they signed copies of the album. During the evening of the same day, the band played an exclusive gig at Maida Vale Studios, London. Girls Aloud returned to the charts with "Sexy! No, No, No..." which made it to #5, but fell 2 places to #7 the week after. They entered into the Guinness Book Of World Records, for having the most consecutive Top 10 hits in the UK for an all-female group. In the Air Tonight by Phil Collins re-entered the chart at #17 after many years, due to its use in the new UK Cadburys Dairy Milk advert. On 30 September, Radio 1 held a special UK Singles Chart edition for 40 years of Radio 1. Bruno Brookes and Mark Goodier, past presenters of the UK Singles Chart, played the biggest singles ever in the singles chart and showed highest stats from artists including Britney Spears, Gnarls Barkley, Will Young, Hear'Say, Bryan Adams, Rihanna and Eminem. On this same day, Sugababes earned their sixth number one single with first single from their fifth studio album, "About You Now". Also, the Sugababes were the second artist (after Timbaland) to have two singles at number one in 2007. At 36 seconds long, "The Ladies' Bras" by Jonny Trunk & Wisbey became the shortest ever single to enter the UK Singles Chart, charting at number 27 on 30 September, breaking the record just a few weeks after "Spider Pig". October Steve Hewitt, Placebo's drummer of 11 years, left the band as a result of "personal and musical differences...", as quoted on the website.http://placeboworld.co.uk Placebo World On 6 October the Sugababes managed to hold on to the top spot with "About You Now". Jennifer Lopez and The Stereophonics both made returns to the chart at numbers 11 and 12 with the singles "Do It Well" and "It Means Nothing" respectively. Bruce Springsteen hit number one for the seventh time on the UK album charts with new album Magic. In a controversial move, Radiohead released their new album "In Rainbows" online, and allowed their fans to download it for any set price they want from £0.00-£100. The Charlatans announce that they are to follow suit, by releasing their album for free from XFM's website in 2008. They release "You Cross My Path" as a free mp3 through the XFM site. The Verve unleash their first new material for 10 years, a 14-minute demo known as "The Thaw Session" as a free MP3 through NME's website, for 1 week only. On 21 October Britney Spears entered the UK Singles Chart at #3 after 2 years away from the music scene. Stereophonics earned their fifth number one album with Pull the Pin. On 28 October, Leona Lewis achieved her second number-one single with "Bleeding Love", having sold 218,000 copies in its first week, the highest first-week sales of the year so far.Leona Lewis storms singles chart http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7066448.stm BBC News 28 October 2007 2007-10-28 Online downloads reached an all-time high of 1.7 million in a week.Leona helps smash download record http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7071861.stm BBC News 31 October 2007 2007-10-31 Leona also became the third artist in 2007 to have her second number one after Timbaland & Sugababes. On the issue date of October 28 the top five consisted of all British performers/acts, and first three places were new-entries. #1. Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love #2. Take That - Rule the World #3. McFly - The Heart Never Lies #4. Sugababes - About You Now #5. Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse - Valerie November On 4 November, The Eagles beat Britney Spears to number one on the Album Chart, and on 11 November, Westlife earned another number one album with Back Home. Boyz II Men came back to the UK with a new album which went to #8. On 11 November, Spice Girls, Kylie Minogue, Nickelback and Celine Dion returned to the charts due to download sales, with Spice Girls entering at number 20 with "Headlines (Friendship Never Ends)". Minogue entered the charts after two years away with "2 Hearts" at number 12, and Nickelback entered at number 34 with "Rockstar". Dion entered the chart with "Taking Chances" at number 40. Girls Aloud entered the top 10 on downloads alone and rose to 3 a week later on November 11. November 11 also saw the first performance of the World Requiem, by John Foulds, in 81 years (since 1926). Nicole Scherzinger's debut single "Baby Love" moved up the chart to #14 to give her her highest peak. On 18 November, Leona Lewis earned her fourth week at number one with "Bleeding Love", having become the biggest selling single of the year to date. She also became the first artist to have two singles stay at number one for 4 or more weeks in the 2000s (decade) ("Bleeding Love" and "A Moment Like This"). Her debut album Spirit entered the album chart at number one, being the fastest selling debut album and the fourth fastest selling album of all time. Led Zeppelin's classic song "Stairway To Heaven" charts at #37 for the first time, after their back catalogue and greatest hits album "Mothership" appears on iTunes. Despite the band's incredible fame, their lack of British single releases means that the band had only been in the UK Top 40 once previously. Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, who had been #1 in the United States for 7 weeks with his single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," entered the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone at #24. December On 2 December, Leona Lewis earned her sixth week at number one with "Bleeding Love". On 9 December Leona earns her seventh week at number one as "Bleeding Love" continues to sell well, selling over 700,000 copies thus far. "Bleeding Love" is now in joint 3rd place for Most Weeks At The top Of The Charts. Her album Spirit has so far sold 1,146,246 copies and has gone 3× platinum in just under a month. "Bleeding Love" was the joint third longest number one of the 21st Century so far. Mariah Carey enters into the top ten for the first time in two years as seasonal favourite "All I Want for Christmas Is You" reaches number eight via downloads. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" enters at number ten also via downloads for Soulja Boy Tell 'Em which topped the US Chart for six weeks back in the autumn. On 10 December German Dance Group Cascada enter the top 10 with "What Hurts The Most" (which peaked at #10) after entering at #16 on downloads alone. This was also their 4th top ten single. On 16 December, singer/songwriter Katie Melua earned her first UK number one single with a duet with Eva Cassidy. It's a cover of Louis Armstrong's classic "What a Wonderful World". All proceeds from the single will go to the Red Cross charity. The song was only available from supermarket chain Tesco. Christmas spirit also returned to the charts as Mariah Carey got to number one on downloads but only number four (behind Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua, Leona Lewis & Soulja Boy Tell 'Em) with "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in the combined chart. The Pogues also charted well, getting to number eight during their third week in the chart (on downloads alone) with Fairytale of New York. Wham!, Wizzard, Andy Williams, Slade, Shakin' Stevens, Band Aid, Chris Rea and John Lennon also provided a festive feel to the top 40. T2 featuring Jodie Aysha slipped to number nine after two weeks at number two. On the 'Christmas Chart', Kylie Minogue entered at number 32 on downloads alone with her single "Wow" while the Sugababes climbed up thirteen places to number 13 with "Change" after the physical release. Also, Rihanna had three singles in the Top 40, ("Umbrella" at 38, "Hate That I Love You" at 37, and "Don't Stop the Music" at 30), the latter being on downloads alone. X Factor winner Leon Jackson topped the Christmas chart with "When You Believe". This marks the third year in a row that an X Factor winner tops the Christmas chart (Shayne Ward "That's My Goal" did it in 2005 and Leona Lewis repeated it in 2006 with "A Moment Like This"). Leona Lewis topped the Christmas album charts with her debut album "Spirit" for the sixth week. In the last singles chart of the year Leon Jackson and "When You Believe" remained at number one for a second week, with Leona Lewis climbing back to number two with "Bleeding Love". There were also a number of re-entries from some of the biggest selling singles of the year in the post-Christmas rush, as consumers looked to fill newly purchased digital music players. In the album chart Leona Lewis completed her seventh week at number 1 with "Spirit", with Westlife's "Back Home" holding steady at 2 and Take That climbing back up to 3 with "Beautiful World". It was also announced by the Official Chart Company that Amy Winehouse had the biggest selling album of the year with "Back To Black" selling 1,586,194 copies. Leona Lewis who had the second biggest selling album with "Spirit" selling 1,550,037 copies in the 48 days since its release. Mika's "Life in Cartoon Motion" was the third biggest selling album of the year. Leona Lewis had the biggest selling single of 2007 with "Bleeding Love" (787,652), with Rihanna's "Umbrella" at number two (512,730), and Mika's "Grace Kelly" in third position. Radiohead's In Rainbows finally got a physical CD release on 31 December 2007 after causing controversy within the music industry upon initial release as a download only on 10 October 2007. The public were asked to pay whatever they wanted for the record (including