The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical albums and digital downloads. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 2007, as well as albums which peaked in 2006 and 2008 but were in the top 10 in 2007. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and fifty-four albums were in the top ten this year. Eighteen albums from 2006 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while Back to Black: Deluxe Edition by Amy Winehouse, Raising Sand by Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and This Is the Life by Amy Macdonald were both released in 2007 but did not reach their peak until 2008. Back to Black by Amy Winehouse and Loose by Nelly Furtado were the albums from 2006 to reach their peak in 2007. Seven artist scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007. Fall Out Boy, Leona Lewis, Mark Ronson, Ne-Yo and Timbaland were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 album in 2007.
The 2006 Christmas number-one album, Beautiful World by Take That, remained at the top spot for the first two weeks of 2007. The first new number-one album of the year was Back to Black by Amy Winehouse. Overall, thirty-three different albums peaked at number-one in 2007, with thirty-three unique artists hitting that position.
Background Multiple entries One-hundred and fifty-four albums charted in the top 10 in 2007, with one-hundred and thirty-six albums reaching their peak this year (including ...Hits, Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New, Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection and The Best of The Proclaimers, which charted in previous years but reached a peak on their latest chart run).
Six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2007. Phil Collins had three top 10 albums, while Amy Winehouse, The Killers, Kylie Minogue, Take That and Westlife were the acts who had two top 10 albums this year. Kylie Minogue and Michael Bublé's two entries were both released this year, with ...Hits (1998) and Love Songs: A Compilation… Old and New (2004) by Phil Collins and Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection (2005) by Take That returning after making the top ten before.
Chart debuts Forty-two artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2007 as a lead artist.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings.
Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entries1Hats Off to the Buskers1—1The Good, the Bad & the Queen2—Tony AllenKlaxons1Myths of the Near Future2—Jamie T1Panic Prevention4—Just Jack1Overtones6—Mika1Life in Cartoon Motion1—Fall Out Boy1Infinity on High3—1How to Save a Life3—Arcade Fire1Neon Bible2—Cascada1Everytime We Touch: The Album2—Dolly Parton1The Very Best of Dolly Parton8—Ray Quinn1Doing It My Way1—Ben Mills1Picture of You3—Enter Shikari1Take to the Skies4—Maxïmo Park1Our Earthly Pleasures2—Timbaland1Timbaland Presents: Shock Value2—Mark Ronson1Version2—Ne-Yo1Because of You6—Rufus Wainwright1Release the Stars2—Funeral for a Friend1Tales Don't Tell Themselves3—1Wait for Me3—Biffy Clyro1Puzzle2—1Love It When I Feel Like This3—Calvin Harris1I Created Disco8—1We'll Live and Die in These Towns1—Interpol1Our Love to Admire2—Cherry Ghost1Thirst for Romance7—Paul Potts1One Chance1—Amy Macdonald1This Is the Life1—Newton Faulkner1Hand Built by Robots1—Kate Nash1Made of Bricks1—Plain White T's1Every Second Counts3—Sean Kingston1Sean Kingston8—Ultrabeat1Ultrabeat: The Album8—Reverend and the Makers1The State of Things5—RyanDan1RyanDan7—Jack Peñate1Matinée7—1The Trick to Life1—Alison Krauss1Raising Sand2—Mary Duff1Together Again6—Leona Lewis1Spirit1—
Notes Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong were all part of an unnamed supergroup which was penned as The Good, the Bad & the Queen on the album cover. Allen was the only member without a top 10 album before this point - Albarn had previous album success with Blur and Gorillaz, Simonon was bassist with The Clash while Tong featured in the group The Verve.
Mutya Buena left Sugababes in 2005 after three top 10 studio albums and a number 3 greatest hits album. Her debut solo effort, Real Girl, went straight in at number ten. Richard Hawley saw the first of his solo albums reach the top 10 in 2007, however he was part of the line-up of Pulp for their 2001 album We Love Life which peaked at the number 6 spot.
The Traveling Wilburys consisted of four notable singers with decades of success behind them - George Harrison (The Beatles), Tom Petty (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Jeff Lynne (ELO) and Bob Dylan. The Traveling Wilburys Collection was a boxset of their two studio albums (Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3), neither of which reached the top ten on their first release in 1988 and 1990 respectively.
