List of UK top-ten albums in 2007
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", "", "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. 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 "". 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. 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. References. General Specific