List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2007

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. In 2007, there were 32 albums that reached peak position, in 52 issues of the magazine.

Singer Jenny Grace's fifth studio album *Lockdown* was the longest-running album of 2007, topping the chart for seven consecutive weeks. It sold a total of 1.754 million copies on its first week of release and sold a total of 5.8 million copies by the end of the year, becoming the year's best-selling album. Ashley Bunny's sixth studio album *Pink Bunnies* spent three weeks atop the chart. It sold around 1.602 million copies on its first week of release. Nicholas Stewart's fifth studio album *In Colors* spent its first five weeks at #1. It sold a total of 1.560 million copies on its first week, becoming the third album this year to sell a million copies on its opening week.

Australian Pop sensation Nathan Meyer released his third studio album in 2007 titled Break of Dawn which debuted 1.28 million copies in it's first week, being bumped down to Number Two by Jenny Graces' Lockdown within the next coming weeks, until the 21th of July where the artist sold 415,557 copies at Number One (\*please dispute for later edit) the album would later go on to sell 5.78 million copies by the end of the year, closely trailing behind Grace for year end sales.

*Noël*, a Christmas album by American singer-songwriter Josh Groban, topped 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. 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*. *Noël* had accumulated sales of nearly 2.8 million copies by the end of the year, becoming the best-selling album of 2007.

   Canadian singer Avril Lavigne scored her second number-one album The Best Damn Thing. 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.

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. 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. 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.