Best-selling albums Amy Winehouse had the best-selling album of the year with Back to Black. The album spent fifty-four weeks in the top 10 (including three weeks at number one), sold over 1.586 million copies and was certified 6× platinum by the BPI. Spirit by Leona Lewis came in second place. Mika's Life in Cartoon Motion, Beautiful World from Take That and Back Home by Westlife made up the top five. Albums by Eagles, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, Timbaland and Rihanna were also in the top ten best-selling albums of the year.
Top-ten albums Key SymbolMeaning‡Album peaked in 2006 but still in chart in 2007.♦Album released in 2007 but peaked in 2008.(#)Year-end top-ten album position and rankEnteredThe date that the album first appeared in the chart.PeakHighest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.
Entered (week ending)Weeksintop10 Album ArtistPeak Peakreached (week ending)WeeksatpeakAlbums in 2006 7I'm Not Dead ‡Pink 3 1 35Eyes Open ‡Snow Patrol 1 3 9Under the Iron Sea ‡Keane 1 2 18LooseNelly Furtado 4 1 23Razorlight ‡Razorlight 1 2 12Alright, Still ‡ Lily Allen 2 1 15These Streets ‡Paolo Nutini 3 1 17Undiscovered ‡James Morrison 1 2 2B'Day ‡Beyoncé 3 1 11Costello Music ‡ 2 3 8Sam's Town ‡ 1 3 54Back to Black (#1)Amy Winehouse 1 3 7Twenty Five ‡George Michael 1 1 6The Love Album ‡Westlife 1 1 8Stop the Clocks ‡Oasis 2 4 9Love ‡ 3 1 6U218 Singles ‡U2 4 1 28Beautiful World ‡ (#4)Take That 1 8Albums in 2007 2Showgirl: Homecoming LiveKylie Minogue 7 1 3Hats Off to the Buskers 1 1 1The Good, the Bad & the Queen 2 1 3Not Too LateNorah Jones 1 1 2Myths of the Near FutureKlaxons 2 1 2Panic PreventionJamie T 4 1 1OvertonesJust Jack 6 1 1The Confessions TourMadonna 7 1 32Life in Cartoon Motion (#3)Mika 1 2 2A Weekend in the CityBloc Party 2 1 2Infinity on HighFall Out Boy 3 1 1Love Songs: A Compilation... Old and NewPhil Collins 7 1 3How to Save a Life 4 1 8Yours Truly, Angry Mob (#7)Kaiser Chiefs 1 2 1TreasureHayley Westenra 9 1 1Neon BibleArcade Fire 2 1 3That's LifeRussell Watson 4 1 1DylanesqueBryan Ferry 5 1 11Everytime We Touch: The AlbumCascada 2 1 2Love Songs of the 70sDonny Osmond 7 2 3The Very Best of Dolly PartonDolly Parton 8 2 2Doing It My WayRay Quinn 1 1 1Picture of YouBen Mills 3 1 2StaySimply Red 4 1 1Take to the SkiesEnter Shikari 4 1 2Rocket Man: The Definitive HitsElton John 2 1 9Because of the TimesKings of Leon 1 2 2Our Earthly PleasuresMaxïmo Park 2 1 2The Best of The Proclaimers 5 2 11Timbaland Presents: Shock Value (#9)Timbaland 2 1 3The Best Damn ThingAvril Lavigne 1 1 13VersionMark Ronson 2 2 1Year ZeroNine Inch Nails 6 1 7Favourite Worst Nightmare (#8)Arctic Monkeys 1 3 12Call Me IrresponsibleMichael Bublé 2 1 1Because of YouNe-Yo 6 1 1N.B.Natasha Bedingfield 9 1 2Send Away the TigersManic Street Preachers 2 1 2The Boy with No NameTravis 4 1 1VoltaBjörk 7 1 1Music City SoulBeverley Knight 8 1 1Soundboy RockGroove Armada 10 1 4Minutes to MidnightLinkin Park 1 1 1Release the StarsRufus Wainwright 2 1 1Tales Don't Tell ThemselvesFuneral for a Friend 3 1 1Hymn for My SoulJoe Cocker 9 1 3It Won't Be Soon Before LongMaroon 5 1 