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.
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
See also
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"December 8, 2007" .
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