nothing) and despite this the CD release would still go on to be the first Number One in the Official Chart Company's album chart for 2008. Charts Number-one singles Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) SalesSales figures sourced from Music Week Subscription Required 6 January "A Moment Like This" Leona Lewis 109,027 13 January 38,944 20 January 20,669 27 January "Grace Kelly" Mika 30,500 3 February 38,500 10 February 77,500 17 February 55,000 24 February 43,000 3 March "Ruby" Kaiser Chiefs 38,000 10 March "Shine" Take That 41,000 17 March 27,000 24 March "Walk This Way" Sugababes vs. Girls Aloud 51,500 31 March "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin 126,211 7 April 56,000 14 April 48,000 21 April "Give It to Me" Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake 29,760 28 April "Beautiful Liar" Beyoncé & Shakira 37,500 5 May 35,000 12 May 28,000 19 May "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" McFly 30,693 26 May "Umbrella" Rihanna featuring Jay Z 34,164 2 June 38,482 9 June 60,650 16 June 48,370 23 June 39,038 30 June 32,200 7 July 29,504 14 July 26,757 21 July 23,092 28 July 22,143 4 August "The Way I Are" Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E. 33,578 11 August 32,592 18 August "With Every Heartbeat" Robyn with Kleerup 34,842 25 August "Stronger" Kanye West 36,804 1 September 32,915 8 September "Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston 55,144 15 September 41,787 22 September 32,348 29 September 26,248 6 October "About You Now" Sugababes 34,068 13 October 54,788 20 October 48,715 27 October 40,738 3 November "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 218,805 10 November 158,370 17 November 111,978 24 November 74,549 1 December 57,954 8 December 40,530 15 December 29,616 22 December "What a Wonderful World" Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua 56,114 29 December "When You Believe" Leon Jackson 290,742 Number-one single downloads Chart date(week ending) Song Artist(s) 6 January "A Moment Like This" Leona Lewis 13 January "Patience" Take That 20 January "Grace Kelly" Mika 27 January 3 February 10 February 17 February 24 February 3 March "Ruby" Kaiser Chiefs 10 March 17 March 24 March "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin 31 March 7 April 14 April "Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne 21 April "Stop Me" Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather 28 April "Beautiful Liar" Beyoncé & Shakira 5 May 12 May 19 May "Cupid's Chokehold" Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump 26 May "Umbrella" Rihanna featuring Jay-Z 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30 June 7 July 14 July 21 July "The Way I Are" Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & D.O.E. 28 July 4 August "Foundations" Kate Nash 11 August 18 August "Stronger" Kanye West 25 August 1 September"Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston 8 September 15 September "Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's 22 September 29 September 6 October "About You Now" Sugababes 17 October 20 October 27 October 3 November "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 10 November 17 November 24 November 1 December 8 December 15 December 22 December "All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 29 December "When You Believe" Leon Jackson Number-one albums Chart date(week ending) Album Artist Sales 6 January Beautiful World Take That 13 January 29,638 20 January Back to Black Amy Winehouse 35,000 27 January 48,000 3 February Hats Off to the Buskers The View 103,000 10 February Not Too Late Norah Jones 60,500 17 February Life in Cartoon Motion Mika 108,000 24 February 81,500 3 March Back to Black Amy Winehouse 47,000 10 March Yours Truly, Angry Mob Kaiser Chiefs 151,000 17 March 66,225 24 March Doing It My Way Ray Quinn 127,000 31 March Beautiful World Take That 48,500 7 April 32,102 14 April Because of the Times Kings of Leon 70,500 21 April 29,000 28 April The Best Damn Thing Avril Lavigne 60,500 5 May Favourite Worst Nightmare Arctic Monkeys 227,922 12 May 102,200 19 May 39,488 26 May Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park 94,501 2 June It Won't Be Soon Before Long Maroon 5 73,517 9 June 39,862 16 June Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna 53,722 23 June The Traveling Wilburys Collection Traveling Wilburys 110,130 30 June Icky Thump The White Stripes 66,000 7 July An End Has a Start Editors 59,405 14 July We Are the Night The Chemical Brothers 36,392 21 July We'll Live and Die in These Towns The Enemy 39,191 28 July One Chance Paul Potts 128,315 4 August 75,494 11 August 45,868 18 August Made of Bricks Kate Nash 58,756 25 August The King Elvis Presley 45,034 1 September