2 1Trip the Light FantasticSophie Ellis-Bextor 7 1 1Black RainOzzy Osbourne 8 1 3Wait for Me 3 1 1Double UpR. Kelly 10 1 27Good Girl Gone Bad (#10)Rihanna 1 1 1PuzzleBiffy Clyro 2 1 1Love It When I Feel Like This 3 1 2Memory Almost FullPaul McCartney 5 1 1Maths + EnglishDizzee Rascal 7 1 1Eat Me, Drink MeMarilyn Manson 8 1 1Real GirlMutya Buena 10 1 8The Traveling Wilburys Collection 1 1 2Lost HighwayBon Jovi 2 1 3The Police 3 1 2Turn It On Again: The HitsGenesis 5 1 1Guitar ManHank Marvin 6 11Era VulgarisQueens of the Stone Age 7 1 1Then and Now 9 1 2Icky Thump 1 1 1InsomniacEnrique Iglesias 3 1 1I Created DiscoCalvin Harris 8 1 6Never Forget – The Ultimate CollectionTake That 5 1 3An End Has a StartEditors 1 1 2My DecemberKelly Clarkson 2 1 1Get the Party StartedShirley Bassey 6 1 2We Are the Night 1 1 1Time on EarthCrowded House 3 1 1LibertadVelvet Revolver 6 1 3We'll Live and Die in These Towns 1 1 1Our Love to AdmireInterpol 2 1 1Zeitgeist 4 1 1Thirst for RomanceCherry Ghost 7 1 5One ChancePaul Potts 1 3 14This Is the Life ♦Amy Macdonald 1 1 11Hand Built by RobotsNewton Faulkner 1 2 3Ultimate PrincePrince 6 1 5Made of BricksKate Nash 1 1 1Roots & Echoes 8 1 4The KingElvis Presley 1 1 1Lady's BridgeRichard Hawley 6 1 2Once Upon a Time in the WestHard-Fi 1 1 4Every Second CountsPlain White T's 3 1 1Beyond the NeighbourhoodAthlete 5 1 1Sean KingstonSean Kingston 8 1 4GraduationKanye West 1 1 3Curtis50 Cent 2 1 3Drastic FantasticKT Tunstall 3 1 1Glorious: The Singles 97–07Natalie Imbruglia 5 1 1Ultrabeat: The AlbumUltrabeat 8 1 5All the Lost SoulsJames Blunt 1 1 1The State of ThingsReverend and the Makers 5 1 1The Ultimate CollectionLuciano Pavarotti 8 1 1Kill to Get CrimsonMark Knopfler 9 1 6...HitsPhil Collins 7 1 5Echoes, Silence, Patience & GraceFoo Fighters 1 1 1The World Is YoursIan Brown 4 1 1RyanDanRyanDan 7 1 3MagicBruce Springsteen 1 1 4PicturesKatie Melua 2 1 1Shotter's NationBabyshambles 5 1 1Songs of Mass DestructionAnnie Lennox 7 1 1DylanBob Dylan 10 1 4ChangeSugababes 1 1 3Complete ClaptonEric Clapton 2 1 1MatinéeJack Peñate 7 1 1Running FreeAli Campbell 9 1 2Pull the PinStereophonics 1 1 1Best of FriendsJools Holland 9 1 7The Trick to Life 1 1 2Still on Top – The Greatest HitsVan Morrison 2 1 8Long Road Out of Eden (#6)Eagles 1 1 1BlackoutBritney Spears 2 1 7Raising Sand ♦Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 2 1 5The Ultimate CollectionWhitney Houston 3 1 1Together AgainDaniel O'Donnell & Mary Duff 6 1 8Back Home (#5)Westlife 1 1 1All the Greatest HitsMcFly 4 1 1Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USABoyz II Men 8 1 26Spirit (#2)Leona Lewis 1 8 2Greatest HitsSpice Girls 2 1 7MothershipLed Zeppelin 4 2 2Taking ChancesCeline Dion 5 1 1Sawdust 7 1 7The Best of Andrea Bocelli: VivereAndrea Bocelli 4 1 2RejoiceKatherine Jenkins 3 1 1Tangled UpGirls Aloud 4 1 5BreathlessShayne Ward 2 1 2XKylie Minogue 4 1 12Back to Black: The Deluxe Edition ♦Amy Winehouse 1 1
Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2007, including albums that reached their peak in 2006. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2007 is also shown.