List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2007

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The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. [1] In 2007, there were 37 albums that reached peak position, in 52 issues of the magazine.

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American singer-songwriter Josh Groban's Noel is the best-selling and the longest-running album of 2007, topping the chart for four consecutive weeks. Josh Groban (Cropped).jpg
American singer-songwriter Josh Groban's Noël is the best-selling and the longest-running album of 2007, topping the chart for four consecutive weeks.

Noël , a Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Josh Groban, was the longest-running album of 2007, topping the chart for four consecutive weeks in December. Its four-week consecutive run gained Noël the credit as the first Christmas album to have achieved the feat in the chart's 51-year history. [2] Following Groban's appearance at The Oprah Winfrey Show , sales of the album logged at 405,000, fueling the album to peak at number one and becoming Groban's best sales week ever. Noël is the only Christmas-themed record to have topped the Billboard 200 since American saxophonist Kenny G's 1994 Miracles: The Holiday Album . [3] Noël had accumulated sales of nearly 2.8 million copies by the end of the year, becoming the best-selling album of 2007. [2]

Canadian singer Avril Lavigne scored her second number-one album The Best Damn Thing. High School Musical 2 , the soundtrack to the Disney Channel film of the same name, spent four straight weeks at the top spot. The soundtrack's first-week sale of 615,000 copies made it one of the albums with biggest debut figures of 2007. [4] The soundtrack sold over 2.7 million units in 2008, becoming the second-best-selling album. [2] High School Musical 2 is one of the two soundtrack albums to have reached number one on the chart, the other being Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture . Linkin Park's Minutes To Midnight becomes the band's third number-one album. The album sells over 620,000 copies in its first week, becoming the third highest first week album sales for 2007. The album eventually sells over 2 million copies during the year, becoming the seventh best-selling album of the year. American singer Alicia Keys' As I Am also topped the chart for four weeks, although they were non-consecutive. It debuted on the Billboard 200 for selling 742,000 copies, the highest figure achieved for a solo female artist since Norah Jones' Feels Like Home moved one million copies in 2004. [5]

Rapper Kanye West's Graduation took the distinction as the album with the highest sales in a week, netting over 957,000 units. It is the best sales week by any album since rapper 50 Cent's The Massacre opened with over 1.1 million copies in March 2005. [6] Rock band The Eagles landed atop the chart with Long Road out of Eden , which sold 711,000 copies, the band's first studio album in 30 years. Sold through retailers Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and the band's web site, it marked the first time Billboard magazine allowed exclusive albums to appear on the Billboard 200. [7] Rapper Jay-Z produced his 10th number-one album, American Gangster , placing him second, tying with Elvis Presley, in the acts with the most number-one albums in the history of Billboard 200, only behind band The Beatles who had 19. [8]

Chart history

Key
†Indicates best performing album of 2007
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef.
January 6 Hip Hop Is Dead Nas 355,000 [9] [10]
January 13 21 Omarion 119,000 [11] | [12]
January 20 Dreamgirls: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack66,000 [13] [14]
January 2760,000 [15] [16]
February 3 Daughtry † Daughtry 65,000 [17] [18]
February 10 Late Night Special Pretty Ricky 132,000 [19] [20]
February 17 Not Too Late Norah Jones 405,000 [21] [22]
February 24 Infinity on High Fall Out Boy 260,000 [23] [24]
March 3Not Too LateNorah Jones211,000 [25] [26]
March 10100,000 [27] [28]
March 17Daughtry†Daughtry90,000 [29] [30]
March 24 Greatest Hits The Notorious B.I.G. 99,000 [31] [32]
March 31 Luvanmusiq Musiq Soulchild 149,000 [33] [34]
April 7 We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Modest Mouse 129,000 [35] [36]
April 14 Let It Go Tim McGraw 325,000 [37] [38]
April 21 Now 24 Various Artists213,000 [39] [40]
April 2889,000 [41] [42]
May 5 The Best Damn Thing Avril Lavigne 286,000 [43] [44]
May 12122,000 [45] [46]
May 19 Because of You Ne-Yo 251,000 [47] [48]
May 26 Call Me Irresponsible Michael Bublé 145,000 [49] [50]
June 2 Minutes to Midnight Linkin Park 623,000 [51] [52]
June 9 It Won't Be Soon Before Long Maroon 5 429,000 [53] [54]
June 16 Double Up R. Kelly 386,000 [55] [56]
June 23 Epiphany T-Pain 171,000 [57] [58]
June 30 Big Dog Daddy Toby Keith 204,000 [59] [60]
July 7 Lost Highway Bon Jovi 292,000 [61] [62]
July 14 Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus / Soundtrack326,000 [63] [64]
July 21 T.I. vs. T.I.P. T.I. 468,000 [65] [66]
July 28175,000 [67] [68]
August 4 Now 25 Various Artists223,000 [69] [70]
August 11149,000 [71] [72]
August 18 Finding Forever Common 155,000 [73] [74]
August 25 UGK (Underground Kingz) UGK 160,000 [75] [76]
September 1 High School Musical 2 High School Musical cast / Soundtrack615,000 [77] [4]
September 8367,000 [78] [79]
September 15210,000 [80] [81]
September 22165,000 [82] [83]
September 29 Graduation Kanye West 957,000 [84] [6]
October 6 Reba: Duets Reba McEntire 301,000 [85] [86]
October 13 Still Feels Good Rascal Flatts 547,000 [87] [88]
October 20 Magic Bruce Springsteen 335,000 [89] [90]
October 27 Rock N Roll Jesus Kid Rock 170,000 [91] [92]
November 3MagicBruce Springsteen77,000 [93] [94]
November 10 Carnival Ride Carrie Underwood 527,000 [95] [96]
November 17 Long Road Out of Eden Eagles 711,000 [97] [7]
November 24 American Gangster Jay-Z 425,000 [98] [8]
December 1 As I Am Alicia Keys 742,000 [99] [5]
December 8 Noël Josh Groban 405,000 [100] [101]
December 15539,000 [102] [103]
December 22581,000 [104] [105]
December 29669,000 [106] [3]

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