Hand Built by Robots Newton Faulkner 29,451 8 September 37,128 15 September Once Upon a Time in the West Hard-Fi 54,169 22 September Graduation Kanye West 94,611 29 September All the Lost Souls James Blunt 117,966 6 October Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters 135,685 13 October Magic Bruce Springsteen 77,692 20 October Change Sugababes 53,540 27 October Pull the Pin Stereophonics 49,012 3 November The Trick to Life The Hoosiers 55,185 10 November Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 134,080 17 November Back Home Westlife 132,315 24 November Spirit Leona Lewis 375,872 1 December 196,997 8 December 164,433 15 December 180,944 22 December 228,504 29 December 286,437 Number-one compilation albums Chart date(week ending) Album 6 January Now 65 13 January Radio 1's Live Lounge 20 January 27 January 3 February 10 February 17 February One Love 24 February 3 March Brits Hits – The Album of the Year 10 March 17 March 101 80s Hits 24 March To Mum with Love 31 March Floorfillers Anthems 7 April 14 April Now 66 21 April 28 April 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 May Massive R&B – Spring Collection 2007 2 June 9 June 16 June Over the Rainbow 23 June Top Gear Anthems 30 June Clubland 11 7 July 14 July 21 July R&B Love Collection 28 July 4 August Now 67 11 August 18 August 25 August High School Musical 2 1 September 8 September 15 September 22 September 29 September 6 October 13 October Radio 1 Established 1967 20 October 27 October 3 November Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2 10 November 17 November Clubland 12 24 November Pop Party 5 1 December Now 68 8 December 15 December 22 December 29 December Number-one album downloads Chart date(week ending) Album Artist 6 January Beautiful World Take That 13 January Back to Black Amy Winehouse 20 January 27 January 3 February Hats Off to the Buskers The View 10 February Not Too Late Norah Jones 17 February Life in Cartoon Motion Mika 24 February 3 March 10 March Yours Truly, Angry Mob Kaiser Chiefs 17 March Neon Bible Arcade Fire 24 March Introducing Joss Stone Joss Stone 31 March Beautiful World Take That 7 April Tim's House Kate Walsh 14 April Because of the Times Kings of Leon 21 April 28 April Version Mark Ronson 5 May Favourite Worst Nightmare Arctic Monkeys 12 May 19 May 26 May Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park 2 June It Won't Be Soon Before Long Maroon 5 9 June 16 June Love It When I Feel Like This The Twang 23 June Lost Highway Bon Jovi 30 June Icky Thump The White Stripes 7 July An End Has a Start Editors 14 July We Are the Night The Chemical Brothers 21 July Thirst for Romance Cherry Ghost 28 July We'll Live and Die in These Towns The Enemy 4 August This Is the Life Amy Macdonald 11 August Hand Built by Robots Newton Faulkner 18 August 25 August 1 September 8 September 15 September Once Upon a Time in the West Hard-Fi 22 September Graduation Kanye West 29 September All the Lost Souls James Blunt 6 October Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters 13 October 20 October Matinée Jack Peñate 27 October Pull the Pin Stereophonics 3 November The Trick to Life The Hoosiers 10 November Blackout Britney Spears 17 November Long Road Out of Eden The Eagles 24 November Spirit Leona Lewis 1 December 8 December X Kylie Minogue 15 December Spirit Leona Lewis 22 December Mothership Led Zeppelin 29 December Call Me Irresponsible Michael Bublé Year-end charts Best-selling singles of 2007 The 2007 Official Singles Chart Music Week United Business Media London, England 11 12 January 2008 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition Sales 1 "Bleeding Love" Leona Lewis 1 787,653Alan Jones Leona sitting pretty as the age of the single returns Music Week United Business Media London, England 10 12 January 2008 2 "Umbrella" Rihanna featuring Jay-Z 1 511,000http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/chart-day-every-end-of-year-chart-from-2005-2014__9958/ Chart Day: Every end of year chart from 2005–2014 Official Charts Company 5 July 2015 Justin Myers 3 "Grace Kelly" Mika 1 4 "When You Believe" Leon Jackson 1 395,669 5 "Rule the World" Take That 2 357,459 6 "About You Now" Sugababes 1 346,000 7 "The Way I Are" Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E. 1 8 "(I'm Gonna Be) 500 Miles" The Proclaimers featuring Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin 1 336,138 9 "Valerie" Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse 2 10 "Ruby" Kaiser Chiefs 1 11 "How to Save a Life" The Fray 4 12 "Beautiful Liar" Beyoncé & Shakira 1 13 "The Sweet Escape" Gwen Stefani featuring Akon 2 14 "Hey There Delilah" Plain White T's 2 15 "Beautiful Girls" Sean Kingston 1 16 "Apologize" Timbaland featuring OneRepublic 3 275,646 17 "Foundations" Kate Nash 2 18 "Shine" Take That 1 19 "Stronger" Kanye West 1 20 "Girlfriend" Avril Lavigne 2 21 "Big Girls Don't Cry" Fergie 2 22 "Give It to Me" Timbaland featuring Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake 1 23 "Starz in Their Eyes" Just Jack 2 24 "With Every Heartbeat" Robyn with Kleerup 1 25 "Ayo Technology" 50 Cent featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland 2 26 "Do You Know? (The Ping Pong Song)" Enrique Iglesias 3 27 "Cupid's Chokehold" Gym Class Heroes featuring Patrick Stump 3 28 "What Goes Around... Comes Around" Justin Timberlake 4 29 "Say It Right" Nelly Furtado 10 188,989 30 "Patience" Take That 2Reached number 1 in 2006 31 "Worried About Ray" The Hoosiers 5 32 "Shut Up and Drive" Rihanna 5 33 "Glamorous" Fergie featuring Ludacris 6 34 "Chasing Cars" Snow Patrol 9Reached number 6 in 2006 35 "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" Fall Out Boy 2 36 "I Wanna Love You" Akon featuring Snoop Dogg 3 37 "Heartbroken" T2 featuring Jodie Aysha 2 38 "Stop Me" Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather 2 39 "Destination Calabria" Alex Gaudino featuring Crystal Waters 4 40 "Don't Matter" Akon 3 41 "Let Me Think About It" Ida Corr vs Fedde le Grand 2 42 "No U Hang Up"/"If That's OK with You" Shayne Ward 2 43 "Home" Westlife 3 44 "Perfect (Exceeder)" Mason vs Princess Superstar 3 45 "Too Little Too Late" JoJo 4 46 "She's So Lovely" Scouting for Girls 7 47 "Here (In Your Arms)" Hellogoodbye 4 48 "Same Jeans" The View The View (band) 3 49 "No One" Alicia Keys 6 50 "Because of You" Ne-Yo 4 Best-selling albums of 2007 The 2007 Official Albums Chart Music Week United Business Media London, England 13 12 January 2008 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition SalesAlan Jones Winehouse on winning game as Back to Black tops poll Music Week United Business Media London, England 12 12 January 2008 1 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 1 1,586,194 2 Spirit Leona Lewis 1 1,550,037 3 Life in Cartoon Motion Mika 1 1,173,044 4 Beautiful World Take That 1 1,080,332 5 Back Home Westlife 1 854,344 6 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 1 679,831 7 Yours Truly, Angry Mob Kaiser Chiefs 1 8 Favourite Worst Nightmare Arctic Monkeys 1 9 Shock Value Timbaland 2 10 Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna 1 11 Eyes Open Snow Patrol 3Reached number 1 in 2006 12 Version Mark Ronson 2 13 All the Lost Souls James Blunt 1 14 Loose Nelly Furtado 4 15 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Foo Fighters 1 16 FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake 6Reached number 1 in 2006 17 Mothership Led Zeppelin 4 18 Call Me Irresponsible (Special Edition) Michael Bublé 2 19 The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere Andrea Bocelli 4 20 Hand Built by Robots Newton Faulkner 1 373,268 21 The Ultimate Collection Whitney Houston 3 22 Every Time We Touch Cascada 2 23 Undiscovered James Morrison James Morrison (singer) 2Reached number 1 in 2006 24 Sam's Town The Killers 6Reached number 1 in 2006 25 Costello Music The Fratellis 2 26 Alright, Still Lily Allen 2 27 Breathless Shayne Ward 2 28 The Traveling Wilburys Collection Traveling Wilburys 1 29 These Streets Paolo Nutini 3 30 The Trick to Life The Hoosiers 1 31 Because of the Times Kings of Leon 1 32 Change Sugababes 1 33 How to Save a Life The Fray 4 34 The Best Damn Thing Avril Lavigne 1 35 Never Forget Take That 2 36 One Chance Paul Potts 1 37 Frank Amy Winehouse 13 38 Made of Bricks Kate Nash 1 39 Hits Phil Collins 7Reached number 1 in 1998 40 Infinity on High Fall Out Boy 3 41 Complete Clapton Eric Clapton 2 42 Greatest Hits Spice Girls 2 43 Razorlight Razorlight 4Reached number 1 in 2006 44 Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park 1 45 Hats Off to the Buskers The View The View (band) 1 46 I'm Not Dead Pink 6Reached number 3 in 2006 47 This Is the Life Amy Macdonald 2Reached number 1 in 2008 48 It Won't Be Soon Before Long Maroon 5 1 49 Pictures Katie Melua 2 50 Rejoice Katherine Jenkins 3 Best-selling compilation albums of 2007 Compilations Music Week United Business Media London, England 14 12 January 2008 No. Number Title Peakposition Sales 1 Now 68 1 1,121,409 2 Now 66 1 3 Now 67 1 4 High School Musical 2 1 560,990 5 Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 2 1 6 High School Musical 1 394,217 7 Radio 1 Established 1967 1 8 Pop Party 5 1 9 Dreamboats and Petticoats 2 10 Anthems 1991–2008 2 Notes: 30em See also List of UK Dance Chart number-one singles of 2007 List of UK Indie Chart number-one singles of 2007 List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2007 References 40em Top 200 singles of 2007 Charts United Kingdom Category:British record charts